Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. How do we read the works of Jonathan Swift, who ridiculed the modern even as it was taking shape? The author approaches the question of modernity in Swift by way of a theory of satire from Aristotle via Swift (and Bakhtin) that eschews modern notions that satire is meant to reform and correct. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734363
- ISBN
- 9780804734363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.26
€ 76.26
Hardback. This edition offers original material with scholarly annotation, joining Swift's most important writings on Ireland in both prose and poetry with the full context and significance of each work. Editor(s): Fabricant, Carole; Mahony, Robert. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312228880
- ISBN
- 9780312228880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Paperback. This edition presents Jonathan Swift's most important Irish writings in both prose and verse, together with introductions and annotations. Editor(s): Fabricant, Carole; Mahony, Robert. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349385911
- ISBN
- 9781349385911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Hardback. More than three centuries later, Jonathan Swift's writing remains striking and relevant. In this engaging study, Atkins brings forty-plus years of critical experience to bear on some of the greatest satires ever written, revealing new contexts for understanding post-Reformation reading practices and the development of the modern personal essay. Num Pages: 111 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 111
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311627
- ISBN
- 9781137311627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.80
€ 61.80
Hardcover. In a fresh reading of Gulliver's Travels and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Atkins draws parallels between the protagonists: both Lemuel Gulliver and Stephen Dedalus flee from the burdens of life, seeking a transcendent existence. The study sheds important new light on both novels as essential critiques of modern misunderstandings. Num Pages: 79 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137399816
- ISBN
- 9781137399816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.31
€ 61.31
Hardback. Scholars of colonialism, postcolonialism, Irish studies, Atlantic studies, Swift, and the history of the book will find Moore's eye-opening arguments original and compelling. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780801895074
- ISBN
- 9780801895074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Hardback. Editor(s): Gerard, W. B.; Taylor, E. Derek; Walker, Robert G. Num Pages: 312 pages, colour illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611490589
- ISBN
- 9781611490589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.21
€ 163.21
Paperback. Disraeli vividly depicts the appalling conditions of the poor-their pitiful wages, their miserably overcrowded tenements, and their exploitation by the new breed of powerful industrialists-as an indirect plea for social and political reform and for the fulfilment of his dream of a new, more democratic England. Editor(s): Shrimpton, Nicholas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198759898
- ISBN
- 9780198759898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.93
€ 16.99
€ 16.93
Paperback. Sylvia Plath was one of the most gifted and innovative poets of the twentieth century, yet serious study of her work has often been hampered by a fierce preoccupation with her life and death. This title offers an examination of her poetry. Num Pages: 256 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571192359
- ISBN
- 9780571192359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 194
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403916532
- ISBN
- 9781403916532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. The first study devoted to Sylvia Plath's fiction covering The Bell Jar and all of her published and unpublished short stories drawing extensively on archival material. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490. A Critical Study. 224 pages. The first study devoted to Sylvia Plath's fiction covering The Bell Jar and all of her published and unpublished short stories drawing extensively on archival material. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 19. Weight: 490.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625093
- ISBN
- 9780748625093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.48€ 107.06
€ 112.48
€ 107.06
Paperback. The first study devoted to Sylvia Plath's fiction covering The Bell Jar and all of her published and unpublished short stories drawing extensively on archival material. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344. A Critical Study. 224 pages. The first study devoted to Sylvia Plath's fiction covering The Bell Jar and all of her published and unpublished short stories drawing extensively on archival material. Cateogry: (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: DSC; DSK. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 13. Weight: 344.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625109
- ISBN
- 9780748625109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642956
- ISBN
- 9780691642956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.72
€ 196.72
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615547
- ISBN
- 9780691615547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.67€ 52.77
€ 68.67
€ 52.77
Paperback. Explores the introduction of printing in symbolic terms. This book presents literary history in which the fifteenth century is crucial to the overall story of English literature. It argues that the development of print production is part of a larger social network involving the political, economic, and literary systems. Num Pages: 424 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; DSBB; HBTK; TDPP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268033170
- ISBN
- 9780268033170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.10
€ 42.99
€ 42.10
Hardcover. Utilizing cross-cultural strands, this comparative study analyzes Caribbean literary representations of magic and invisible cities reworking the notion of the city as both instituted social space and imaginary community. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230612181
- ISBN
- 9780230612181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
paperback. Utilizing cross-cultural strands, this comparative study analyzes Caribbean literary representations of magic and invisible cities reworking the notion of the city as both instituted social space and imaginary community. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349376889
- ISBN
- 9781349376889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482492
- ISBN
- 9781611482492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.43
€ 123.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801493713
- ISBN
- 9780801493713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.80
€ 37.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. Presents the development and aesthetic theories of the symbolist movement in art and literature. This book traces symbolism and its roots from artist to artist and critic to critic from the 1860s to the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 396 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACV; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077683
- ISBN
- 9780520077683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70