Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. 'How had the pair of elderly Jewish lesbians survived the Nazis?' The author asks at the beginning of this work of literary biography and investigative journalism. The pair, of course, is Gertrude Stein, the modernist master and Alice B Toklas, the 'worker bee' who ministered to Stein's needs throughout their forty-year expatriate 'marriage'. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300143102
- ISBN
- 9780300143102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.53
€ 13.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. In a unique contribution to understanding the interaction of language policy and planning in modern conflict resolution, Janet Mullerprovides an insider account of the search for improved status for the Irish language in Northern Ireland from the 1980s." Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 294 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; DSB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311613
- ISBN
- 9781349311613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardback. Fugitive Testimony examines African American slave narratives in light of contemporary artists' use of the genre within their visual art at the end of the twentieth century. It identifies a sustained representational strategy employed by black cultural producers across time to challenge the racial presumptions that manifest as artistic constraints. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823272891
- ISBN
- 9780823272891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.60
€ 102.60
Paperback. Fugitive Testimony examines African American slave narratives in light of contemporary artists' use of the genre within their visual art at the end of the twentieth century. It identifies a sustained representational strategy employed by black cultural producers across time to challenge the racial presumptions that manifest as artistic constraints. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272907
- ISBN
- 9780823272907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.43
€ 29.43
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165181
- ISBN
- 9780231165181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.17
€ 87.17
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 line illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169026
- ISBN
- 9780691169026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.51€ 42.10
€ 52.51
€ 42.10
Hardcover. Features a collection of facts and insights into the life and times of the great novelist and the attitudes and customs that shaped both her and her work. This title looks at the facts of author's life and times, as well as stories about her novels, including: the marriage proposal that Austen accepted, only to change her mind, and more. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780233005140
- ISBN
- 9780233005140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.09
€ 11.09
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107494701
- ISBN
- 9781107494701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.32
€ 28.32
Paperback. This informative Companion offers a combination of original readings and factual background information. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 234 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 388. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 234 pages, 3 b/w illus. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. This informative Companion offers a combination of original readings and factual background information. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 11. Weight: 388.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521279581
- ISBN
- 9780521279581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.29
€ 40.29
Paperback. Janet Todd is one of the leading authorities on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century women writers. The author discusses women and issues of gender from the Restoration to Romanticism. She examines the complex connections between art and life as revealed by women authors. The author's previous books have sold well. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFSJ1; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745610559
- ISBN
- 9780745610559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.74
€ 24.74
Paperback. An accessible 2007 introduction to Shakespeare's tragedies, including full chapters on Macbeth, Hamlet and King Lear. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 274. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 176 pages, 1 b/w illus. An accessible 2007 introduction to Shakespeare's tragedies, including full chapters on Macbeth, Hamlet and King Lear. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DSGS. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight: 292.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521674928
- ISBN
- 9780521674928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349049981
- ISBN
- 9781349049981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Paperback. Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807843499
- ISBN
- 9780807843499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.00
€ 43.00
Hardback. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312229818
- ISBN
- 9780312229818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.49
€ 128.49
Paperback. This book tells a remarkable story that begins in classical antiquity with ecphrasis, the art of describing the world so vividly that the audience could become imaginative eyewitnesses, and the events that caused an ideal of immediacy to be transformed into nearly its opposite, a preoccupation with representation of representation. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535576
- ISBN
- 9781349535576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403974891
- ISBN
- 9781403974891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
Hardback. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838639351
- ISBN
- 9780838639351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Hardback. Draws connections between the works of authors such as Elizabeth Bowen, Dorothy L. Sayers, Olivia Manning, Iris Murdoch and A.S. Byatt, who dramatize darkness in wartime, gothic terror, madness and romantic betrayal, yet celebrate the triumph of rationality and "the higher common sense". Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333614204
- ISBN
- 9780333614204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349188703
- ISBN
- 9781349188703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.30
€ 38.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349392469
- ISBN
- 9781349392469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
With its wide-ranging discussion of texts and rhetorical figures, this book can serve as an introduction to Old English poetic composition and style. Verse and Virtuosity, will be of considerable interest to Anglo-Saxonists, linguists, and those studying rhetorical traditions. Series: Toronto Old English Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802091574
- ISBN
- 9780802091574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.08
€ 87.08
Paperback. This forward-thinking and revealing investigation offers scholars and ardent fans of Jane Austen a wealth of historical facts, while shedding an interpretive light on a new aspect of the beloved writer's work. Num Pages: 334 pages, 48, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411910
- ISBN
- 9781421411910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.98
€ 33.99
€ 28.98
Hardcover. This study examines the representation of marital and extramarital relations in James Joyce's texts, with reference to context and to Joyce's biography. Utell claims that Joyce uses these relations to imagine a different kind of love, one based in a radical acceptance and a rejection of a utilitarian and sexually repressive stance towards marriage. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 12. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105126
- ISBN
- 9780230105126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Paperback. This study examines the representation of marital and extramarital relations in James Joyce's texts, with reference to context and to Joyce's biography. Utell claims that Joyce uses these relations to imagine a different kind of love, one based in a radical acceptance and a rejection of a utilitarian and sexually repressive stance towards marriage. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289578
- ISBN
- 9781349289578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82