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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. This new book by Stephen Morton provides an ideal introduction to the work of Gayatri Spivak, a complex and increasingly important contemporary thinker in the contested field of post colonial studies. It provides an in-depth analysis of Spivak's relationship to postcolonialism, feminism, Marxism, and subaltern studies. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745632858
- ISBN
- 9780745632858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Paperback. Examines JM Coetzee's writings about Elizabeth Costello, and the ways in which philosophers have responded to them. This book considers the relations among reason, language, and the imagination, as well as more specific ethical issues concerning the moral status of animals, the meaning of mortality, the nature of evil, and the demands of religion. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137377
- ISBN
- 9780691137377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.23
€ 53.24
€ 42.23
Paperback. This new collection of essays explores the synamic responses to Shakespeare by Irish writers, in both English and Irish, since the early twentieth century.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press Dublin
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906359393
- ISBN
- 9781906359393
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.84
€ 32.99
€ 27.84
paperback. Beautifully illustrated, The Authentic Shakespeare is about how the modern constructs the past, how the texts that were performed on the Elizabethan stage became the books and editions that are, for our time, Renaissance drama. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 line drawings, 75 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415912136
- ISBN
- 9780415912136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28
Hardcover. Adopts a double approach to the poetry composed between the end of the 1st Century BC and the 3rd Century AD. This book examines extant material from this period synchronically with some poems attached to authors and some not. It argues that this was 'one poetry,' created from a shared poetic repertoire and compositional practices. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021365
- ISBN
- 9780674021365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.30
€ 54.99
€ 46.30
Paperback. The poetry of the Late Tang often looked backward, and many poets of the period distinguished themselves through the intensity of their retrospective gaze. Chinese poets had always looked backward to some degree, but for many Late Tang poets the echoes and traces of the past had a singular aura. This book presents the literary history of the Tang. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 596 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033283
- ISBN
- 9780674033283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.61
€ 27.99
€ 24.61
Paperback. This book explores, through a series of essays, a set of interrelated elements that define the literary culture of China in the late eighth and early ninth centuries. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3F; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726672
- ISBN
- 9780804726672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
hardcover. This book explores, through a series of essays, a set of interrelated elements that define the literary culture of China in the late eighth and early ninth centuries. Num Pages: 212 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3F; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726665
- ISBN
- 9780804726665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
Paperback. An essential chronological framework for students of Portuguese literature. Editor(s): Parkinson, Stephen; Alonso, Claudia Pazos; Earle, T. F. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADP; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662674
- ISBN
- 9781855662674
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.88
€ 26.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. After decades of neglect, the screenplay is finally being recognised as a form that deserves serious critical analysis. This book for the first time combines detailed study of the theory and practice of screenwriting with new approaches to criticism and original studies of individual texts. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223622
- ISBN
- 9780230223622
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Condition: New
€ 59.14€ 58.52
€ 59.14
€ 58.52
Paperback. Introduces Mark Twain through close readings of his seven major works, including "Tom Sawyer", "Huckleberry Finn", "Connecticut Yankee and Pudd'nhead Wilson". This book investigates the tension between the real-life person, Samuel Clemens, and the fictional person, Mark Twain. It analyzes the significance of Twain's books for American culture. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234746
- ISBN
- 9780631234746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.86
€ 44.86
Paperback. Rethinking digital literary criticism by situating computational work within the broader context of the humanities Num Pages: 128 pages, 2 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: DSA; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078200
- ISBN
- 9780252078200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.45
€ 27.99
€ 26.45
Hardback. Rethinking digital literary criticism by situating computational work within the broader context of the humanities Series: Topics in the Digital Humanities. Num Pages: 112 pages, 3 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: DSA; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252036415
- ISBN
- 9780252036415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43
€ 118.43
Paperback. Robert Herrick was born in London, in 1591, the seventh child of a prosperous goldsmith. He graduated from St John's College, Cambridge in 1617, and became a Cavalier poet in the mould of Ben Jonson, mixing in literary circles in London. This title introduces Herrick. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571236800
- ISBN
- 9780571236800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.74
€ 8.99
€ 7.74
In Cervantes and the Literature of War, Stephen Rupp connects Cervantes's complex and inventive approach to literary genre and his many representations of early modern warfare. Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; DSB; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649125
- ISBN
- 9781442649125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.40
€ 65.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157568
- ISBN
- 9780231157568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.11€ 79.73
€ 104.11
€ 79.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157575
- ISBN
- 9780231157575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 216. Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature. 128 pages. Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 7. Weight: 218.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521729826
- ISBN
- 9780521729826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.19
€ 14.19
Paperback. Plays only release their true meaning on stage. After an introduction to the historical background of Ibsen's play, the reader is conducted scene by scene through the Action of the play, followed by a discussion of the Characters, the Setting, Staging, Lighting, Costumes Props and Furniture. Series: Page to Stage. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Stg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854598721
- ISBN
- 9781854598721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. A practical, hands-on guide - for actors, directors, teachers and students - to Brecht's history and practice of theatre. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854595508
- ISBN
- 9781854595508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Offers a narrative that serves as a reading guide to Homer's monumental epic. This title provides translations of key passages and traces the evolution of major themes in the Odyssey, but also helps new readers to understand the artistry of one of the best tales ever told. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691014944
- ISBN
- 9780691014944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.97
€ 52.99
€ 37.97
Paperback. Stephen Wade offers a student guide to major writers, their key works and to influential background factors including the postmodern, the masternarrative and metafiction. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJP; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853312267
- ISBN
- 9781853312267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. An Introduction and Reappraisal. Series: Student Guide. 80 pages. Stephen Wade introduces and explains aspects of Isherwood's later religious fiction as well as covering the Berlin writings. This study guide will expand the reader's knowledge of a writer who is increasingly being rated as one of the major novelists and memoirists of the last century. Cateogry: (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: DSBH. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 7. Weight: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075644
- ISBN
- 9781906075644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.48
€ 16.99
€ 15.48
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413775504
- ISBN
- 9780413775504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 54.65
€ 59.15
€ 54.65