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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Coming to prominence with the 19th-century novel, literary realism has most often been associated with the insistence that art cannot turn away from the more sordid and harsh aspects of human existence. This volume offers a clear, reader-friendly guide to debates around realism. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415229395
ISBN
9780415229395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.46

Paperback. Real Folks examines the construction of the folk in Depression-era U.S. politics and culture, as well as the hybrid forms of documentary and satire that critiqued the populist fixation on folk authenticity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349440
ISBN
9780822349440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.50

Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816619412
ISBN
9780816619412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300344
ISBN
9781896300344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.93

Paperback. Myra Jehlen's aim in these essays is to read for what she calls the edge of literature: the point at which writing seems unable to say more, which is also, for Jehlen, the threshold of the real. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226396019
ISBN
9780226396019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardcover. With striking photographs of each writer, Reading Writers Reading offers a sublime voyage into the heart of literary creation. Editor(s): Schaub, Danielle. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 285 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2300.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644596
ISBN
9780888644596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.28
€ 50.26

paperback. Reading Women brings into conversation the latest scholarship by early modernists and early Americanists on the role of gender in the production and consumption of texts during the expansion of female readership in the early modern period. Editor(s): Brayman Hackel, Heidi; Kelly, Catherine E. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812220803
ISBN
9780812220803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. In this work, Sharon L. Jansen explores a recurring theme in writing by women: the dream of finding or creating a private and secluded retreat from the world of men. Insightful and accessible, this book places six centuries of texts in conversation with one another, pairing them in ways that reveal the realities of women's choice and agency. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137386229
ISBN
9781137386229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.34
€ 52.98

Paperback. A book about reading women's poems, rather than forming theories about them. Beginning with Katherine Philips, the first Englishwoman to achieve fame as a poet, it covers three centuries to the work of Marianne Moore and Stevie Smith, but does not include the many living women poets who deserve a volume to themselves. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193348
ISBN
9781845193348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801432002
ISBN
9780801432002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.42

Paperback. Translator(s): Conley, Verena Andermatt. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; DSBF; DSK; HPCF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 147 x 227 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816618293
ISBN
9780816618293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Sciban, Shu-ning. Series: Cornell East Asia Series. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939161789
ISBN
9781939161789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Hardback. Editor(s): Sciban, Shu-ning; Pidhainy, Ihor. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939161581
ISBN
9781939161581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.86

Hardback. The pleasure and excitement of exploring Virginia Woolf's writings is at the heart of this book as Julia Briggs reconsiders Woolf's work - from some of her earliest fictional experiments to her late short story, 'The Symbol', and from the most to the least familiar of her novels. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624348
ISBN
9780748624348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.35
€ 130.72

Hardcover. This book provides all the help that an intermediate Latin learner will need to read the first two books of the Aeneid. Series: Cambridge Intermediate Latin Readers. Num Pages: 334 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 256 x 21. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521768665
ISBN
9780521768665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.27

Paperback. Reading Victorian Poetry offers close readings of poems from the Victorian era by a highly renowned scholar. The selection includes a range of canonical and lesser known writers. Series: Wiley Blackwell Reading Poetry. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119121411
ISBN
9781119121411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.54

Paperback. The role of cultural elites and journalists in promoting reading as a means of self-improvement and social mobility Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
American Literatures Initiative
SKU
V9781439906682
ISBN
9781439906682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CJBR; DSA; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081958
ISBN
9780252081958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Hardback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252040481
ISBN
9780252040481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

Hardback. Editor(s): Harper, Thomas L.; Shirane, Haruo. Num Pages: 632 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBD; DSK; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
632
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166584
ISBN
9780231166584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.51
€ 56.86

Paperback. A collection which makes available to specialists and nonspecialists important work on the Odyssey. The ten essays in this work address five major concerns: the poem's programmatic representation of social and religious institutions and values; its transformation of folktales and traditional stories into epic adventures; and others. Editor(s): Schein, Seth L. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691044392
ISBN
9780691044392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.21
€ 51.09

Paperback. * Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. * An engaging introduction to the English-language novel from 1950-2000 (exclusive of the US). Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101141
ISBN
9781405101141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.86

Hardback. * Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. * An engaging introduction to the English-language novel from 1950-2000 (exclusive of the US). Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101134
ISBN
9781405101134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.48

Hardcover. This text offers students and teachers a close analysis of nineteenth-century novels by ten major authors: Austen, Eliot, Scott, Thackeray, Gaskell, Dickens, Trollope, Braddon, and the Bronte sisters. Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231493
ISBN
9780631231493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.78

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