Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. * A pathbreaking new book by one of the world s leading sociologists * The book is a study of the rise of detective novels and spy novels in the 19th and 20th centuries, and Boltanski shows that these genres tell us something important about the nature of modern societies and the modern state. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664040
- ISBN
- 9780745664040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.15
€ 75.15
Paperback. Translator(s): Joyce, Jane Wilson. Series: Masters of Latin Literature. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481376
- ISBN
- 9780801481376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.82
€ 34.99
€ 31.82
Hardcover. Drawing from the fields of literature, politics, law and history, the contributors make visible the political and ethical terms of "Invisible Man", while simultaneously illuminating Ellison's understanding of democracy and art. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123127
- ISBN
- 9780813123127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.24
€ 48.24
paperback. Since 1857, hardly a year has gone by without some sort of Bronte 'biography' appearing. These range from pious accounts in Victorian conduct books to Freudian psychobiographies, from plays, films and ballets to tourist brochures and images on tea-towels. This work aims to offer a fresh life to our understanding of the novelists and their culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287148
- ISBN
- 9780099287148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Hardback. A brilliant new work by Luce Irigaray, one of the greatest living French thinkers, in which she deepens her arguments in relation to sexuate difference. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441135070
- ISBN
- 9781441135070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 88.72
€ 118.84
€ 88.72
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662452
- ISBN
- 9781855662452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.65
€ 97.65
Hardback. This text, examines the work of Italo Calvino concentrating mainly on his first novel. Situating his early work in its historical and cultural context, the author reassesses Italian neorealism in terms of the theories and critical debates about realism of critics such as Lukics, Sartre and Brecht. Num Pages: 432 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 665.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804716505
- ISBN
- 9780804716505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.09
€ 101.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816643257
- ISBN
- 9780816643257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479889327
- ISBN
- 9781479889327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardback. In The Drama of the Assimilated Jew, Lucienne Kroha makes Bassani's personal and literary journey accessible to English-language readers. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646162
- ISBN
- 9781442646162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.17
€ 79.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Duke University Press U.S.A.
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822312246
- ISBN
- 9780822312246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.35
€ 27.99
€ 26.35
Paperback. Those who had known Charles Dickens as a child must have been astonished at his rise from being, in his own words, 'a little labouring hind' to becoming one of the most famous and adored men in the world. Series: NPG Companions. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- National Portrait Gallery Publications United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855145962
- ISBN
- 9781855145962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.37
€ 9.37
Paperback. Translator(s): Molino, Anthony. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Open Letter
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781940953144
- ISBN
- 9781940953144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.30
€ 16.99
€ 15.30
Paperback. The volume includes Trojan Women, Thyestes, Phaedra, Medea, and Agamemnon, plus a preface. Translator(s): Slavitt, David. Series: Complete Roman Drama in Translation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801843099
- ISBN
- 9780801843099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.89
€ 37.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDA; DSBB; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 204 x 39. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486811246
- ISBN
- 9780486811246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.70
€ 15.99
€ 11.70
Hardcover. This wide-ranging Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama offers challenging analyses of a range of plays in their political contexts. It explores the cultural, social, economic and institutional agendas that readers need to engage with in order to appreciate modern theatre in all its complexity. Editor(s): Luckhurst, Mary. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 608 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1186.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405122283
- ISBN
- 9781405122283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.03
€ 194.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Gale, Monica R. Num Pages: 200 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856688898
- ISBN
- 9780856688898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.10
€ 34.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Literature today is a very different concept from that of only a generation ago, and this difference is attributed usually to a postmodernisma . Most radical of all is the possibility that the very notion of literature is rendered untenable by postmodernism. Editor(s): Lucy, Niall. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631210283
- ISBN
- 9780631210283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
hardcover. Daniels, author of Caleb, My Son, here tells of her troubled childhood, which included bouts of anorexia and mental illness. Her struggle to overcome her problems resulted in a bestselling book and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 169 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1007.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568332505
- ISBN
- 9781568332505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.78
€ 33.99
€ 31.78
Hardback. "Order and Disorder", the first epic poem by an Englishwoman, has never before been available in its entirety. David Norbrook has attributed the work to the republican, Lucy Hutchinson. In this volume, he provides a wealth of editorial matter, along with the full version of "Order and Disorder". Editor(s): Norbrook, David. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220602
- ISBN
- 9780631220602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.04
€ 150.04
Paperback. Order and Disorder, the first epic poem by an Englishwoman, has never before been available in its entirety. The first five cantos were printed anonymously in 1679, but fifteen further cantos remained in manuscript, probably because they were so politically sensitive. Editor(s): Norbrook, David. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220619
- ISBN
- 9780631220619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.11
€ 62.11
Paperback. Lucy McDiarmid creates a new kind of literary history, telling an illimuntating tale of the curious occasion of the 'peacock dinner,' when W. B. Yeats and Ezra Pound led four lesser-known poets to the home of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt to eat a peacock. Num Pages: 240 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198788331
- ISBN
- 9780198788331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.91
€ 37.91
Hardcover. A full-length account of Barthes' lecture courses given in Paris,1977-80, placing his teaching within institutional, intellectual and personal contexts. Analysing texts and recordings of the four lectures together with his 1970s output, it brings together all the strands of Barthes' activity as writer, teacher and public intellectual. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318436
- ISBN
- 9781846318436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00