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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Alan Ackerman charts the dynamic history of interactions between showing and knowing in Seeing Things, a richly interdisciplinary study which illuminates changing modes of perception and modern representational media. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442612105
ISBN
9781442612105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. By examining writings of Kepler, Godwin, Hooke, Cyrano, Cavendish, Fontenelle, and others, this title shows that it was through the telling of stories - such as accounts of celestial journeys - that the Copernican hypothesis, for example, found an ontological weight that its geometric models did not provide. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 halftones, 2 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: DSBD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226011226
ISBN
9780226011226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.73
€ 50.94

Paperback. Introduces Ellen Webb, who lives in the dryland wheat country of central Montana during the early 1940s. This title is about growing up, becoming a woman, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and within the space of a year and a half. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; FC; FJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803297418
ISBN
9780803297418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.10

Paperback. An anthology that traces the representation of consciousness and mind creation in English literature from 700 to the present. Editor(s): Herman, David. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803211179
ISBN
9780803211179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

paperback. Dubliners is arguably the best-known and most influential collection of short stories written in English, and has been since its publication in 1914. Editor(s): Norris, Margot. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 412 pages, 8 maps; 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Norton
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393978513
ISBN
9780393978513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Part of a series which follows the outline of writers' working lives, aiming to trace the professional, publishing and social contexts which shaped their writing. This is a sympathetic portrait of the poet who overcame the obscurity of his origins to become the uncrowned Laureate of his age. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333426913
ISBN
9780333426913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.10

Hardback. Editor(s): Kummerling-Meibauer, Bettina. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 258 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AKLB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415818018
ISBN
9780415818018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.92

Paperback. This anthology contains autobiographical commentaries by the Brontes themselves, but because these are so scarce they are supplemented by first-hand statements made not only by various inhabitants of Haworth, but by those who met members of the Bronte family in Yorkshire, London, and elsewhere. Editor(s): Orel, Harold. Series: Interviews & Recollections S. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
Edition
1997th Edition
SKU
V9780333663141
ISBN
9780333663141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

Hardcover. Seneca Epistulae Vol. I Editor(s): Reynolds, Leighton; Reynolds, L. D. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198146445
ISBN
9780198146445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.06

Hardback. From the sixteenth-century Baltic to the American Revolution, from colonial India to the skyscrapers of modern-day Shanghai, Shakespeare's plays appear at the most fascinating of times. Both cultural history and literary travelogue, it is shows how Shakespeare has become the international phenomenon he is - and why. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 47. Weight in Grams: 864.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781847922458
ISBN
9781847922458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. Beryl Bainbridge is best known as a prolific writer of novels that ranged from black comedies of contemporary life, often autobiographical in inspiration, to idiosyncratic reimaginings of historical events and characters. This book offers a highly personal, chronological account of Beryl's life and work both her writing and her painting. Num Pages: 208 pages, 95 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; ACXJ; AFC; AGB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500516515
ISBN
9780500516515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 5.80

Paperback. This informed introduction provides the reader with an insight into Burns's world through a unique personal selection of the legendary poet's best work, chosen by John Cairney. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906817855
ISBN
9781906817855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. This 1906 two-volume memoir provides an unparalleled glimpse into the Rossetti family and its friendships with many Victorian cultural figures. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies. Num Pages: 318 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781108060264
ISBN
9781108060264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.05

Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
SKU
9780330354912
ISBN
9780330354912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. From Michel Houellebecq to Zadie Smith, from Javier Marias to Arnon Grunberg: this timely study takes its reader on a tour of European literature and the critical discussion around it. Despite recent declarations of postmodernism's demise, contemporary literature turns out to be entangled in a discussion with postmodernism. It is time to critically Editor(s): Vaessens, Thomas; Dijk, Yra van. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
V9789089643698
ISBN
9789089643698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.66
€ 35.38

Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indegenous Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816677917
ISBN
9780816677917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. In this work, begun during the German occupation, the eminent French poet and philosopher began to turn away from the small, perfect poem toward a much more open form, a kind of prose poem that recounted its own process of coming into being along with the final result. Editor(s): Hamacher, Werner; Wellbery, David E. Translator(s): Dunlop, Lane. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 123 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729550
ISBN
9780804729550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.27

Paperback. Discusses the literary and artistic effects of globalisation Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 252 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AB; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223456
ISBN
9780253223456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.05

Paperback. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815635154
ISBN
9780815635154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.78

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
161
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803261358
ISBN
9780803261358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.13

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