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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. The book will appeal to readers interested in the vital connection between literature and moral philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417028
ISBN
9781421417028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.65

Hardback. Examining the eager debate that followed women into the paid workforce in the early twentieth century, this volume uncovers the "working girl" heroines of western Canada's poetry, prose, and fiction. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774814553
ISBN
9780774814553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.38

Paperback. Examining the eager debate that followed women into the paid workforce in the early twentieth century, this volume uncovers the "working girl" heroines of western Canada's poetry, prose, and fiction. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774814560
ISBN
9780774814560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Hardcover. Working Girls offers a cultural and literary history of telegraphists, typists, shop-girls, and barmaids. It argues that these occupations helped to shape a distinctively new identity for emancipated young women, and explores how authors used this to navigate a precarious literary landscape. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198724841
ISBN
9780198724841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.99

Hardback. Gathering together classic and new essays by the internationally renowned U.S.-based Filipino artist and thinker E. San Juan Jr., Working through the Contradictions addresses major issues of cultural theory, comparative politics, and international relations. Num Pages: 426 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 789.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481983
ISBN
9781611481983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.25

Paperback. Bringing together advice and information from a group of eminent scholars, this title aims to develop in the reader an informed and realistic approach to the mechanisms for accessing and handling manuscripts in what may be limited time. It is suitable for students and fledgling researchers in Anglo-Saxon history and literature. Editor(s): Owen-Crocker, Gale R. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, c. 50 b&w, c. 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; ACK; CFL; DSBB; HBLC; HDDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 846.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898416
ISBN
9780859898416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Using the concepts and practices of feminist literary criticism, this constantly challenging workbook not only makes the connection between womena s writing and womena s lives but breaks new ground in enabling students to apply critical concepts and to feel more at ease with the texts common to feminist literary theory. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631194422
ISBN
9780631194422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.09

Hardback. This book aims to increase the pleasure of studying Shakespeare, working with the plays as the craftsman-dramatist himself worked by concentrating on poetic detail and dramatic moments. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780389210092
ISBN
9780389210092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.06

Paperback. Sheds light on the words of Hesiod and the world of Archaic Greece. This volume includes Hesiod's "Works and Days" and "Theogony", two of the oldest non-Homeric poems to survive. It provides a glimpse into the everyday life of ordinary people in the eighth century BCE. Editor(s): Hine, Daryl. Translator(s): Hine, Daryl. Num Pages: 230 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226329666
ISBN
9780226329666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.61

hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226329659
ISBN
9780226329659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.31
€ 79.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572411395
ISBN
9781572411395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.81

Hardback. This is a literary and philosophical study that links the idea of secularism to the form of the novel. It offers a groundbreaking critical foundation both for understanding the move toward a secular culture and for examining the role of the individual in modern ethical, political, and spiritual contexts. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482263
ISBN
9781611482263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483253
ISBN
9781611483253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.60

Paperback. Editor(s): Kumar, Amitava (Associate Professor of English and Cultural Studies, Penn State University, USA). Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816638376
ISBN
9780816638376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. This fascinating book explores Beat Generation writing from a transnational perspective, using the concept of worlding to place Beat literature in conversation with a far-reaching network of cultural and political formations. Countering the charge that the Beats abroad were at best naive tourists seeking exoticism for exoticism's sake, World Beats Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Dartmouth College Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611688986
ISBN
9781611688986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 38.94

Hardback. "This articulate, engaging, and well-documented study represents an important work of scholarship in its cross-cultural considerations of Italian Renaissance epic poetry." Prize Committtee Citation, MLA Scaglione Priize for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 232 x 32. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646834
ISBN
9781442646834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.30

Paperback. 244 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 18. Weight: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Five Leaves
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905512331
ISBN
9781905512331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. World Literature in Theory provides a definitive exploration of the pressing questions facing those studying world literature today. Editor(s): Damrosch, David. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 25. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118407691
ISBN
9781118407691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.99

Hardcover. World Literature in Theory provides a definitive exploration of the pressing questions facing those studying world literature today. Editor(s): Damrosch, David. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 992.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118407684
ISBN
9781118407684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 75 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 303 x 9. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Park Lane Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906969783
ISBN
9781906969783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.86

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841653723
ISBN
9781841653723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 75 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 302 x 8. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Park Lane Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906969776
ISBN
9781906969776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813120638
ISBN
9780813120638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.92

Hardcover. One of the most important surviving works from the golden age of Ancient Egyptian literature, a searching exploration of human motivation and divine justice, is discussed and translated in this major literary study. Series: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HDDG; HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 254 x 24. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264331
ISBN
9780197264331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.01

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