Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Our Conrad is a literary and cultural history, political in emphasis, of the modern American invention of Joseph Conrad as a "master" literary figure as well as a call to transnationalize the field of American literary and cultural studies. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804783132
- ISBN
- 9780804783132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 41.48
€ 42.99
€ 41.48
Paperback. A study guide on Timberlake Wertenbaker's modern classic play Our Country's Good. In the Page to Stage series of authoritative introductions to classic texts by theatre professionals. Ideal for A-Level students and their teachers, as well as actors, directors and theatregoers encountering the play. Series: Page to Stage. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Study Guide
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848420434
- ISBN
- 9781848420434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.32
€ 14.99
€ 14.32
hardcover. This is the final volume in a series that illustrates the development of European drama from its beginnings in ancient Greece to the mid-twentieth century. The nine plays in this volume are drawn from Latin Europe. Num Pages: 329 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838634219
- ISBN
- 9780838634219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.63
€ 139.63
Hardcover. Our Emily Dickinsons situates Dickinson's life and work within larger debates about gender, sexuality, and literary authority in America. Examining Dickinson's influence on Marianne Moore, Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop and others, Vivian R. Pollak complicates the connection between authorial biography and poetry that endures. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 31 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248449
- ISBN
- 9780812248449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.11
€ 81.11
Paperback. An autobiography which presents a story that revolves around the author's mother. It offers an account of living with hardship and poverty as seen through the eyes of a sensitive child and woman. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 25. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552140935
- ISBN
- 9780552140935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. "Our Lady of Victorian Feminism" is about three 19th-century women, Protestants by background and feminists by conviction, who are curiously and crucially linked by their extensive use of the Madonna in arguments designed to empower women. Num Pages: 315 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 585. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821413623
- ISBN
- 9780821413623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.99
€ 38.99
€ 37.99
Hardcover. Why has a fascination with fascism re-emerged after the Cold War? What is its cultural function now, in an era of commemoration? Focusing particularly on the British context, this study offers an analysis of contemporary popular and literary fiction, film, TV and art exhibitions about Nazis and Nazism. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in War and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748668649
- ISBN
- 9780748668649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 94.53
€ 105.84
€ 94.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147323
- ISBN
- 9780231147323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 78.05
€ 103.49
€ 78.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147330
- ISBN
- 9780231147330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Hardback. Tracks the nation/South juxtaposition in US literature from the founding to the turn of the twentieth century, through genres including travel writing, gothic and romance novels, geography textbooks, transcendentalist prose, and abolitionist address. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024281
- ISBN
- 9780674024281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.04€ 50.01
€ 54.04
€ 50.01
Paperback. Working with a wide range of texts, as well as movies and television, Nina Auerbach locates vampires at the heart of national experience and uses them as a lens for viewing the last 200 hundred years of Anglo-American cultural history. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298. 240 pages, notes, index. Working with a wide range of texts, as well as movies and television, Nina Auerbach locates vampires at the heart of national experience and uses them as a lens for viewing the last 200 hundred years of Anglo-American cultural history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; DSB; JFC. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226032023
- ISBN
- 9780226032023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.46
€ 35.99
€ 28.46
hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AJB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807068809
- ISBN
- 9780807068809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 36.39
€ 45.99
€ 36.39
Paperback. Series: Methuen biography. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPG; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 210
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413771483
- ISBN
- 9780413771483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.33
€ 11.99
€ 10.33
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture & Thought. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AS; DSB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Edition
- Apparent First Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572410374
- ISBN
- 9781572410374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.66
€ 49.99
€ 35.66
Hardback. Homophobia is still rife and it remains dangerous and even life-threatening to be out in Africa, but Chantal Zabus here traces the range of representations of same-sex desire in Africa through historic and contemporary sources. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010827
- ISBN
- 9781847010827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.41
€ 113.41
Hardback. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847686971
- ISBN
- 9780847686971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.07
€ 160.07
Paperback. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847686988
- ISBN
- 9780847686988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.90
€ 63.90
Hardback. The writer Nakagami Kenji (1946-1992) rose to fame in the mid-1970s for his vivid stories about a clan scarred by violence and poverty on the underside of the Japanese economy. This book is a study of Nakagami's life and oeuvre delving into the writer's literary world, exploring the genres, forms, and themes with which Nakagami worked. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674026032
- ISBN
- 9780674026032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.47
€ 44.99
€ 37.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324. September 11 and the Novel. 202 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 15. Weight: 322.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 202
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149372
- ISBN
- 9780231149372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.95
€ 36.99
€ 26.95
Hardback. This work provides a study of the novels and short stories about the lives of zhiqing, Chinese urban youth who were dispatched to the backward rural area to live the peasants' life during the second phase of the Cultural Revolution. It overs zhiqing writing from the late 1970s to the late 1990s. Num Pages: 252 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739105061
- ISBN
- 9780739105061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.69
€ 132.69
Hardcover. Includes essays that offer ecocritical readings of Irish literary and cultural texts of various genres, including fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, drama and the visual image. This title places emphasis on place not only pervades Irish writing of the twentieth century but also is in fact rooted in ancient traditions of Celtic mythology. Editor(s): Cusick, Christine. Num Pages: 286 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184547
- ISBN
- 9781859184547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Paperback. In Western culture, the separation of humans from nature has contributed to a schism between the conscious reason and the unconscious dreaming psyche, or internal human "nature." This book uses Jung's idea of the shadow to explore how this divorce results in alienation, projection, and often breakdown. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JMAF; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926568
- ISBN
- 9780813926568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.46
€ 37.46
hardcover. In Western culture, the separation of humans from nature has contributed to a schism between the conscious reason and the unconscious dreaming psyche, or internal human "nature." This book uses Jung's idea of the shadow to explore how this divorce results in alienation, projection, and often breakdown. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JMAF; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926551
- ISBN
- 9780813926551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.08
€ 90.08
Paperback. Shows us the work of eminent and underrepresented deaf and hearing writers to encourage readers to come to terms with ingrained perceptions and biases towards the deaf. The author introduces three lesser known deaf writers: Charlotte Elizabeth (1790-1846), Howard Tracy Hofsteater (1909-64), and Douglas Bullard (1937-2005). Editor(s): Sayers, Edna Edith. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563685392
- ISBN
- 9781563685392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.63
€ 35.99
€ 27.63