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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This sombre biography of an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's slave society, is presented in both Spanish and English. There is an introduction which sets the text in its historical and cultural context. Translator(s): Garfield, Evelyn Picon. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; BGA; DSBD; HBTS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Wayne State University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual Ed
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814325384
ISBN
9780814325384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Open Letter United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934824689
ISBN
9781934824689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. Instable Puente: La construccion del letrado criollo en la obra de Juan de Espinosa Medrano" Series: North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469609973
ISBN
9781469609973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.82

Hardback. Translator(s): Willis, Raymond Smith. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 971.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646756
ISBN
9780691646756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 279.42

Paperback. By looking at Victorian poetry, prose, and the novel, these essays show how a particular religious discourse cuts across the literary, gendered, and the broader semiotic landscape of Victorian literature. Editor(s): Nixon, Jude V. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349528820
ISBN
9781349528820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. This fascinating compendium of hundreds of lists providing thousands of interesting and entertaining facts, terms and trivia about literature, related to genres, literary periods, themes, authors, characters and awards. Editor(s): Strouf, Judie L.H. Num Pages: 432 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; GBC; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pearson Education (US) United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780735201217
ISBN
9780735201217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. A comprehensive reference and an essential tool for literature teachers at various grade levels. It offers over 200 time saving lists for both teacher and student use. Series: J-B Ed: Book of Lists. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 216 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787975500
ISBN
9780787975500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.33

Hardback. This book chronicles three decades of social and political disintegration in a nation marked by violence, paradox, and hyperbole, a country both blessed and cursed by its wealth of natural resources, its culture, and its strategic location in the western hemisphere. Editor(s): Weiss, Judith A. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482140
ISBN
9781611482140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.32

Paperback. In the context of the significant struggles with 'fundamentalisms', media consolidation, and the stifling of dissent, the author's close readings of Woolf's writings focus on their relevance to our political situation. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 8. Weight in Grams: 228. 144 pages. In the context of the significant struggles with 'fundamentalisms', media consolidation, and the stifling of dissent, the author's close readings of Woolf's writings focus on their relevance to our political situation. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 8. Weight: 228.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748664856
ISBN
9780748664856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.72

hardcover. Offers a comprehensive assessment of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's complicated feminism by exploring the renowned writer's theories of sexuality and evolutionary analyses of androcentric, or male-dominated, culture. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226014623
ISBN
9780226014623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.14
€ 88.84

Paperback. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. Num Pages: 127 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 4KL; DD; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 135 x 201 x 7. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521172578
ISBN
9780521172578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.34

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive assessment of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's complicated feminism by exploring the renowned writer's theories of sexuality and evolutionary analyses of androcentric, or male-dominated, culture. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226014630
ISBN
9780226014630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.92

Paperback. Series: Body & Soul. Num Pages: 350 pages, map. BIC Classification: DSB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Travelers' Tales, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885211187
ISBN
9781885211187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.52

Hardback. Editor(s): Slagle, Judith Bailey. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471779
ISBN
9781611471779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.54

Paperback. Translator(s): Burk, Drew S. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Univocal Publishing LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937561178
ISBN
9781937561178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.06

Hardback. The focus of Fictive Domains is the period 1717-1770, during which nostalgia was just beginning to emerge as a cultural concept. Using psychoanalytic, feminist, and materialist theories, this book examines representations of bodies and landscapes in the cultural production of the early- to mid-eighteenth century. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482447
ISBN
9781611482447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 17. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801447792
ISBN
9780801447792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.32

Paperback. Antigone, the insurgent from Sophocles's Oedipus, has long been a feminist icon of defiance. This book redefines Antigone's legacy, recovering her significance and liberating it for a progressive feminism and sexual politics. It reconceptualizes the incest taboo in relation to kinship - and open up the concept of kinship to cultural change. Series: Wellek Library Lectures S. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 150. Kinship Between Life and Death. Series: Wellek Library Lectures S. 112 pages. Antigone, the insurgent from Sophocles's Oedipus, has long been a feminist icon of defiance. This book redefines Antigone's legacy, recovering her significance and liberating it for a progressive feminism and sexual politics. It reconceptualizes the incest taboo in relation to kinship - and open up the concept of kinship to cultural change. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFFK. Dimension: 229 x 130 x 8. Weight: 148.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118958
ISBN
9780231118958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.34

Hardback. Drawing upon Hegel, Nietzsche, Freud, Foucault, and Althusser, this challenging and lucid work offers a theory of subject formation that illuminates as ambivalent the psychic effects of social power. Num Pages: 228 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: DSA; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728119
ISBN
9780804728119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardback. The painting and poetry of the Renaissance shared the same goal of imitating nature. This study is concerned with the various kinds of allusions and what they can tell us not only about the poets' attitudes to the visual arts but also their attitudes to their own art of representation. Illustrated. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AB; AFC; DCF; DSBD; DSC; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874134599
ISBN
9780874134599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.49

Hardback. Franciscus Junius the Younger (1591-1677) is famous as virtually the founder of Germanic philology. But he also composed, at the request of the Earl of Arundel, whom he served as librarian, an influential treatise on the art of painting as it is viewed in ancient literature. This book discusses his marginalia to the works of Philip Sidney. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139822
ISBN
9780874139822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.17

Paperback. IBeautifully designed with 21 color and 15 halftone illustrations, this first substantial study of Emily Dickinson's devotion to flowers and gardening seeks to join both poet and gardener in one creative personality. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 color illustrations, 12 tritone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674018297
ISBN
9780674018297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.75

Paperback. This text explores the desire, suffering, exultation, spiritual rapture and dedication to art that characterizes the poetry of Emily Dickinson, and attempts to decipher their many complex and witty references to texts and paintings of her time. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 color illustrations in an 8 page insert plus 9 halftones scattered throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674656666
ISBN
9780674656666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.68

Paperback. "Fetterley s questions are often so crucial, her observations repeatedly so acute, that they force us to ask how we avoided them in the past." Women s Studies International Quarterly.". thoughtful, informed, and well written." Choice" Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253202475
ISBN
9780253202475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

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