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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. Building on recent work on Victorian print culture and the turn toward material historical research in modernist studies, this collection extends the frontiers of scholarship on the 'Atlantic scene' of publishing, exploring new ways of grappling with the rapidly changing universe of print at the turn of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Ardis, Ann L.; Collier, Patrick. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 273 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230554269
ISBN
9780230554269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. Building on recent work on Victorian print culture and the turn toward material historical research in modernist studies, this collection extends the frontiers of scholarship on the 'Atlantic scene' of publishing, exploring new ways of grappling with the rapidlychanginguniverse of print at the turn of the twentieth century." Editor(s): Ardis, Ann L.; Collier, P. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; DSBD; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349363872
ISBN
9781349363872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Transatlantic Literature and Culture After 9/11 asks whether post-9/11 America has chosen the 'wrong side of paradise' by waging war on terror rather than working for global peace. Analyzing transatlantic literature and culture, the book refocuses our view of Ground Zero through the lenses of imperial power and cosmopolitan exchange. Editor(s): Miller, Kristine A. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137443205
ISBN
9781137443205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Hardcover. Editor(s): Westover, Paul; Rowland, Ann Wierda. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 385 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319328195
ISBN
9783319328195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.60

Paperback. The first volume of critical texts to define the field of Transatlantic Literary Studies. The Reader provides 42 exemplary readings that map the theoretical and literary aspects of this growing cross-disciplinary subject area. Editor(s): Manning, Susan; Taylor, Andrew. Num Pages: 368 pages, No. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 614. A Reader. 368 pages, No. Editor(s): Manning, Susan; Taylor, Andrew. The first volume of critical texts to define the field of Transatlantic Literary Studies. The Reader provides 42 exemplary readings that map the theoretical and literary aspects of this growing cross-disciplinary subject area. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 19. Weight: 614.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748622870
ISBN
9780748622870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.63

hardcover. Exploring the ways in which transatlantic relationships functioned in the nineteenth century to unsettle hierarchical models of gender, race, and national and cultural differences, this collection demonstrates the generative potential of transatlantic studies to loosen demographic frames and challenge conveniently linear histories. Editor(s): Hutchings, Dr. Kevin. Series Editor(s): Hutchings, Dr. Kevin; Wright, Dr. Julia M. Series: Ashgate Series in Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Studies. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781409409533
ISBN
9781409409533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.44

Paperback. "Paul Giles .. describes episodes of literary exchange between Britain and America not as case studies in reproduction or disavowal but as moments of 'transnational convergence.'.. A rich and reasoned understanding of what these influences may be and of the often inspired anxiety the produce." -Modern Language Quarterly Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812217674
ISBN
9780812217674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. Examining hardboiled fiction through Flaubert, New Yorker cartoons through modernist painting, and Bette Davis through Hegel and Marx, Transatlantic Aliens challenges and changes the way we understand modernism's place in midcentury American culture. Series: Hopkins Studies in Modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26, 18 black & white halftones, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 266 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420943
ISBN
9781421420943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.43

Hardback. Trans/Acting: Latin American and Latino Performing Arts comprises fourteen new essays by leading scholars of Latin American and U. S. Latino theater as well as the performance script Mexterminator vs. The Global Predator by Guillermo Gomez-Pena. The essays focus on contemporary Latin American and U. S. Latino dramatic texts and performances. Editor(s): Bixler, Jacqueline E.; Seda, Laurietz. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483215
ISBN
9781611483215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.57

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816678198
ISBN
9780816678198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. Presents the author's account of travelling in Europe. Cast in the form of a walking tour through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, this title includes such adventures as a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mount Blanc by telescope, as well as the author's attempts to study art. Num Pages: 448 pages, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; DSK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436082
ISBN
9780140436082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. Editor(s): Leonard, Philip. Series: Cross-Currents in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312224929
ISBN
9780312224929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.96

Paperback. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Eyewear Publishing United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911335252
ISBN
9781911335252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.60

Paperback. During Poland's century-long partition and in the interwar period of Poland's re-emergence as a state, Polish writers on both sides of the ocean shared a preoccupation with national identity. This analysis of these forgotten works examines the immigrant community's own competing visions of itself. Series: Polish and Polish-American Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGP; 3JH; 3JJG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 407. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821414705
ISBN
9780821414705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.63

paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801472879
ISBN
9780801472879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801444692
ISBN
9780801444692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.77

Hardback. This study examines the relationship between tragicomedy in modernist theatre and the consumerist culture in which the genre has risen. In the plays of Beckett, Shepard and Pinter, Orr argues, playfulness and confusion overlay a black vision of nuclear apocalypse. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Culture & Society. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333448793
ISBN
9780333448793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 108 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137585257
ISBN
9781137585257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.96

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691607382
ISBN
9780691607382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.52
€ 55.72

Hardback. Bradley's century-old Shakespearean Tragedy. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801893711
ISBN
9780801893711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.23
€ 60.63

Paperback. Paul Cefalu argues that Shakespearean characters raise timely questions about the relationship between cognition and consciousness and often defy our assumptions about normal cognition. The book will appeal to scholars and students interested in both the virtuesand limitations of cognitive literary criticism." Series: Shakespeare Now!. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472523464
ISBN
9781472523464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.96

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138798915
ISBN
9781138798915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.71

Paperback. What do we mean by 'tragedy' now? When we turn on the news, does a report of the latest atrocity have any connection with Sophocles and Shakespeare? Addressing questions about belief, blame, revenge, pain, witnessing and ending, this book demonstrates the enduring significance of attempts to understand terrible suffering. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, numerous half tones. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802354
ISBN
9780192802354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Hardback. Tragedy: A Short Introduction reinvigorates the genre for readers who are eager to embrace it, but who often find the traditional masterpieces too distant from their own language and world. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405130202
ISBN
9781405130202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.41

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