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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. A short introduction to King Lear by Shakespearean author and actor Ben Crystal giving insights before during and after you see or study the play Series: Springboard Shakespeare. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408164679
ISBN
9781408164679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.32

Paperback. Shakespearean author and actor Ben Crystal gives a unique introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream with guidance on what to think about before, during and after you see or study the play. Series: Springboard Shakespeare. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408164631
ISBN
9781408164631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. A Student Edition of Wedekind's classic 1891 expressionist play about adolescent sexuality. Editor(s): Newberry, Rachel; Ryland, Charlotte. Translator(s): Bond, Edward. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Student
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408140895
ISBN
9781408140895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.19

Paperback. Verlyn Flieger's expanded and updated edition of "Splintered Light", a study of Tolkien's fiction first published in 1983, examines "The Silmarillion" and "The Lord of the Rings" in light of Owen Barfield's linguistic theory of the fragmentation of meaning. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873387446
ISBN
9780873387446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Manic D Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916397791
ISBN
9780916397791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040467
ISBN
9780252040467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081927
ISBN
9780252081927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Hardcover. Exploring, amongst other themes, representations of the other, strategies adopted to resist such representations, the issues of identity, nationalism, colonialism, feminism, subaltern studies and the English language within the context of Empire, this book projects a study of post-colonialism through the work of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298910
ISBN
9780230298910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.06

Paperback. Exploring, amongst other themes, representations of the other, strategies adopted to resist such representations, the issues of identity, nationalism, colonialism, feminism, subaltern studies and the English language within the context of Empire, this book projects a study of post-colonialism through the work of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349335169
ISBN
9781349335169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Paperback. Given the ways in which spirituality functions in the work of Black women writers and filmmakers, the author proposes that what these women embrace in their narrative construction and characterization is the responsibility of the priestess, bearing and distributing "life-force" to sustain the community of people who read and view their work. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813923703
ISBN
9780813923703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.08

Hardback. Offers several models of correct political behavior for the benefit of both Otto and the noblemen who constituted his base of power. In her stories and plays, the author demonstrates God's inexhaustible love and the infinite resources of forgiveness and reconciliation that are offered to even the most flagrant sinner, provided that person repents. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575911007
ISBN
9781575911007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.63

Hardcover. Using a wide range of unexplored archival material, this book examines the 'spectral' influence of Victorian spiritualism and Psychical Research on women's writing, analyzing the ways in which modern writers have both subverted and mimicked nineteenth century sources in their evocation of the seance. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBF; DSK; HRQM2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230200050
ISBN
9780230200050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.81

Hardback. Demonstrates the centrality of Gloria Anzaldua s concept of spiritual mestizaje to the queer feminist Chicana theorist s life and thought, and its utility as a framework for interpreting contemporary Chicana narratives. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822350293
ISBN
9780822350293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.90

Hardback. As seen in fiction, newspaper accounts, and magic shows, the presence of ghosts pervaded the Victorian period. This book examines supernatural encounters in a wide range of Victorian writers including Dickens and Kipling. Cadwallader argues that these fictional spirits reflect how Victorians were adapting to rapid scientific and religious changes. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137559920
ISBN
9781137559920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.41

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 211 x 35. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153027
ISBN
9780231153027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.97
€ 41.40

Paperback. This book offers a detailed account of Spinozaa s influence on various schools of present--day critical thought. That influence extends from Althusserian Marxism to hermeneutics, deconstruction, narrative poetics, new historicism, and the unclassifiable writings of a thinker like Giles Deleuze. Num Pages: 330 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631175575
ISBN
9780631175575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 48.88

Paperback. Conversations with Writers and Artists. 308 pages, black & white illustrations. Since the 1980s, a prolific "second wave" of Chicanolandia writers and artists has tremendously expanded the range of genres and subject matter in Chicanolandia literature and art. This book presents interviews with twenty-one "second wave" Chicanolandia poets, fiction writers, dramatists, documentary filmmakers, and playwrights. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSB; GTB; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 19. Weight: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292713123
ISBN
9780292713123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.26

Hardback. In Spill poet, independent scholar, and activist Alexis Pauline Gumbs presents a commanding collection of poetry inspired by Black feminist literary critic Hortense Spillers depicting scenes of fugitive Black women and girls seeking freedom from gendered violence and racism. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362562
ISBN
9780822362562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.12

Paperback. In Spill poet, independent scholar, and activist Alexis Pauline Gumbs presents a commanding collection of poetry inspired by Black feminist literary critic Hortense Spillers depicting scenes of fugitive Black women and girls seeking freedom from gendered violence and racism. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362722
ISBN
9780822362722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.21

Paperback. Designed to meet the requirements for students at IGCSE and A level, this guide offers detailed analyses of character, setting and theme; close examination of the novel's plot, structure and narrative techniques; and, key quotations and activities both for the student working alone and in the classroom. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 4KHT; 4KLR; DSK; YQEF; YQZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Education Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571335794
ISBN
9780571335794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

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