Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. This fascinating interdisciplinary study examines the relationship between literary interest in visionary kinds of experience and medical ideas about hallucination and the nerves in the first half of the nineteenth century, focusing on canonical Romantic authors, the work of women writers influenced by Romanticism, and visual culture. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349315642
- ISBN
- 9781349315642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Hardcover. The Absence of America: the London Stage 1576-1642 looks at London theater at the time of Shakespeare and how it represented the New World, considering whether early modern drama was anti-American, as some contemporaries suggested. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198734321
- ISBN
- 9780198734321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.64
€ 164.64
Paperback. Argues that poverty has been denied its due as a critical and ideological framework in its own right, despite interest in representations of the lower classes and the marginalized. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143316
- ISBN
- 9780691143316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.85
€ 42.99
€ 30.85
Hardback. The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary texts. Written by international experts, the volume's essays challenge earlier readings of childhood and offer fascinating contributions to the current upsurge of interest in constructions of childhood. Editor(s): Gavin, Dr. Adrienne. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348271
- ISBN
- 9780230348271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.98€ 67.65
€ 105.98
€ 67.65
Hardcover. Concentrating on a period of significant social and political change and exploring both canonical and newly rediscovered texts, this book critically assess the changing culture of the late-Victorian period as represented by a range of women writers through a range of essays by leading academics in the field and cutting-edge work by newer scholars. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230343429
- ISBN
- 9780230343429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
hardcover. Editor(s): Shapiro, Gavriel. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AGR; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780801439094
- ISBN
- 9780801439094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.14
€ 103.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472240
- ISBN
- 9781611472240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.05
€ 139.05
Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472119189
- ISBN
- 9780472119189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.63
€ 70.63
Paperback. Spivak demonstrates how critics interested in social justice should pay close attention to literary form and offers new interpretations of classics such as Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. The book offers close readings of texts not only in English, French, and German, but also in Arabic and Bengali. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 207 x 6. Weight in Grams: 188. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures S. 136 pages. Spivak demonstrates how critics interested in social justice should pay close attention to literary form and offers new interpretations of classics such as Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. The book offers close readings of texts not only in English, French, and German, but also in Arabic and Bengali. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 141 x 207 x 6. Weight: 188.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129459
- ISBN
- 9780231129459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. Analyzes the relationship between language, women and culture in both Western and non-Western contexts. Developing an integration of ontemporary methodologies - deconstruction, Marxism and feminism, this work turns explains major debates in the study of literature and culture. It is a useful tool for studying our own and other worlds of culture. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415389563
- ISBN
- 9780415389563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason: Toward a History of the Vanishing P...
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Paperback. Are the "culture wars" over? What is their relationship to gender struggle and the dynamics of class? Gayatari Spivak poses these questions and attempts to understand and describe a more responsible role for the postcolonial critic, tracking the figure of the "native informant". Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674177642
- ISBN
- 9780674177642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.90
€ 49.90
Paperback. A seminal text from one of the leading cultural and literary theorists. This selection of interviews and discussions articulates some of the most compelling politico-theoretical issues of the present day. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; DNF; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415901703
- ISBN
- 9780415901703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.33
€ 60.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482430
- ISBN
- 9781611482430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.83
€ 138.83
Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 272 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231178563
- ISBN
- 9780231178563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.77€ 51.34
€ 64.77
€ 51.34
Paperback. Examines constructions of racial identity through the exploration of passing narratives including forties jazz musician Mezz Mezzrow's memoir Really the Blues Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325154
- ISBN
- 9780822325154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.92
€ 36.99
€ 33.92
Paperback. A study of London suburban-set writing, exploring the links between place and fiction. This book charts a picture of evolving themes and concerns around the legibility and meaning of habitat and home for the individual, and the serious challenges that suburbia sets for literature. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMC; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349465361
- ISBN
- 9781349465361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardcover. A study of London suburban-set writing, exploring the links between place and fiction. This book charts a picture of evolving themes and concerns around the legibility and meaning of habitat and home for the individual, and the serious challenges that suburbia sets for literature. Num Pages: 274 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137342454
- ISBN
- 9781137342454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. These 2 essays demonstrate that, beyond example's rich genealogy in the rhetorical tradition, it involves issues that are central to current theories of meaning and ethics in literature and philosophy. Editor(s): Gelley, Alexander. Num Pages: 388 pages, 1 half-tone. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 30. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724005
- ISBN
- 9780804724005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.86
€ 180.86
Hardcover. The first full-length biography of one of the most unlikely figures in twentieth-century American literature, a writer who emerged from a dirt-poor South Georgia tenant farm and went on to create a singularly unique voice of fiction. Editor(s): Geltner, Ted. Num Pages: 456 pages, 39 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820349237
- ISBN
- 9780820349237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.10
€ 40.99
€ 37.10
Hardback. Plunka argues that drama is the ideal art form to revitalize the collective memory of Holocaust resistance. This comparative drama study examines a variety of international plays - some quite well-known, others more obscure - that focus on collective or individual defiance of the Nazis. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369566
- ISBN
- 9780230369566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.33
€ 53.37
€ 47.33
Paperback. A Companion to African American Literature presents a comprehensive overview of the field from the eighteenth century to the present day. Embracing the full range of African American literature, essays explore forms, themes, genres, historical contexts, and major authors, and present the latest critical approaches. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118438787
- ISBN
- 9781118438787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.44
€ 53.44
Hardback. A political history of African American literature Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814743386
- ISBN
- 9780814743386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Paperback. A political history of African American literature Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814743393
- ISBN
- 9780814743393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
hardcover. For a work to be considered African American literature, does it need to focus on African American characters? Or is it enough for the author to be identified as African American? Jarrett traces the shifting definitions of African American literature and the authors who wrote beyond those boundaries at the cost of critical dismissal or obscurity. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812239737
- ISBN
- 9780812239737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.78
€ 71.78