Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Contemporary African Literature in English explores the contours of representation in contemporary Anglophone African literature, drawing on a wide range of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aminatta Forna, Brian Chikwava, Ngugiota wa Thiong'o, Nuruddin Farah and Chris Abani. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378323
- ISBN
- 9781137378323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Paperback. Contemporary African Literature in English explores the contours of representation in contemporary Anglophone African literature, drawing on a wide range of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aminatta Forna, Brian Chikwava, Ngug? wa Thiong'o, Nuruddin Farah and Chris Abani. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349478286
- ISBN
- 9781349478286
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Makes the case that diversity, innovation, and canon expansion are essential to maintaining the vitality of African American literary studies Editor(s): King, Lovalerie; Moody-Turner, Shirley. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006257
- ISBN
- 9780253006257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.81
€ 90.81
Paperback. Makes the case that diversity, innovation, and canon expansion are essential to maintaining the vitality of African American literary studies Editor(s): King, Lovalerie; Moody-Turner, Shirley. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006264
- ISBN
- 9780253006264
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. The figure of contamination as developed in this book offers a new perspective of negativity which questions the current influence of Hegelian dialectics in contemporary theory and philosophy. The book also offers a critical introduction to the critique of dialectics to which it at the same time contributes as an original piece of research. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474411363
- ISBN
- 9781474411363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.35
€ 145.35
Hardback. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474425599
- ISBN
- 9781474425599
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.90
€ 33.99
€ 29.90
paperback. This book analyzes literary representations to explain how consumption, a killer disease, came to be the glamorous illnesss of the Romantic era. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; HBJD; JFC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349286119
- ISBN
- 9781349286119
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Condition: New
€ 137.96
€ 137.96
Hardback. This book seeks to explain how consumption - a horrible disease - came to be the glamorous and artistic Romantic malady. It tries to explain the disparity between literary myth and bodily reality, by examining literature and medicine from the Renaissance to the late Victorian period, covering a wide range of authors and characters. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230020030
- ISBN
- 9780230020030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.93
€ 138.93
Hardcover. By contrasting Pound's political values with those of Stein and Zukofsky, this study argues that these three different writers share a complex set of attitudes that are grounded in a collective social fantasy corresponding to the rise of mass consumption and the emergence of corporate social forms. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714515
- ISBN
- 9780333714515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Paperback. From the novels of Anne Rice to 'The Lost Boys', from 'The Terminator' to cyberpunk science fiction, vampires and cyborgs have become strikingly visible figures within popular culture. In this work Rob Latham explains why, giving a perspective on youth culture and the media. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468921
- ISBN
- 9780226468921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.37
€ 42.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. This book is a history of reading in the British Isles from 1695-1870 that focuses on "common" rather than professional readers and which explores a range of previously undervalued sources. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357574
- ISBN
- 9781349357574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. This book looks at the careers of Tillie Olsen, Henry Roth, J. D. Salinger, and Ralph Ellison and suggests that an unproductive author could command critical attention by offering volumes of silence. Consuming Silences injects energy into debates about the nature of literary production and the cultural place of authors who do not publish. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820326993
- ISBN
- 9780820326993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.40
€ 35.40
Hardcover. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403919137
- ISBN
- 9781403919137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.60
€ 116.60
hardcover. Boycotts have a closely connected history to the growth of the British Empire and the birth of a consumer society. This volume examines the history of consumer protests in the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly in anticolonial struggles. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731034
- ISBN
- 9780804731034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.78
€ 75.78
hardcover. Num Pages: 253 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 13 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFFT; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590619
- ISBN
- 9781137590619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Hardcover. Through what he terms "bibliographical sociology", Suman Gupta explores the presence of English-language publications in the contemporary Indian context - their productions, circulations and readerships - to understand current social trends. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSB; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137489289
- ISBN
- 9781137489289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; DSA; JFC; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349504183
- ISBN
- 9781349504183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Hardback. Features selections that illustrate the author's literary development from an associative, highly structured early prose to the more chronologically narrated novels. This anthology concludes with an interview in which the author considers the psychology of writing, and the relationship of literature and reality. Editor(s): Ittner, Jutta. Translator(s): Ittner, Jutta. Num Pages: 347 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: DQ; DSK; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838757093
- ISBN
- 9780838757093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.30
€ 161.30
Hardback. Constructions of Smollett suggests that Smollett has been unfairly judged by the standards of the traditional realist novel, and urges a critical reappraisal within the generic parameters of satire and romance. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491708
- ISBN
- 9781611491708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.78
€ 131.78
Hardback. An in-depth analysis into the construction of male identity as well as a unique and comprehensive historical overview of how masculinity has been constructed in British literature from the Middle Ages to the present. This book is an important contribution to the emerging field of masculinity studies. Editor(s): Horlacher, Stefan. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115095
- ISBN
- 9780230115095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. "Constructions of Masculinity in British Literature from the Middle Ages to the Present provides an in-depth analysis into the construction of male identity as well as a unique and comprehensive historical overview of how masculinity has been constructed. This book is an important contribution to the emerging field of masculinity studies"-- Editor(s): Horlacher, Stefan. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349296439
- ISBN
- 9781349296439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardback. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 5SL; DD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403968753
- ISBN
- 9781403968753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Paperback. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349530861
- ISBN
- 9781349530861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book is open access under a CC-BY licence. This book takes the first in-depth look at how people thought about, diagnosed and treated cancer in the early modern period, examining imaginative literature, medical texts and personal accounts. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 219 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137569196
- ISBN
- 9781137569196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.59
€ 30.59