Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Looking at writers such as Will Self, Hani Kureishi, JG Ballard, and Iain Sinclair, Kim Duff's new book examines contemporary British literature and its depiction of the city after the time of Thatcher and mass privatization. This lively study is an important and engaging work for students and scholars alike. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137429346
- ISBN
- 9781137429346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349491834
- ISBN
- 9781349491834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Hardback. By examining the representation of urban space in contemporary British fiction, this book argues that key to the political left's strategy was a model of action which folded politics into culture and elevated disenfranchisement to the status of a political principle. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137393715
- ISBN
- 9781137393715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- SKU
- V9781349483679
- ISBN
- 9781349483679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Paperback. This Edinburgh Critical Guide provides an introduction to the major novelists and the main themes in narrative fiction over the last 30 years. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624201
- ISBN
- 9780748624201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.60
€ 31.99
€ 27.60
paperback. Editor(s): Zeifman, Hersh; Zimmerman, Cynthia. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349108213
- ISBN
- 9781349108213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Hardback. Focuses on the plays produced in England in the last two decades - a period that has received relatively little critical attention. The primary aim of the collection is to celebrate the range of British drama since 1970, by examining the work of 14 important and representative playwrights. Editor(s): Zeifman, Hersch; Zimmerman, Cynthia. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 611.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333491140
- ISBN
- 9780333491140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.80
€ 128.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 147 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349030873
- ISBN
- 9781349030873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.15
€ 126.15
Paperback. This book offers an extended analysis of writers and theatre companies in Britain since 1995, and explores them alongside recent cultural, social and political developments. Referencing well-known practitioners from modern theatre, this book is an excellent introduction to how contemporary drama is made and analysed. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638222
- ISBN
- 9780748638222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.67
€ 31.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. This book examines the socio-political and theatrical conditions that heralded the shift from the margins to the mainstream for black British Writers, through analysis of the social issues portrayed in plays by Kwame Kwei-Armah, debbie tucker green, Roy Williams, and Bola Agbaje. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237483
- ISBN
- 9780230237483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.79
€ 105.79
Hardcover. Contemporary Asylum Narratives marks a transition from traditional modes of diasporic belonging to the need for identifications that encompass the statelessness of refugees and asylum seekers. This book explores representations of asylum seekers and refugees in twenty-first century literature, film and theatre. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299055
- ISBN
- 9781137299055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Spanning the 1990s to the present, the author takes in the sweep of literary and cultural texts by Arab-American writers in order to understand the ways in which their depictions of Arab homelands, whether actual or imagined, play a crucial role in shaping cultural articulations of US citizenship and belonging. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2CSR; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479826926
- ISBN
- 9781479826926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardcover. This edited collection argues that trauma in literature must be read through a theoretical pluralism that allows for an understanding of trauma's variable representations that include yet move beyond the concept of trauma as pathological and unspeakable. Editor(s): Balaev, Michelle. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137365934
- ISBN
- 9781137365934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Balaev, M. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349473953
- ISBN
- 9781349473953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.22
€ 126.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813101682
- ISBN
- 9780813101682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.28
€ 48.28
Paperback. This book looks at the way writers present the effects of trauma in their work. It explores narrative devices, such as 'metafiction', as well as events in contemporary America, including 9/11, the Iraq War, and reactions to the Bush administration. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748694075
- ISBN
- 9780748694075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.39
€ 40.99
€ 35.39
Contemporary American Poetry: A Checklist-Second Series, 1973-1983
Davis, Lloyd. Ed(S): Irwin, Robert
hardcover. Lists over 5,200 titles of books published by American poets between 1973 and 1983. Editor(s): Irwin, Robert. Num Pages: 301 pages, Plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780810818293
- ISBN
- 9780810818293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.78
€ 119.78
Hardback. This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theoretical dimensions. It focuses on representative plays and performance texts from the 1940s to the present that experiment with both form and content. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andy. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 117.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624935
- ISBN
- 9780748624935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.78€ 103.24
€ 105.78
€ 103.24
Hardcover. This work gives an overview of trends in American crime fiction. It focuses on the work of popular and award-winning authors since 1985. Attention is given to writers who have re-worked established conventions and explored new directions, especially women and those from ethnic minorities. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 248 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2001 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333674550
- ISBN
- 9780333674550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. This work gives an overview of trends in American crime fiction. It focuses on the work of popular and award-winning authors since 1985. Attention is given to writers who have re-worked established conventions and explored new directions, especially women and those from ethnic minorities. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333684658
- ISBN
- 9780333684658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.85
€ 126.85