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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Using Vladimir Nabokov and Salman Rushdie's work, this study argues that transnational fiction refuses the simple oppositions of postcolonial theory and suggests the possibility of an inclusive global literature. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137346742
ISBN
9781137346742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.75

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691602424
ISBN
9780691602424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.54

Paperback. Leads the reader step-by-step, gradually revealing the relationship between Vladimir Nabokov's ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, and metaphysics. This work shows how Nabokov's interest in discovery springs in part from his work as a scientist and scholar, and draws comparisons between the processes of readerly and scientific discovery. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089577
ISBN
9780691089577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.55

Paperback. Offering original insights into Nabokov and his interaction with other writers and art forms, this, the second volume of a two-part study, includes the work of fifteen eminent Nabokov specialists and scholars. Here, the focus is on intertextuality, literary reception and suggestions for new ways of reading. Editor(s): McMillin, Arnold; Meyer, P.; Grayson, Jane. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st ed. 2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349664375
ISBN
9781349664375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.23

hardcover. Num Pages: 764 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2AB; 2ADS; 2JNN; CBDX; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
764
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804711838
ISBN
9780804711838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

Hardback. In this text, Lillian Feder explores V.S. Naipaul's writings to deliver an analysis of her subject. She describes Naipaul's methods for discovering the truth about himself and the world he explores, and she concludes that his literature has earned a place in the upper echelons of the modern canon. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742508088
ISBN
9780742508088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 35.83

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226353296
ISBN
9780226353296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816672868
ISBN
9780816672868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 341 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBV; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879505766
ISBN
9781879505766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.42

Paperback. This is a collection of essays on the subject of fatherhood: its enduring power, its secret ruses, and unsettling provocations. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739100929
ISBN
9780739100929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.00

Hardback. Nancy Cunard abandoned the world of a celebrated socialite and Jazz Age icon to pursue a lifelong battle against social injustice as a wartime journalist, humanitarian aid worker, and civil rights champion. This biography tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the dazzling energy and tumultuous spirit of her age. Num Pages: 504 pages, 70 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139380
ISBN
9780231139380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. Nancy Mitford was witty, intelligent, often acerbic, a great tease and an acute observer of upper-class English idiosyncrasies. With the publication of her novels, above all The Pursuit of Love, Love in a Cold Climate and The Blessing, she became a huge bestseller and a household name. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 288 pages, facsim portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
VINTAGE
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429555
ISBN
9780099429555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Hardback. This brilliantly original study uncovers a side to Napoleon Bonaparte which has hitherto been ignored by biographers -- that of the aspiring novelist and man of letters. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745625355
ISBN
9780745625355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441107787
ISBN
9781441107787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.85

Paperback. Narrating 9/11 pushes beyond a critical focus on domestic realism, offering chapters that examine speculative and genre fiction, postmodernism, climate change, and the evolving security state, as well as the television series Lost and the film Paradise Now. Editor(s): Duvall, John N.; Marzec, Robert P. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; DSBH5; DSK; HBJK; JPWL2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417387
ISBN
9781421417387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.24

Beginning with British or colonial writers and moving on to early American narratives of explorers and antebellum novelists, this study traces the developing patterns of the American discovery narrative, a form of writing that chronicled the whole cultural perspective of the American frontier. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231079969
ISBN
9780231079969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.94

Hardback. Conceptions of evil have changed dramatically over time. This work explores what has changed in our understanding of evil, why the transformation matters, and how we can learn from this specific historical development. It argues that narrative plays a key role in helping societies acknowledge their pasts. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory: Philosophies of Gender, Race, and Society S. Num Pages: 244 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140300
ISBN
9780231140300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.32

Hardcover. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611474114
ISBN
9781611474114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489556
ISBN
9780801489556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. An extensive study of Japan in Australian literary consciousness, this book provides a broad chronological exploration of Australian writers' representations of the Japanese from the late 19th to the 21st century. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1M; 2AB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Monash Asia Institute
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876924591
ISBN
9781876924591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.85

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