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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. The ambiguous struggle between convention and dissent in the language he uses for representing women charges Dickens? novels with their uneasy excitement and power. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 190. Paperback, in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
KRF0011711
ISBN
9780802077608
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The ambiguous struggle between convention and dissent in the language he uses for representing women charges Dickens? novels with their uneasy excitement and power. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 190. Paperback, in very good condition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
152
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0011726
ISBN
9780802077608
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

The author argues that in "Great Expectations", Charles Dickens updated "David Copperfield" and rewrote novels by various contemporaries. He parodically revised his competitor's themes, characters, and incidents to discredit their novels as unrealistic and imbued with Cinderella motifs. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kent State University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813122281
ISBN
9780813122281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.25

Hardback. Focusing specifically upon the representation of class consciousness in Dickens's novels, this study uses recent critical and political theory to provide a conceptual framework for the reading of Dickens's novels. Interpretation is further supported by research from influential Victorian journals. Num Pages: 163 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
163
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333487082
ISBN
9780333487082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.55

Hardback. Dickens, Religion and Society examines the centrality of Dickens's religious attitudes to the social criticism he is famous for, shedding new light in the process on such matters as the presentation of Fagin as a villainous Jew, the hostile portrayal of trade unions in Hard Times and Dickens's sentimentality. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137558701
ISBN
9781137558701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.01

Hardcover. This book presents fully edited texts of dramatizations of Dickens's early novels-especially his Christmas books, which were staged in London simultaneously with publication. The edition makes available, for the first time, this exciting body of translations to the stage made by the first generation of Dickensian adaptors. Editor(s): Bratton, Jacky. Num Pages: 480 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780198787952
ISBN
9780198787952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 223.87

Hardback. Drawing on ideas from linguistics, logic, and sociology about the grammar of conversations, the author considers the rhetoric of conversation in Dicken's novels. Series: AMS Studies in the Nineteenth-century. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
AMS Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780404644703
ISBN
9780404644703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.20

Paperback. Series: Reader's Guides. 176 pages. Written by Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations" centers around his primary themes. This guide gives an introduction to the text including its context, Dickens' style and imagery, its critical reception starting from the publication time, acts as a guide to the illustrated editions and film adaptations, and also acts as a guide to further reading. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 10. Weight: 196.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826488589
ISBN
9780826488589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.80

Paperback. Taking Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project as an inspiration, this book offers a project that opens a dialogue between phenomenology, philosophy and the Dickensian representation of the city in all its forms. It provides dual focus on methodology and the historicity of Dickensian urban consciousness. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402385
ISBN
9781474402385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614670
ISBN
9780691614670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.78

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642260
ISBN
9780691642260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.84

Paperback. Seamus Heaney, Denis Donoghue, William Pritchard, Harold Bloom, and many others have praised the author as one of the most attentive readers of poetry. In this title, she turns her illuminating skills as a critic to 150 selected poems of Emily Dickinson. She serves as a guide, considering the stylistic and imaginative features of the poems. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Gld
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066380
ISBN
9780674066380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.45

Paperback. Poses fundamental questions about reading habits we have come to take for granted. Featuring illustrations from Dickinson's manuscripts, this book makes a contribution to the study of Dickinson and of nineteenth-century American poetry. It also maps out the future for work in historical poetics and lyric theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691119915
ISBN
9780691119915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. Considers Goethe as the undead core of German literary and theoretical production, the basis of a poignant code of symptoms that the author tracks and traces. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073496
ISBN
9780252073496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Updated and expanded, this dictionary explains concepts and topics that range from the familiar to the comparatively esoteric. It covers fields such as literary movements, technical language, genres and sub-genres and schools of literary theory. It contains 1300 entries. Series: York Handbooks S. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSR. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582080379
ISBN
9780582080379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.65

Hardback. Translator(s): Carlson, Mona; Hedges, Jane T. Num Pages: 524 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231052429
ISBN
9780231052429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.79
€ 107.60

paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Integral Yoga Publications United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932040350
ISBN
9780932040350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Univocal Publishing LLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937561680
ISBN
9781937561680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. Our common definition of literacy is the ability to read and write in one language. However from the 15th to the 17th centuries print culture led to many disputes over modes of literacy, as the transition from Latin to more vernacular forms of speech and writing escalated. Num Pages: 350 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226243122
ISBN
9780226243122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.64

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531124360
ISBN
9783531124360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.94

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1921
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Edition
2
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663155515
ISBN
9783663155515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.64

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1921
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Edition
2
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663155522
ISBN
9783663155522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.44

Paperback / so. Series: Preisschriften. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFGA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 669.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1921
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663155263
ISBN
9783663155263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.95

Paperback / so. Series: Abhandlungen Der Rheinisch-Westfalischen Akademie Der Wissen. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AG; CF; CJB; DSB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531050973
ISBN
9783531050973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.77

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