Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. This volume consists of ten essays by scholars from the Soviet Union, the United States and New Zealand on aspects of Russian literature of the late 19th century and early 20th century. With the exception of Gorky, all the authors considered belong to branches of the Modernist movement. Editor(s): Elsworth, John. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333557310
- ISBN
- 9780333557310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Hardcover. This is a study of the forces and influences that shaped Kipling's work, including his unusual family background, his role as the laureate of empire and the deaths of two of his children, and of his complex relations with a literary world that first embraced and then rejected him. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333557204
- ISBN
- 9780333557204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Paperback. This study of Dickens's career as a professional writer uses a range of material to describe and analyze the ways in which his work can be seen as a form of literary production. It focuses on the communal nature of his achievement, such as in his struggles with publishers. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333557198
- ISBN
- 9780333557198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.57
€ 53.57
Hardback. This work examines the rise of the femme fatale as a prominant fictional type in late nineteenth-century British culture, in the light of biological determinism, imperialism, race, theories about female sexuality, degeneration and evolutionary theory. Series: Women's Studies at York/Macmillan S. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333556122
- ISBN
- 9780333556122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.44
€ 194.44
Hardback. This book argues that the writing of autobiography raises crucial issues of conscience as an author tries to know, assess, and represent character. Individual chapters explore such issues as the nature of truthfulness, characterization, the virtues, shame, and the religious dimensions of conscience. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333554920
- ISBN
- 9780333554920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardback. This text is an analysis of the aspects of sound in James Joyce's book "Finnegans Wake". It considers phonetic symbolism, rhythm, pitch-contours, motifs and songs in a way which shows how Joyce's work has a genuinely musical layer that is particularly apparent when the book is read aloud. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; CFH; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333553398
- ISBN
- 9780333553398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.08
€ 194.08
Hardback. This chronology uses Keats' letters to indicate his poetic aims and achievements. This is supplemented by an introduction and sketches of more than 30 important figures in the poet's life. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333552728
- ISBN
- 9780333552728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Hardback. Contains essays on the image of Western life as presented by Russian writers who have emigrated from the Soviet Union. The authors include Aksenov, Gladilin, Zinink and Loseff, as well as scholars from the Soviet Union, America, France, Germany and Britain. Editor(s): McMillin, Arnold. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSBH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333550410
- ISBN
- 9780333550410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.24
€ 127.24
Hardback. An examination of major 19th-century American literature, which sees works such as "Huckleberry Finn" as attempts to articulate relationships between the self and the New World. By comparing American and English works, the book demonstrates their essentially different nature. Series: New directions in American studies. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333550243
- ISBN
- 9780333550243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.21
€ 127.21
Hardcover. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333549971
- ISBN
- 9780333549971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63
Hardback. A collection of Coleridge's writings, with commentary, that demonstrate his continuing study of human nature and his work toward developing a philosophy of human freedom. The excerpts cover Coleridge's inquiries into the workings of consciousness and the soul and many other topics. Series: Coleridge's Writings. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333548516
- ISBN
- 9780333548516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.60
€ 194.60
Hardback. Provides an outline of Forster's personal, literary and intellectual life from year to year in a series of diary entries. While the main focus is on his career as a writer of fiction, the chronicle format also sheds new light on the extent and nature of Forster's political and public commitments. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333545409
- ISBN
- 9780333545409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.90
€ 193.90
Hardback. This volume relates to the study of spirit and spirituality, mind and intelligence, consciousness and epistemology, literature and theatre. It develops a model of the mind and extended states of consciousness, and uses this to explore the rhythmical structures fundamental to literature and theatre. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333539606
- ISBN
- 9780333539606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
hardcover. These essays deal with philosophical accounts of interpretation, the interpretation of scripture (with particular reference to the work of the Oxford theologian and philosopher Austin Farrer), and provide some examples of interpretative practice relating to Genesis and the book of Psalms. Editor(s): Loades, Ann; McLain, Michael. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HRAB; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333539590
- ISBN
- 9780333539590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.87
€ 193.87
Hardback. Provides an introduction to Tolkien's work which also aims to redress any deficiencies in earlier criticism. Two chapters examine "The Lord of the Rings", while a third explores shorter works and the last considers the significance of Tolkien's life and career in the century of modernism. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333538968
- ISBN
- 9780333538968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.63
€ 193.63
Hardback. Attempts to map out in detail all of the known facts concerning the poet Edmund Spenser, a major canonical author whose entire literary career was spent in Ireland. The book charts Spenser's parallel vocations of Elizabethan planter and Renaissance writer Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333537442
- ISBN
- 9780333537442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Hardback. An examination of the art of writing fiction. By the same author as "Hamlet, Prufrock and Language", "The Fiction of Reality", "Hulme's Investigations into the Bogart Script", "The Loss of India", and "Confessions of a Native Alien". Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333536780
- ISBN
- 9780333536780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.57
€ 193.57
hardcover. Seeks to redress the commonly held view that Mary Shelley was simply another mouthpiece for her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, for her father, William Godwin and for the radical milieu that surrounded her. Her independence is reflected in her editing of her husband's poetry. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333534090
- ISBN
- 9780333534090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Paperback. A collection of specially commissioned essays in which leading scholars and critics define the American modernist canon. Tracing its origins back to Walt Whitman, this radical poetry is inspired by the concept of democracy and extends across American from east to west. Editor(s): Bloom, Clive; Docherty, Brian. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532898
- ISBN
- 9780333532898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback. An introduction to American drama, aimed at students, academics and serious readers, which is also concerned that the unfamiliar names and forgotten voices of those who made a major contribution to its history, have been unfairly neglected. Editor(s): Bloom, Clive; Docherty, Brian. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532874
- ISBN
- 9780333532874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.23
€ 60.23