Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. This title examines how, between 1680 and 1800, British maritime travellers became both friends and foes of the commercial state. These nomadic characters report on remote parts of the globe in the twin contexts of an increasingly powerful imperial state and an emerging world economy. Num Pages: 239 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333973745
- ISBN
- 9780333973745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. This book argues that the making of the human as it is now understood implies a renegotiation of the relationship between the self and the world. This collection considers the borders between humans and their imagined others; animals, women, native subjects and machines and examines border creatures and border practices such as pornography. Editor(s): Fudge, Erica; Gilbert, Ruth; Wiseman, Susan. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 441.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333973844
- ISBN
- 9780333973844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Paperback. This work offers a collection of essays on novels and short stories from the beginning of Victoria's reign through to the end of the 19th century and into the 20th century. They deal with a number of lesser known Victorian works as well as with some of the most canonical texts of the period. Editor(s): Jenkins, Alice; etc.; John, Juliet (Senior Lecturer in English, University of Salford). Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333973851
- ISBN
- 9780333973851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardcover. Combining history of ideas with close textual reading to position Mary Wollstonecraft in relation to other 18th-century writers, this book demonstrates how she is directly engaged in rethinking key concepts in moral aesthetic and social philosophy, particularly where women are concerned. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBD; HPCD; HPS; JFCX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 469.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333973905
- ISBN
- 9780333973905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Paperback. Covering the full corpus of Jameson's work, this is a series of lively readings from internationally recognized scholars. The contributors challenge accepted views of Jameson's work and locate his project in the historical, political and institutional context that shaped it. Editor(s): Kellner, Douglas; Homer, Sean. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333982099
- ISBN
- 9780333982099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Hardcover. This text seeks to reassess the reputation of Joseph Johnson, who was unfairly condemned in the late 18th century as a dangerously "radical" publisher. It also looks at how far the works he published tended to promote the case for religious and political reform. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333983942
- ISBN
- 9780333983942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.30
€ 119.30
Paperback. More than most writers, Robert Louis Stevenson requires a Literary Life. Fascination with Stevenson's life (the Stevenson biography is almost a minor genre) has tended to eclipse his literary achievement. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984017
- ISBN
- 9780333984017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.39
€ 61.39
hardcover. This volume considers the relationship between the Gothic and theories of post-colonialism. Contributors explore how writers such as Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala use the Gothic for post-colonial ends. Editor(s): Smith, Prof Andrew; Hughes, William. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984055
- ISBN
- 9780333984055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.33
€ 119.33
Hardback. The Victorians simultaneously identified with, imitated and distrusted the "unmanly" poet. Writers - among them Alfred Lord Tennyson, Matthew Arnold, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Wilfred Owen - came to terms with Keats's work by creating out of the "effeminate" poet a sexual and literary ally. Num Pages: 251 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333985830
- ISBN
- 9780333985830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. This text examines the role of Christian history in 19th-century definitions of homosexual identity. Frederick S. Roden charts the emergence of the modern homosexual in relation to religious, not exclusively sociological, discourses. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HRAX; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 479.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333986431
- ISBN
- 9780333986431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.57
€ 119.57
Hardcover. Blake has maintained an enduring popularity amongst a large and diverse audience as a poet, artist and engraver. This volume traces his influence and afterlife across a range of major themes such as metropolitan Blake, Blake and nationalism and Blake and women. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333986455
- ISBN
- 9780333986455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.23
€ 119.23
hardcover. This project offers a critical guide to over a million words of vintage Dickens. It provides both a biographical and socio-historical account of the main phases of Dickens's career as a journalist, and a critical assessment of the thematic and stylistic development of his work. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333987735
- ISBN
- 9780333987735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
Hardback. This text focuses on female tragic heroes in England from c1610 to c1645. Their sudden appearance can be linked to changing ideas about the relationships between bodies and souls, men's bodies and women's, marriage and mothering, and the law and religion. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; JFCX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333987919
- ISBN
- 9780333987919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. This title contains six autobiographical works that Yeats published in the mid 1930s. Together, they provide a fascinating insight into the first 58 years of his life. The work provides memories of his early childhood, through to his experience of winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. Series: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats. Num Pages: 563 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333990469
- ISBN
- 9780333990469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.38
€ 110.38
Hardcover. Disentangles the cult of Angela Carter as 'the fairy godmother of magical realism'. Drawing on Carter's own autobiographical articles as well as her novels and short stories, this study examines her engagement with topical issues, assessing the relationship between her life, her times and her art. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333992937
- ISBN
- 9780333992937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.28
€ 65.28
Hardcover. Taking Hegel's famous "Master Slave Dialectic" as its starting point, this wide-ranging book examines portrayals of masters, slaves and servants in works by Carlyle, Dickens, Eliot, Collins and others. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333993125
- ISBN
- 9780333993125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. "Shakespeare, Spenser and the Matter of Britain" examines the work of two of the most important English Renaissance authors in terms of the cultural, social and political contexts of early modern Britain. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DCF; DDS; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 403.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333993132
- ISBN
- 9780333993132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardback. This text places Dickens and Wilkie Collins against such important figures as John Henry Newman and George Eliot in seeking to recover their response to the religious controversies of mid-19th-century England. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333993378
- ISBN
- 9780333993378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardcover. This text defines the Shakespearean canon, from "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" to "The Two Noble Kinsmen". It traces the influences on the drama of exile, examining the legal context of banishment (pursued against Catholics, gypsies and vagabonds) in early modern England. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 427.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333993446
- ISBN
- 9780333993446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardback. Covering a wide range of topics and approaches, this collection shows how Hardy's writing continues to provoke its readers to re-examine important issues in literary criticism and critical and cultural theory. Editor(s): Dolin, Tim; Widdowson, Peter. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333994450
- ISBN
- 9780333994450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.98
€ 62.98