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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This volume presents global perspectives on Asian American literature by accomplished scholars from Germany, Japan, Singapore, Spain, and the US. It covers a diverse range of interdisciplinary topics in contemporary Asian American Studies across a wide spectrum of ethnic groups. Editor(s): Huang, Guiyou. Series: Introducing Ethnic Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620135
ISBN
9780748620135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.63

Hardback. Presenting an historical overview of major developments, this is a comprehensive A-to-Z guide to major Asian American writers and their works. It covers Canadian and US writers with cultural and ethnic origins in East Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific Islands. It includes a bibliography at the end. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126205
ISBN
9780231126205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.27

Paperback. Offers an account of the author's modest upbringing in Danzig, his time as a boy soldier fighting the Russians, and the writing of his masterpiece, The Tin Drum, in Paris. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 121 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507598
ISBN
9780099507598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.92

Hardback. This book deals with narratives of cultural legitimation in nineteenth-century US literature, in a transatlantic context. Editor(s): Manning, Susan; Taylor, Andrew. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635740
ISBN
9780748635740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.66
€ 119.92

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFGA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 3. Weight in Grams: 73.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1926
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663155133
ISBN
9783663155133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.07

Paperback. Little attention has been paid to the ties between producing and performing verse and processes of economic, ideological, political, and social change in the Heian. This book addresses such issues by investigating how different members of the court deployed poems in the pursuit of power. Series: Cornell East Asia. Num Pages: 433 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947396
ISBN
9781933947396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Discusses Flaubert's life, the writing of "Madame Bovary", the world in which the novel is set, and its publication and reception. Translator(s): MacKenzie, Raymond N. Num Pages: 346 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841238
ISBN
9781603841238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.63

Discusses Flaubert's life, the writing of "Madame Bovary", the world in which the novel is set, and its publication and reception. Translator(s): MacKenzie, Raymond N. Num Pages: 346 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841245
ISBN
9781603841245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.68

Paperback. In San Diego, a group of Chicana women participated in a political theatre group whose plays addressed social, gender, and political issues of the working class and the Chicano Movement. This memoir tells the story of this troupe through chapters featuring the history and story of each of the main actors and writers. Editor(s): Garcia, Laura E.; Gutierrez, Sandra M.; Nunez, Felicitas. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 34 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; AN; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292717442
ISBN
9780292717442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

hardcover. Editor(s): Amirthanayagam, Guy. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1982nd Edition
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333273418
ISBN
9780333273418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Amirthanayagam, Guy. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349049424
ISBN
9781349049424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 193.09

Paperback. Editor(s): Amirthanayagam, Guy. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 301.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349049455
ISBN
9781349049455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.40

Hardcover. Queer Commodities is the first book-length analysis of same-sexuality and consumer capitalism in contemporary US fiction. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340497
ISBN
9780230340497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.48

Paperback. For the first time, Guy Debord's pivotal work Society of the Spectacle appears in a definitive and authoritative English translation. Translator(s): Nicholson-Smith, Donald; Smith, Donald Nicholson-. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
154
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299793
ISBN
9780942299793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. A guide to the "Divine Comedy" that provides readers with a map of the entire poem, from the lowest circle of Hell to the highest sphere of Paradise. It charts a simultaneously geographical and textual journey, canto by canto, region by region, adhering closely to the path taken by Dante himself through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 177 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
35878th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226702704
ISBN
9780226702704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. Takes readers on a geographic journey through Dante's underworld circle by circle - from the Dark Wood down to the ninth circle of Hell - in much the same way Dante and Virgil proceed in their infernal descent. Each chapter of this book begins with a summary of the action, followed by entries, significant verses, and useful study questions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 map, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 212 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226702681
ISBN
9780226702681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.23

Hardcover. Drawing on a range of material from archives in the US and from a variety of primary historical sources, this study places Cather's major fiction in its cultural context. It explores "progressivism", "primitivism" and "Americanization" in such novels as "My Antonia" and "O Pioneers!". Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333634516
ISBN
9780333634516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.96

Hardcover. Culture, Northern Ireland, and the Second World War presents a new cultural history of Northern Ireland during and after the Second World War, examining the often-neglected period before the onset of the Troubles and exploring work by the generation of artists and writers that preceded Seamus Heaney and his contemporaries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198716853
ISBN
9780198716853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.55

Drawing on the disciplines of book history, translation studies, comparative literature, and visual studies, the author focuses on the book as an object, examining how specific copies of manuscripts and printed books were presented to an English readership by a variety of translators. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 900.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646032
ISBN
9781442646032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.82

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Routledge
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907975578
ISBN
9781907975578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.33
€ 56.26

paperback. Although the book is scholarly in approach, its plain and lively style, its original theories and its new treatment of Dickens' female characters ensures its accessibility and appeal to the general reader as well as to the specialist student. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1987
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349085521
ISBN
9781349085521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089381
ISBN
9780719089381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.17

Paperback. Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry Lectures: three lectures linking form and politics with the content of poetry by Wales's first National Poet. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 4. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780370705
ISBN
9781780370705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349430468
ISBN
9781349430468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.97

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