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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. The stories gathered here explore the vagaries of sexual desire, gender identity, and erotic attachment, revealing the surprising queerness of nineteenth-century American literature. Editor(s): Looby, Christopher. Series: Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223668
ISBN
9780812223668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537259
ISBN
9780199537259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. The ultimate collection of tasteless and sick jokes that just shouldn't be told. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849010559
ISBN
9781849010559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559361446
ISBN
9781559361446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.45

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713642889
ISBN
9780713642889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.88

hardcover. This book is a history of the shaping of the reader of Soviet literature, for in Soviet culture the reader was never a "consumer of books" in the Western sense. According to the doctrine of Socialist Realism, the reader was a subject of education, to be reforged and molded. Translator(s): Savage, Jesse M. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728546
ISBN
9780804728546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.10

Paperback. This title explores how the concept of childhood in the Victorian era was constructed through ideological work in children's literature, as well as contemporary pedagogical and medical writing. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: DSYC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 303.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415514682
ISBN
9780415514682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.86

Hardcover. In this detailed study of the origins of "Shinkokinshu", the author argues that the compilers of "Shinkokinshu" instead saw their collection as a "new" beginning, a revitalization and affirmation of courtly traditions and not a reaction to loss. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008533
ISBN
9780674008533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.53

hardcover. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; DSB; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706269
ISBN
9780226706269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.81
€ 98.59

Hardback. Whether you're a devoted Janeite or simply Jane-curious, The Making of Jane Austen will have you thinking about how a literary icon is made, transformed, and handed down from generation to generation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422824
ISBN
9781421422824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.02

Hardcover. Adopts a double approach to the poetry composed between the end of the 1st Century BC and the 3rd Century AD. This book examines extant material from this period synchronically with some poems attached to authors and some not. It argues that this was 'one poetry,' created from a shared poetic repertoire and compositional practices. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021365
ISBN
9780674021365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.56

Paperback. "Concise, learned, revisionary.. should enrich the passionate conversation about poetic forms for years to come."- Edward Hirsch, author of How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry Editor(s): Boland, Eavan; Strand, Mark. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393321784
ISBN
9780393321784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.77

Paperback. Editor(s): Wood, Professor Jason (Nottingham Trent University); Walton, John K (University of California). Series: Heritage, Culture and Identity. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTM; KNSG; RGC; TQ; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138246256
ISBN
9781138246256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
856
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862418205
ISBN
9780862418205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.26

Hardcover. New edition of one of the most important collections of sixteenth-century Scots poetry. Editor(s): Martin, Joanna M. Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series. Num Pages: 540 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 46. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Scottish Text Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897976401
ISBN
9781897976401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.87

Paperback. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 714 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 2ADP; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 44. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213445
ISBN
9781910213445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.42

Hardcover. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2B; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Anthem Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857285119
ISBN
9780857285119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.15

Paperback. Scholars have long maintained that Machiavelli's "The Prince" does not develop a single sustained argument but rather presents a set of disparate reflections. This book takes a different view. It demonstrates that there is an internal consistency in "The Prince" built upon a key argument. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBD; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875809960
ISBN
9780875809960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.81

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650449
ISBN
9780691650449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.50
€ 97.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 168 x 40. Weight in Grams: 918.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170468
ISBN
9780231170468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.66
€ 56.83

Paperback. Designed for students, teachers, scholars, poets, and readers with a general interest in poetics, this book presents an intellectual history of the theory of lyric reading that has circulated both within and beyond the classroom, wherever poetry is taught, read, discussed, and debated today. Editor(s): Jackson, Virginia; Prins, Yopie. Num Pages: 680 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 181 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412009
ISBN
9781421412009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.06
€ 50.23

Hardcover. Science has transformed understandings of the mind, supplying physiological explanations for what once seemed transcendental. Nikki Skillman shows how lyric poets-caught between a reductive scientific view and naive literary metaphors-struggled to articulate a vision of consciousness that was both scientifically informed and poetically truthful. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DS; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674545120
ISBN
9780674545120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. Editor(s): White, Landeg. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539963
ISBN
9780199539963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Gaskill, Nicholas; Nocek, A.J. Num Pages: 496 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679966
ISBN
9780816679966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

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