Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. This book examines the play writing career of Aphra Behn explaining her often dominant place in the complex theatrical culture of Charles II's reign, her divided political sympathies, and her interests as a free thinking intellectual. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760307
- ISBN
- 9780333760307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardback. This study explores the centrality of ideas of public and private in Woolf's life and writing. Drawing on manuscript material and letters to Woolf from her reading public, it offers insights into her feminism, her narrative techniques, her attitudes to publication, and her role in public debate. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760277
- ISBN
- 9780333760277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardcover. "Anglo Irish Modernism and the Maternal" argues that a focus on the construction of mother figures in Irish culture illuminates the extraordinary achievement of the Irish modernists. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760260
- ISBN
- 9780333760260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Hardcover. This text is about forms of connections: between nations, literatures, individuals, words. It asks how, and why, connections get severed, and examines the pieces that remain. Interdisciplinary readings of writings by Scots and Americans re-draw the literary map of both countries. Num Pages: 347 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760253
- ISBN
- 9780333760253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.82
€ 119.82
Hardcover. Illuminating obscure aspects of cultural negotiation and denaturalization in numerous Metaphysical texts, this work examines poetry and prose by Donne, Marvell, Lanyer, Crashaw, and Herbert. It challenges readers to recognize the "strangeness" of these writings in their original contexts. Num Pages: 214 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760215
- ISBN
- 9780333760215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.36
€ 62.36
hardcover. These essays cover topics as diverse as Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Vaclav Havel, "The Magic Flute" and "Viz" magazine. All have been published before, and many have already proved controversial. This collection is addressed as much to the educated general reader as to the academic specialist. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333760062
- ISBN
- 9780333760062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Hardback. A second edition of this text, studying the relation between children's literature and writing for adults. Carroll's 'Alice' books changed writing for and about children, causing repercussions for subsequent children's writers and for Virginia Woolf and her generation. Dusinberre connects books for children with developments in education. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333759844
- ISBN
- 9780333759844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.08
€ 120.08
Hardback. This study argues that changes in English society and the English language are woven together, often in surprising ways, and investigates this claim by following 11 words from Chaucer's time to Shakespeare's. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; CFFD; DSA; DSBB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333753798
- ISBN
- 9780333753798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.84
€ 180.84
Paperback. Examines Austen's presentation of sibling love and rivalry in the context of the social and historical changes in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and analyses the incest motif in numerous works of the period, arguing that the handling of incestuous themes represents a stage in the development of the novel. Originally published in 1992. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333752074
- ISBN
- 9780333752074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.39
€ 57.39
Hardcover. This work considers Coleridge's relationship to his near contemporary, Friedrich Schiller. Combining close readings with historical research, this book challenges readers to rethink the radical potential of idealist aesthetics. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333749364
- ISBN
- 9780333749364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.71
€ 118.71
Hardcover. In this study of Yeats' poetry between 1902 and 1916, Greaves reacts to the tendency in literary criticism to categorize Yeats' work as "modernist". Instead, he offers a different way of looking at the transition in Yeats' work in this period, by examining the poems in the context of Yeats' life. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333749333
- ISBN
- 9780333749333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.81
€ 61.81
Hardback. This study analyzes the intersection between essays and sketches in Woolf's non-fiction as part of an argument about the scopes and models of feminist criticism, its understanding of the historical process and its position in the panorama of 20th-century intellectual history. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333749319
- ISBN
- 9780333749319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Hardcover. This text argues that brother sister relationships, idealized by the Romantics, intensified in 19th-century English domestic culture, and is a neglected key to understanding Victorian gender relations. The final chapter shows how the brother sister bond was changed by the the First World War. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 479.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333749302
- ISBN
- 9780333749302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
Hardback. This title reveals how Wessex became what it is, geographically, socially and culturally, beginning with Hardy's first poem in the 1860s and ending with "Winter Words", his last collection of verse. There is also an account of the impact of Hardy's vision of Wessex on 20th-century English culture. Num Pages: 281 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333748343
- ISBN
- 9780333748343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
Hardcover. This volume describes the hereditary theories that were current in Dickens's time and how these are reflected in his fiction. It argues that Dickens jettisoned his earlier belief in the prescriptive and deterministic potential of heredity after Darwin published "The Origin of the Species". Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333747230
- ISBN
- 9780333747230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.59
€ 118.59
Hardback. Offering Jungian theories of deconstruction, feminism, the body, sexuality, spirituality, post-colonialism, and reader response, this study investigates the controversial occult and fascist heritage of Jung. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333747209
- ISBN
- 9780333747209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Hardcover. This study looks particularly at Enid Blyton's "Noddy", "The Famous Five" and "Malory Towers". It draws extensively on the view of her readership, past and present, and uses a variety of critical approaches to show how adult criticism has consistently missed the secret of her appeal. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333747186
- ISBN
- 9780333747186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.17
€ 181.17
Hardback. Through the thwarted dreams and aspirations of his central characters, Linda Dryden argues that Joseph Conrad exposes the empty promises of 19th century imperial romance fiction and challenges assumptions about the superiority of European imperialists and the imperial venture itself. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333747155
- ISBN
- 9780333747155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.03
€ 150.03
Hardcover. This work presents a theoretical and historicized reading of the production of the "autonomous" subject in Milton's prose and in "Paradise Lost". It rejects the orthodoxy that liberal humanism is just a form of domination, and reads Milton's texts as revolutionary. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333746752
- ISBN
- 9780333746752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.00
€ 62.00
Hardback. This volume brings together nine essays by established and new scholars from Russia, Britain and North America to explore the historical contexts and current relevance of the work of the Bakhtin Circle for social theory, philosophy, history and linguistics. Editor(s): Brandist, Craig; Tihanov, Galin; Tihanov, Galin. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333746646
- ISBN
- 9780333746646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.95
€ 118.95