Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Demonstrates the ways post colonial studies has adapted Bourdieu's sociology of literature to examine the institutions that structure the creation, dissemination, and reception of world literature; the foundational values of postcolonialism as a field and its sometimes ambivalent relationship to the popular; and more. Editor(s): Dalleo, Raphael. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5, 5 black & white illustrations, Black and White. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382967
- ISBN
- 9781781382967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.70€ 81.44
€ 128.70
€ 81.44
Paperback. A first volume of memoirs, revisiting the South Africa of half a century ago, of a boy growing up in a small country town with a father he could not respect and a mother he adored. Coetzee evokes the tensions, delights and terrors of childhood, in a world of unexplained rules he knew he must obey. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099268277
- ISBN
- 9780099268277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Drawing on educational materials, textbooks, adventure tales, plays, and Sunday-school papers, Boys and Girls in No Man's Land explores the role of children in the nation's war effort. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442642249
- ISBN
- 9781442642249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.36
€ 74.36
paperback. This collection challenges our ideas about male emotion. Through readings of works by Thoreau, Lowell and W.E.B. Du Bois, and of 20th century authors such as Hemingway and Kerouac, this book questions the persistence of the emotionally alienated male in narratives of white middle-class masculinity. Editor(s): Shamir, Milette; Travis, Jennifer. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120357
- ISBN
- 9780231120357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.06
€ 45.06
Hardcover. Offering a comprehensive study of the more than forty "Boys'" aviation series, this work reveals the part played by the books and their writers in spurring the American nation's fascination with flying. It sheds light on how popular art can transform technological progress into cultural idealism and reform. Num Pages: 300 pages, 30 b&w photos, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; TRP; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653303
- ISBN
- 9780875653303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.90
€ 45.90
Hardback. Brahmanical Theories of the Gift constitutes the first critical edition and translation into any modern language of a d nanibandha, a classical Hindu legal digest devoted to the culturally and religiously important topic of gifting. David Brick has included an extensive historical introduction to the text and its subject matter." Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 470 pages. BIC Classification: D; DS; HBJF; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088481
- ISBN
- 9780674088481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.01€ 50.74
€ 54.01
€ 50.74
Brainwashing: The Fictions of Mind Control: A Study of Novels and Film...
Professor Of English David Seed
Hardcover. This study of literary and cinematic representations of brainwashing during the Cold War era reviews science fiction, Korean War fiction, and The Manchurian Candidate film. It explores how views on brainwashing changed from an external threat to American values to an internal threat against individual American liberties by the US government. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873388139
- ISBN
- 9780873388139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.55
€ 61.55
Hardback. In this collection of 12 essays on the writings of Bram Stoker, the authors aim to show how he blended the Gothic with discourses on politics, sexuality, medicine and national identity. The text includes an introduction which analyzes how Stoker's writings have been received this century. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333720462
- ISBN
- 9780333720462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.12
€ 194.12
Hardback. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403946478
- ISBN
- 9781403946478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
paperback. Bram Stoker, Dracula and the Victorian Gothic Stage re-appraises Stoker's key fictions in relation to his working life. It takes Stoker's work from the margins to centre stage, exploring how Victorian theatre's melodramatic and Gothic productions influenced his writing and thinking. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AP; DSBD; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349452545
- ISBN
- 9781349452545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Hardcover. Bram Stoker, Dracula and the Victorian Gothic Stage re-appraises Stoker's key fictions in relation to his working life. It takes Stoker's work from the margins to centre stage, exploring how Victorian theatre's melodramatic and Gothic productions influenced his writing and thinking. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298980
- ISBN
- 9781137298980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Presents a collection of lectures that reveal the insight, humor, and intimacy with Zen that made the author so influential as a teacher. Num Pages: 199 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246. Zen Talks on the Sandokai. 199 pages, 1 b&w photograph, 1 line illustration. Presents a collection of lectures that reveal the insight, humor, and intimacy with Zen that made the author so influential as a teacher. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HREZ. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 15. Weight: 242.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 199
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232129
- ISBN
- 9780520232129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.31
€ 31.99
€ 23.31
Hardcover. This book reconsiders authorship by the descendants of North African immigrants to France by consulting how these authors' novels have been discussed and promoted in the national audio-visual media. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381960
- ISBN
- 9781781381960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.70€ 20.60
€ 128.70
€ 20.60
Hardback. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472264
- ISBN
- 9781611472264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.98
€ 131.98
Paperback. When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this title offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols, a review quiz and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 136 x 209 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- SparkNotes
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411469457
- ISBN
- 9781411469457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.39
€ 8.99
€ 8.39
Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Editor(s): Ringe, Don. Series: Masterworks of Literature. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780808400653
- ISBN
- 9780808400653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
Paperback. Brazil under Construction tracks how Brazil's major public works projects and the fiction surrounding them mark a twofold construction of the nation: the functional construction of the country's public infrastructure and the symbolic construction of nationhood. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 210 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBTB; JFC; JPP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458394
- ISBN
- 9781349458394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Hardcover. Brazil under Construction tracks how Brazil's major public works projects and the fiction surrounding them mark a twofold construction of the nation: the functional construction of the country's public infrastructure and the symbolic construction of nationhood. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 210 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; DSB; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322470
- ISBN
- 9781137322470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.10
€ 116.10
Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501307447
- ISBN
- 9781501307447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.74
€ 13.99
€ 11.74
Hardcover. Samuel Taylor Coleridge set out on a tour of Scotland with William and Dorothy Wordsworth in the summer of 1803. This volume draws on Coleridge's letters and notebooks to look at his travels with the Wordsworths and to record and photograph the journey he experienced after he parted from them. Num Pages: 192 pages, 78 colour plates, 87 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; DSC; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300096415
- ISBN
- 9780300096415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.25
€ 36.99
€ 27.25