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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Editor(s): Constable, Liz; Denisoff, Dennis; Potolsky, Matthew. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216783
ISBN
9780812216783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745334615
ISBN
9780745334615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.20

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590333037
ISBN
9781590333037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24
€ 56.86

Paperback. Through an examination of the expressive arts of needlework, painting, and writing, Pens and Needles offers insights into women's lives and, in its final chapters, into literary texts such as Shakespeare's Othello and Cymbeline and Mary Sidney Wroth's Urania. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 color, 31 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; ACN; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222524
ISBN
9780812222524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.50

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691607375
ISBN
9780691607375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801499135
ISBN
9780801499135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.81

Hardback. The simple yet grand language of the King James Bible has pervaded American culture from the beginning. This book traces the ways that American novelists ranging from Melville, and Faulkner to Marilynne Robinson, and Cormac McCarthy - have drawn on the resources of the canonical English Bible to fashion their own styles and visions of reality. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128818
ISBN
9780691128818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.71

Paperback. Offers an account of the author's modest upbringing in Danzig, his time as a boy soldier fighting the Russians, and the writing of his masterpiece, The Tin Drum, in Paris. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 121 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507598
ISBN
9780099507598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.76

Paperback. A sequel to "Giants in the Earth", this work tells the tale of Norwegian settlers in the Dakotas. Beret and their children, Syvert Tonseten and Kjersti, and Sorine struggle to adapt, and to become Americans. This is a novel of youth and youth's self-discovery. It is a story of Beret's pain and dismay at the Americanization of her children. Translator(s): Haugen, Einar. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
325
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803289062
ISBN
9780803289062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.62

Hardback. Offers a comprehensive reconsideration of the life and literary works of Paulinus of Nola (ca 352-431), a Roman senator who renounced his political career and secular lifestyle to become a monk, bishop, impresario of a saint's cult, and prominent Christian poet. This title traces Paulinus' intellectual and spiritual journey. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 404 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; BG; DSBB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217096
ISBN
9780520217096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.53
€ 53.63

Paperback. Karl Simms also offers a guide to further reading, which offers advice on Ricoeur's work as well as secondary texts. Refreshingly clear and impressively comprehensive, Paul Ricoeur is the essential guide to an essential theorist. Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers. Num Pages: 176 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415236379
ISBN
9780415236379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.07

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New Island Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904301400
ISBN
9781904301400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Described, variously, as the perfect fusion of poetry and garage band rock and roll, Horses belongs as much to the world of literary and cultural criticism as it does to the realm of musicology. This book demonstrates how Horses transformed the possibilities of both poetry and rock music. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 122 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826427922
ISBN
9780826427922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

paperback. Investigates the use of language in literary and non-literary texts using the principles of linguistic analysis. This work shows how linguistic knowledge can enhance and enrich the analysis of texts. Borrowing from stylistics, it focuses on recurring linguistic patterns used by writers. Series: Interface. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415140645
ISBN
9780415140645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.11

Hardcover. In this study of the rhetoric, narrative patterns, and intellectual content of the Zuozhuan and Guoyu, David Schaberg reads these two collections of historical anecdotes as traces of a historiographical practice that flourished around the 4th century BCE among the followers of Confucius. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 530 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 179 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
530
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008618
ISBN
9780674008618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.34

Paperback. Herman Roth is eighty-six years old, a widower and retired insurance manager, suffering from a brain tumour and fighting death. In a remarkable act of memory, elegy and appreciation, the author creates his most irrepressible and irresistible hero - his father. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099914303
ISBN
9780099914303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. This study examines the novels of Patrick White, the great Australian writer and Nobel Prize-winner. It begins from the observation that major characters in his novels undergo a failure. This failure paradoxically enables their success within the context of what White has called the 'overreaching grandeur' which circumscribes human existence. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with minor shelf wear and some edgewear to DW
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001347
ISBN
9780333388693
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): MacGowan, Christopher J. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811212984
ISBN
9780811212984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.11

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781316606780
ISBN
9781316606780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.31

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501314872
ISBN
9781501314872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99

Hardback. Traces the impact of the French Revolution on Enlightenment thought in Germany as evidenced in the work of three major figures around the turn of the nineteenth century: Immanuel Kant, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Heinrich von Kleist. This book examines the philosophical and literary reception of the French Revolution. Editor(s): Gailus, Andreas. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBD; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882777
ISBN
9780801882777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.75
€ 61.00

Hardback. Framed within a wide range of ideas, including politics and religion, this volume makes new connections between embodiment, selfhood and the passions. It explores new ways of negotiating the boundaries between a cognitive and bodily approach to emotion. Editor(s): Cummings, Professor Brian; Sierhuis, Dr Freya. Num Pages: 328 pages, Includes 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472413642
ISBN
9781472413642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.49

paperback. A study of the life and work of the lesbian writer, Jane Rule. Incorporating Rule's early work, including unpublished manuscripts, letters, magazine and newspaper columns, as well as fan-mail, the book also draws on interviews and conversations with the author. Series: Passionate Communities. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814781333
ISBN
9780814781333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. The twelve contemporary fiction writers interviewed in PASSION AND CRAFT go beyond the merely autobiographical, revealing that, despite their differences, they share passionate devotion and discipline for their craft. Their comments will interest readers devoted to their novels and stories, other writers, and aspiring writers. 12 photos. Editor(s): Lyons, Bonnie G.; Oliver, Bill. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252066870
ISBN
9780252066870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

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