Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Poet Anna Wickham, a neglected figure in early 20th-century literature, is the subject of this biography. The book details her flight from her husband and sons to live with Natalie Clifford Barney in Paris, and her friendships with members of a literary circle that included D. H. Lawrence and Lawrence Durrell. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568332536
- ISBN
- 9781568332536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.31
€ 33.99
€ 29.31
Hardcover. This project takes the human body and the bodily senses as joints that articulate new kinds of connections between church and theatre and overturns a longstanding notion about theatrical phenomenology in this period. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 311 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030047
- ISBN
- 9781137030047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
hardcover. This text rethinks the nature of classical influence and finds that the relationship between the modern West and Greece is one of anxiety, fascination and resistance. It uses Shelley's protean and radical writing to question and illuminate the contemporary Romantic understanding of Greece. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC; HBJD; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333655696
- ISBN
- 9780333655696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Hardcover. The fat female body is a unique construction in American culture that has been understood in various ways during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Analyzing post-WWII stage and screen performances, Mobley argues that the fat actress's body signals myriad cultural assumptions and suggests new ways of reading the body in performance. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137430663
- ISBN
- 9781137430663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardback. Reading through influential texts of the later Middle Ages, Adams shows how specific representations of chess encoded concerns about political organization, civic community, and individual autonomy. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; WDMG1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239447
- ISBN
- 9780812239447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 205 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168595
- ISBN
- 9780231168595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138789
- ISBN
- 9780231138789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.65€ 51.34
€ 64.65
€ 51.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168588
- ISBN
- 9780231168588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. The nearest we can get to a Dickens autobiography, these letters give us unique insights into his life, and are essential reading for Dickens fans everywhere. Whether you dip in or read straight through, this selection of his letters creates afresh the brilliance of being Dickens, and the sheer pleasure of being in his company. Editor(s): Hartley, Jenny. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199686834
- ISBN
- 9780199686834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; CFF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485206
- ISBN
- 9780801485206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Hardcover. Katherine Mansfield had a career-long engagement with the literary marketplace from the age of eighteen. This book examines how she developed as a writer within a range of book and periodical publishing contexts, reconsidering her writing's enactment of a commercially viable modern aesthetic in her experimentation with the short story form. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230234796
- ISBN
- 9780230234796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. Examining the work of the Elizabethan playwright, Robert Greene, this book argues that Greene's plays are innovative in their use of spectacle. Its most striking feature is the use of the one-to-one analogies between Greene's drama and modern cinema, in order to explore the plays' stage effects. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HPN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349461707
- ISBN
- 9781349461707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Paperback. It ain't easy being green: Croak is a poetic negotiation between a species in crisis and its many cultural markers. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 157.
- Publisher
- Coach House Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552452509
- ISBN
- 9781552452509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 8.34
€ 17.99
€ 8.34
Paperback. * A fascinating insight into the contradictions between Eliot's private life and her writings Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 8. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844084982
- ISBN
- 9781844084982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age. This biography traces Elizabeth's youth in rural Knutsford, her married years in the tension-ridden city of Manchester and her wide network of friends, her religious and feminist arguments of nineteenth century Britain, with enjoyment, passion and wit. Num Pages: 704 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571203598
- ISBN
- 9780571203598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.15
€ 21.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. Hans Fallada was a drug addict, womanizer, alcoholic, jailbird and thief. This title tells the story of Hans Fallada, whose real name was Rudolf Ditzen. It chronicles his turbulent life as a writer, husband and father, shadowed by mental torment and long periods in psychiatric care. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Penguin Press/Classics
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952672
- ISBN
- 9780241952672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Libris United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870352314
- ISBN
- 9781870352314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.61
€ 19.99
€ 18.61
Paperback. New, wide-ranging essays on the controversial poet, who was both a harbinger of Modernism and a critic of modernity. Editor(s): Rieckmann, Jens. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134561
- ISBN
- 9781571134561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.56
€ 43.99
€ 42.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 273 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772899619
- ISBN
- 9788772899619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.53€ 40.81
€ 50.53
€ 40.81
Hardback. The author examines the work of key figures in the early history of Jewish literature through the prism of their allusions to classical Jewish texts, focusing on the highly complex strategies the maskilim employed to achieve their potential and ideological goals. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; 2CSJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749015
- ISBN
- 9780804749015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. Paris, Capital of the Black Atlantic is unique both in its focus on literary fiction as a formal and sociological category and in the range of examples it brings to bear on the question of Paris as an imaginary capital of diasporic consciousness. Editor(s): Braddock, Jeremy; Eburne, Jonathan P. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407791
- ISBN
- 9781421407791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.33
€ 43.99
€ 37.33
hardcover. Historians' autobiographies, Popkin shows, reveal how scholars arrive at their vocations, the difficulties of writing about modern professional life, and the ways in which personal stories can add to our understanding of historical events such as war, political movements, and the traumas of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1line drawing. BIC Classification: DSK; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226675435
- ISBN
- 9780226675435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 46.05
€ 52.89
€ 46.05
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Schocken Books United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805242782
- ISBN
- 9780805242782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.95
€ 32.99
€ 27.95
Hardcover. Did medieval women have the power to choose? This is a question at the heart of this book that explores three court cases from Yorkshire in the decades after the Black Death. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602946
- ISBN
- 9780230602946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92