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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. This work rescues from undeserved neglect the American-born English author Pearl Craigie, who published as John Oliver Hobbes. It traces Craigies crowded external and inner lives and her connections with many well-known people. Num Pages: 541 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 921.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
541
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471281
ISBN
9781611471281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.57

Hardcover. The author enlists her readers in pursuit of the elusive concept of atmosphere in literary works. In this title, she shows how diverse conceptions of air in the eighteenth century converged in British fiction, producing the modern literary sense of atmosphere and moving novelists to explore the threshold between material and immaterial worlds. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226476698
ISBN
9780226476698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 45.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Murphy, Neil. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 466. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004260
ISBN
9781564785626
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.00
€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Murphy, Neil. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 466. 358pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781564785626
ISBN
9781564785626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.00
€ 4.99

Hardback. A study that integrates the biography, creative writing, and criticism of one of the important figures in young adult literature. This work is aimed at teachers, librarians, and scholars of young adult literatures, as well as devoted fans and students doing research on Chambers or the subjects of his novels. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 184 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810850873
ISBN
9780810850873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Golder, Herbert; Pevear, Richard. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195128192
ISBN
9780195128192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. Suitable for those interested in early modern literature or the history of food, this title tells the story of how early modern Europeans put food into words and words into food, and created an experience all their own. It features illustrations and a handful of recipes. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226021270
ISBN
9780226021270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843842927
ISBN
9781843842927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.54

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135780
ISBN
9781571135780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Hardcover. Agent of Empire is a detailed study of creative works inspired by the escapades of the American soldier of fortune William Walker. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325446
ISBN
9780820325446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 b/w illus. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB; DSYC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837624830
ISBN
9783837624830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.07

Paperback. When Agatha Christie, the so-called 'Queen of Crime', disappeared from her home in Sunningdale in Berkshire for eleven days on 3 December 1927, the whole nation held its breath. This work explains, in the light of scientific knowledge, her behaviour during that troubled time. Num Pages: 192 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752442884
ISBN
9780752442884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Coinciding with the major new TV series, this is the definitive companion to the MISS MARPLE novels, films and TV appearances. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 98. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0000945
ISBN
9780006499565
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; APFA; APFN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349676958
ISBN
9781349676958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.33

Paperback. Both a controversial account of the transgressive turn in critical thought characteristic of the moral turmoil of the Twentieth Century, and a provocative study of maternal transfiguration in the author's own turn from Transgression, Against Transgression poses an urgent question for the current generation of literary critics. . Series: Critical Quarterly Book Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 7. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405169899
ISBN
9781405169899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532271
ISBN
9780226532271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.29

Paperback. Series: Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture & Thought. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572410312
ISBN
9781572410312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.68

Paperback. Aliyyah I. Abdur-Rahman argues that from the mid-nineteenth century through the twentieth, black writers used depictions of transgressive sexuality to express African Americans' longings for individual and collective freedom. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306. Black Political Longing and the Erotics of Race. 216 pages, 1 illustration. Shows how literary representations of transgressive sexuality expressed the longings of African Americans for individual and collective freedom. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 13. Weight: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352419
ISBN
9780822352419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLC; 1KLS; DSA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816622498
ISBN
9780816622498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.17

Paperback. This book argues that political democracy has not fulfilled its promise and that we should therefore re-examine literature's long conservative hostility to it. It offers new accounts of the ethos of refusing political democracy, as well as innovative readings of writers including Tocqueville, Disraeli, George Eliot, E.M. Forster and Saul Bellow. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 13. Weight in Grams: 275.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780823242559
ISBN
9780823242559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.81

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