Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction explores how the figure of the orphan was shaped by changing social and historical circumstances. Analysing sixteen major novels from Defoe to Austen, this original study explains the undiminished popularity of literary orphans and reveals their key role in the construction of gendered subjectivity. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382016
- ISBN
- 9781137382016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Paperback. The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction explores how the figure of the orphan was shaped by changing social and historical circumstances. Analysing sixteen major novels from Defoe to Austen, this original study explains the undiminished popularity of literary orphans and reveals their key role in the construction of gendered subjectivity. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349479849
- ISBN
- 9781349479849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764541865
- ISBN
- 9780764541865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442266742
- ISBN
- 9781442266742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.16
€ 97.16
Hardback. This book traces the emergence of the concept of self--identity in modern Western culture, as it was both reflected in and advanced by the development of autobiographical practice in early modern England. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745608747
- ISBN
- 9780745608747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
Paperback. The novel emerged, McKeon contends, as a cultural instrument designed to engage the epistemological and social crises of the age. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 176 x 34. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 15th Anniversary Edition, with a New Introduction
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801869594
- ISBN
- 9780801869594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 34.96
€ 42.99
€ 34.96
Hardback. The novel emerged, McKeon contends, as a cultural instrument designed to engage the epistemological and social crises of the age. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 15th anniversary ed
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801869952
- ISBN
- 9780801869952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.55
€ 89.55
Hardcover. In these essays, a range of leading scholars seek both to investigate the historical, institutional and philosophical origins of deconstruction and to think through the problem of the idea of origin itself. Editor(s): McQuillan, Martin; Wills, Ika. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460. 296 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): McQuillan, Martin; Wills, Ika. In these essays, a range of leading scholars seek both to investigate the historical, institutional and philosophical origins of deconstruction and to think through the problem of the idea of origin itself. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7; JFCX. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230581906
- ISBN
- 9780230581906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.92
€ 62.92
Paperback. Offers an understanding of the development of criticism, demonstrating that its roots stretch back long before the sophists to public commentary on the performance of songs and poems in the preliterary era of ancient Greece. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120256
- ISBN
- 9780691120256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.19€ 41.40
€ 53.19
€ 41.40
Paperback. This volume asserts that contrary to prevailing perceptions of African American literary voices as silenced and excluded from American history, those voices were loud and clear. The book provides evidence to demonstrate just how much writers engaged in a surprising number of dialogues with society. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920672
- ISBN
- 9780813920672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.96
€ 39.96
paperback. Editor(s): Vanborre, E. Num Pages: 174 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 241.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349446698
- ISBN
- 9781349446698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. The book shows Camus's continued relevance for us today. Editor(s): Vanborre, Emmanuelle Anne. Num Pages: 174 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: D; DS; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137276537
- ISBN
- 9781137276537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 1. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Gateways Books & Tapes,US United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780895560681
- ISBN
- 9780895560681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.91
€ 17.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. This translation presents the Analects in a revolutionary new format that, for the first time in any language, distinguishes the original words of the Master from the later sayings of his disciples and their followers, enabling readers to experience China's most influential philosophical work in its true historical, social, and political context. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 342 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HPD; HRKN1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104319
- ISBN
- 9780231104319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.57
€ 42.99
€ 30.57
Paperback. A young teacher takes his first job in a sleepy French town. Lost in a succession of rainy days and sleepless nights, he falls under the spell of a town resident, a woman of seductive beauty and singular charm. Translator(s): Mason, Wyatt. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 8. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300180701
- ISBN
- 9780300180701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 12.60
€ 12.99
€ 12.60
Paperback. Offers a source of literary modernism in the twentieth century. Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Verso
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844673483
- ISBN
- 9781844673483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.96
€ 26.96
Paperback. A study of modernist aesthetics, which attempts to reveal how the Orient came to symbolize the highest aspirations of literary representation for such writers as Flaubert, Proust and Baudelaire. The author demonstrates how the modernist movement was influenced by Oriental culture and history. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 photographs. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556. .
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822310945
- ISBN
- 9780822310945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.57
€ 31.99
€ 30.57
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Music and Literature. Num Pages: 109 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; AVRG; DSA; DSBF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 109
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319492223
- ISBN
- 9783319492223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.68
€ 67.68
Paperback. Translator(s): Grene, David; O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007724
- ISBN
- 9780226007724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.66
€ 27.99
€ 22.66
Hardback. A collection of lectures from leading writers and critics, including Nadine Gordimer ("Three in a Bed: Fiction, Morals and Politics"), Cynthia Ozick ("What Henry James Knew"), George Steiner ("The Uncommon Reader") and Seamus Heaney ("Dylan the Durable? On Dylan Thomas"). Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823215157
- ISBN
- 9780823215157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34