Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Caustic and compulsively readable, Smollett's Travels is a classic of early travel literature. Editor(s): Felsenstein, Frank. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations map. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810314
- ISBN
- 9781554810314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.95
€ 41.99
€ 36.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Fitzgerald, Christina M.; Sebastian, John T. Num Pages: 700 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: DD; DQ; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Edition
- Pap/Psc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810567
- ISBN
- 9781554810567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.95€ 67.55
€ 87.95
€ 67.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532046
- ISBN
- 9781557532046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
Paperback. This work explores the multiple tensions at the core of American writer Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's life and work. The book traces Freeman's evolution as a writer, showing how her work offers a feminist analysis of the lives of 19th-century American women. Num Pages: 280 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558490284
- ISBN
- 9781558490284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.78
€ 37.99
€ 31.78
Hardcover. Contends that the study of letter-writing theory, which bridges rhetorical theory and grammatical studies, represents a discipline in need of definition. This volume sketches the contours of epistolary theory and collect the historic and bibliographic materials - from Isocrates to email - that form the basis for its study. Editor(s): Poster, Carol; Mitchell, Linda. Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: CBW; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 621.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570036514
- ISBN
- 9781570036514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.46
€ 65.46
Paperback. Beautifully illustrated by James A. Owen, Bandersnatch offers an inside look at the Inklings of Oxford - and a seat at their table at The Eagle and Child pub. It shows how encouragement and criticism made all the difference in The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and dozens of other books written by the members of this literary circle. Illustrator(s): Owen, James A. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606352762
- ISBN
- 9781606352762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.90
€ 26.99
€ 24.90
Offers a thoughtful examination of the life and work of William Gibson, author of eleven novels and twenty short stories. This study situates Gibson as a major figure in both science fiction history and contemporary American fiction, and it traces how his aesthetic affected both areas of literature. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611176339
- ISBN
- 9781611176339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.82
€ 34.82
Paperback. United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey describes her mode as elegiac. Although the loss of her murdered mother informs each work, Trethewey's range of forms and subjects is far reaching. This is a collection of interviews with the Pulitzer Prize winner and United States Poet Laureate. Editor(s): Hall, Joan Wylie. Series: Literary Conversations Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617039515
- ISBN
- 9781617039515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Num Pages: 500 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625340641
- ISBN
- 9781625340641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.89
€ 39.89
Paperback. In thirteen chapters devoted to artists and writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, leading scholars of the period examine the international exchanges that were crucial for the rise of Romanticism in England and the United States. Editor(s): Hemingway, Andrew; Wallach, Alan. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVC; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 188 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1038.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625341143
- ISBN
- 9781625341143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.58
€ 35.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; GTC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625341747
- ISBN
- 9781625341747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.55
€ 37.99
€ 33.55
La Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus Fortunas y Adversidades
. Ed(S): Hesse, Everett; Williams, Harry F.
Paperback. Banned by the inquisition, this classic began a new genre - the picaresque novel. This book has had enduring popularity as a literary expression of Spanish identity and emotion. This edition includes the annotated Spanish-language text and prologue, a full vocabulary, and concise footnotes explaining allusions and translating difficult phrases. Editor(s): Hesse, Everett; Williams, Harry F. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299005450
- ISBN
- 9780299005450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.98
€ 21.98
Paperback. Considering Thoreau as a serious, committed scientist, this book offers an alternative understanding of his accomplishment and the place of science in American literature. It shows how Thoreau's experience reveals the interaction between Romanticism and the dynamic, law-seeking science of its day. Series: Science & literature series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299147440
- ISBN
- 9780299147440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. When an artist dies we face two great losses: the person and the work he did not live to do. This book is a moving collaboration by some of America's most eloquent writers, who supply wry, raging, sorrowful, and buoyant accounts of artist friends and lovers struck down by AIDS. Editor(s): White, Edmund. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGB; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299170745
- ISBN
- 9780299170745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
hardcover. The Thackeray Edition proudly announces two additions to its collection: Catherine and The Luck of Barry Lyndon. The Thackeray Edition is the first full-scale scholarly edition of William Makepeace Thackeray's works to appear in over seventy years, and the only one ever to be based on an examination of manuscripts and relevant printed texts. Series: The Thackeray Edition S. Num Pages: 276 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472110414
- ISBN
- 9780472110414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.11
€ 109.11
Hardcover. The interplay of literature and physics that led to acceptance of the theory of relativity Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJH; DS; PDA; PHH; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472111749
- ISBN
- 9780472111749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.12
€ 104.12
Paperback. Focusing on the way Jewish history - particularly the Holocaust - and tradition inform postwar Canadian and American Jewish literature, this text highlights their concerns and work in the context of the broader traditions of mulitculturalism, postcolonial writing, and critical theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773516656
- ISBN
- 9780773516656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.94
€ 40.99
€ 35.94
Paperback. A comparative modernist study of the connections between Irish and Japanese literature, opening up uncharted avenues of cross-cultural exchange. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773546912
- ISBN
- 9780773546912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.41
€ 46.99
€ 41.41
Paperback. This source book provides an understanding of contemporary writing which articulates the multidisciplinary and polytextual nature of this writing's core investigations. Editor(s): Andrews, Bruce; Bernstein, Charles. Num Pages: 309 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809311064
- ISBN
- 9780809311064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.35
€ 37.35
Paperback. In "re-reading" the sophists of fifth-century Greece, Susan C. Jarratt reinterprets classical rhetoric, with implications for current theory and composition. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809322244
- ISBN
- 9780809322244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.26
€ 44.99
€ 44.26