Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
hardcover. This work attempts to analyze Shakespeare's tragedies, concentrating on the accidental irregularities and the inspired "unconformities" to the found there. The aim is to understand Shakespeare's mind and craft by an interpretion of the plays to see what problems of consistency they present. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1990th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333510872
- ISBN
- 9780333510872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.50
€ 194.50
Hardback. An exploration of redefinitions. The book considers the various ways in which Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Eugene O'Neill and Maxwell Anderson approach the issue of dramatic heroism and the related literary problem of modern tragedy. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333512203
- ISBN
- 9780333512203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.69
€ 193.69
Hardback. World War I brought to women the death of loved ones and the revolutionary knowledge that they could be munitions workers, ambulance drivers, police and spies. During this time they wrote - letters, poetry, novels, short stories and memoirs. This volume looks at women's writing during the period. Editor(s): Goldman, Dorothy. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJF; DSBH; HBG; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333513095
- ISBN
- 9780333513095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Paperback. World War I brought to women the death of loved ones and the revolutionary knowledge that they could be munitions workers, ambulance drivers, police and spies. During this time they wrote - letters, poetry, novels, short stories and memoirs. This volume looks at women's writing during the period. Editor(s): Goldman, Dorothy. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJF; DSBH; HBG; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 293.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333513101
- ISBN
- 9780333513101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. This study argues that in his short stories Wells was not simply emulating the styles and themes of his predecessors but making a distinctive contribution to the genre grounded firmly in his approach to fiction. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 41. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333513279
- ISBN
- 9780333513279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Hardback. Daniel Defoe, as the author of "Robinson Crusoe" and "Moll Flanders", can be described as, with some justification, the creator of the first novels in English. This book summarizes Defoe's life and achievements to offer a critical overview of his contribution to literature. Series: Literary Companions. Num Pages: 162 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; BG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333513286
- ISBN
- 9780333513286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardback. In this study, devoted to Hemingway's nonfiction books, the work is considered in its own right. Just as he sought to create permanent fictions, Hemingway sought to shape his nonfiction books into permanent records that would stand side by side with the fiction in his complete works. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333513828
- ISBN
- 9780333513828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.32
€ 195.32
Hardback. A study of contemporary post-structuralist and socio-semiotic theories of narrative, this book looks at a model for literary interpretation and pedagogy. Focusing on readings of Henry James, it examines the process, critical self-awareness and the strategies of re-reading and re-writing. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333514740
- ISBN
- 9780333514740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
Paperback. This book explores some of the ways in which contemporary literary theory can be used to read fiction. In particular, it focuses on Thomas Pynchon's three novels to date and his collection of early stories. The theories exploited are concentrated in the work of Jacques Derrida. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333515099
- ISBN
- 9780333515099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.48
€ 38.48
Hardback. The book examines key texts by the writers James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound and T.S.Eliot as moves within a shared group-game, that of creating a new literature for the New Age. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 407.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333516461
- ISBN
- 9780333516461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Studies the literary climate of Britain through a critical assessment of 1930s fiction. The works depict, in various ways, a culture under the stress of seemingly insoluble economic and intensifying international dilemmas. Novelists treated include Richard Aldington and Henry Green. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333519769
- ISBN
- 9780333519769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.08
€ 194.08
Hardback. This study of 10 novels by Dickens brings their specifically Victorian assumptions into direct confrontation with the insights of modern critical theory. The author offers an insight into an original and mythical idea of language. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333521267
- ISBN
- 9780333521267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Explores the relationship between contemporary literary theory and analytic philosophy. Central topics in the volume include self, ethics, interpretation, language and characterizations of "analytic" and "continental" philosophy. Editor(s): Freadman, Richard; Reinhardt, Lloyd. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333521298
- ISBN
- 9780333521298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Hardback. This biography draws from a variety of sources including Hardy's published writings, biographies of Hardy and his contemporaries, correspondence of friends and acquaintances, Emma Hardy's diaries, and unpublished letters between Emma, Thomas and Florence. Num Pages: 448 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333521625
- ISBN
- 9780333521625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.92
€ 195.92
Hardback. This study of the English novel at mid-century looks at the work of Henry Green, Anthony Powell, Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333522424
- ISBN
- 9780333522424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This volume presents 13 essays on the Spy Thriller in the 20th century and includes a critical introduction to the subject. Each essay combines historical and aesthetic theory with practical criticism. Authors covered range from Joseph Conrad and John Buchan to Ian Fleming and John Le Carre. Series: International picture library. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333522455
- ISBN
- 9780333522455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.28
€ 60.28
Paperback. Children's literature came into existence in printed form in the 18th century. This book charts its development by examining concurrent developments in society such as the spread of education, the developments in printing techniques and changes in the definition of childhood. Editor(s): Butts, Dennis. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 143 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSY; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333522479
- ISBN
- 9780333522479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.36
€ 65.36
hardcover. A collection of critical essays on Black women's writing from Afro-American, African, South African, British and Caribbean novelists, poets, short story writers and a dramatist. Editor(s): Wisker, Gina. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333522523
- ISBN
- 9780333522523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.48
€ 195.48
Paperback. A collection of critical essays on black women's writing from Afro-American, African, South African, British and Caribbean novelists, poets, short story writers and a dramatist. Editor(s): Wisker, Gina. Series: Insights. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333522530
- ISBN
- 9780333522530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 192.82
€ 192.82
Hardback. Written over a period of six years, this book comprises a series of lectures, both for the Charles Lamb Society and at Lancaster and Leicester Universities, and an independent study. Writers such as John Augustus Bonney, Wordsworth, George Dyer and Southey are examined. Series: Studies in romanticism. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 357.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333523148
- ISBN
- 9780333523148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45