Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
hardcover. This study explores the sources of the "poor Clare" tradition, and recovers Clare's agency, revealing a writer fully engaged in his own professional life and in the social and political questions of the day. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333966174
- ISBN
- 9780333966174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardback. This is an extended study of the touring practices and performances of Elizabethan and Jacobean travelling players. It examines the lively, competitive world of professional touring theatre through to its decline in the 1620s. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968208
- ISBN
- 9780333968208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.35
€ 119.35
Hardcover. This text seeks to shows that relevance theory is a more plausible account of communications, cognition and literary interpretation than the deconstruction theory that Paul de Man elaborated from readings of Rousseau, Hegel and Nietzsche. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968338
- ISBN
- 9780333968338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Hardback. In Blake's designs, transparent skinned bodies passionately contort in his verse, metamorphic bodies burst from each other in gory, gender-bending births. This volume re-evaluates Blake's central image: the human form. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; AGB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968482
- ISBN
- 9780333968482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Hardcover. "Romantics and Renegades" examines the abiding crux of romantic criticism: the political apostasies of the Lake poets (Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey) as they renounced the revolutionary Jacobinism of their youth in the 1790s in order to claim the high ground of Regency Toryism in the 1810s. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; CF; DSBF; DSC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968499
- ISBN
- 9780333968499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.43
€ 119.43
Hardcover. These essays present a wide ranging re-evaluation of Ruskin's place in relation to gender, and offer new perspectives on continuing debates on issues of gender in the Victorian period, and in our own. Num Pages: 225 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968970
- ISBN
- 9780333968970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardback. Arguing that philology can no longer be treated as something that did not happen to Romantic authors, this book undertakes a substantial revision of our understanding of the intellectual and political contexts that helped determine the Romantic consciousness. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968987
- ISBN
- 9780333968987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardcover. Nineteenth-century medievalism is usually associated with Scott's world of "Ivanhoe". This work argues that Scott's is a conservative use of the past and that radical poets such as the young Coleridge, Keats and Shelley used the medieval to critique and change, rather than validate, the present. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333970072
- ISBN
- 9780333970072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333970089
- ISBN
- 9780333970089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.02
€ 119.02
Hardback. Argument was the basis of Renaissance education - both rhetoric and dialectic permeated early modern Humanist culture, including drama. This study approaches Shakespeare's history plays by analyzing the use of argument in them and examining the importance of argument in Renaissance culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333970218
- ISBN
- 9780333970218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Hardback. The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom. Series: Palgrave Histories of Literature. Num Pages: 385 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; FL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333970225
- ISBN
- 9780333970225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.89
€ 120.89
Hardback. "Literature, Money and the Market" takes a fresh look at both the representation of money in English literature and the economic situation of writers. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333971352
- ISBN
- 9780333971352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardback. Maria Jones argues for a dialogic understanding of Shakespeare's plays in performance relative to unresolved issues of modernity, in a study of modern productions on stage and screen. Num Pages: 225 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333971697
- ISBN
- 9780333971697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardback. In "The Sappho History" Margaret Reynolds traces the story of the reception of Sappho's poetry and her afterlife in literature and art from the mid-18th century. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 5SL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333971703
- ISBN
- 9780333971703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.59
€ 63.59
Hardcover. This title considers: the emergence of the Gothic novel at a time when national upheavals required the construction of a new nationalist identity, the Gothic novel's redefinition of heroes and heroism in that nationalist debate, and changes within class and gender. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333971710
- ISBN
- 9780333971710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.13
€ 120.13
Hardback. This volume demonstrates the extent and diversity of Coleridge's writings on the sublime. Series: Coleridge's Writings. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333972502
- ISBN
- 9780333972502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.79
€ 118.79
Hardback. This study argues that protestant society had traditionally sanctioned women's role in spreading literacy, but this became politicized in the 1790s. Wollstonecraft's literary vocation was shaped by the expectations of the power of print to educate and reform individuals and society, in the radical circles of the Unitarian publisher Joseph Johnson. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 443.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333972519
- ISBN
- 9780333972519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
Paperback. This study argues that protestant society had traditionally sanctioned women's role in spreading literacy, but this became politicized in the 1790s. Wollstonecraft's literary vocation was shaped by the expectations of the power of print to educate and reform individuals and society, in the radical circles of the Unitarian publisher Joseph Johnson. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333972526
- ISBN
- 9780333972526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Hardcover. Analyzing relationships between the sexes in terms of battles for narrative authority, Sternlieb argues for a rethinking of the history of the marriage plot. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333973721
- ISBN
- 9780333973721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Hardcover. This text shows that early modern audiences were aware of the spatial aspects of the stage. West examines the ways Jacobean dramatists used stage space to explore the spatial transformations of early modern society social mobility, wandering populations, rural enclosure, and sea travel. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333973738
- ISBN
- 9780333973738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.92
€ 62.92