Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Magical Realism and Cosmopolitanism details a variety of functionalities of the mode of magical realism, focusing on its capacity to construct sociological representations of belonging. This usage is traced closely in the novels of Ben Okri, Salman Rushdie, Cristina Garcia, and Helen Oyeyemi. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301895
- ISBN
- 9781137301895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Looking at writers such as Will Self, Hani Kureishi, JG Ballard, and Iain Sinclair, Kim Duff's new book examines contemporary British literature and its depiction of the city after the time of Thatcher and mass privatization. This lively study is an important and engaging work for students and scholars alike. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137429346
- ISBN
- 9781137429346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; DSB; HBTB; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801482496
- ISBN
- 9780801482496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39
Hardcover. Looking at texts by writers who do not necessarily define themselves as Orientalists, this title broadens the possible ways of thinking about Istanbul - a complex, idiosyncratic city of the world. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 b/w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632368
- ISBN
- 9780815632368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.97
€ 39.97
Hardcover. Examining some of the most iconic texts in English theatre history, including Titus Andronicus and The Changeling, this book, now in paperback with a new Preface, reveals the pernicious erasure of rape and violence against women in the early modern era and the politics and ethics of rehearsing these negotiations on the 20th and 21st century stages. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219540
- ISBN
- 9780230219540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Examining some of the most iconic texts in English theatre history, including Titus Andronicus, The Duchess of Malfi and The Changeling, this book reveals the pernicious erasure of rape and violence against women in the early modern era, and the politics and ethics of rehearsing these negotiations on the twentieth- and twenty-first century stages. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274717
- ISBN
- 9781137274717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardcover. Presents a new perspective on the series of novels that created the stereotype of The Old West, published 1912-39, by looking at the romantic and erotic elements in Grey's portrayal of the landscape, the Code of the West, good guys and bad guys, and women. An appendix lists all 56 novels with short Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875651217
- ISBN
- 9780875651217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.10
€ 30.99
€ 28.10
Katherine Mansfield and Continental Europe: Connections and Influences
Kimber, Gerri, Kascakova, Janka
Hardcover. This volume offers new interpretations of Katherine Mansfield's work by bringing together recent biographical and critical-theoretical approaches to her life and art in the context of Continental Europe. It features chapters on Mansfield's reception in several European countries together with her own translations of other European writers. Num Pages: 281 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137429964
- ISBN
- 9781137429964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691607405
- ISBN
- 9780691607405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.19
€ 42.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. In this lively discussion Kim Reynolds looks at what children's literature is, why it is interesting, how it contributes to culture, and how it is studied as literature. Providing examples from across history and various types of children's literature, she introduces the key debates, developments, and people involved. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199560240
- ISBN
- 9780199560240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403985613
- ISBN
- 9781403985613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Paperback. Analyzes contemporary texts that bond together two seemingly antithetical sensibilities: the sentimental and the postmodern. This book presents case studies of audience responses to "The Piano", "Kiss of the Spider Woman", and "Northern Exposure". It argues that sentimental postmodernism deepened leftist political engagement. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534798
- ISBN
- 9781557534798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.83
€ 62.83
Hardcover. This book explores how Japanese writers in Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan used narratives of romantic and familial love in order to traverse the dangerous currents of empire. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619890
- ISBN
- 9780230619890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.70
€ 116.70
paperback. Trailblazing representations of black womanhood Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222466
- ISBN
- 9780253222466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. In the first major study of the twentieth-century American protest novel, Drake examines a group of authors who self-consciously exploited the revolutionary potential of the novel, transforming literary conventions concerning art and politics, readers and characters. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107168
- ISBN
- 9780230107168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Paperback. In the first major study of the twentieth-century American protest novel, Drake examines a group of authors who self-consciously exploited the revolutionary potential of the novel, transformingliterary conventions concerning art and politics, readers and characters." Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290697
- ISBN
- 9781349290697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Transatlantic Spectacles of Race: The Tragic Mulatta and the Tragic Mu...
Kimberly Snyder Manganelli
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813549873
- ISBN
- 9780813549873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Paperback. "Our Lady of Victorian Feminism" is about three 19th-century women, Protestants by background and feminists by conviction, who are curiously and crucially linked by their extensive use of the Madonna in arguments designed to empower women. Num Pages: 315 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 585. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821413623
- ISBN
- 9780821413623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Paperback. Learn the ins-and-out of the supervillain.. Illustrator(s): Wallenta, Adam. Num Pages: colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620876336
- ISBN
- 9781620876336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99
€ 14.99
James Baldwin and Toni Morrison: Comparative Critical and Theoretical ...
King, Lovalerie, Scott, Lynn Orilla
Hardcover. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403970732
- ISBN
- 9781403970732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36