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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. The three short fictions in this unique collection, Sarrasine, The Unknown Masterpiece, and The Girl with the Golden Eyes, deal with the relationship between artistic ideals and sexual desires. They show Balzac's mastery of the seductions of storytelling, and are among the 19th century's richest explorations of life and art. Translator(s): Collier, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199571284
ISBN
9780199571284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. Offers a study of girls and girlhood in early modern literature and culture. This title provides the study of the way the literature and drama of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries constructed the category of the 'girl'. It challenges the misconception that girls were largely absent from English Renaissance literature. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748655908
ISBN
9780748655908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.38

Paperback. Abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield comforts herself with recollections of her earlier, life in Blue Mountain when she was pursued by 'gentleman callers'. Her son Tom, a poet with a job in a warehouse, longs for adventure and escape from his mother's suffocating embrace, while Laura, her daughter, has her glass menagerie and her memories. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92.
Edition
17th Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190266
ISBN
9780141190266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSRC; JFD; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813561776
ISBN
9780813561776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.84

Hardcover. This illuminating manifesto presents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and likely future of English studies around the world. By treating the global trends and trajectories of English studies with respect to actual student enrollments, faculty employment, curricular emphases, and emergent subfields, James F. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470654941
ISBN
9780470654941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.87

Hardback. Charts how the cartographies of American literature as an institutional category have varied. Arguing that American literature was consolidated as a distinctively nationalist entity only in the wake of the U S Civil War, this title identifies this formation as extending until the beginning of the Reagan presidency in 1981. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136134
ISBN
9780691136134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.65
€ 51.34

Hardcover. No study has been carried out examining the gnostic undercurrents in medieval England. For the first time, Natanela Elias investigates the existence of these gnostic traces, using prominent late medieval English literary works such as Piers Plowman and Confessio Amantis and ultimately shedding light on a previously overlooked religious dimension. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137474766
ISBN
9781137474766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443523
ISBN
9780140443523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Discusses ways of creating value in turn-of-the-century American capitalism. Focusing on such topics as the alienation of property, the invention of masochism, and the battle over free silver, this title examines the participation of cultural forms in these phenomena. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 257 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520059825
ISBN
9780520059825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.81

Hardback. This volume contains essays on Russian literature and thought from the classical age. It looks at the important work of well-known authors such as Pushkin and Dostoevsky, relatively unknown writers such as Marlinsky and Boborykin, and studies of thinkers such as Herzen and Chaadaev. Editor(s): Offord, Derek; White, Stephen. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; CFA; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333557334
ISBN
9780333557334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.50

Paperback. The bewitched Lucius passes from owner to owner - encountering a desperate gang of robbers and being forced to perform lewd 'human' tricks on stage - until the Goddess Isis finally breaks the spell and Lucius is initiated into her cult. Editor(s): Kenney, E. J. Translator(s): Kenney, E. J. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435900
ISBN
9780140435900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.43

Paperback. A collection of commissioned essays on the contemporary Anglophone novel. It examines what the novel does and what kinds of truth the novel can tell. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230860
ISBN
9780571230860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. A Student Edition of Brecht's classic parable, set in an unjust society where good can only survive by means of evil. The text of the play is accompanied by an extensive commentary and study notes. Editor(s): Ryland, Charlotte; Kuhn, Tom; Gwyer, Kirstin. Translator(s): Willett, John. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408100073
ISBN
9781408100073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.29

Paperback. For nine years, John Dowell and his wife spend the summer season at a German spa town in the company of the respectable Ashburnhams. Behind the placid exteriors lie the destructive passions of men and women. This text includes biographical and critical apparatus. Series: Ford Madox Ford programme. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313. 8vo. Illustrated. Near fine copy in slipcase
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The Folio Society London
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
New
SKU
KSG0022657
ISBN
9781857543001
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 35.00

Hardcover. Szefel investigates the use of poetry in addressing political reform at the turn of the twentieth century. It charts the work of poets and editors - many of whom were women and minorities - who created a network of organizations to nurture writers who addressed the problems wrought by Progressive-era capitalism. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230112841
ISBN
9780230112841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.28

Paperback. Presents an overview of significant issues and debates in Gothic studies. This book explains the origins and development of the term Gothic. It explores the evolution of the Gothic in both literary and non-literary forms, including art, architecture and film. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220633
ISBN
9780631220633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.12

Hardback. * Provides an overview of the most significant issues and debates in Gothic studies. * Explains the origins and development of the term Gothic. * Explores the evolution of the Gothic in both literary and non-literary forms, including art, architecture and film. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220626
ISBN
9780631220626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.52

Paperback. This book is the first full-length theoretical and historical study of the relation between early Gothic fiction and an emerging modern rule of law. The work identifies not only a political and cultural, but also an ontological relation between what critics have conceptualized as 'Gothic' and the nature and function of modern juridical power. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349353569
ISBN
9781349353569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.60

Hardcover. Fascination with the dark and death threats are now accepted features of contemporary fantasy and fantastic fictions for young readers. These go back to the early gothic genre in which child characters were extensively used by authors. The aim of this book is to rediscover the children in their work. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137306067
ISBN
9781137306067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

paperback. Combining a new genealogy for the gothic novel with original research into gothic contexts in German idealist thought and romantic psychology, The Gothic Text offers lively readings of British and Continental novels pointing back toward the Enlightenment and ahead toward Freud. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739139
ISBN
9780804739139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

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