Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Patterns in Language: An introduction to language and literary style: ...
Wareing, Shan; Thornborrow, Joanna
paperback. Investigates the use of language in literary and non-literary texts using the principles of linguistic analysis. This work shows how linguistic knowledge can enhance and enrich the analysis of texts. Borrowing from stylistics, it focuses on recurring linguistic patterns used by writers. Series: Interface. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415140645
- ISBN
- 9780415140645
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Condition: New
€ 60.00
€ 60.00
Ashgate Critical Essays on Women Writers in England, 1550-1700: Volume...
Dr. Micheline . Ed(S): White
hardcover. Anne Lock, Isabella Whitney and Aemilia Lanyer are important literary figures. This book collects essays that elucidate these women's works from a wide range of feminist, literary, aesthetic, economic, racial, sexual and theological perspectives. Editor(s): White, Dr. Micheline. Series Editor(s): Lamb, Professor Mary Ellen. Series: Ashgate Critical Essays on Women Writers in England, 1550-1700. Num Pages: 506 pages, Includes 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754660866
- ISBN
- 9780754660866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 221.61
€ 221.61
Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 287.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195326550
- ISBN
- 9780195326550
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Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. Makes the case that diversity, innovation, and canon expansion are essential to maintaining the vitality of African American literary studies Editor(s): King, Lovalerie; Moody-Turner, Shirley. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006264
- ISBN
- 9780253006264
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.62
€ 32.99
€ 31.62
paperback. Provides a "picture of Chinese literature of the past" that illustrates the four great literary genres of China: the classics, prose, poetry, and the literature of entertainment. This book combines personal insights with innovative historical accounts in a genre-based approach that aims to move beyond the typical chronology of dynasties. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213655
- ISBN
- 9780253213655
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.78
€ 21.99
€ 21.78
hardcover. Focusing on the UK and US, the author offers a critique of the cultural stereotyping and political conservatism that have pursued the playwrights in translation. She shows how the choices made by the translators and stagers of Fo and Rame's political theatre reveal attitudes toward foreign cultures and theatre generally and Italy in particular. Series: Warwick Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 146 pages, Includes 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 153. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780754654018
- ISBN
- 9780754654018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.91
€ 165.91
Paperback. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. With new preface. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148153
- ISBN
- 9780231148153
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.06
€ 29.99
€ 22.06
Educating the Child in Enlightenment Britain: Beliefs, Cultures, Pract...
Shefrin, Jill. Ed(S): Hilton, Mary
paperback. Editor(s): Hilton, Mary. Series: Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSY; GTC; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138250666
- ISBN
- 9781138250666
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Condition: New
€ 65.62
€ 65.62
paperback. This study offers a new view of literary theory as an essential part of modern philosophy and contests the view that it is a product of deconstruction. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415127639
- ISBN
- 9780415127639
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Condition: New
€ 59.37
€ 59.37
hardcover. This work analyzes Paz's political thought, arguing that it is rooted in two separate and often antagonistic traditions, Liberalism and Romanticism. This work also provides a discussion of the political culture and democratization of Mexico. Series: Culture and Politics Series. Num Pages: 170 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511279
- ISBN
- 9780742511279
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Condition: New
€ 133.20
€ 133.20
Paperback. For the first time, the full canon of poetry from Scotland is available to readers in one volume. The Poetry of Scotland presents all the major, and many less well-known Scottish poets in a broad historical perspective from the fourteenth century to the present day. Num Pages: 752 pages, notes, glossaries. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AF; DC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606078
- ISBN
- 9780748606078
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.06
€ 41.99
€ 37.06
hardcover. Thomas Heywood was a playwright, miscellanist and a translator. Arguing that Heywood's theatrical output deserves the same attention and study that has been directed towards Shakespeare, Jonson, and Middleton, this book looks at the periods of Heywood's creativity. It explores how Heywood participated in the civic life of London in his writings. Series Editor(s): Ostovich, Dr. Helen. Series: Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama. Num Pages: 394 pages, Includes 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780754669258
- ISBN
- 9780754669258
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Condition: New
€ 48.13
€ 48.13
Interpreting or expanding on Tillie Olsen's "Silences", a group of distinguished feminist critics explores the subject of silence and silencing in literature and criticism. They interpret a debate which includes aspects of feminism, multiculturalism and literature. Editor(s): Hedges, Elaine; Fishkin, Shelley Fisher. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Publisher
- New York
- Edition
- Trade (softback)
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195073072
- ISBN
- 9780195073072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.27
€ 118.27
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199206179
- ISBN
- 9780199206179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.70
€ 65.70
Peter Goldie explores the ways in which we think about our lives-our past, present, and future-in narrative terms. He draws on work in philosophy, psychology, history, and literature, and argues that although there may not be such a thing as a narrative self, having a narrative sense of self is at the heart of what it is to understand ourselves. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HPK; HPM; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199230730
- ISBN
- 9780199230730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.47
€ 111.47
A wide-ranging and elegantly written study of how nineteenth-century culture thought about, and thought with, the idea of originality. It reveals how plagiarism was not only a theoretical concern of Victorian commentators on literature, but also provided a creative resource for many important writers including Eliot, Dickens, Pater, and Wilde. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199296507
- ISBN
- 9780199296507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.27
€ 118.27
This new study of Shakespeare's English history plays looks at the plays through the lens of early modern staging, focusing on the recurrence of particular stage pictures and 'units of action', and seeking to show how these units function in particular and characteristic ways within the history plays. Series: Oxford Shakespeare Topics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199593163
- ISBN
- 9780199593163
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Condition: New
€ 127.02
€ 127.02
This study explores Victorian poetry in relation to Victorian religion, with particular emphasis on the bitter contemporary debates over the use of forms in worship. It discusses major Victorian poets - Tennyson, the Brownings, Rossetti, Hopkins, Hardy - and also argues that their work was influenced by a host of minor and less studied writers. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC; HRCL; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199644506
- ISBN
- 9780199644506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.02
€ 187.02
This volume examines cinematic representations of ancient Greek women from the realms of myth and history. It discusses how these female figures were resurrected on the big screen by different filmmakers during different historical moments, and were therefore embedded within a narrative which served various purposes. Editor(s): Nikoloutsos, Konstantinos P. Series: Classical Presences. Num Pages: 400 pages, 18 in-text illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; APFA; DSBB; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 222 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199678921
- ISBN
- 9780199678921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.22
€ 140.22
Crafting the Woman Professional in the Long Nineteenth Century
. Ed(S): Hadjiafxendi, Kyriaki; Zakreski, Pat...
Editor(s): Hadjiafxendi, Kyriaki; Zakreski, Patricia. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 253 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138276680
- ISBN
- 9781138276680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.55
€ 70.55
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847062635
- ISBN
- 9781847062635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.60
€ 87.60
paperback. Num Pages: 334 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313212
- ISBN
- 9780822313212
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.20
€ 29.99
€ 27.20
Paperback. Challenging the notion that Africa s first women novelists were uninterested in postcolonial politics, Susan Z. Andrade shows that in their allegorical fiction, the family stood for the nation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349211
- ISBN
- 9780822349211
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.20
€ 29.99
€ 27.20
Image and Concept: Mythopoetic Roots of Literature: 2 (Sign/Text/Cultu...
Freidenberg, Olga. Ed(S): Ivanov, Vyacheslav ...
paperback. "Image and Concept" is Freidenberg's study of the origins of Greek tragedy. Freidenberg's work develops the notion that with the transition from mythological thinking to formal-logical concepts came the appearance of literature. Editor(s): Ivanov, Vyacheslav V. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9789057025075
- ISBN
- 9789057025075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.76
€ 53.76