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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Renaissance formulations of friendship typically cast the friend as "another self" and idealized a pair of friends as "one soul in two bodies". This work puts the stress on the likeness of friends into context and offers a historical account of its place in English culture and politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226749679
ISBN
9780226749679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780801488528
ISBN
9780801488528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651811
ISBN
9780691651811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.50
€ 120.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st ed. 2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349420049
ISBN
9781349420049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.31

Hardback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABC; 3F; 3H; DSA; DSBB; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137456502
ISBN
9781137456502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFC; JFSJ; JHM; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349497652
ISBN
9781349497652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.96

Hardcover. Exploring the relationship between space, place, and gendered violence as depicted in a range of South African writing, Gunne examines the social and political conditions of exceptionality during and after apartheid. Writers covered include: Hilda Bernstein, J.M. Coetzee, Achmat Dangor, Ruth First, Nadine Gordimer, and Antjie Krog. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137453426
ISBN
9781137453426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Hardback. Essayists in this collection break down the vital relationship between reading and space in medieval culture. A variety of approaches are employed to discuss the topic including literary analysis and contemporary film and architectural theory, in turn, complicating the notion of the stable, fixed text and reader. Editor(s): Griffin, Carrie. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137428615
ISBN
9781137428615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.63

Hardback. Reading a wide range of well known postcolonial writers along with more recent authors, Spaces of Fiction / Fictions of Space implements a new theory of literary spatial marking derived from the linguistic theory of deixis, and made accessible via an analysis of Beckett's 'semi-colonial' play Waiting for Godot. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230237766
ISBN
9780230237766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

Paperback. Reveals how both immigrant European and modern Native communities and individuals use oral and written narratives to define and centre themselves in time and space. This work provides a fresh understanding of Western literature and culture, and encourages a reconsideration of the formation and modern character of the American West. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218338
ISBN
9780803218338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.28

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

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. This book applies theoretical models that reflect the mediated, hybrid, and nomadic global scenes within which GenX artists and writers live, think, and work. Henseler touches upon critical insights in comparative media studies, cultural studies, and social theory, and uses sidebars to travel along multiple voices, facts, figures, and faces. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230102910
ISBN
9780230102910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.23

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

€ 116.64

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

€ 138.83

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

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

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

€ 49.22

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

€ 27.99
€ 26.85

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
€ 10.03

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

€ 46.41

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

€ 66.36

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