Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Postpartum depression affects millions of new mothers every year. This is an epic poem to women everywhere. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2FMC; BM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241966259
- ISBN
- 9780241966259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. From Frederick Douglass onwards, the preoccupation of black writers with manhood and masculinity is a constant. This title explores how in their own work three major African American writers contest classic portrayals of black men in earlier literature, from slave narratives through the great novels of Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071959
- ISBN
- 9780252071959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.98
€ 23.98
In "The Tempest", Shakespeare created Caliban as an archetype used to depict black men as slaves, savages, and threats to civilization. This study traces the Caliban legacy in modern and post-modern novels, exploring the work of black male writers such as John Edgar Wideman and Clarence Major. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; DSK; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122045
- ISBN
- 9780813122045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.37
€ 46.37
Hardback. Radicalism and Black feminism in postwar women's writing Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252036507
- ISBN
- 9780252036507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.71
€ 125.71
Paperback. This innovative work sets two texts by two different authors on facing pages, designed so that they read in tandem--Miller's text on the right, Asensi's on the left. Miller analyzes the changes in the contemporary research university in the West; Asensi provides the first comprehensive interpretation of Miller's work. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732444
- ISBN
- 9780804732444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.16
€ 56.16
Hardback. This book presents Black history contextualized in chapters that provide both an introduction to historical periods and an annotated bibliography of outstanding children's literature that can be used to introduce and teach the history of each period. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810858435
- ISBN
- 9780810858435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.69
€ 124.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040573
- ISBN
- 9780252040573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.71
€ 125.71
Hardback. Addresses the startling fact that many African American intellectuals in the 1930s sympathized with fascism, seeing in its ideology a means of envisioning new modes of African American political resistance. This book surveys the work and thought of several authors to have an understanding of Depression-era African American literary culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH; JFC; JFSL3; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926704
- ISBN
- 9780813926704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.53
€ 81.53
Paperback. In Greek thought, "barbaroi" are utterers of unintelligible or inarticulate sounds. What importance does the text of Herodotus's "Histories" attribute to language as a criterion of ethnic identity? The answer to this question illuminates the empirical foundations of Herodotus's pluralistic worldview. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017900
- ISBN
- 9780674017900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.19
€ 17.99
€ 16.19
Paperback. Through readings of slave narratives, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, newspaper editorials, and government documents including texts by Frederick Douglass and freed West Indian slave Mary Prince, Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo explicates the growing interrelatedness of people of African descent through the Americas in the nineteenth century. Series: Rethinking the Americas. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH5; JFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223231
- ISBN
- 9780812223231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. In the last ten years, the number of books published for and about African American children has grown exponentially. Where once there was famine, there now is an absolute feast. With so many books to choose from, parents and children need guidance in finding the most interesting, best written, and most acclaimed titles available. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSY; GBCR; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 191 x 14. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471193531
- ISBN
- 9780471193531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.94
€ 21.99
€ 18.94
Paperback. Kudos for Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children s Books "Offers a wonderful overview of literature with black children in its focus. " Jim Trelease, author, The Read-Aloud Handbook "The perfect tool for parents and educators alike. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSR; DSY; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471375258
- ISBN
- 9780471375258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.00
€ 20.99
€ 18.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006512349
- ISBN
- 9780006512349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Edition
- abridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781443833820
- ISBN
- 9781443833820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.42
€ 56.42
Editor(s): Miller, R. Baxter. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813114361
- ISBN
- 9780813114361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.95
€ 33.95
Paperback. Features letters that are addressed, with just two exceptions, to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom the author was married. This book became an instant bestseller on its publication in 1998 and won the Forward Prize for Poetry in the same year. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 214 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571194735
- ISBN
- 9780571194735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 372 pages, 29, 27 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 187 x 29. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448881
- ISBN
- 9780801448881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.65
€ 47.65
Paperback. Packed full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, 'York Notes' will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408217276
- ISBN
- 9781408217276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.26
€ 11.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887485718
- ISBN
- 9780887485718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.23
€ 19.99
€ 15.23
Hardcover. Aristophanes (c. 450 c. 386 BCE) has been admired since antiquity for his wit, fantasy, language, and satire. The protagonists of "Birds" create a utopian counter-Athens. In "Lysistrata" wives go on conjugal strike until their husbands end war. Women in "Women at the Thesmophoria" punish Euripides for portraying them as wicked. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 119 x 33. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995871
- ISBN
- 9780674995871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.15
€ 33.99
€ 30.15