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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. 60 years after Lawrence's death, the nature of his achievement is still being debated. His vision has aroused passionate interest in many countries beyond his own. As a writer in the 20th century and as one with international standing, this book presents Lawrence "in the modern world". Editor(s): Preston, Peter; Hoare, Peter. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333452691
ISBN
9780333452691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardback. An attempt to illuminate Virginia Woolf's aesthetic by providing an original thoery regarding her use of the random frames provided by life. Her novels are shown to use windows, thresholds, mirrors and, less directly, rooms to frame scenes which chart the border between life and art. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333448809
ISBN
9780333448809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.98

Hardback. This study examines the relationship between tragicomedy in modernist theatre and the consumerist culture in which the genre has risen. In the plays of Beckett, Shepard and Pinter, Orr argues, playfulness and confusion overlay a black vision of nuclear apocalypse. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Culture & Society. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333448793
ISBN
9780333448793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.57

Hardback. An attempt to collate a variety of approaches to the work of Dickens and his major contemporaries, from traditional scholarship to recent literary theory. The work emphasizes the connections between Victorian literature and society and highlighting the longevity of the Victorian literary period. Editor(s): Shattock, Joanne. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333447086
ISBN
9780333447086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.32

Paperback. In this account of Shelley's literary career from his earliest published work to his last unfinished masterpiece, the author draws on recent research about the poet and his age. It includes a discussion of Shelley's social background, politics and response to rationalism. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 169 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333447055
ISBN
9780333447055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.34

Hardback. In this account of Shelley's literary career from his earliest published work to his last unfinished masterpiece the author draws on recent research about the poet and his age. It includes a discussion of Shelley's social background, politics and response to rationalism. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333447048
ISBN
9780333447048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.30

Hardback. This introduction to the theatre also attempts to offer a meditation on the theatricality of the Incarnation. Arguing that both biblical and dramatic texts should be approached with a theatrical rather than a literary imagination, the author explores theatrical history. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 168 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSG; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333447024
ISBN
9780333447024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Paperback. Previous biographies have set Jane Austen within her social context. This biography places her firmly within her professional context as one of an increasing number of women who published novels between 1790 and 1820. Being a professional writer was, apart from her family, more important to Austen than anything else in her life. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333447017
ISBN
9780333447017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.80

paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1988th Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333445860
ISBN
9780333445860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.93

paperback. Series: Studies in Twentieth-century Literature. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Edition
1988th Edition
SKU
V9780333444825
ISBN
9780333444825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.41

Hardcover. Jane Wheare concerns herself with Virginia Woolf's artistry in "The Voyage Out", "Night and Day" and "The Years", where Woolf exploited and developed the "realist" model, finding in it the most appropriate vehicle through which to put across obliquely her own ideas about women and society. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333443446
ISBN
9780333443446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.17

hardcover. An exploration of seminal French theoretical writings, approached as coherent philosophical fictions and bringing to light their contradictory social and pedagogical implications and their complex historicity. The study questions the role of intellectuals in the university and the modern world. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Edition
1989th Edition
SKU
V9780333443439
ISBN
9780333443439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.65

Hardback. These essays focus on major figures, works or themes and movements of the Victorian era. They strive for fresh perspectives and aim to fill the gap in critical literature while reflecting the book's recurring concern with contexts and stratagems of presentation. Editor(s): Clubbe, John; Meckier, Jerome. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333443347
ISBN
9780333443347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.50

hardcover. A collection of essays by scholars of romantic literature which aim to situate Shelley for our own age, not only by contextualizing him within our scene of critical practice, but also by resituating him within his own scene of poetic production. Editor(s): Blank, G. Kim. Series: Studies in romanticism. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
Edition
1991st Edition
SKU
V9780333443316
ISBN
9780333443316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.46

Paperback. BIC Classification: DSBF. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333441619
ISBN
9780333441619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.27

Hardback. This study of the philosophical aspects of Conrad's novels offers evidence that the works exhibit a powerful existential strain, foreshadowing many central concerns of 20th-century modernism. The author reveals that Conrad's fiction is replete with ideas from Sartre, Camus and Nietzsche. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HPCF3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333436196
ISBN
9780333436196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.88

hardcover. Series: Contemporary Interpretations of Shakespeare S. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Edition
1988th Edition
SKU
V9780333433560
ISBN
9780333433560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Interpretations of Shakespeare S. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333433331
ISBN
9780333433331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.07

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Interpretations of Shakespeare S. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333428764
ISBN
9780333428764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.17

Hardback. Num Pages: 126 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333428702
ISBN
9780333428702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.11

Hardback. The history play is a popular genre among English playwrights of this century, yet very little research has been done in the field. This book examines the term 'history play' afresh, seeking to define the scope and the limits of the genre in relation to twentieth-century ideas of and attitudes to history. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333425176
ISBN
9780333425176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.19

hardcover. Combining encyclopedic information as well as a critical guide to the poetry of Robert Burns, this work attempts to show the complex nature of this supposedly uncomplicated poet. The work is in six sections and covers such themes as religion, drink, drama, sex, politics and philosophy. Series: Literary Companions. Num Pages: 461 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
461
Condition
New
Edition
1991st Edition
SKU
V9780333422700
ISBN
9780333422700
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.09

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Interpretations of Shakespeare S. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333414040
ISBN
9780333414040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333413715
ISBN
9780333413715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

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