Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Drawing on legal cases, legal debates, and fiction including works by James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, and Charles Chesnutt, thsi book investigates changing notions of responsibility and agency in nineteenth-century America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; LA; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691011998
- ISBN
- 9780691011998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.33€ 82.87
€ 109.33
€ 82.87
Hardback. Shifting the Scene adapts words from one of the Choruses in Henry V. Its essays try, without denying authority to the text and the theater, to widen the scene of inquiry to include other institutions, such as education, politics, language, and the arts, and to juxtapose the constructions of Shakespeare and his works that have been produced by them. Editor(s): Lambert, Ladina Bezzola; Engler, Balz. Series: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries: The International Shakespeare Series. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492484
- ISBN
- 9781611492484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.98
€ 138.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 18. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801442964
- ISBN
- 9780801442964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.21
€ 51.21
Mixed media pr. Presents the life stories of twelve extraordinary women who lived passionately and recorded in poetry their happiness and heartbreaks. Num Pages: 429 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3JB; BGH; DCQ; DSBD; DSC; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 187 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1205.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 429
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221806
- ISBN
- 9780823221806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.87
€ 116.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSB; JFFS; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. .
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816691067
- ISBN
- 9780816691067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSB; JFFS; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816691036
- ISBN
- 9780816691036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
Paperback. Shirley is Charlotte Bronte's only historical novel and her most topical one. The introduction to this new edition considers its autobiographical overtones as well as its social context, and includes revised notes and bibliography. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540808
- ISBN
- 9780199540808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
paperback. What qualities helped Primo Levi survive the demented laboratory of Auschwitz? What does Milan Kundera make of being denounced as a subversive writer in communist Czechoslovakia? What does Edna O'Brien think drove generations of Irish writers into exile? This book explores the importance of region, politics and history in their work. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099428435
- ISBN
- 9780099428435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.27
€ 12.99
€ 10.27
paperback. A catalogue of mass slaughter, torture and slavery, which showed that the evangelizing vision of Columbus had descended under later conquistadors into genocide. It demands that the Indians be entitled to the basic rights of humankind. Editor(s): Griffin, Nigel. Translator(s): Griffin, Nigel. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; 3JB; DSBB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140445626
- ISBN
- 9780140445626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.75
€ 10.99
€ 9.75
Hardback. This volume provides new insights into some of the best examples of this form of writing in the twentieth century and also includes a chapter which explores ways in which the genre is evolving as the century draws to a close. Editor(s): Flower, John; Flower, J.E. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895699
- ISBN
- 9780859895699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.80
€ 136.80
Paperback. This volume provides new insights into some of the best examples of this form of writing in the twentieth century and also includes a chapter which explores ways in which the genre is evolving as the century draws to a close. Editor(s): Flower, John. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895705
- ISBN
- 9780859895705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.36
€ 48.36
Paperback. The Short Oxford History of English Literature offers an introductory guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day covering all the major periods of English literature chronologically. This third edition has been revised and updated incorporating a greater number of female and contemporary authors. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1166.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199263387
- ISBN
- 9780199263387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.97
€ 57.97
Paperback. Seventy-five writers including Verlyn Klinkenborg, Jo Ann Beard, David Sedaris, Dorothy Allison, Salman Rushdie, Jerry Tempest Williams, Michael Perry, Mark Spragg, and Jane Brox reflect on the power of short works to move, persuade, and change readers. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393326000
- ISBN
- 9780393326000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.76
€ 19.99
€ 18.76
Hardcover. First modern edition of four romances from the medieval Scottish tradition. Editor(s): Purdie, Rhiannon. Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series. Num Pages: 302 pages, 4, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 3 black and white, 1 lin. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Scottish Text Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897976364
- ISBN
- 9781897976364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.25
€ 52.99
€ 50.25
Hardcover. Editor(s): Marcus, Leonard S. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.), photographs. BIC Classification: AC; DSB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 240 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 859.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Candlewick ed.
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780763635060
- ISBN
- 9780763635060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.72
€ 26.99
€ 25.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Opitz, May; etc. Translator(s): Adams, Anne V. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870237607
- ISBN
- 9780870237607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.24
€ 33.24
Paperback. Shyness needs no cure, claim the authors of thoughtful, raw, and humorous essays and poems. Editor(s): Lewis, Naomi K.; Altrows, Rona. Series: Robert Kroetsch Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888646705
- ISBN
- 9780888646705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. Series: Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture & Thought: Translation S. Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929497686
- ISBN
- 9780929497686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.28
€ 38.99
€ 28.28
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714529394
- ISBN
- 9780714529394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.35
€ 13.99
€ 13.35
Hardback. Sick Heroes examines the cultural practices that created those remarkably offensive, though strangely appealing, romantic heroes that appeared in European and especially in French literature in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895491
- ISBN
- 9780859895491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.89
€ 139.89