Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. By reading key Carter texts alongside their Decadent intertexts, Tonkin interrogates the claim that Carter was in thrall to a fetishistic aesthetic antithetical to her feminism. Through historical contextualization of the woman-as-doll, muse and femme fatale, Tonkin tests Carter's own description of her fiction as a form of literary criticism. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329281
- ISBN
- 9781349329281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. Sarah Gamble's compelling study, now available in paperback, disentangles the cult of Angela Carter as 'the fairy godmother of magical realism' from her own claims to be a materialist and a 'demythologiser' by placing her within the social, political and theoretical context in which she wrote. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580985
- ISBN
- 9780230580985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746311455
- ISBN
- 9780746311455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.99
€ 25.99
€ 23.99
Hardback. James Hogg knew Sir Walter Scott well, and after Scott's death in 1832 he wrote an affectionate but frank account of their long friendship. Editor(s): Rubenstein, Jill. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 224 pages, music. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748609338
- ISBN
- 9780748609338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.96€ 109.07
€ 112.96
€ 109.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: APF; DSB; JFC; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814779958
- ISBN
- 9780814779958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349507948
- ISBN
- 9781349507948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.77
€ 65.77
Hardcover. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403902009
- ISBN
- 9781403902009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
The work is an interdisciplinary study of the major lyric poems of seventeenth-century British metaphysical poet Andrew Marvell. It invites Marvell readers to view the poet and some of his representative lyrics in the context of the anthropological concept of liminality and the in-between aspects of experience. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611494105
- ISBN
- 9781611494105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.50
€ 137.50
hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611474312
- ISBN
- 9781611474312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.32
€ 137.32
Paperback. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349425402
- ISBN
- 9781349425402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardback. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333928882
- ISBN
- 9780333928882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Hardback. This study provides a comprehensive and coherent account of all Andrew Marvell's poetry. Series: British and Irish Authors. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002481
- ISBN
- 9780521258197
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618112620
- ISBN
- 9781618112620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.55
€ 145.55
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Arthurian and Courtly Cultures. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403967701
- ISBN
- 9781403967701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. A new look at Andreas Capellanus's "De amore. " Series: Arthurian and Courtly Cultures. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349530137
- ISBN
- 9781349530137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Cherchi offers an innovative interpretation and a close reading of selected poems. He traces the history of Proven al lyric poetry, highlighting some of the significant personalities and movements. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802005779
- ISBN
- 9780802005779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardcover. Respected by his peers and hugely successful internationally in his own time, Andre Maurois is now hardly read. Moderate and conciliatory in everything, including his literary style, he appealed to the educated reader of his time, but did those very qualities prevent him from achieving lasting distinction and impact? Num Pages: 133 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DSBH; DSK; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137402691
- ISBN
- 9781137402691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.89
€ 65.89
hardcover. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- SKU
- V9780312129255
- ISBN
- 9780312129255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
paperback. Editor(s): Donahue, William C.; Mein, Georg. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transcript Publishing Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837634518
- ISBN
- 9783837634518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.50€ 42.56
€ 53.50
€ 42.56
Paperback. First published in 1993, this work is a portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement. It includes an afterword by the author. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781862079083
- ISBN
- 9781862079083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.28
€ 11.99
€ 9.28
Hardback. Editor(s): Shuttleworth, Anthony. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611481648
- ISBN
- 9781611481648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Paperback. An early thirteenth-century West Midlands guide for women recluses. It reflects the 'democratization' of religious experience which was one of the outcomes of the 'Medieval Reformation'. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; 3H; DS; HBLC; HRCS; HRCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897761
- ISBN
- 9780859897761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. As the end of the 20th century approaches, many predict that it will mirror the 19th-century decline into decadence. The author of this text finds a closer analogy with the culture wars of France in the 1690s - a battle of the books known as the "Quarrel between the Ancients and Moderns". Num Pages: 236 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HBA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226141381
- ISBN
- 9780226141381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Hardcover. Revives the classical strategies of ancient Greek and Roman rhetoricians and adapts them to the needs of contemporary writers and speakers. Num Pages: 416 pages, figures. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 182 x 19. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205175482
- ISBN
- 9780205175482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.42
€ 201.42