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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This book provides a chapter-length discussion of the works of 20 major contemporary British novelists and features essays by many of the leading literary critics of the day. It offers new insights into complext contemporary novels and presents a new approaches to narrative, the new multi-cultural Britain, and the writing of historical fiction. Editor(s): Archeson, James. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474403733
ISBN
9781474403733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.38

Paperback. Editor(s): Dow, William; Craven, Professor Alice Mikal; Nakamura, Yoko. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 457.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501312694
ISBN
9781501312694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Character Studies. Series: Character Studies. 160 pages. Aims to promote sophisticated literary analysis through the concept of character. This series demonstrates the necessity of linking character analysis to texts' themes, issues and ideas, and encourages students to embrace the complexity of literary characters and the texts in which they appear. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight: 194.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826493460
ISBN
9780826493460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.58

Hardback. The Edinburgh Companion to the Victorian Gothic is an essential resource for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture, and critical theory. Editor(s): Hughes, William. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748642496
ISBN
9780748642496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.51
€ 108.53

Paperback. This textbook makes a convincing case for a distinctive post-devolution Scottish criticism. In more than 40 essays under four main headings - 'Contexts', 'Genres', 'Authors' and 'Topics' - the volume positions Scottish literature within the broadest possible cultural framework, from history, politics and economics to new creative technologies, ecology and the media. Editor(s): Schoene, Berthold. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1, b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 824.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623969
ISBN
9780748623969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.54

Hardback. Humphrey Jennings was one of Britain's greatest documentary film-makers. A member of the GPO Film Unit and director of canonical films such as Listen to Britain, he was also an acclaimed painter, photographer, poet and writer. This seminal collection of critical essays and archival material explores the life of Jennings and his many artistic works. Series: BFI Silver. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AJB; APFB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844578023
ISBN
9781844578023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.74
€ 85.55

Hardback. The early part of the period covered by this volume marked the centrality of the book as a vehicle of communication. The later part of the period witnesses the book's decline as a mass medium, although it retains a high cultural value in contemporary society. Editor(s): Bell, Bill; Finkelstein, David; McCleery, Alistair. Series: The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland. Num Pages: 544 pages, 49 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 184 x 252 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618293
ISBN
9780748618293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.25
€ 197.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 373 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 5SL; DSBH; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 554. A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America. 373 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 5SL; DSBH; JFSK1. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 544.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
373
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074896
ISBN
9780231074896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

Hardcover. Provides fresh reflections on literary influence using Katherine Mansfield as a case study. This title helps in understanding this impetus for artistic production through an examination of authors wide net of literary associations. Editor(s): Harvey, Melinda; Ailwood, Sarah. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748694419
ISBN
9780748694419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 102.99

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646053
ISBN
9780691646053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.26

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474411455
ISBN
9781474411455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 102.41

Hardback. This multi-genre anthology brings together a wide selection of women's published writing from the Early Modern period. Editor(s): Hodgson-Wright, Stephanie. Series: Women's Writing Anthologies. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DQ; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 889.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748610969
ISBN
9780748610969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.80
€ 158.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748647156
ISBN
9780748647156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 102.03

Hardback. This book identifies and interprets the longstanding, transatlantic dialogue between the literary imaginations of Anglo-Ireland and the Anglo-American South. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBBS; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625482
ISBN
9780748625482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.51
€ 108.53

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641706
ISBN
9780691641706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.20

Hardcover. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture Eup. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748699551
ISBN
9780748699551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 102.99

Paperback. This new guide to the English renaissance's most erudite and yet most street-wise dramatist strongly asserts the theatrical brilliance of his greatest plays in performance, then and now. Editor(s): McEvoy, Sean. Series: Renaissance Dramatists. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623020
ISBN
9780748623020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. A highly original exploration of Joyce's engagement with sexual questions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 394. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains a fine copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
SKU
KSG0016013
ISBN
9780521248112
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 36.00

Paperback. This text describes children's fiction about Native Americans and explains the cultural contexts of each work. It provides a balanced discussion of the portrayal of native peoples and customs in children's literature, taking into account that some publications have been inaccurate. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; YFB; YQEF. Category: (EJ) Primary; (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897747820
ISBN
9780897747820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.16

Hardback. Editor(s): Romanska, Magda; Ackerman, Alan. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: AN; ASZB; DSA; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 884.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474247894
ISBN
9781474247894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.96
€ 137.06

Paperback. This book explores the principal thematic and aesthetic preoccupations in MacDiarmid's work, relating his poetry to key national and international concerns in modern culture and politics. Editor(s): Lyall, Scott; Palmer McCulloch, Dr. Margery. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641895
ISBN
9780748641895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. How and why did the Western tradition of political theorizing arise in Athens during the late fifth and fourth centuries BC? Interweaving intellectual history with political philosophy and literary analysis, this book Ober argues that the tradition originated in a high-stakes debate about democracy. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089812
ISBN
9780691089812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.14
€ 50.79

Paperback. This volume offers the reader a comprehensive critical overview of the widespread and profound contest of ideas within European 'theory'. Editor(s): Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 244 x 27. Weight in Grams: 870.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624492
ISBN
9780748624492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.54

Hardback. This highly original book explores whether globalisation might now be prompting a sub-genre of the novel adept at imagining global community. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 467.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638154
ISBN
9780748638154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.51
€ 108.53

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