Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. El Paso is the largest metropolitan area along the US-Mexico border and is geographically isolated from the rest of Texas. This title focuses on the often overlooked extraordinary literary heritage of this city in far West Texas. Editor(s): Daudistel, Marcia. Num Pages: 442 pages, 3 b&w photos, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1365.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653877
- ISBN
- 9780875653877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.61
€ 33.61
Hardcover. Describes the merchants who made Dallas a city where haute couture is comme il faut, but, where, it is also possible to live a perfectly happy life and never wear a ball gown. Editor(s): Vick, Frances Brannen. Series: Literary Cities Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653822
- ISBN
- 9780875653822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.56
€ 32.56
Hardback. Addressing texts produced by writers who lived through the Civil War and wrote about it before the end of Reconstruction, this collection explores the literary cultures of that unsettled moment when memory of the war had yet to be overwritten by later impulses of reunion, reconciliation, or Lost Cause revisionism. Editor(s): Sweet, Timothy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 black & white images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSRC; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820349602
- ISBN
- 9780820349602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
hardcover. Considers fifteen South Asian literary traditions - including Hindi, Indian-English, Persian, Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Urdu - in their full historical and cultural variety. This title makes a contribution to historical cultural studies and to literary theory in addition to the new perspectives it offers on what literature has meant in South Asia. Editor(s): Pollock, Sheldon. Num Pages: 1105 pages, 6 maps, 2 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 1105
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228214
- ISBN
- 9780520228214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.48€ 76.12
€ 99.48
€ 76.12
Contemporary Taiwanese literature has often been neglected and misrepresented by literary historians both inside and outside of Taiwan. Chang provides a comprehensive and fluent history of late twentieth-century Taiwanese literature by placing this vibrant tradition within the contexts of a modernizing local economy, a globalizing world economy, and a postcolonial and post-Cold War world order. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132343
- ISBN
- 9780231132343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.80
€ 94.80
Paperback. An incisive, informative history of literary criticism from the Ancient Greek period to the present day. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528. A New History. 352 pages. An incisive, informative history of literary criticism from the Ancient Greek period to the present day. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight: 528.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641420
- ISBN
- 9780748641420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Hardback. Since the global turn to neoliberalism in the 1970s, movements in literary studies have been diagnostic rather than interventionist: scholars have developed techniques for analyzing culture but have retreated from attempts to transform it. For Joseph North, a genuinely interventionist criticism is a central task facing scholars on the Left today. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967731
- ISBN
- 9780674967731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.32
€ 49.99
€ 42.32
Paperback. Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present offers an authoritative overview of the development of Western literary theory and criticism. In clear, concise, and elegant prose, the acclaimed literary scholar M.A.R. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405160353
- ISBN
- 9781405160353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.37
€ 38.37
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415544320
- ISBN
- 9780415544320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.78
€ 49.78
paperback. "It's later than you think! Literary critics, practicing and prospective, had better take a close look at Mark Bauerlein's mordant and humorous 'autopsy.'"--Frederick Crews, editor, Series: Critical Authors and Issues. Num Pages: 176 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216257
- ISBN
- 9780812216257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Literary Celebrity in Canada explores that space, drawing on current theories of celebrity and questioning their tendency to view fame as an empty phenomenon. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 286 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487521394
- ISBN
- 9781487521394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
hardcover. Literary Celebrity in Canada explores that space, drawing on current theories of celebrity and questioning their tendency to view fame as an empty phenomenon. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSK; JFCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802092823
- ISBN
- 9780802092823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.03
€ 50.03
Hardback. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611473315
- ISBN
- 9781611473315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.57
€ 148.57
Paperback. This fully illustrated volume includes the celebrated figures and influential groups in English literature who knew Cambridge. Series: Britain in Old Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; DS; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750922883
- ISBN
- 9780750922883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.41
€ 17.99
€ 16.41
Paperback. A history of literary Buckinghamshire Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; 2AB; DSB; WQH; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 154
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750949590
- ISBN
- 9780750949590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. A guide to Britain and Ireland's most fascinating, beautiful and inspiring houses, gardens, cafes, railway stations and more. It features more than 100 locations associated with the world's leading authors, and includes a short essay putting the location or city in its literary and historical context; and useful contact details and travel link. Num Pages: 192 pages, c.100 colour photographs, c 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; DSRC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- IMM Lifestyle Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780090627
- ISBN
- 9781780090627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.42
€ 18.99
€ 17.42
Paperback. Literary Biography: An Introduction offers an erudite and insightful introduction into the history, theory, and practice of the increasingly popular literary genre of life writing. The text illustrates and accounts for the literary genre that merges verifiable historical facts with the familiar conventions of narrative. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119060116
- ISBN
- 9781119060116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.54
€ 38.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Koury, Ronald. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: B; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610786
- ISBN
- 9780815610786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.77
€ 26.99
€ 23.77
Hardcover. Brings together the history, color, and character of Texas' capital city since 1839 when it was selected as the site for a new capital of the then - Republic of Texas. This work includes essays, fiction, and poetry which reveal the variety of literary responses to Austin through the decades. Editor(s): Graham, Don. Num Pages: 448 pages, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DSB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653426
- ISBN
- 9780875653426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.96
€ 31.99
€ 31.96
Paperback. A title that originates from a considered grasp of the imaginative possibilities of the analogy between architecture and literature. It presents the author's bold hypotheses about these works, her striking juxtapositions and her sense of the architectural connotations of words and the implications of spatial metaphors offering creative insights. Num Pages: 328 pages, 37ill. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520047723
- ISBN
- 9780520047723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.78
€ 34.99
€ 25.78
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415747103
- ISBN
- 9780415747103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138284678
- ISBN
- 9781138284678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99
€ 35.99
Paperback. It is one of the ironies of contemporary literary study that as it has moved toward greater interdisciplinarity it has grown sceptical of the aesthetic. This anthology works to reassert the continuing relevance of the aesthetic and to reintegrate it into the widening repertoire of contemporary literary critical practices. Editor(s): Singer, Alan; Dunn, Allen. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631208693
- ISBN
- 9780631208693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Mason uses the antics of Romantic-era advertising to illustrate the profound implications of commercial modernity, both in economic practices governing the book trade and, more broadly, in the development of the modern idea of literature. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSA; DSBD; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409986
- ISBN
- 9781421409986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.00
€ 63.00