Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. A unique anthology of Kipling's war stories and poems, from the frontier wars of empire to the Boer War and the First World War. Editor(s): Rutherford, Andrew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJF; DCF; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555505
- ISBN
- 9780199555505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.57
€ 16.99
€ 12.57
Hardback. Although war memoirs constitute a rich, varied literary form, they are often dismissed by historians as unreliable. This collection of essays is the first to explore the modern war memoir, revealing the genre's surprising capacity for breadth and sophistication while remaining sensitive to the challenges it poses for scholars. Editor(s): Dwyer, Philip G. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; HBG; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785333071
- ISBN
- 9781785333071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.56
€ 164.56
Paperback. This is a study of Arab writers such as Ghada al-Samman, Hanan al-Shaikh, Emily Nasrallah and Etel Adnan. It presents a constructive literary approach to the ravages of the civil war in the Lebanon. The ways in which women's consciousness is awakened in terms of female liberation is a theme. Num Pages: 228 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; DSBH; HBJF1; HBW; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815603771
- ISBN
- 9780815603771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.40
€ 21.99
€ 21.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; DSB; HBTZ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816670970
- ISBN
- 9780816670970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
Hardcover. "First published in 2015 in Great Britain by Sussex Academic Press" -- Verso title page. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2AGR; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196707
- ISBN
- 9781845196707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.85
€ 127.85
Hardback. Haunted by its unburied past, late Soviet and post-Soviet culture has produced unique mourning and memorial practices -- this book details these practices and provides new interpretations of the cultural artifacts produced in Russia from the 1930s through the 2010s. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804773928
- ISBN
- 9780804773928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.77
€ 127.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 193 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564788726
- ISBN
- 9781564788726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.42
€ 15.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. Winner of the 2005 Lambda Literary Award, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award: the first and "essential" (Choice) biography of the author, poet, and American icon of womanhood, black arts, and survival. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780393329353
- ISBN
- 9780393329353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.50
€ 33.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. This interdisciplinary study uncovers a fascination with women cross dressers in the popular literature of early modern Britain, in a wide range of texts from popular ballads and chapbook life histories to the comedies and tragedies of aristocratic literature. Num Pages: 254 pages, 14 halftones, 4 line drawings, 12 musical examples. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; AVGH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169163
- ISBN
- 9780226169163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.52
€ 34.99
€ 27.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611490930
- ISBN
- 9781611490930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.54
€ 77.54
Paperback. "Waste "explores the question: from nuclear waste to digital detritus, what can we learn about ourselves from what we let go to waste? Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 152 pages, 20 b/w images. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628924367
- ISBN
- 9781628924367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.57
€ 13.99
€ 11.57
Hardcover. This book introduces new research about the history of attention--in politics, medicine, science, philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, and the rhetoric of war--to reframe British Romantic poetry as proposing and eliciting alternative modes of watchfulness, attention, and neglect. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804796958
- ISBN
- 9780804796958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.95
€ 76.95
Hardback. A critical edition of Scott's first novel about Edward Waverley, a young, cultured man whose sensibilities lead to his involvement in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Editor(s): Garside, Peter. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 608 pages, None. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605675
- ISBN
- 9780748605675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.16
€ 196.16
Paperback. Traces the experiences and encounters of the author's life. This title recalls his time in the British Secret Service in Africa, and his brief involvement in Hollywood. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099282594
- ISBN
- 9780099282594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; CJCR; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 187 x 21. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415677479
- ISBN
- 9780415677479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.52
€ 56.52
Paperback. Presents essays on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. This book draws from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history and challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West. Editor(s): Yu, Pauline; Bol, Peter; Owen, Stephen; Peterson, Willard. Series: Studies on China. Num Pages: 292 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224667
- ISBN
- 9780520224667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.55
€ 38.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171241
- ISBN
- 9780691171241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.11
€ 43.99
€ 31.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJ; DSBH; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813049397
- ISBN
- 9780813049397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.68
€ 81.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Commune Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934639153
- ISBN
- 9781934639153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.45
€ 17.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. I remember shaving off my beard in the bathroom on the eve of the camp, with Mahalia Jackson singing rousing spirituals from the living room. Afterwards my chin was strangely smooth, and seemed to have shrunk. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770091443
- ISBN
- 9781770091443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.97
€ 13.99
€ 12.97
Hardback. From America's revolutionary period to the Civil War and Reconstruction, this text uncovers the strategies black writers used to create an African American identity and to make their visions and stories accessible to a white audience. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080941
- ISBN
- 9780231080941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.52€ 83.70
€ 109.52
€ 83.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- NIPPOD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472568359
- ISBN
- 9781472568359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.85
€ 50.99
€ 50.85
Paperback. Features a collection of more than one hundred Native American songs that celebrate the rich and vibrant oral traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North America. Some songs included in this work have familiar themes, while others illuminate the complexities and differences of the Native cultures. Editor(s): Swann, Brian. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSC; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 11. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293403
- ISBN
- 9780803293403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.07
€ 23.99
€ 22.07
Paperback. "What if truth were a woman?" asked Nietzsche. In ancient Greek thought, truth in language has a special relation to the female by virtue of her art-form - the one Freud believed was even invented by women - weaving. This book contains essays that explore the implications of this nexus: language, the female, weaving, and the construction of truth. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023727
- ISBN
- 9780674023727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.69
€ 23.99
€ 20.69