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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Sick Heroes examines the cultural practices that created those remarkably offensive, though strangely appealing, romantic heroes that appeared in European and especially in French literature in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895491
ISBN
9780859895491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.89

Paperback. Brings together a substantial number of Elizabeth Bowen's ungathered and unknown radio broadcasts, interviews and public lectures. Editor(s): Hepburn, Allan. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DNS; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748640423
ISBN
9780748640423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349181667
ISBN
9781349181667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.28

Paperback. A fun and thoughtful exploration is offered of imaginary people who have affected our lives and culture, from Jim Crow and Sherlock Holmes to James Bond and Archie Bunker to Mickey Mouse and Santa Claus. Num Pages: 336 pages, 214. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
317
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
English Language
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061132216
ISBN
9780061132216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.24

Hardcover. The Story of Manu, by poet Allasani Peddana, is the definitive literary monument of Telugu civilization and a powerful embodiment of the imperial culture of Vijayanagara, the last of the great premodern south Indian states. It is a book about kingship at the time of Krishnadevaraya, who was a close friend and patron of the poet. Series: Murty Classical Library of India. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 37. Weight in Grams: 768.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674427761
ISBN
9780674427761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Compares the discourses of indigeneity used by Maori and Native American peoples and proposes the concept treaty discourse to characterize the relevant form of postcolonial situation. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBN; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329473
ISBN
9780822329473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

paperback. Allen Ginsberg (1926-97) was born in Newark, New Jersey, to a poet-teacher father and Russian emigre mother. When "Howl and Other Poems" was impounded by San Francisco customs in 1956, the subsequent trial for obscenity catapulted Ginsberg and his publisher City Lights to national fame and helped to define the Beat Generation. Editor(s): Ford, Mark. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571238101
ISBN
9780571238101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.52

Hardcover. In the spirit of Blake's vow of 'mental fight,' this work contends with challenges to the validity of the poetic imagination, from Adorno's maxim 'No poetry after Auschwitz,' to the claims of religious authority upon truth, and the ultimate challenge posed by the fact of death itself. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309736
ISBN
9780226309736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.05
€ 78.49

Paperback. Contends with challenges to the validity of the poetic imagination, from Adorno's maxim 'No poetry after Auschwitz,' to the claims of religious authority upon truth, and the ultimate challenge posed by the fact of death itself. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309743
ISBN
9780226309743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Examining the intolerance of homosexuality in the early medieval period, this study challenges the long-held belief that the early Middle Ages tolerated same-sex relations. The work focuses on Anglo-Saxon literature but also includes examinations of contemporary opera, dance and theatre. Num Pages: 380 pages, 12 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; AS; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260921
ISBN
9780226260921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.63

Paperback. Contains commentary on the Purgatorio by various scholars. This book presents to the nonspecialist reader one of the cantos of the transitional middle cantica of Dante's unique Christian epic. It provides awareness of Dante's timeless aspirations and achievements. Editor(s): Mandelbaum, Allen; Oldcorn, Anthony; Ross, Charles. Num Pages: 412 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520250567
ISBN
9780520250567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. .
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611487916
ISBN
9781611487916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562. The Dynamics of a Critical Rivalry. 264 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 21. Weight: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838754191
ISBN
9780838754191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.38

Hardback. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838637524
ISBN
9780838637524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.98

Hardback. This collection of essays on British literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance focuses on the point of contact between an artist and society that prompts the literary imagination to respond either with the creation of a new character or with the demonstration of change in an old one. Editor(s): White, Robert A. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135442
ISBN
9780874135442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.10

Paperback. Series: Macmillan modern Shakespeare. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 276 x 210. Weight in Grams: 295. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Price clipped from edge of front cover
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Number of pages
112
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0000831
ISBN
9780333398845
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.04

Paperback. Written by leading international scholars of Woolf and modernism, The Cambridge Companion to To The Lighthouse will be of interest to students and scholars alike. Editor(s): Pease, Allison. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 202 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107682313
ISBN
9781107682313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99

Hardcover. .
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817319168
ISBN
9780817319168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.99

Paperback. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 174 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 200 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9788798013174
ISBN
9788798013174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.72

textbook. An annotated bibliography of 779 entries divided into five sections: Novels; Anthologies and Novellas; Young Adult; Additional Readings; Unread Undead. Separate author and title indexes are included. Illustrator(s): Temo, Joan. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GBCR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780810835047
ISBN
9780810835047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.85

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904634300
ISBN
9781904634300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.65

paperback. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; CFP; DCF; DSBB; DSC; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442613126
ISBN
9781442613126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

paperback. Examines the emergence of a new generation of Jewish immigrant authors in America, most of whom grew up in formerly communist countries. This collection chronicles and clarifies issues of personal and cultural dislocation and loss, but also affirms the possibilities of reorientation and renewal. Editor(s): Rosenfeld, Alvin H. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219817
ISBN
9780253219817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Examines how Chicana writers engage literary convention through fiction, poetry, drama, and autobiography as a means of addressing these motives. Employing anthropological, feminist, historical, and literary sources, this book explores the continuity found among Chicanas' writing across varied genres. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSA; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566393737
ISBN
9781566393737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.03

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