Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Focuses on what is a life-changing event for many people--the death of a spouse. Using some of the most acclaimed memoirs of the past fifty years (CS Lewis, John Bayley, Donald Hall, Joan Didion and Calvin Trillin) Berman explores the nature of spousal ber Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558498044
- ISBN
- 9781558498044
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Condition: New
€ 42.18
€ 42.18
Paperback. This innovative book puts modernist literature in its cultural, intellectual, and global context, within the framework of the year 1913. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161923
- ISBN
- 9781405161923
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Condition: New
€ 59.96
€ 59.96
Paperback. "A man is the sum of his misfortunes." -William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury Editor(s): Gorra, Michael. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSK; FC; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393912692
- ISBN
- 9780393912692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.42
€ 19.99
€ 18.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Miner, Earl Roy. Translator(s): Teele, Nicholas. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691610245
- ISBN
- 9780691610245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 113.48
€ 113.48
Paperback. Analyses texts drawn from the Bleek and Lloyd Archive - one of the important collections for the understanding of South African cultural heritage and in particular the traditions of the /Xam, South Africa's 'first people'. This book offers an analysis of the corpus of /Xam narratives found in the Bleek and Lloyd collection. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; DSB; HBJ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Witwatersrand University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144709
- ISBN
- 9781868144709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.78
€ 38.78
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Edition
- First edition.
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819568687
- ISBN
- 9780819568687
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.85
€ 30.99
€ 27.85
Paperback. In this autobiographical work, the author remembers his childhood in Warsaw, and especially the "bet din", or Jewish Court, in his father's home on working-class Krochmalna Street. In a world on the brink of modernity, Singer's gentle parents maintain a stubbornly traditional existence. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422662
- ISBN
- 9780099422662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.74
€ 20.99
€ 16.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSK; HRCG; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877289401
- ISBN
- 9780877289401
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.36
€ 23.99
€ 21.36
Paperback. This text juxtaposes cases from law and literature to view the kinds of truth we associate with confessions, and why we both rely on them and regard them with suspicion. By questioning the truths of confession, Brooks challenges us to reconsider how we demand confessions and what we do with them. Num Pages: 212 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075860
- ISBN
- 9780226075860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.34
€ 36.34
Paperback. The text of Wharton's richly allusive Pulitzer Prize-winning 1921 novel of desire and its implications in Old New York has been rigorously annotated by a prominent Wharton scholar. Editor(s): Waid, Candace. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Norton Critical
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393967944
- ISBN
- 9780393967944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.46
€ 18.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Miner, Earl Roy. Translator(s): Teele, Nicholas. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691612454
- ISBN
- 9780691612454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 113.48
€ 113.48
Paperback. "Barbara Newman has written an erudite and wonderful book.. From Virile Woman to WomanChrist should be required reading in every university-level women's studies course."-Caroline Walker Bynum, The Catholic Historical Review Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLC; HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812215458
- ISBN
- 9780812215458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.39
€ 37.99
€ 34.39
Hardcover. The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205--184 bc, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. This volume presents three of the twenty-one plays in new translation. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 114 x 30. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674999862
- ISBN
- 9780674999862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.64
€ 33.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. An indispensable work of science fiction criticism revised and expanded Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; FL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819568830
- ISBN
- 9780819568830
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.39
€ 29.99
€ 26.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 2AGZ; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195533
- ISBN
- 9781845195533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.33
€ 36.99
€ 33.33
Hardback. Using an array of literary texts and historical documents and alongside secondary historical and critical materials, the author demonstrates how Sor Juana used her poetry and other works to inscribe herself within the discourses associated with these cultural institutions and discursive spheres and more. Series Editor(s): Cruz, Anne J. Series: New Hispanisms: Cultural and Literary Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781409438458
- ISBN
- 9781409438458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.00
€ 185.00
Paperback. Terence Hawkes looks at King Lear, Measure for Measure, A Midsmmer Night's Dream and Coriolanus, as examples from this century of how Shakespeare's plays function as a language through which we generate meaning. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 453. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Previous owner's name to ffep. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0011619
- ISBN
- 9780415074513
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Significant essays on LGBTQ topics in children's literature Editor(s): Abate, Michelle Ann. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472071463
- ISBN
- 9780472071463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.06
€ 110.06
Paperback. A guidebook for all teachers of English and American literature in higher education. Drawing on 40 years of international teaching experience, author Elaine Showalter inspires instructors to make their classroom practice as intellectually exciting as their research. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DS; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631226246
- ISBN
- 9780631226246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.05
€ 37.05
Paperback. A novel originally published in 1751, in which the heroine is courted by several eligible suitors. However her flirtations alienate the right man and she finds herself struggling with the consequences of marrying the wrong man. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 652 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 33. Weight in Grams: 720.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 620
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551111476
- ISBN
- 9781551111476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 29.51
€ 42.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. Editor(s): Barrett, Eileen; Saxton, Ruth O. Series: Approaches to Teaching World Literature. Num Pages: 167 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JNU; YQE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America United States
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603290586
- ISBN
- 9781603290586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.79
€ 98.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879722500
- ISBN
- 9780879722500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.98
€ 16.98
Paperback. This series brings together internationally respected figures to comment on and re-describe the state of theory in the twenty-first century. It takes stock of an ever-expanding field of knowledge and opens up possible new modes of inquiry within it, identifying new theoretical pathways, innovative thinking and productive motifs. Series Editor(s): McQuillan, Martin; Kingston University. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364. A Theory of Literature. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. 232 pages. This series brings together internationally respected figures to comment on and re-describe the state of theory in the twenty-first century. It takes stock of an ever-expanding field of knowledge and opens up possible new modes of inquiry within it, identifying new theoretical pathways, innovative thinking and productive motifs. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSA. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 14. Weight: 360. Series Editor(s) :McQuillan, Martin; Kingston University.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748655083
- ISBN
- 9780748655083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.73
€ 33.99
€ 30.73
Paperback. George Seferis and Odysseus Elytis gave Modern Greek language a substantial corpus of translations from poets working in French, Italian, Russian, English and Ancient Greek. This title offers study of translation that is shown to be a powerful tool for study of Modern Greek literature and its relation to other literatures and movements of time. Series: Byzantine and Neohellenic Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, tables and graphs. BIC Classification: CB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 277 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Verlag Peter Lang
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783039119189
- ISBN
- 9783039119189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.05
€ 85.05