Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Takes on one of the grimmest secrets in America's national life - the history of lynching and, more generally, the public punishment of African Americans. The author shows that lynching cannot be explained away as a phenomenon peculiar to the South or as the perverse culmination of racist politics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 186 x 28. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226301389
- ISBN
- 9780226301389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.51
€ 42.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Margaret; Prendergast, Christopher. Series: Cultural Politics S. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816625215
- ISBN
- 9780816625215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. Public spectacle formed a crucial component of the language of power in ancient Rome. This text presents a description of Rome's early history, by the historian Livy (16 BCE-17 CE). He presents his account of the growth of the Roman state itself as a visual monument and public spectacle. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520210271
- ISBN
- 9780520210271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Hardback. This book deals with the special power of literary texts to put us in contact with the past. A large number of authors, coming from different ages, have described this power in terms of 'the conversation with the dead'. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748615889
- ISBN
- 9780748615889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.67€ 114.08
€ 118.67
€ 114.08
Mixed media pr. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CJ; DS; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578860326
- ISBN
- 9781578860326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Paperback. The most authoritative, most comprehensive book yet written on speaking Shakespeare's words Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: ANC; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848421912
- ISBN
- 9781848421912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. The contributors to Speaking of the Self interrogate the varied ways in which a diverse group of mostly female writers from South Asia-from a seventeenth-century Mughal princess to twentieth century Pakistani novelists-construct and articulate their subjectivity through their autobiographical memoirs, poetry, novels, and diaries. Editor(s): Malhotra, Anshu; Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAS; DS; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359913
- ISBN
- 9780822359913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.48
€ 31.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. Speaking of the Moor explores why the Moor became a central character on the English stage at the turn of the sixteenth century. Looking closely at key early modern dramatic and historical texts, the book uncovers the Moor's complex identity as a Mediterranean figure poised provocatively between European and non-European worlds. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221015
- ISBN
- 9780812221015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora theorizes the preeminence of voice and narration (and the consequences of their absence) in the literary and cultural performances of black women. Series: Race & American Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195116595
- ISBN
- 9780195116595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 163.71
€ 163.71
paperback. Investigates how literary and cinematic fictions intervene in the politics and reception of social suffering. With its interdisciplinary scope and historical perspective, this title focuses on central events such as the Partition of 1947, the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, and religious conflicts between India and Pakistan. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 2G; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New ed
- SKU
- V9780295985572
- ISBN
- 9780295985572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
hardcover. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780761820130
- ISBN
- 9780761820130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.63
€ 110.63
Hardback. The essays here speak from a conviction that torture does not work to elicit truth, secure justice, or maintain security Editor(s): Carlson, Julie A. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 641.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823242245
- ISBN
- 9780823242245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.46
€ 117.46
Paperback. The essays here speak from a conviction that torture does not work to elicit truth, secure justice, or maintain security Editor(s): Carlson, Julie A. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823242252
- ISBN
- 9780823242252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Verso
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition (1st printing)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844674374
- ISBN
- 9781844674374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Spatiality has risen to become a key concept in literary and cultural studies, with critical focus on the 'spatial turn' presenting a new approach to the traditional literary analyses of time and history. Here, Tally explores differing aspects of the spatial in literary studies today. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415664400
- ISBN
- 9780415664400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.50
€ 31.99
€ 30.50
Hardback. Drawing from a broad range of contemporary British poets, including Thomas Kinsella, Kathleen Jamie, and Alice Oswald, this study examines the inherently spatial and affective nature of our engagement with poetry. Adding to the expanding field of geocritical studies, Yeung specifically discusses ideas of space and constructions of voice in poetry. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488367
- ISBN
- 9781137488367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.57
€ 64.57
Paperback. This is the first book systematically to analyze Kirk Douglas' and Stanley Kubrick's depiction of the slave revolt led by Spartacus from different historical, political, and cinematic perspectives. Editor(s): Winkler, Martin M. Num Pages: 280 pages, 23. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405131810
- ISBN
- 9781405131810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.09
€ 46.09
Paperback. Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character. Editor(s): Crowther, John. Series: No Fear Shakespeare. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Spark Notes
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Study Guide ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586638528
- ISBN
- 9781586638528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.01
€ 10.99
€ 10.01
Paperback. Extensive historical documents provide a rich framework for this new edition of the first English revenge tragedy. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554812059
- ISBN
- 9781554812059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.56
€ 29.99
€ 21.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 261 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813108353
- ISBN
- 9780813108353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.54
€ 46.54
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction introduces the ways in which Spanish literature has been read, in and outside Spain, explaining misconceptions, outlining the insights of recent scholarship, and suggesting new readings. It explores the relationship between Spanish literature and modernity and issues of gender and sexuality. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199208050
- ISBN
- 9780199208050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306005
- ISBN
- 9781137306005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.01
€ 135.01
Hardcover. The fourteen essays of this volume engage in distinct ways with the matter of motion in early modern Spanish poetics. Los catorce ensayos de este volumen conectan de una manera perceptible con el tema del movimiento en la poesia espanola del siglo de oro Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662841
- ISBN
- 9781855662841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.77
€ 115.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 18 halftones, 9 line art. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816645282
- ISBN
- 9780816645282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40