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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. Explores the relation between poststructuralist thought and postcoloniality, and identifies in that interaction the expression of a particular anxiety concerning the form of theoretical writing. This book argues that this anxiety betrays an unprecedented lucidity concerning the particular challenges of writing about ourselves and others. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 207 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846312304
ISBN
9781846312304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.50

Paperback. Explores a wide range of writers through the lens of postcolonial theory, focusing on themes of imperialism and decolonisation, globalisation and national identity. Series: Postcolonial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639014
ISBN
9780748639014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.43

Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838754511
ISBN
9780838754511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.16

paperback. Examines the debate about popular fiction in the last two decades and its position within popular culture, with reference to crime fiction, soap opera, romance and TV sitcoms. Series: Communication and Society. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; GTC; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Ownership details in pencil on ffep. Text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032005
ISBN
9780415009782
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.49

Hardcover. Greek painted pottery from the fourth century BC is one of the largest and most remarkable bodies of theatrically informed material that still survives. This work provides a large body of photographs accompanied by a picture-by-picture discussion of the vases, organized by playwright - including Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Num Pages: 304 pages, 76 colour & 48 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; ACG; DSBB; DSG; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368075
ISBN
9780892368075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.44
€ 58.41

paperback. Explains Pound's early non anti-Semitic beliefs and why his views changed to anti-Semitic. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071591
ISBN
9780252071591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483260
ISBN
9781611483260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.23

Hardback. Reading through influential texts of the later Middle Ages, Adams shows how specific representations of chess encoded concerns about political organization, civic community, and individual autonomy. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; WDMG1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812239447
ISBN
9780812239447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837636604
ISBN
9783837636604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.91
€ 41.64

Paperback. Reassessing the relationship between English literature and law from More to Shakespeare and Webster, the author shows that where literary texts attend to jurisdiction, they dramatize how boundaries and limits are the very precondition of law's power. Num Pages: 424 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226061542
ISBN
9780226061542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 291 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493290
ISBN
9781611493290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.19

Paperback. A step-by-step guide which shows the student how to gain a sense of what a poem or passage of prose or drama is about, how to analyze it and build a successful essay. Series: Palgrave Study Guides. Num Pages: 232 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; CBW; DSA; DSB; JNZ. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1995th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333632253
ISBN
9780333632253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.76

Paperback. Takes a particular perspective on the nature of poetry and follows this through to proposals for teaching. This book focuses attention on how the use of language in short poems can set up conditions for individual interpretation and the representation of reality in ways other than those which are established by normal social convention. Series: Oxford Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSC; ESB; JNU. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780194371841
ISBN
9780194371841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.75

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA; DSB; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175364
ISBN
9780231175364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 50.14

Hardback. Rather, it is a collection of episodic little histories. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408163
ISBN
9781421408163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.23

Paperback. This work focuses on five aspects of new historicism: recurrent use of anecdotes, preoccupation with the nature of representations, fascination with the history of the body, sharp focus on neglected details, and skeptical analysis of ideology. Num Pages: 250 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: ACND; ACV; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226279350
ISBN
9780226279350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.22

Paperback. Explores the theater's unprecedented focus on the contemporary city in early modern London. Examines plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to consider how this new, experimental theater created a medium for urban plurality, opening up a reflexive space within which diverse populations might begin to "practice" the city. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823267873
ISBN
9780823267873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.11

Hardcover. Editor(s): Cockshut, A. O. J. Series: The Whitehouse Edition of John Ruskin. Num Pages: 624 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1074.
Publisher
Clearway Logistics Phase 2-3
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853310454
ISBN
9781853310454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 101.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 33 x 135. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152791
ISBN
9781857152791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.26

hardcover. This book explores the intersection of linguistics and literature and offers new insight into linguistic methods of literary criticism. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819191076
ISBN
9780819191076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.77

Paperback. A study of literary stylistics using pragmatic theories. Series: Edinburgh Textbooks in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620418
ISBN
9780748620418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.07

Hardcover. A city of immense literary mystique, Prague has inspired writers across the centuries with its beauty, cosmopolitanism, and tragic history. This interdisciplinary study helps to explain why Prague - more than any other major European city - has haunted the cultural and political imagination of the West. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; DSB; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226795409
ISBN
9780226795409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.25

Hardback. A searching critique of the popular Elizabethan literature that praised merchants, industrialists and craftsmen. Series: Past and Present Publications. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 421. Clean copy with some shelf wear fine in dustjacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001722
ISBN
9780521265065
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A Poem for Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration. 28 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Dimension: 164 x 119 x 4. Weight: 50.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Number of pages
28
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555975456
ISBN
9781555975456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.08

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