Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
paperback. This work looks at the changing concept of the purity of women brought about by the rise of Christianity. Rejecting Roman feminine virtue in its pure, but fertile form, Christianity claimed a moral superiority in its ideals of romance, and portrayed women seeking more spiritual goals. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HRCC1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674939509
- ISBN
- 9780674939509
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.16
€ 43.99
€ 36.16
Paperback. The late 1990s and early 2000s witnessed a surge in the publication and popularity of autobiographical writings about childhood. Linking literary and cultural studies, Drawing on trauma and memory studies and theories of authorship and readership, this title offers commentary on the triumphs, trials, and tribulations that have shaped this genre. Series Editor(s): Bluebond-Langner, Myra. Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813546643
- ISBN
- 9780813546643
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.51
€ 42.99
€ 37.51
Hardback. Explores how authors used the Gothic novel to challenge the false claim of home as a safe, protected place. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252060489
- ISBN
- 9780252060489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.60
€ 28.60
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HRCL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632278
- ISBN
- 9780691632278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.68
€ 110.68
Paperback. Kate Grenville's "The Secret River" was one of the most loved novels of 2006. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize. This book tells the story of how Grenville came to write this book. It maps this creative journey into fiction, and illuminates the importance of family in our lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; DSBH; DSK; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168. The Story Behind the Bestselling Novel. 240 pages, Illustrations. Kate Grenville's "The Secret River" was one of the most loved novels of 2006. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize. This book tells the story of how Grenville came to write this book. It maps this creative journey into fiction, and illuminates the importance of family in our lives. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MBF; DSBH; DSK; WQY. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight: 176.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847670021
- ISBN
- 9781847670021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.08
€ 17.99
€ 13.08
Hardcover. Explores how Walter Pater and his contemporary aesthetes were influenced by modern philosophies. Repositioning Walter Pater at philosophical nexus of Aestheticism, this title presents the discussion of how Pater redefines Romantic Individualism through his engagements with modern philosophical discourses and in the context of modernity in Britain. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748646258
- ISBN
- 9780748646258
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Condition: New
€ 113.47€ 108.93
€ 113.47
€ 108.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679287
- ISBN
- 9780816679287
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.65
€ 30.99
€ 27.65
Hardback. An annual narrative bibliography which aims to provide a comprehensive collection of theoretical essays with bibliographies for work published in a given year. Volume 7 covers work published in 1997. Editor(s): McGowan, Kate. Series: Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219309
- ISBN
- 9780631219309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.74
€ 262.74
Paperback. Includes chapters through which the scholars explore the party both as a literary device and as a forum for developing modernist creative values, opening up new perspectives on materiality, the everyday and concepts of space, place and time. This book addresses gender and sexuality, race, genre, class, sociality and privacy. Editor(s): McLoughlin, Kate. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474401418
- ISBN
- 9781474401418
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174251
- ISBN
- 9780231174251
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.26
€ 30.99
€ 22.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174244
- ISBN
- 9780231174244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.61€ 64.39
€ 83.61
€ 64.39
Paperback. Although the British romantic poets have been the subjects of previous ecocritical examinations, this title compares English and German literary models of romanticism. Rigby treats not only canonical British romantics but an array of major figures in Continental literature, philosophy, and natural history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922751
- ISBN
- 9780813922751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.87
€ 54.87
Paperback. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936901
- ISBN
- 9780813936901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.40
€ 33.40
Paperback. Explores the evolution of the socialist realist novel as a myth-like genre. Combining intellectual and literary history, this work traces the development of the novel's master plot from its origins in the mid-19th century to its end at the close of the 20th. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213679
- ISBN
- 9780253213679
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.25
€ 25.99
€ 24.25
Hardcover. Essays examining representations of disaster in German and international contexts, exploring the nexus between disruption and recovery through narrative from the eighteenth century to the present. Editor(s): Gerstenberger, Katharina; Nusser, Tanja. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139016
- ISBN
- 9781571139016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.58
€ 98.58
Paperback. The German Capital in Post-wall Literature. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 222 pages, black & white illustrations. A study of the "patchwork imaginary" that is postwall Berlin fiction and its significance for the new Germany. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135131
- ISBN
- 9781571135131
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.54
€ 44.99
€ 42.54
Hardcover. A comprehensive account of Goethe's relationship to Arabian culture, mediated by his interest in certain poets and texts and by his highly nuanced attitude toward Islam. Translator(s): Metzger, Michael M. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 508 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 162 x 47. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139085
- ISBN
- 9781571139085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.38
€ 134.38
Paperback. Presents a selection of the works of Hrotsvit, the first-known woman dramatist, that contain legends, dramas, and epics. Series: Library of Medieval Women. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ADL; DNF; DQ; DSBB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859914895
- ISBN
- 9780859914895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.78
€ 26.99
€ 23.78
Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 39. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611490381
- ISBN
- 9781611490381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.61
€ 186.61
Paperback. An extravaganza of beautiful princesses and stout stable boys, sour-faced witches and king with hearts of gold. Each tale is a masterpiece of storytelling from the hilarious Three Sillies to the delightfully macabre Sammles ghost. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 390 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; FQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415286022
- ISBN
- 9780415286022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.81
€ 19.99
€ 19.81
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415286015
- ISBN
- 9780415286015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.91
€ 19.99
€ 19.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Capshaw, Katharine; Duane, Anna Mae. Num Pages: 400 pages, 52. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 254 x 51. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517900274
- ISBN
- 9781517900274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Employing interdisciplinary critical strategies, including social, educational, and publishing history, canon-formation theory, and archival research, this book analyzes childhood as a site of emerging black cultural nationalism. It explores the period's vigorous exchange about the nature and identity of black childhood. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 368 pages, 23 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; DSY; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 527.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218889
- ISBN
- 9780253218889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. The Revenge Tragedy flourished in Britain in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Each of the four plays here defines the problems of the revenge genre, and deals with fundamental moral questions about justice and the individual, while registering the strains of life in an increasingly fragile social hierarchy. Editor(s): Maus, Katharine Eisaman. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199540532
- ISBN
- 9780199540532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.35
€ 12.99
€ 9.35