Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
paperback. Gathers Whitman's autobiographical notes, his views on contemporary politics, and the writings he made as he educated himself in ancient history, religion and mythology, health (including phrenology), and word-study. Editor(s): Grier, Edward F. Series: The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 20. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794371
- ISBN
- 9780814794371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Paperback. In his eighty-seven years, Norman Maclean played many parts: fisherman, logger, firefighter, scholar, teacher. But it was a role he took up late in life, that of writer, that won him enduring fame and critical acclaim. This reader serves as an introduction for readers new to Maclean, while offering fans fresh insight into his life and career. Editor(s): Weltzien, O. Alan. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226500270
- ISBN
- 9780226500270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.30
€ 23.99
€ 19.30
Hardcover. In his 88 years, Norman Maclean (1902-90) played many parts: fisherman, logger, firefighter, scholar, teacher. But it was a role he took up late in life, that of writer, which won him enduring fame and critical acclaim. This reader offers an introduction Norman Maclean and provides insight into his life and career. Editor(s): Weltzien, O. Alan. Num Pages: 352 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226500263
- ISBN
- 9780226500263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
Hardback. In this wide-ranging study, Gomma examines contemporary migrant narratives by Arab-American, Chicana, Indian-American, Pakistani-American, and Cuban-American women writers. Concepts such as national consciousness, time, space, and belonging are scrutinized through the "non-national" experience, unsettling notions of a unified America. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137502865
- ISBN
- 9781137502865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.74
€ 64.74
Paperback. What is literary noir? How do British and American noir thrillers relate to their historical contexts? Lee Horsley's updated study of the genre, now available in paperback, ranges over hundreds of novels from the hard-boiled fiction of Hammett, Chandler and Cain to the game-players, voyeurs and consumers of contemporary thrillers and future noir. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218864
- ISBN
- 9780230218864
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Condition: New
€ 124.70
€ 124.70
Hardback. This book examines to what extent the Great War affected the works of Virginia Woolf and D.H.Lawrence. Wussow traces their views of social and historical events, as well as suggesting that violence and the structure of battle is evident in the pre-war writings. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934223461
- ISBN
- 9780934223461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.76
€ 110.76
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138020740
- ISBN
- 9781138020740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.66€ 84.69
€ 136.66
€ 84.69
Paperback. The Nibelungenlied is the greatest medieval German heroic poem, a revenge saga on an epic scale, which tells how dragon-slayer Sivrit acquires the priceless hoard of the dwarvish Nibelungs, and of the tragic conflict between Kriemhilt and Hagen. This is the first prose translation for over forty years, with full introductory materials. Translator(s): Edwards, Cyril. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3H; AVGC; AVH; DCF; DSBB; FQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199238545
- ISBN
- 9780199238545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.68
€ 16.99
€ 15.68
Paperback. Fusing Marxist and capitalist perspectives in a manner that anticipates aspects of the current global market expansion, the author evokes a world in which nothing is private and everything is for sale. Translator(s): Rolleston, James; Evers, Kai. Num Pages: 128 pages, 7 b&w photographs, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326908
- ISBN
- 9780822326908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.10
€ 25.99
€ 24.10
Hardcover. Tracing its major processes and identifying central stages in the development of its canonical master-texts, this selection of essays explores the evolution of a modern Hebraic secular cultural tradition. In analyzing the cultural processes underlying Hebrew literature's achievements, it sheds light upon the major concerns of this tradition. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hebrew Union College Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878202508
- ISBN
- 9780878202508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Keefer, Kyle. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 108 x 10. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195300208
- ISBN
- 9780195300208
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Editor(s): May, Charles E. Num Pages: 364 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 161 x 1. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821410875
- ISBN
- 9780821410875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.99
€ 24.99
€ 22.99
hardcover. A collection of essays by scholars of romantic literature which aim to situate Shelley for our own age, not only by contextualizing him within our scene of critical practice, but also by resituating him within his own scene of poetic production. Editor(s): Blank, G. Kim. Series: Studies in romanticism. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1991st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333443316
- ISBN
- 9780333443316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.86
€ 185.86
The New Pornographies. Explicit Sex in Recent French Fiction and Film....
Best, Victoria; Crowley, Martin
Hardback. Why do many of the most prominent books and films of the last decade return obsessively to the themes and imagery of pornography? Discussing many of France's most successful and scandalous contemporary writers and directors, this book is the first to address this important trend. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; APF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719073984
- ISBN
- 9780719073984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.37
€ 149.37
Hardback. A completely new modern-spelling edition of all of Shakespeare's plays and poems, edited afresh from the original texts. With extensive introductions and on-page notes, it gives students and theatre-lovers the very best resources to understand and enjoy Shakespeare's works. Editor(s): Taylor, Gary; Jowett, John; Bourus, Terri; Egan, Gabriel. Series: New Oxford Shakespeare. Num Pages: 3392 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DDS; DSG; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 187 x 75. Weight in Grams: 2772.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Har/Psc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199591152
- ISBN
- 9780199591152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.55€ 53.96
€ 66.55
€ 53.96
Hardback. This companion volume to The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works concentrates on the issues of canon and chronology. This major work in attribution studies presents in full the evidence behind the choices made in The Complete Works about which works Shakespeare wrote, in whole or part. Editor(s): Taylor, Gary; Egan, Gabriel. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSBD; DSG; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 182 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1618.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199591169
- ISBN
- 9780199591169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 303.82
€ 303.82
This entirely new Complete Works, edited afresh from the original documents, provides scholars with all the materials they need for text-based research. The edition preserves the spelling, punctuation, ambiguities, and inconsistencies of the early documents, and introductions and on-page notes address the book history and documentary origins. Editor(s): Taylor, Gary; Jowett, John; Bourus, Terri; Egan, Gabriel. Series: New Oxford Shakespeare. Num Pages: 3968 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DDS; DSBD; DSG; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Critical Reference Edition
- Number of pages
- 3968
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199591879
- ISBN
- 9780199591879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 451.11
€ 451.11
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474275019
- ISBN
- 9781474275019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.72€ 81.15
€ 130.72
€ 81.15
Hardback. Spanning a full century, from the post-Revolutionary War era to the Gilded Age, The New Middle Kingdom is a vivid look at the Far East through Western eyes, one that highlights the importance of China in antebellum US culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 35, 14 black & white illustrations, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; DS; HBJF; HBJK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422510
- ISBN
- 9781421422510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.11
€ 77.11
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSC; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630595
- ISBN
- 9780691630595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.06
€ 139.06
The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament
Rogers, Dr. Cleon L.; Rogers, Cleon L.
Hardcover. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHB; DSBB; HRCG1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 198 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Edition
- Subsequent
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310201755
- ISBN
- 9780310201755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 39.69
€ 42.99
€ 39.69
Paperback. Critical introductions to fifteen contemporary novelists whose work is of international calibre. Series: Writers of Italy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748609185
- ISBN
- 9780748609185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.22
€ 41.99
€ 37.22
paperback. Discusses developments in new historicism, containing essays on the emergence of the Third World as a signifier, the relationship of feminism and new historicism, and the loss of the category "class" in new historicism. This work should be of interest to students of literature and history. Editor(s): Veeser, Harold. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBA; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415900706
- ISBN
- 9780415900706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.72
€ 55.72
Hardcover. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813934075
- ISBN
- 9780813934075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.85
€ 79.85