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Hardback. Written in a lively and accessible style, the book explores a wide range of themes offered in the wealth of contemporary American fiction, including identity, history, family, nation, and aesthetics, as well as cultural movements, styles, and narrative strategies. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405167574
- ISBN
- 9781405167574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.53
€ 105.53
Hardback. This text provides close examinations of key poems by T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, W.B. Yeats, and many others. It considers the key techniques employed to orient and disorient the reader, such as diction, rhythm, and allusion while exploring the ideological implications of subject matter and the literary forms and structures of modernist poetry. Series: Wiley Blackwell Reading Poetry. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 239 x 27. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405167314
- ISBN
- 9781405167314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.36
€ 42.36
Paperback. Romance is a varied and fluid literary genre, notoriously difficult to define. This groundbreaking Companion surveys the many permutations of romance throughout the ages. Editor(s): Saunders, Corinne. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1004.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405167277
- ISBN
- 9781405167277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.09
€ 57.09
Paperback. From slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this Companion is the definitive guide to the literature and culture of the American South. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405163699
- ISBN
- 9781405163699
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Condition: New
€ 60.00
€ 60.00
Paperback. This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture demonstrates the remarkable continuity of Icelandic language and culture from medieval to modern times. Editor(s): McTurk, Rory. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 584 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 31. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405163675
- ISBN
- 9781405163675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.79
€ 63.79
Hardback. A Companion to T.S. Eliot introduces a new generation of readers and educators to Eliot and covers the full breadth of his literary career. Chapters explore the powerful forces that shaped Eliot as a writer and thinker, analyze his body of work, and assess his oeuvre in a variety of contexts: historical, cultural, social, and philosophical. Editor(s): Chinitz, David E. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 178 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405162371
- ISBN
- 9781405162371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.97
€ 203.97
Hardback. Few literary genres can expand the boundaries of our imagination as much as science fiction. The Science Fiction Handbook offers a comprehensive historical survey of literary works of science fiction and its most popular sub-genres. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405162050
- ISBN
- 9781405162050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.57
€ 126.57
Hardback. An advanced reference resource for the novel and novel theory, The Encyclopedia of the Novel offers authoritative accounts of the history, terminology, genre and theory of the novel. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature. Num Pages: 1024 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 274 x 212 x 95. Weight in Grams: 2340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1024
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161848
- ISBN
- 9781405161848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 389.12
€ 389.12
Paperback. A Companion to Latin Literature gives an authoritative account of Latin literature from its beginnings in the third century BC through to the end of the second century AD. Editor(s): Harrison, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161312
- ISBN
- 9781405161312
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Condition: New
€ 53.77
€ 53.77
Hardback. Media/History/Society offers a cultural history of media in the United States, shifting the lens of media history from media developments and evolution to a focus on changes in culture and society, emphasizing how media shaped and were shaped by these trends, policies, and cultural shifts. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNJ; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161190
- ISBN
- 9781405161190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.83
€ 114.83
Paperback. Top journalists share their experiences in this book with the aim of identifying the major areas of professional practice which students and young journalists need to know in order to understand fully the field of international news gathering. Journalism educators add their perspectives on the issues. Editor(s): Purdey, Heather; Owen, John. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNJ; KNTJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405160391
- ISBN
- 9781405160391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.04
€ 47.04
Hardback. This student-friendly handbook provides an engaging overview of American fiction over the twentieth century, with entries on the important historical contexts and central issues, as well as the major texts and writers. Series: Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 38. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405160230
- ISBN
- 9781405160230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.79
€ 104.79
Paperback. This study revolutionises our understanding of both literary modernism and early cinema. Trotter draws on the most recent scholarship in English and film studies to demonstrate how central cinema as a recording medium was to Joyce, Eliot and Woolf, and how modernist were the concerns of Chaplin and Griffith. Series: Critical Quarterly Book Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159821
- ISBN
- 9781405159821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.18
€ 28.18
Hardback. Written by eminent scholar David O. Ross, this guide helps readers to engage with the poetry, thought, and background of Virgil's great epic, suggesting both the depth and the beauty of Virgil's poetic images and the mental images with which the Romans lived. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159722
- ISBN
- 9781405159722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.83
€ 114.83
Hardback. In a series of original essays from leading literary scholars, this Companion offers a chronological sweep of medieval poetry from Old English to the great genres of romance, narrative, and alliterative poetry of the 15 th century. Editor(s): Saunders, Corinne. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 181 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159630
- ISBN
- 9781405159630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.06
€ 52.06
Hardback. Virgil offers undergraduates, graduate students and general readers a comprehensive and carefully balanced introduction to the works and literary reception of Virgil. Offering a fresh, comprehensive introduction to Virgil in translation, this book traces the poet's literary influence on later authors and his impact on the arts. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159494
- ISBN
- 9781405159494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.27
€ 43.27
Hardback. Ancient epics remain a fount of inspiration for poets, dramatists, and musicians not only because they tell good stories in an aesthetically beautiful way, but also because they speak to contemporary hearts and minds still wrestling with timeless issues of human limitation, passion, violence, and uses and abuses of power. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159470
- ISBN
- 9781405159470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.77
€ 99.77
Paperback. History (much like his contemporaries) has tended to judge Camus harshly--as mediocre philosopher, conflicted man of the left and, worst of all, apologist for French imperialism. Yet, as David Sherman argues in this rewarding new study, a sensitive reading of the entirety of Camus's writings reveals both a power and unity of philosophical purpose. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159319
- ISBN
- 9781405159319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.48
€ 34.48
Paperback. A Companion to American Fiction 1780-1865 presents the current state of criticism in the field of American fiction from the earliest declarations of nationhood to secession and civil war. Editor(s): Samuels, Shirley. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 33. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405158916
- ISBN
- 9781405158916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.09
€ 57.09
Paperback. The Chronicles of Narnia or the The Perelandra Chronicles may be a reader's first encounter with the writings of C.S. Lewis, but what is the story behind these works of fantasy and science fiction written by a recent convert to Christianity? Introducing C.S. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405158848
- ISBN
- 9781405158848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.48
€ 34.48
Paperback. An anthology of primary texts in translation, An Introduction to Classical Rhetoric offers an overview of the social, cultural, and intellectual factors that influenced the development and growth of rhetoric during the classical period. Uses primary source material to analyze rhetoric from the Sophists through St. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 190 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1086.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405158619
- ISBN
- 9781405158619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.60
€ 59.60
Paperback. Exploring Postcolonial Biblical Criticism offers a concise and multifaceted overview of the origins, development, and application of postcolonial criticism to biblical studies from one of the field's most prominent figures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405158572
- ISBN
- 9781405158572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.36
€ 42.36
Hardback. This book provides students and scholars of classical literature with a practical guide to modern literary theory and criticism. Using a clear and concise approach, it navigates readers through various theoretical approaches, including Russian Formalism, structuralism, deconstruction, gender studies, and New Historicism. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405153751
- ISBN
- 9781405153751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.11
€ 117.11
Paperback. Drama: Between Poetry and Performance discusses major plays, drawing on examples from playwrights including Shakespeare, Ibsen, Beckett, and Parks, and asks how they offer a critical perspective on the drama's relation to books, to the process of embodiment, and to the mapping of space in the theatre. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405153423
- ISBN
- 9781405153423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.53
€ 44.99
€ 44.53