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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Provides an introduction to literature and its context from 1688-1789. This guide includes: the historical, cultural and intellectual background including the expansion of cultural production and the growth of 'print culture'; major writers, genres and groups; and explanations of key terms needed to understand the literature and criticism. Series: Introductions to British Literature and Culture S. Num Pages: 170 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSBD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826485656
ISBN
9780826485656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.11

Paperback. "The Great Gatsby" (1925) is a classic of modern American literature and is often seen as the quintessential novel of 'the jazz age'. This guide sets "The Great Gatsby" in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure. It includes points for discussion and suggestions for further study. Series: A Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200. Series: Reader's Guides. 176 pages. "The Great Gatsby" (1925) is a classic of modern American literature and is often seen as the quintessential novel of 'the jazz age'. This guide sets "The Great Gatsby" in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure. It includes points for discussion and suggestions for further study. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 9. Weight: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Continuum
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826490117
ISBN
9780826490117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.94

paperback. Designed to meet the instructional needs of advanced German courses, this volume combines a number of pedagogically proven foreign language teaching and learning strategies, primarily the communicative approach and the three-stage reading strategy. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: AB; CJ; DSBH; DSBH5; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 273 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781433126390
ISBN
9781433126390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Paperback. From the earliest airfields to the post-9/11 turn, this book investigates how airports figure in the American cultural imagination. > Num Pages: 192 pages, 45. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441189684
ISBN
9781441189684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.76

Paperback. Providing directions for storytelling, this book offers examples, and step-by-step plans for choosing stories to tell. It also features practice activities, and techniques that guide the teller through each of the major telling problems and catastrophes that can be encountered. Series: Crash Course. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY; GLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 7. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591583998
ISBN
9781591583998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256. 210 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; GTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 12. Weight: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Africa World Pr
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592210565
ISBN
9781592210565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.90

paperback. Traces four hallmarks of Mark Twain's humour that are especially significant today. Twain's Brand highlights the modern relationship among humour, commerce, and culture that were first exploited by Mark Twain. Num Pages: 226 pages, 25|8 black & white, 17 color. BIC Classification: DS; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628461763
ISBN
9781628461763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780930336
ISBN
9781780930336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.16

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 133 x 6. Weight in Grams: 72.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486404332
ISBN
9780486404332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.72

paperback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSGS; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9780231164870
ISBN
9780231148498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.87

paperback. Presents a personal chronicle of Fanny, a young girl growing up Jewish in a small midwestern town. This novel charts Fanny's emotional growth through her relationship with her mother, the shrewd, sympathetic Molly Brandeis. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252069468
ISBN
9780252069468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.22

paperback. A collection of searching conversations - ranging from dialogues to tongue-in-cheek diatribes - on the issues that face literary and cultural critics. It bares professional concerns, relationships, ambitions, and insecurities about working in academe. It provides insider information for students contemplating an academic career. Editor(s): Hall, Donald E. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252069611
ISBN
9780252069611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.34

paperback. A collection of poems that find epiphanies of meaning in unexpected and even unpleasant experiences and emotions. It comments on the power of culture to interject itself into our desire for an idealized self, the way our inner and outer lives lack correspondence, harmony, and integration. Series: Illinois Poetry. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 203. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071201
ISBN
9780252071201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.22

paperback. The short stories in this collection take the reader from small-town Wisconsin to the bustling streets of New York and Chicago and back again. It explores the role of women (especially strong or unconventional women) in modern society, the mores of the midwestern small town, and the changes over time in relationships between parents and children. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 24. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071294
ISBN
9780252071294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.33

paperback. The writing of HD is so linguistically rich and multilayered in structure that it has had almost as many interpretations as it has interpreters, from Freudians to feminists, from classicists to post-modernists. This book examines the "ongoingness" of HD's writing. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075919
ISBN
9780252075919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.52

paperback. Editor(s): Phelps, Christopher. Series: The Bedford Series in History and Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st
SKU
V9780312400378
ISBN
9780312400378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Precociously brilliant in his youth, Cyril Connolly was haunted for the rest of his life by a sense of failure and a romatic yearning to recover a lost Eden. His two great books, "The Unquiet Grave" and "Enemies of Promise", are classics of English prose, combining wit, romanticism and merciless self-knowledge. Num Pages: 672 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712666350
ISBN
9780712666350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.49

paperback. This work offers a mapping of the cultural landscape of China in the late 20th century. By focusing on Chinese cultural formations and critical discourses of the last decade of the century, the book dissects the intellectual, economic and political contradictions of a turbulent era. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804742047
ISBN
9780804742047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 45.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB; HBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 280 x 45. Weight in Grams: 2972.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cengage Learning
Edition
9th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781337296724
ISBN
9781337296724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 369.02

Paperback. Featuring the text of the original play "The Scarlet Letter", a list of characters with descriptions, and helpful commentary, this title is suitable for students or for those who wish to gain an understanding of the text. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: No Fear. Num Pages: 432 pages, b&w throughout. BIC Classification: DSRC; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Spark Notes United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411426979
ISBN
9781411426979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.51

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