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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This study offers critical readings of key contemporary Irish novels, employing a range of historical, psychoanalytic and theoretical approaches. Linden Peach examines texts by established writers such as William Trevor and John Banville alongside works by younger writers, including Roddy Doyle. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333948934
ISBN
9780333948934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 17.89

Paperback. An accessible and practical guide to postcolonial criticism. Combines innovative insights with clear and practical definitions of key concepts. Tackles the 'biga questions in postcolonial studies in a common--sense manner that avoids jargon and excessive theorizing. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 202 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745621821
ISBN
9780745621821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.14

Paperback. This text is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded study of the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained. The author analyzes science advice as a form of performance, examining how advisory bodies work. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; DSG; JH; JP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736466
ISBN
9780804736466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.75

Paperback. The British and Irish Short Story Handbook guides readers through the development of the short story and the unique critical issues involved in discussions of short fiction. Series: Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444330465
ISBN
9781444330465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.86

Paperback. Graham Allen provides both an introduction to and review of the critical responses to Mary Shelley's major fictions, from the Romantic period to the present day, while also pushing debates forward. The book moves beyond Frankenstein, presenting new readings of other texts such as Matilda, Valperga, The Last Man and Lodore. Series: Critical Issues. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230019096
ISBN
9780230019096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.18

Paperback. Series: Myth and Poetics. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 399.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475054
ISBN
9780801475054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.65

Paperback. Offers a glimpse of Mark Twain's creative process on what many critics consider the finest fiction of his later years. While the work was begun in 1897 and revised first in 1902 and then in 1908, the third version was the only manuscript titled "The Mysterious Stranger". These texts provide an opportunity to observe Mark Twain's literary struggle. Editor(s): Gibson, William M. Num Pages: 493 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
493
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246959
ISBN
9780520246959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. This is the first volume in any language that collects Hannah Arendt's remarkable series of essays and notes on literary figures and cultural questions. Editor(s): Gottlieb, Susannah Young-ah. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744997
ISBN
9780804744997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.45

Hardback. A volume that gathers critical perspectives on Shaw's feminism and the contradictions therein. Editor(s): Hadfield, D. A.; Reynolds, Jean. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813042435
ISBN
9780813042435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJD; 2ADS; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813054001
ISBN
9780813054001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.49

Paperback. Three Danish comedy plays by Johan Ludvig Heiberg and Holberg--the "father" of Danish and Norwegian literature. Plays have been translated by Michael Meyer. Translator(s): Meyer, Michael. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DD; DNF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840020601
ISBN
9781840020601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Shakespearean comedy has as much to do with the structure and movement of the drama as with the wit of its dialogue or the humour of its characters. This title contains four comedies wherein there is a near-tragic crisis at which disaster or happiness may ensue. Editor(s): Mahood, Professor M. M.; Wells, Stanley W.; Hibbard, G. R. Num Pages: 688 pages, notes, further reading list. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 436.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434545
ISBN
9780140434545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Battles, Paul. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810192
ISBN
9781554810192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.03

Paperback. Fascinating analysis of the significance of the gift, and its increasingly complicated role in an emerging capitalist order, in nineteenth-century American fiction Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of New Hampshire Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611683103
ISBN
9781611683103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.73

Paperback. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) index. Series: The Spatial Humanities. Num Pages: 238 pages, 11 b&w illus., 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1M; DSA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 309.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253018458
ISBN
9780253018458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.53

Hardcover. From the earliest magical charms and mythical sagas to the brilliance and desolation of 20th-century fiction, poetry, and film, this illuminating reference book invites readers to experience the full range of German literary culture and to investigate for themselves its disparate and unifying themes. Editor(s): Ryan, Judith; Gumbrecht, Hans Ulrich; Kaes, Anton; Koerner, Joseph Leo; Von Mucke, Dorothea. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 10 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 180 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1732.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
1056
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674015036
ISBN
9780674015036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.18
€ 51.66

Hardback. Series: Florida James Joyce. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813035390
ISBN
9780813035390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.53

Hardcover. Zuyan Zhou offers an astute look at the concept of androgyny in key works of Chinese fiction and drama from the 16th to the 18th centuries. This study probes deviations from engendered codes of behaviour both in culture and literature. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824825713
ISBN
9780824825713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.68

Hardcover. (Par., Phil., Symp., Phdr.; Alc. I, II, Hipp., Am.) Edited by J. Burnet. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
410
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198145417
ISBN
9780198145417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.40

Paperback. A sequel to "Giants in the Earth", this work tells the tale of Norwegian settlers in the Dakotas. Beret and their children, Syvert Tonseten and Kjersti, and Sorine struggle to adapt, and to become Americans. This is a novel of youth and youth's self-discovery. It is a story of Beret's pain and dismay at the Americanization of her children. Translator(s): Haugen, Einar. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
325
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803289062
ISBN
9780803289062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.20

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