Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. In its innovative methodology and its unprecedented attention to the productive interplay of audience and text, The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825 offers a compelling new approach to eighteenth-century studies, the history of the book, and the very idea of character itself. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238648
- ISBN
- 9780812238648
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Condition: New
€ 94.47
€ 94.47
Hardback. In this series of essays Betsy Erkkila considers the historical and psychological dramas of blood-as marker of violence, race, sex, kinship-that have stood near the center of American literature, culture, and politics since the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238440
- ISBN
- 9780812238440
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Condition: New
€ 88.37
€ 88.37
hardcover. By the latter part of the nineteenth century, the physician had supplanted the clergyman as the nation's most esteemed professional, as the body had seemingly replaced the soul as a person's most prized possession. Stephanie Browner looks at this era of change. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 634.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812238259
- ISBN
- 9780812238259
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Condition: New
€ 89.52
€ 89.52
The Yard of Wit. Male Creativity and Sexuality, 1650-1750.
Stephanson, Raymond (Professor Of English, Un...
Hardback. "Raymond Stephanson configures masculinity and its expressions in male creativity historically, biographically, and in sufficient deep-layer detail to persuade the most rigorous of scholars that this work will be a reliable source of enduring worth."-George Rousseau, De Montfort University Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237580
- ISBN
- 9780812237580
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Condition: New
€ 100.87
€ 100.87
Hardback. Using insights from feminist studies, men's studies, and gay and queer studies, the author examines Henry James' subversion of male identity and the challenges he poses to conventional constructs of heterosexual masculinity. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 5S; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237252
- ISBN
- 9780812237252
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Condition: New
€ 83.24
€ 83.24
Hardback. Provides a feminist inquiry into the Hebrew poetry and prose forms cultivated in Muslim and Christian Spain, Italy, and Provence in the eleventh through fourteenth centuries. This book considers the positions and positioning of female figures and female voices within Jewish male discourse. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237108
- ISBN
- 9780812237108
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Condition: New
€ 81.31
€ 81.31
Hardback. "Fairy Godfather: Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale Tradition makes the case that the fairy tale, far from rising from the ground as a rural folk tradition, was invented by a city-bound sixteenth-century Italian literary hack, Zoan Francesco Straparola."-Adam Gopnik, New Yorker Num Pages: 176 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; DS; HBTB; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236804
- ISBN
- 9780812236804
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Condition: New
€ 77.30
€ 77.30
Hardback. "An original and elegant work that will make signal contributions to the fields of eighteenth-century studies and Romanticism, and to the study of British nationalism and colonialism."-Adela Pinch, University of Michigan Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236569
- ISBN
- 9780812236569
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Condition: New
€ 83.30
€ 83.30
Hardback. Addressing the ways alliterative poems share concerns with history and the often-dangerous confrontation of the present with the past, Christine Chism shifts her focus away from the emphases on meter, dialect, and provenance that have routinely marked studies of alliterative poetry. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 356 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236552
- ISBN
- 9780812236552
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Condition: New
€ 100.92
€ 100.92
Hardback. "A study of the influences of Clifton Fadiman, Lionel Trilling, and Jacques Barzun on Heilbrun's own literary development, but the book is far broader than that-really, a history of Columbia University in the turmoil of the sixties and beyond. And this isn't for women only!"-Maxine Kumin, Ploughshares Editor(s): Heilbrun, Carolyn G. Series: Personal Takes. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236323
- ISBN
- 9780812236323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.14
€ 36.99
€ 36.14
Hardback. Shows the significance, rather than the irrelevance, of medieval dynastic motifs to projects of national unification, arguing that medieval studies can contribute to our understanding of national formations in part by marking the losses produced by union. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236002
- ISBN
- 9780812236002
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Condition: New
€ 101.20
€ 101.20
Hardback. "A provocative study of an intriguing subject.. The Romance of Adultery establishes perceptive and tantalizing connections between literature and history while sensibly resisting the teptation to see the former as a reflection of the latter."-Romance Philology Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 348 x 28. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812234329
- ISBN
- 9780812234329
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Condition: New
€ 73.92
€ 73.92
Hardback. Editor(s): Justice, Steven; Kerby-Fulton, Kathryn. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 358 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812233964
- ISBN
- 9780812233964
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Condition: New
€ 85.25
€ 85.25
Hardback. Series: Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812232349
- ISBN
- 9780812232349
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Condition: New
€ 71.75
€ 71.75
Hardback. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812231571
- ISBN
- 9780812231571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.40
€ 102.40
hardcover. This monograph represents an effort to reclaim for literary study certain issues, such as literary intentionality, stable references, determinate meaning and objective value judgements of literary works, which have been largely ignored by post-structuralist literary critics. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 716.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812231274
- ISBN
- 9780812231274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.38
€ 90.38
Hardback. This study explores the structure of psychological, social and political exchanges that were negotiated between audiences and plays in Elizabethan public theatres in a period ostensibly dominated by Shakespeare, but strongly rooted in Marlowe. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812231021
- ISBN
- 9780812231021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.70
€ 78.70
Hardback. In his book Beyond Suspicion: New American Fiction since 1960, Marc Chenetier analyzes the developments in recent American fiction, arguing that traditional generic approaches can be misleading. Translator(s): Houlding, Elizabeth A. Series: Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812230598
- ISBN
- 9780812230598
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Condition: New
€ 90.38
€ 90.38
Paperback. "Lori Landay tells a powerful story about woman's place and women's power during the sexual desegregation of American society."-ScreenSite Series: Feminist Cultural Studies, the Media, & Political Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 76 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216516
- ISBN
- 9780812216516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.95
€ 37.99
€ 35.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811219501
- ISBN
- 9780811219501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.86
€ 17.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811218931
- ISBN
- 9780811218931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.92
€ 17.99
€ 15.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: 5S; APFA; DSB; DSK; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810885882
- ISBN
- 9780810885882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.35
€ 156.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 136 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810885660
- ISBN
- 9780810885660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.86
€ 123.86
Hardback. Series: Literature for Youth Series. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; GBCR; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810885608
- ISBN
- 9780810885608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.44
€ 142.44