Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. A Native girl comes to the city only to die on Skid Row. Cast of 5 women and 15 men. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 157.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Talon Books,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889220003
- ISBN
- 9780889220003
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.03
€ 18.99
€ 17.03
Hardback. A comprehensive collection of 20th century research on Joseph Conrad, this volume outlines the shift from a humanist and anthropological interest in Conrad as a 'metaphysical' author to the appreciation of Conrad as a nihilist and skeptic of the modernist epoch. Editor(s): Seeber, Ulrich; Windisch, Martin; Goebel, Walter. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336178
- ISBN
- 9780880336178
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Condition: New
€ 29.30
€ 29.30
Hardback. The second of a three-volume collection of studies focusing on Joseph Conrad's Polish roots and his contributions as a British writer. Series: East European Monographs S. Num Pages: 285 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880332675
- ISBN
- 9780880332675
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Condition: New
€ 29.56
€ 29.56
Paperback. Translator(s): Lehman, J.Lee. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSBH; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877288947
- ISBN
- 9780877288947
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.37
€ 17.99
€ 16.37
Hardback. Franciscus Junius the Younger (1591-1677) is famous as virtually the founder of Germanic philology. But he also composed, at the request of the Earl of Arundel, whom he served as librarian, an influential treatise on the art of painting as it is viewed in ancient literature. This book discusses his marginalia to the works of Philip Sidney. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874139822
- ISBN
- 9780874139822
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Condition: New
€ 147.17
€ 147.17
Hardback. Explores how from 1625 to 1725 cultural practices and discourses of sociability (rules for small-group discussion, friendship discourse, and patron-client relationships) determined the venues within which critical judgments were rendered, disseminated, and received. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874139693
- ISBN
- 9780874139693
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Condition: New
€ 134.37
€ 134.37
Hardback. Examines the literary and cultural production of the provincial capital of Poitiers from the late 1560s through the early 1580s. This study considers influences on the salon and the city such as contemporary codes of conduct, the court sessions, and the religious wars. Num Pages: 269 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874139655
- ISBN
- 9780874139655
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Condition: New
€ 137.60
€ 137.60
Hardback. Examines the emergence of a new genre during the eighteenth century: the nostalgia poem. This genre is best understood by reconceiving the premises of nostalgia itself, examining it as first and foremost a mode of idealization rather than a longing for the past. This book traces the history of the nostalgia poem. Num Pages: 221 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874139457
- ISBN
- 9780874139457
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Condition: New
€ 110.67
€ 110.67
Hardback. In the latter half of the 20th century, poet William Bronk (1918-1999) was a significant voice in the American literary landscape. This book attempts to present a perspective of 20th century literary history and interrogates the ideational, poetic, and cultural shifts as seen through the lens of Bronk's life as a writer. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874139143
- ISBN
- 9780874139143
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Condition: New
€ 134.38
€ 134.38
Hardback. Presents a collection of fifteen essays offering a sample of German Shakespeare studies. This book includes articles written by scholars in the old "Bundeslander" and deal with different topics such as culture, memory, and natural sciences in Shakespeare's work, Shakespearean spin-offs, and with the reception of Venice and Shylock in Germany. Series: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries: The International Shakespeare Series. Num Pages: 318 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874139112
- ISBN
- 9780874139112
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Condition: New
€ 139.27
€ 139.27
Hardback. This anthology of scholarship on Jewish women writers is the first to focus on what it is to be a woman and a Jew and to explore how the two identities variously support and oppose each other. Editor(s): Rubin, Lois E. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138993
- ISBN
- 9780874138993
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Condition: New
€ 124.27
€ 124.27
Hardback. Literary scholars of colonial studies have fashioned points of focus in their investigations of imperialist narratives, including women, cannibalism, the romance of the first encounter, and the tropicopolitan. This book offers a new focal point: the evolution of the British imperial hero in America. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138795
- ISBN
- 9780874138795
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Condition: New
€ 116.50
€ 116.50
Hardback. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this book argues that the operation of art-as-mirror is the key to the hidden unity of Huysmans' fiction. The author claims that only the elimination of Huysmans' stylistic distortions enabled his art finally to become faithful and clear. Num Pages: 385 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138733
- ISBN
- 9780874138733
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Condition: New
€ 140.72
€ 140.72
Hardback. This book pays critical homage to the comparatist of Chinese and Western literature and religion, Anthony C. Yu of The University of Chicago. The volume consists of an introductory essay on Yu's scholarly career, and thirteen additional essays. Editor(s): Ziolkowski, Eric J. Num Pages: 295 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138696
- ISBN
- 9780874138696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.53
€ 134.53
Hardback. These essays by leading scholars of early modern attribution, editing, theater, and versification focus on questions of authorship, authority, and ownership in Marlowe, Peele, Shakespeare, Middleton, Webster and others. Editor(s): Boyd, Brian; Jackson, MacDonald P. Num Pages: 291 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138689
- ISBN
- 9780874138689
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Condition: New
€ 134.70
€ 134.70
Hardback. 'Between Genders' demonstrates how gender differentiation becomes a defining issue in early French Modernism. It also explores how border crossings among seemingly distinct terms of identification (heterosexuality, homosexualities, androgyny, etc.) put in question the idea of identity and provoke reconsideration of other important issues. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138450
- ISBN
- 9780874138450
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Condition: New
€ 115.17
€ 115.17
Hardback. This volume, a celebration of the tercentenary of Dryden's death, examines the impact of his work through a range of essays by leading Dryden scholars. These essays pay attention to two aspects of his work: the politics of his plays, and Dryden's position as a poet poised between ancient and modern influences. Editor(s): Rawson, Hardbackaude; Rawson, Claude; Santesso, Aaron. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, appendix, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138429
- ISBN
- 9780874138429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.58
€ 134.58
The Symbolic Design of Windsor-Forest. Iconography, Pageant, and Proph...
Rogers, Pat; Rosenberg, Marvin
Hardback. A study of one of the earliest major poems by Alexander Pope, this text reveals how he used the artistic conventions of the Stuart court - masque, architecture and heraldry - to create the last great Renaissance poem in English. The text shows the centrality of ?Windsor-Forest? in Pope's career and the centrality of Pope in the debates of his time. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138375
- ISBN
- 9780874138375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.06
€ 131.06
Hardback. Examines the development in Tudor culture of a tendency to identify the common good with the health of the "motherland." Vanhoutte examines how motherland tropes came to describe England, how they changed in response to specific political crises, and how they came, by the end of the 16th century, to shape literary ideals of masculinity. Num Pages: 236 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138320
- ISBN
- 9780874138320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.75
€ 116.75
Hardback. "Queens and Revolutionaries" proposes new readings of Genet that focus on the two areas that Saint Genet does not adequately address: sex and politics. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138269
- ISBN
- 9780874138269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.62
€ 110.62
Hardback. These essays by renowned feminist scholars re-think the methods and content of contemporary feminist history. The vibrant work of feminist literary historians in the last three decades has produced a new archive of knowledge on women's writing and new narratives of the cultrual past. But, these essays ask, where has this revisioning taken us? Editor(s): Binhammer, Katherine; Wood, Jeanne. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138245
- ISBN
- 9780874138245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.87
€ 124.87
Hardback. This title argues that Hardy's extensive legal research and experience drove his writing of fiction throughout his career. The book studies his legal research and friendships, his work as a Dorchester magistrate, actual Victorian law cases from which he drew novel material, Hardy's position as an advocate for the reform of marriage laws and more. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874137989
- ISBN
- 9780874137989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.21
€ 112.21
Hardback. These essays offer not only "representations of Swift" but also a representation of Swift scholarship at the close of the 20th century and a return to fundamental questions about the life, writing, and views of Swift. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 627.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874137972
- ISBN
- 9780874137972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.40
€ 135.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 237 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874137958
- ISBN
- 9780874137958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.99
€ 117.99