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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Num Pages: 69 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
69
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393313628
ISBN
9780393313628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.72

Paperback. Since its creation in 1894 by Joseph Snell Wood, the Society of Women Writers & Journalists has attracted the company of many famous women writers, journalists, poets and playwrights. This title reveals the long and fascinating history of the Society. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 9. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752451596
ISBN
9780752451596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. The historical novel has been one of the most important forms of women's reading and writing in the twentieth century, yet it has been underrated and critically neglected. In the first major study of British women writers' use of the genre, now available for the first time in paperback, Diana Wallace tracks its development across the century. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2005 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230223608
ISBN
9780230223608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.06

Hardback. This volume has a dual purpose. It aims to define the state of Japanese literary studies in the field of women's writing and to present cross-cultural interpretations of Japanese material of relevance to contemporary work in gender studies and comparative literature. Editor(s): Schalow, Paul; Walker, Janet A. Num Pages: 536 pages, 5 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 915.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804727228
ISBN
9780804727228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.72

Hardback. Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the female protagonists in Shakespeare's plays with regard to their impact, not only on the plot of the plays, but also on the male protagonists, through providing easy-to-follow play synopses. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819188250
ISBN
9780819188250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.67

Hardcover. Examines the integral role that six female authors played in Schiller's ambitious literary journal, "Die Horen" (1795-97). Beyond a critical discussion of the women's publications in Schiller's journal, this work addresses the range of problems associated with women's writing and publishing during the late eighteenth century. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139624
ISBN
9780874139624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.14

Paperback. When country-girl Grace Melbury returns home from her middle-class school she feels she has risen above her suitor, the simple woodsman Giles Winterborne. Though marriage had been discussed between her and Giles, Grace finds herself captivated by Dr Edred Fitzpiers, a relationship that is encouraged by her socially ambitious father. Editor(s): Ingham, Patricia. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435474
ISBN
9780140435474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardback. This study of the works of James Joyce, from Dubliners to Finnegans Wake, finds an Aristotelian underpinning for much of Joyce's thinking on language and representation. In much of his writing, Joyce deals with the tension between visual and auditory modes of experiencing and representing. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
171
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480863
ISBN
9781611480863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; CFA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801443169
ISBN
9780801443169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.37

hardcover. In this extended meditation on the language of the self within contemporary social politics, the author ponders the question: What does it matter what you say about yourself? She studies why the requirement to be a something-or-other should be so hard to satisfy in a manner that rings true in the ears of its own subject. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804736725
ISBN
9780804736725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 326 pages, 19 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137511393
ISBN
9781137511393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.37

Hardback. Hillis Miller, University of California at Irvine; Lucy Newlyn, Oxford University; Patricia Parker, Stanford University. Editor(s): Elam, Helen Rugueiro; Ferguson, Frances. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801881879
ISBN
9780801881879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.78

Paperback. Translator(s): Goshgarian, G. M.; Goshgarian, Gary J. Num Pages: 256 pages, 119. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482724
ISBN
9780801482724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. This book mounts a critique of persistently romantic assumptions in contemporary literary criticism and advances an original theory of literary production. Along the way, it offers new readings of major modernist novels of Samuel Beckett, Marcel Proust, and Gertrude Stein. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270064
ISBN
9780823270064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. This book mounts a critique of persistently romantic assumptions in contemporary literary criticism and advances an original theory of literary production. Along the way, it offers new readings of major modernist novels of Samuel Beckett, Marcel Proust, and Gertrude Stein. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270057
ISBN
9780823270057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482843
ISBN
9781611482843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.49

Hardback. Editor(s): Russo Ballaro, Grace; Love, Stephanie. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 298 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137590626
ISBN
9781137590626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.02

Hardback. A guide to the published writings of Graham Greene, from his literary writings to published letters and interviews. It surveys not only Greene's literary work - including his fiction, poetry and drama - but also his other published writings. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 766.
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441199959
ISBN
9781441199959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 213.90
€ 188.56

Hardcover. Editor(s): Frost, William; Dearing, Vinton A. Num Pages: 840 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 57. Weight in Grams: 971.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
840
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520021204
ISBN
9780520021204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.21

Hardcover. Volumes V and VI concern Dryden's most involved labor: the complete translation of Virgil into English. Volume V contains The Pastorals and The Georgics in their entirety; the first six books of The Aeneid is contained as well. Editor(s): Frost, William; Dearing, Vinton A.; Roper, Alan. Series: Works of John Dryden. Num Pages: 584 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 44. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520021211
ISBN
9780520021211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.21

Hardback. As the first essay collection dedicated to Philip K. Dick in two decades, this volume breaks new ground in science fiction scholarship and brings innovative critical perspectives to the study of one of the twentieth century's most influential authors. Editor(s): Dunst, Alexander; Schlensag, Stefan. Num Pages: 246 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137414588
ISBN
9781137414588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.37

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135384
ISBN
9781571135384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.17

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638928
ISBN
9780691638928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.58

The World in Play tells the story of how certain Victorian literary misfits--working-class melodramatists of the 1830s, the reclusive Emily Bronte, free-spirits Robert Louis Stevenson and John Muir, mischievous Oscar Wilde, among others--struggled to find their bearings in a modern world trapped, like Alice, in play, in a ludic microcosm of itself. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776080
ISBN
9780804776080
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.97

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