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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. There is perhaps no other person who has been so often and obsessively featured in any writer's canon as Jamaica Kincaid's mother, Annie Drew. In this provocative new book, Daryl Dance argues that everything Kincaid has written, regardless of its apparent theme, actually relates to Kincaid's efforts to free herself from her mother. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938448
ISBN
9780813938448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.97

Hardcover. Focusing on the literary representation of performance practices in anglophone, francophone, and hispanophone Caribbean literature, Jeannine Murray-Roman shows how a shared regional aesthetic emerges from the descriptions of music, dance, and oral storytelling events. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; CFFD; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938479
ISBN
9780813938479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.70

Paperback. Focusing on the literary representation of performance practices in anglophone, francophone, and hispanophone Caribbean literature, Jeannine Murray-Roman shows how a shared regional aesthetic emerges from the descriptions of music, dance, and oral storytelling events. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; CFFD; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938486
ISBN
9780813938486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.12

Paperback. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKTH; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938622
ISBN
9780813938622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.25

Hardcover. Editor(s): Fraiture, Pierre-Philippe; Orrells, Daniel. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white line drawings, tables. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813939100
ISBN
9780813939100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.34

Paperback. In an exposition of writer S.Y. Abramovitsh, this work shows the symbolic importance of his central character, Mendele the Bookseller, and explores the history of Yiddish fiction in Russia during the 19th century. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 373 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2ACY; DSBF; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
373
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815603306
ISBN
9780815603306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.52

Hardcover. This work places Sarah Mix (1832-1884) in the context of American religious history, and shows her influence on the emerging faith healing movement and other female healing evangelists, including Carrie Judd Montgomery and Maria Woodworth-Etter. Series: Women & Gender in North American Religion S. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSB; HR; JFSJ1; JFSL3; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629320
ISBN
9780815629320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.48

Hardcover. "Joyce was a realist, but his reality was not ours," writes John Gordon in his new book. Here, he maintains that the shifting styles and techniques of Joyce's works is a function of two interacting realities - the external reality of a particular time and place and the internal reality of a character's mental state. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630197
ISBN
9780815630197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.87

Hardback. This study of the social content of the only surviving Spanish epic provides a means of assessing the motives and intentions of the protagonist and of other characters. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Purdue University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557530394
ISBN
9781557530394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816651245
ISBN
9780816651245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Purdue University Press United States
Number of pages
115
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557537485
ISBN
9781557537485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.20

Hardcover. Editor(s): King, Roma A., Jr. Series: Complete Works of Robert Browning. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821400746
ISBN
9780821400746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; DSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822962250
ISBN
9780822962250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822962335
ISBN
9780822962335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 208 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856688331
ISBN
9780856688331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.26

Hardback. Series: Modern Masters of Science Fiction. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040634
ISBN
9780252040634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardcover. Texas Poet Laureate Walt McDonald has published more than eighteen volumes of award-winning poetry. This title includes essays that analyze McDonalds writings about war and the veterans return to civilian life, the regional grounding of his far-reaching verities, and the writer himself. Editor(s): Whittington, Janice. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896724877
ISBN
9780896724877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.28

Paperback. An anthology of thirty-four writers who published during the settlement years of the American frontier. It assembles nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and occasional writings from women of Anglo, Chinese, Hispanic, and Native American ethnicity, addressing such themes as isolation, drudgery, friendship, mourning, and even mysticism. Editor(s): Miller, Susan Cummins. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 462 pages, New Preface. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896726185
ISBN
9780896726185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.76

Hardcover. With references to his work appearing everywhere from the New Yorker to The Simpsons, Joseph Conrad remains one of the twentieth century's most widely discussed literary figures. This title analyzes both conrad's early and major works, including "The Nigger of the Narcissus", "Heart of Darkness", "Lord Jim", and "Nostromo". Num Pages: 234 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896726338
ISBN
9780896726338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.71

Hardcover. Horton Foote is one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century. This book reflects upon his journey from his childhood in Wharton, Texas, through his early experiences as an actor in the theatre, to his mature vocation as a playwright. It identifies the people and influences that shaped his character and nurtured his art. Editor(s): Castleberry, Marion. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780918954916
ISBN
9780918954916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.21

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