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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. In The Literate Eye, Rachel Teukolsky analyzes the vivid archive of Victorian art writing to reveal the key role played by nineteenth-century authors in the rise of modernist aesthetics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 54 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DSBF; DSBH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199739233
ISBN
9780199739233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. New essays on the works and themes of Hesse, one of the most perennially relevant and widely-read German authors. Editor(s): Cornils, Ingo. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 450 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135810
ISBN
9781571135810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. This book investigates the development of crime fiction in the 1880s and 1890s, challenging studies of late-Victorian crime fiction which have given undue prominence to a handful of key figures and have offered an over-simplified analytical framework, thereby overlooking the generic, moral, and formal complexities of the nascent genre. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349351305
ISBN
9781349351305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

Hardback. The Postcolonial Historical Novel is the first systematic work to examine how the historical novel has been transformed by its appropriation in postcolonial writing. It proposes new ways to understand literary realism, and explores how the relationship between history and fiction plays out in contemporary African and Australasian writing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137450081
ISBN
9781137450081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.78

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bruhn, Jorgen; Lundquist, Jan. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
180
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772896014
ISBN
9788772896014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

Paperback. The novelist and poet Ben Lerner argues that our hatred of poetry is ultimately a sign of its nagging relevance. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910695159
ISBN
9781910695159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.52

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763503860
ISBN
9788763503860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.49
€ 52.80

Paperback. This book draws on the author's column in The Guardian, 'Elements of Fiction'. Using examples from well-known recent novels, it examines the techniques by which fiction works. It will widen the vocabulary of anyone interested in contemporary fiction, not least by showing where it has elements in common with classic novels of the past. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199281787
ISBN
9780199281787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908980151
ISBN
9781908980151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. This series brings together internationally respected figures to comment on and re-describe the state of theory in the twenty-first century. It takes stock of an ever-expanding field of knowledge and opens up possible new modes of inquiry within it, identifying new theoretical pathways, innovative thinking and productive motifs. Series Editor(s): McQuillan, Martin; Kingston University. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748655090
ISBN
9780748655090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.87

Paperback. Offers a reading of the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation. This study focuses on the thematic preoccupations that emerged from writers' immersion in and resistance to the Second World War. It includes a detailed and theoretically informed case studies of canonical writers such as Bowen, Orwell, Greene and Waugh. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627455
ISBN
9780748627455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.31

Hardcover. The Masters of the Revels and Elizabeth I's Court Theatre offers a complete revision of established views of the structure and function of Elizabeth I's Revels Office, arguing that the revels essentially became a commercial enterprise, paid for by the ordinary Londoners. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
342
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198719670
ISBN
9780198719670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 386. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0236781
ISBN
9780801488863
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Transnationalism - and the connected issues of race, migration, and diaspora - has been an area of increasing interest in Irish Studies. Where Motley Is Worn is one of the first collections to focus on transnationalism in Irish literature. Editor(s): Tucker, Amanda; Casey, Moira. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AFR; DSBF; DSBH; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KIN0035176
ISBN
9781782051008
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Neutral ( le neutre) escapes or undoes the paradigmatic binary oppositions that structure and produce meaning in Western thought and discourse. This book centers around 23 "figures," also referred to as "traits" or "twinklings," that are possible embodiments of the Neutral or of the anti-Neutral. Translator(s): Kraus, Rosalind; Hollier, Denis. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544. Lecture Course at the College de France (1977-1978). Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 312 pages, illustrations. The Neutral ( le neutre) escapes or undoes the paradigmatic binary oppositions that structure and produce meaning in Western thought and discourse. This book centers around 23 "figures," also referred to as "traits" or "twinklings," that are possible embodiments of the Neutral or of the anti-Neutral. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 18. Weight: 560. Translator(s): Kraus, Rosalind.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134057
ISBN
9780231134057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. A new edition of Scott's longest, and arguably most intriguing, novel. Editor(s): Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 704 pages, None. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1006.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
704
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605781
ISBN
9780748605781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.51
€ 108.45

Paperback. Translator(s): Powell, Barry B. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
The Aeneid United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190204952
ISBN
9780190204952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.36

Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350014732
ISBN
9781350014732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.50

Paperback. Series: Translation Practices Explained. Num Pages: 172 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFP; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138803763
ISBN
9781138803763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.27

Hardback. A selection of the writer's greatest nature poetry. Editor(s): Paulin, Tom. Series: Faber Nature Poets. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571328758
ISBN
9780571328758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

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