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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Designed to complement DeMariaa s textbook British Literature 1640--1789: An Anthology , this critical reader contains seventeen essays by sixteen contemporary literary critics and covers the full range of works printed in the anthology. Editor(s): Robert Demaria., Prof (Vassar College, New York USA). Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631197416
- ISBN
- 9780631197416
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Condition: New
€ 67.87
€ 67.87
Hardback. * Provides first--hand understanding of two centuries of literary culture. * Gives representation to all kinds of writing that is of a literarya interest. * Offers a transgression of the a great dividea of medieval and Renaissance, and ignores conventional periodization. . Editor(s): Pearsall, Derek. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 720 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 180 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1314.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631198383
- ISBN
- 9780631198383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.57
€ 126.57
Paperback. * Provides first--hand understanding of two centuries of literary culture. * Gives representation to all kinds of writing that is of a literarya interest. * Offers a transgression of the a great dividea of medieval and Renaissance, and ignores conventional periodization. . Editor(s): Pearsall, Derek. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 720 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1184.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631198390
- ISBN
- 9780631198390
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Condition: New
€ 56.44
€ 56.44
Paperback. Elizabeth Faya s invaluable book addresses the student in an immediate and direct manner to provide an unequalled introduction to the issues most important for feminist analyses of Romantic literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631198956
- ISBN
- 9780631198956
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Condition: New
€ 56.26
€ 56.26
Hardback. This collection of previously published essays acts as a companion to Chaucer to Spenser: An Anthology of Writings in English 1375 --1575. It pays particular attention to those critics who have had the most powerful recent impact on our reading of the texts of the period. Editor(s): Pearsall, Derek. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 720 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199366
- ISBN
- 9780631199366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.59
€ 143.59
Paperback. This collection of previously published essays acts as a companion to Chaucer to Spenser: An Anthology of Writings in English 1375 --1575. It pays particular attention to those critics who have had the most powerful recent impact on our reading of the texts of the period. Editor(s): Pearsall, Derek. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 720 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199373
- ISBN
- 9780631199373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Paperback. An account of the cultural history of English drama, it shows how the character of a given theatrical 'age' contains contradictions and is uneven in development. It offers chapters on Medieval Theatre, Renaissance Drama, Restoration Comedy, Melodrama, and Naturalism. It concludes with accounts of post-War British Theatre and the State. Num Pages: 424 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199380
- ISBN
- 9780631199380
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Condition: New
€ 67.65
€ 67.65
Paperback. aeo Offers an elegant introduction to Bataille. aeo Contains major essays by eminent theorists. aeo Reveals Batailles pivotal position for theorists including Baudrillard, Blanchot, Derrida, Foucault, and Habermas. Editor(s): Botting, Fred; Wilson, Scott. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSB; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199571
- ISBN
- 9780631199571
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Condition: New
€ 52.62
€ 52.62
Paperback. * Introduces complex arguments in lively accessible form. * Deals with key contemporary theorists and historicizes postmodernism, back from Heidegger to Hobbes, and to its eighteenth--century origins. * Discusses postmodern fiction by such authors as Acker, Auster, Barth, and Pynchon. . Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200017
- ISBN
- 9780631200017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.32
€ 61.32
Hardback. Gothic novels tell stories of patriarchal societies that thrive on the oppression or even outright sacrifice of women and others. This book offers a historically informed theoretical introduction to key gothic narratives from a feminist perspective. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200499
- ISBN
- 9780631200499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.13
€ 127.13
Paperback. Gothic novels tell stories of patriarchal societies that thrive on the oppression or even outright sacrifice of women and others. This book offers a historically informed theoretical introduction to key gothic narratives from a feminist perspective. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200505
- ISBN
- 9780631200505
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Condition: New
€ 52.46
€ 52.46
Hardback. A critical reader designed to accompany "Nineteenth-century American Women Writers: An Anthology". It contains twelve essays exploring the matters of history, canonicity, and criticism, highlighting the collective importance of nineteenth-century women's writing, and illuminating the hybrid texts and shorter genres that women produced. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200536
- ISBN
- 9780631200536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.07
€ 122.07
Paperback. A critical reader designed to accompany "Nineteenth-century American Women Writers: An Anthology". It contains twelve essays exploring the matters of history, canonicity, and criticism, highlighting the collective importance of nineteenth-century women's writing, and illuminating the hybrid texts and shorter genres that women produced. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200543
- ISBN
- 9780631200543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.14
€ 69.14
Paperback. aeo Only book published in the last 50 years that treats chronologically and at length the whole Browning corpus. aeo Questions the idea that Browning was an objective, dramatic poet, whose works are distinct and separate from himself. aeo Relates Browning the poet to Browning the man. . Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 292 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200932
- ISBN
- 9780631200932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.05
€ 60.05
Paperback. This reader provides the student with a comprehensive selection, charting Terry Eagleton's distinctive intellectual development. It includes a chronological arrangement of key materials from Eagleton's major books, including selections from the output of a prolific journalistic career. Editor(s): Regan, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 464 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631202493
- ISBN
- 9780631202493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.53
€ 57.53
Paperback. aeo Provides a vital introduction to one of the centurya s major thinkers. aeo Reveals Jamesona s systematic vision of the contemporary world. aeo Represents the broad spectrum of Jamesona s work, including major seminal texts to lesser--known works. Editor(s): Hardt, Michael; Weeks, Kathi. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 424 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631202707
- ISBN
- 9780631202707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Paperback. This is a reassessment which uses and develops recent theories about the relationship between writing and historical experience, language and social change, to draw a detailed portrait of the place and times William Faulkner inhabited. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 489 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 738.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 489
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203162
- ISBN
- 9780631203162
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Condition: New
€ 60.05
€ 60.05
Hardback. A Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture is an essential resource for students and teachers of modernism. The volume brings together entries on elements of modernist culture, contemporary intellectual and aesthetic movements, and all the genres of modernist writing and art. Editor(s): Bradshaw, David; Dettmar, Kevin. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 616 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1338.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631204350
- ISBN
- 9780631204350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.48
€ 214.48
Paperback. Uses the writings of 16th and 17th century women to construct a feminist perspective on drama by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, Ford, and their contemporaries. This book includes plays such as: "Doctor Faustus", "Measure for Measure", "The Spanish Tragedy", "The Revenger's Tragedy" and "The Maid's Tragedy". Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205098
- ISBN
- 9780631205098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.19
€ 51.19
Paperback. This collection of writings on Frederick Douglass examines the explicit and implicit philosophical themes and arguments that resonate through his texts. Contributors to the volume include Angela Davis, Bernard Boxill, Howard McGary and Lewis Gordon. Editor(s): Lawson, Bill; Kirkland, Frank (Hunter College, City University of New York Graduate Center USA). Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 424 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205784
- ISBN
- 9780631205784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.53
€ 57.53
Hardback. This Companion is a standard reference work for scholars and students of the Gothic from its origins to the present day. Providing stimulating insights into Gothic writing, its history and genealogy, it offers coverage of criticism of the Gothic and of the various theoretical approaches it has inspired and spawned. Editor(s): Punter, David. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; ACK; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 27. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631206200
- ISBN
- 9780631206200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.47
€ 216.47
Hardback. * Looks at the impact of grief on Wordswortha s great poetry. * Explains the importance of the poeta s great, unfinished epic a The Reclusea to his work as a whole. * Includes 20 illustrations from original notebooks. * Contains the first annotated text of a The White Doe of Rylstonea . . Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631206385
- ISBN
- 9780631206385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.32
€ 142.32
Paperback. * A major account of the life and work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge* Author an authority on Anglo--German cultural connections in the 19th century -- so this book is particularly strong and very accessible too on the German philosophical and literary background. . Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 488 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- NULL
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207542
- ISBN
- 9780631207542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.44
€ 56.44
Hardback. Offers a postmodern interpretation of the great mystics and their writing. This title argues that extensive modern literature about mysticism has rested on a mistake - the belief that their can be meaningful experience prior to language. Series: Religion and Spirituality in the Modern World. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207634
- ISBN
- 9780631207634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.92
€ 149.92