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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duckworth Publishing
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715632864
ISBN
9780715632864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.88

paperback. This is the first book of its kind to look across disciplines at this vital aspect of British art, literature and culture. It brings the various intertwined histories of social realism into historical perspective, and argues that this sometimes marginalized genre is still an important reference point for creativity in Britain. Editor(s): Tucker, D. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; DSA; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349317868
ISBN
9781349317868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.19

Paperback. When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this title offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols, a review quiz and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 135 x 209 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
SparkNotes
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411469440
ISBN
9781411469440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.38

paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271018942
ISBN
9780271018942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.36

paperback. What qualities helped Primo Levi survive the demented laboratory of Auschwitz? What does Milan Kundera make of being denounced as a subversive writer in communist Czechoslovakia? What does Edna O'Brien think drove generations of Irish writers into exile? This book explores the importance of region, politics and history in their work. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428435
ISBN
9780099428435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

paperback. Editor(s): Waugh, Patricia. Series: The Review of Contemporary Fiction. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564788924
ISBN
9781564788924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. An exuberant and entertaining biography of Charles Dickens that captures the essence of the great novelist. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007445318
ISBN
9780007445318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.13

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662537
ISBN
9781855662537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.77

hardcover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) index. Series: The Spatial Humanities. Num Pages: 236 pages, 11 b&w illus., 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1M; DSA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253018380
ISBN
9780253018380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.27

paperback. Detailed analysis of the stage plays of South African playwright Athol Fugard. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215048
ISBN
9780253215048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.90

Paperback. While the structure and themes of the "Divine Comedy" are defined by the narrative of a spiritual pilgrimage guided by Christian truth, this work reveals that Dante's engagement with the great Latin poets Vergil, Ovid, Lucan, and Statius constitutes a complementary narrative centered on psychological and artistic self-discovery. Series: William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268044121
ISBN
9780268044121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.72

hardcover. Charles Brockden Brown's Revolution and the Birth of American Gothic illuminates the social and political influences on the nation's first professional novelist and reveals the surprising origins of one of American literature's most popular and enduring genres. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812237863
ISBN
9780812237863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.95

hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5S; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 213 x 15. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781891830457
ISBN
9781891830457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.78

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
SparkNotes
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411469488
ISBN
9781411469488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.62

paperback. Discusses 15 works of Latin-American playwrights. This book highlights the problems inherent in writing under politically repressive governments. It also illustrates through the writers' experiences that gender difference entails both loss and profit. Editor(s): Larson, Catherine; Vargas, Margarita. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSBH; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212405
ISBN
9780253212405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.02

paperback. In this study of British realism, the author explains how fiction entered into a relationship with the new popular art of Victorian photography that transformed the world into a picture. She contends that literary critism assumes a text is gesturing toward the real whenever it invokes a photograph. Num Pages: 352 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780674008014
ISBN
9780674008014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.78

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614595
ISBN
9780691614595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.63

paperback. The contributors to this volume explore the impact of D.W. Winnicott's psychoanalytical theories, focusing on the relevance of his independent version of object relations theory to psychoanalytical literary criticism. Series: Psychoanalysis & Culture. Num Pages: 315 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075732
ISBN
9780231075732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780674250369
ISBN
9780674250369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.96

Paperback. Offers close readings of Middle English texts placed within the culture with which they interact. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748634606
ISBN
9780748634606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.55

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