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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Julia Kristeva is a theorist and has been acclaimed for her work in linguistics, psychoanalysis, literary and political theory. This is an introduction to her work in English, containing a range of essays from all phases of her career. Editor(s): Moi, Toril. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631149316
- ISBN
- 9780631149316
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.90
€ 29.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Rhetoric is an area of study without accepted certainties, not yet parcelled into subdivisions and adhering to no fixed protocols. It is a noisy field in the cybernetic sense of the term: a fertile ground for creative innovation. This text embodies the interdisciplinary character of rhetoric. Editor(s): Bender, John; Wellbery, David E. Num Pages: 252 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3810 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718189
- ISBN
- 9780804718189
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323419
- ISBN
- 9780822323419
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472581617
- ISBN
- 9781472581617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.74
€ 110.74
hardcover. An innovative examination of Irish science fiction from the 1850s to the present day, covering material written both in Irish and in English. Considering science fiction novels and short stories in their historical context, it analyses a body of literature that has largely been ignored by Irish literature researchers. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 2AFR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381199
- ISBN
- 9781781381199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.05
€ 51.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489921
- ISBN
- 9780801489921
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardcover. Front Lines documents the literary practices of imperial Spain's common soldiers. The epic poems, chronicles, ballads, and autobiographies that these soldiers wrote at the front provide a critical view from below on state violence and imperial expansion. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; HPCB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248425
- ISBN
- 9780812248425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404. Includes CD. Good clean copy showing light shelf wear, ffep removed, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- HANSIB PUBLICATIONS London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0012861
- ISBN
- 9781870518642
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. One of the great Victorian poets, Tennyson's genius is expressed through the precision and delicacy of the language of his lyrical poems Editor(s): Baron, Michael. Series: Everyman Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128. One of the great Victorian poets, Tennyson's genius is expressed through the precision and delicacy of the language of his lyrical poems Editor(s): Baron, Michael. Series: Everyman Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- W&N
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0007230
- ISBN
- 9780460878029
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Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Victor Kiernan provides a rich and insightful analysis of eight of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, revealing how they were shaped by the social and political upheavals of his age. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783606887
- ISBN
- 9781783606887
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.09
€ 24.99
€ 23.09
Paperback. In a resolute deviation from the governing totality of the phallus, the very site of difference, Reading from Behind offers a radical reorientation of the anus and its role in the collective imaginary Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783607549
- ISBN
- 9781783607549
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.71
€ 26.99
€ 23.71
Hardcover. Explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readership, the status of authors, the publishing industry, and bookselling practices. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSS0007772
- ISBN
- 9780415980333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An attempt to understand the complexity of the vision and contributions of the African-American writer, James Baldwin, without needing to name him as exclusively homosexual, expatriate, black or activist. A group of scholars discuss Baldwin's life, his presence and his political thought and work. Editor(s): McBride, Dwight A. Num Pages: 356 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814756188
- ISBN
- 9780814756188
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardcover. In their own time, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson and Algernon Charles Swinburne were highly successful writers. Part of the "Lives of Victorian Literary Figures" series, this three-volume facsimile edition draws together a range of biographical sources relating to these three celebrated Victorian authors. Editor(s): Pite, Ralph; Hubbard, Tom; Rooksby, Rikky. Series: Lives of Victorian Literary Figures. Num Pages: 1360 pages, Illustrations, ports, facsims. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 2494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781851969050
- ISBN
- 9781851969050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 626.10
€ 626.10
Paperback. First published in 1960, The Singer of Tales remains the fundamental study of the distinctive techniques and aesthetics of oral epic poetry from South Slavic epic songs to the Iliad, Odyssey, Beowulf, and beyond. This edition offers a corrected text and is supplemented by an open-access website with audio recordings. Editor(s): Elmer, David F. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975736
- ISBN
- 9780674975736
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.70
€ 27.99
€ 24.70
Paperback. Series: Literature and Culture Handbooks. 256 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Kline, Daniel T. A resource for courses in medieval literature. It provides students with a comprehensive guide to the historical and cultural context; major texts and movements; reading primary and critical texts; key critics, concepts and topics; major critical approaches and directions of new research. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBB. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826494092
- ISBN
- 9780826494092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.95
€ 40.99
€ 40.95
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299597
- ISBN
- 9780230299597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.73
€ 36.73
Paperback. This book explores the intersections of Gothic, cultural, gender, queer, socio-economic and postcolonial theories in nineteenth-century British representations of sexuality, gender, class and race. Series: Gothic Literary Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708324653
- ISBN
- 9780708324653
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. The definitive biography of the poet who was almost as notorious for his 'rock 'n roll' lifestyle as his artistic work Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753817872
- ISBN
- 9780753817872
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. The second volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 400 pages, 28 b/w plates (12pp). BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780006388890
- ISBN
- 9780006388890
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 5.70
€ 13.99
€ 5.70
paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 384
- SKU
- KKD0009969
- ISBN
- 9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226401393
- ISBN
- 9780226401393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Paperback. Treacherous, power-hungry, untempered by moral restraint, and embittered by physical deformity, Richard, the younger brother of King Edward IV, is ablaze with ambition to take England's throne. This title is a chronicle of Richard's machinations to be king - a tale of murder upon murder. Editor(s): Raffel, Professor Burton. Series: The Annotated Shakespeare. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300122022
- ISBN
- 9780300122022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.09
€ 7.09
Paperback. Suitable for a course in literary criticism, the title is concerned with the attempt to define and track down the implications of the term "symbolic action," and to show how the marvels of literature and language look when considered form that point of view. Num Pages: 532 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520001923
- ISBN
- 9780520001923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.76
€ 44.99
€ 31.76