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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Sets out to characterise criticism as a set of prodigal practices that exceed the constraints of primary texts, history, and theory. This work makes a case for celebrating the prodigal condition and for another escape - breaking out of traditional constraints towards a hybrid form that combines the critical with the creative. Num Pages: 167 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
167
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845191559
ISBN
9781845191559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.62

Hardback. Sets out to characterise criticism as a set of prodigal practices that exceed the constraints of primary texts, history, and theory. This work makes a case for celebrating the prodigal condition and for another escape - breaking out of traditional constraints towards a hybrid form that combines the critical with the creative. Num Pages: 167 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845191542
ISBN
9781845191542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.77

Paperback. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HRC; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349242856
ISBN
9781349242856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

Hardback. This volume explores a wide range of Victorian texts, including novels, poems, sermons, and some less easily categorized writings, in terms of their use of language and imagery suggestive of the Apocalypse. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482379
ISBN
9781611482379
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.32

Hardback. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 30. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823240128
ISBN
9780823240128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823240135
ISBN
9780823240135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816694778
ISBN
9780816694778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665112
ISBN
9780816665112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816694785
ISBN
9780816694785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

hardcover. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Edition
2005th Edition
SKU
V9781403969767
ISBN
9781403969767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

paperback. An investigation into the way fairytale plots and characters are used in postmodern fiction. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2007
SKU
V9781349352661
ISBN
9781349352661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.76

Hardback. Why is "Shrek" one of the greatest selling DVDs of all time? Why do shampoo advertisements base themselves on "Sleeping Beauty"? Why is it that the same simple stories keep being told? This study attempts to explain why fairy tales keep popping up in the most unexpected places and why best storytellers begin their tales with 'once upon a time'. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230500488
ISBN
9780230500488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. Kevin Everod Quashie explores the metaphor of the 'girlfriend' as a new way of understanding three central concepts of cultural studies: self, memory and language. He considers how the works of writers such as Toni Morrison and Ama Ata Aidoo inform the debates over the concept of identity. Num Pages: 246 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813533674
ISBN
9780813533674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Hardback. Speaking to the ongoing debate over the development of urban space and culture, this book demonstrates the centrality of the physical and social being of cities to American literature and other arts in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 324 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726450
ISBN
9780804726450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Hardcover. Although some critics have identified two phases in the poetry of James Wright and have isolated particulars of his movement from traditional to more experimental forms, few have noted also the elements of constancy in the evolution of his poetry. This book traces the unified growth of Wright's poetry. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821409091
ISBN
9780821409091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.76

Hardback. This book is an ethnographic journey into the literary-political field of Palestinian poetry in a secular age. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 2CSR; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776462
ISBN
9780804776462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633617
ISBN
9780815633617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.36

Hardcover. This is an original study of the sociological imagination in regard to visual culture. It explores the reflexive dimensions of choice over seeing or not seeing in relation to paintings, images and islands. Bourdieu, Goffman and Simmel provide the basis for insights into how reflexivity in sociology has unexplored theological implications. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB; HRLP5; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230002654
ISBN
9780230002654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.48

Hardback. Writing in response to war and national crisis, al-Samman, Khalifeh, Barakat, and others introduced into the Arabic literary canon aesthetic forms capable of carrying Levantine women's experiences. By assessing their feminism in such a way, this book aims to revive a critical emphasis on aesthetics in Arab women's writing. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137548702
ISBN
9781137548702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Condition
New
SKU
9780143128465
ISBN
9780143128465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.02

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