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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. New examinations of the role storytelling played in medieval life. Editor(s): Postlewate, Laurie; Duys, Kathryn A.; Emery, Elizabeth. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 282 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843917
ISBN
9781843843917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.42

Hardback. This volume provides a combined index to the first 20 volumes of Index of Middle English Prose. In the absence of a searchable electronic database version of this series, it will be an essential tool for all researchers in this area. Indexes of incipits and excipits are provided, together with author and title indexes and general subject indexes. Editor(s): Rand, Kari Anne. Series: Index of Middle English Prose. Num Pages: 612 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSK; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843832
ISBN
9781843843832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 241.22

Hardback. Between Page and Screen shows the continuing relevance of film as a cultural medium for contemporary literature. Its integrative approach allows readers to situate current shifts within the literary field in a wider, long-term perspective. Editor(s): Brillenburg Wurth, Kiene. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: APF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823239054
ISBN
9780823239054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Hardback. First modern text and English translation of an important Anglo-Saxon poem dealing with the liturgical year. Editor(s): Karasawa, Kazutomo. Series: Anglo-Saxon Texts. Num Pages: 245 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844099
ISBN
9781843844099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Hardcover. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333281017
ISBN
9780333281017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.32
€ 55.15

Paperback. A thoroughly revised edition of this successful undergraduate introduction to literary theory, this text includes core pieces by leading theorists from Russian Formalists to Postmodernist and Post-colonial critics. An ideal teaching resource, with helpful introductory notes to each chapter. Editor(s): Newton, K. M. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333677421
ISBN
9780333677421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.46

Hardcover. Considered an important figure in medieval French literature, Chretien de Troyes is credited with inventing the modern novel. This work demonstrates that Chretien learned the importance of translation from the Mediterranean-centered classical tradition. It examines how Irish monastic scholarship influenced the cultural identity of medieval Europe. Series: Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631606
ISBN
9780815631606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.05

Hardcover. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of Defoe's oeuvre from the perspective of the historian. Clark presents Defoe by recovering the theological basis of his intellectual commitments, establishing him as a crucial figure in the evolution of theories about war and property, conquest and commerce, religious toleration and civil society. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333971369
ISBN
9780333971369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36

Hardback. Series: Major Figures in Spanish and Latin American Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; BGL; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300180824
ISBN
9780300180824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.03
€ 45.80

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Griffith Institute United Kingdom
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416873
ISBN
9780900416873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.03

Hardback. Provides a panoramic historical outlook of the European literary, cultural and political scene between 1789 and 1817, that is the Revolution, the Napoleonic era and the Restoration. Translator(s): Cemper, Kathleen Jameson-. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AH; BG; CJ; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 785.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792360414
ISBN
9780792360414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.05

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137005366
ISBN
9781137005366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.37

Hardback. In 16th and 17th century England conversation was an embodied act that held the capacity to negotiate, manipulate and transform social relationships. Early Modern Women in Conversation illuminates the extent to which gender shaped conversational interaction and demonstrates the significance of conversation as a rhetorical practice for women. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298620
ISBN
9780230298620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.94

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370. 174p. dw. First Edition. Keywords: "Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - General,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Literary Studies - General,Education Resources - Books - English Liter"
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Edition
1980th Edition
SKU
KON0730544
ISBN
9780333288450
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 11.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. This is a broad-ranging and ambitious attempt to rethink aesthetic and literary studies in terms of an "anthropology" of symbolic media generally. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734639
ISBN
9780804734639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.65

Hardback. This book explores modern literature's responses to the tragic. It examines writers from the latter half of the nineteenth century through to the later twentieth century who respond to ideas about tragedy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748636730
ISBN
9780748636730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 102.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 222 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9788024614946
ISBN
9788024614946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.12

Paperback. This book, now available in paperback, reappraises the place of children's literature, showing it to be a creative space where writers and illustrators try out new ideas about books, society, and narratives in an age of instant communication and multi-media. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230239371
ISBN
9780230239371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.22

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137026323
ISBN
9781137026323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.60

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
302
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2005th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403964441
ISBN
9781403964441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.89

Hardback. Angela Johnson is a three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Author award, the Prinz prize, a MacArthur Foundation genius award, and numerous other book awards. This book introduces Johnson's work, illuminating its nuances through research and interviews and correspondence with her. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 267.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810850927
ISBN
9780810850927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.65

Hardback. Sharon Draper published her first novel in 1994, and since then she has published over 15 books for middle and high school readers. Draper has made a lasting contribution to the field of young adult literature; this book, which shares her life and work, will be beneficial to the field of young adult literature. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 148 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810859852
ISBN
9780810859852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
Condition
New
Number of pages
146
SKU
V9788323336976
ISBN
9788323336976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.40

Hardback. Offers an English translation of the complete, uncensored text, which has long been celebrated as one of the most convincing and sensually rich portraits of the geisha profession. This book tells a sweeping story in which sexual politics compete with sisterly affection in a world ruled by material transaction. Translator(s): Snyder, Stephen. Series: Japanese Studies Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141185
ISBN
9780231141185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.90
€ 64.07

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