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Literature: history & criticism

Results 1921 - 1944 of 4819

Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137533234
ISBN
9781137533234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.71
€ 46.59

Hardcover. An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Berg Publishers Oxford
Number of pages
236
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KRS0018700
ISBN
9780854969098
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardcover. A multinational perspective runs through this volume, which focuses on dynamic trends in feminist science fiction. The contributions include discussions of such issues as race, gender, cyberfeminism, the media, and new writers in the field. Editor(s): Barr, Marleen S. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
KDenn
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847691258
ISBN
9780847691258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.55

Paperback. W.G. Sebald and the Poetics of Travel. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 406 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Zisselsberger, Markus. The first sustained interrogation of travel in Sebald's literary and essayistic work, employing multivalent and new critical perspectives. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight: 560.
Publisher
Camden House
Number of pages
404
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135667
ISBN
9781571135667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 41.99

Hardback. Alongside studies of the Alexander legend in medieval and early modern Latin, English, French, German, and Persian, Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages breaks new ground by examining rarer topics such as Hebrew Alexander romances, Coptic and Arabic Alexander materials, and early modern Malay versions of the Alexander legend. Editor(s): Stock, Markus. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644663
ISBN
9781442644663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.65

Paperback. The History of Gothic Fiction debates the rise of the genre from its origins in the late eighteenth-century novel through nineteenth-century fictions of tyrants, monsters, conspirators and vampires to the twentieth-century zombie film. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748611959
ISBN
9780748611959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Hardback. Brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, this title delves into Mark Twain's life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds. Editor(s): Griffin, Benjamin; Smith, Harriet E.; Fischer, Victor; Frank, Michael B.; Goetz, Sharon K.; Myrick, Leslie Diane. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 776 pages, 37 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 183 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1728.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
736
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272781
ISBN
9780520272781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.08

Paperback. "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Editor(s): Fischer, Victor; Salamo, Lin; Smith, Harriet E.; Blair, Walter. Series: Mark Twain Library. Num Pages: 616 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 192 line illustrations, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 140 x 39. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
616
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
125th Anniversary Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266100
ISBN
9780520266100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.35

Paperback. Balancing humour, insight and vitriol, Is Shakespeare Dead? is a provocative contribution to the tradition of Shakespeare-doubting, as well as a fine example of the great American novelist's critical writing. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495990
ISBN
9781847495990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. Presents the author's account of travelling in Europe. Cast in the form of a walking tour through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, this title includes such adventures as a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mount Blanc by telescope, as well as the author's attempts to study art. Num Pages: 448 pages, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; DSK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436082
ISBN
9780140436082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Mark Turner makes the revolutionary claim that the basic issue for cognitive science is the nature of literary thinking. Using tools of modern linguistics, the recent work of neuroscientists, and literary masterpieces from Shakespeare, Homer, and Dante, Turner explains how story and projection are fundamental to everyday thought. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
198
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195126679
ISBN
9780195126679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.53

Hardback. Num Pages: 372 pages, 29, 27 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 187 x 29. Weight in Grams: 858.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
226
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448881
ISBN
9780801448881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.10

Paperback. In The Official World Mark Seltzer analyzes the suspense fiction, films, and performance art of Patricia Highsmith, Tom McCarthy, Cormac McCarthy, J.G. Ballard, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and others to demonstrate that the modern world continuously establishes itself through the staging of its own conditions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 285 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361008
ISBN
9780822361008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Hardback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2HCBZ; CFF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167565
ISBN
9780691167565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.00

Paperback. "An introductory survey of the scientific and technological contexts of modernist writing, a central topic of contemporary modernist studies"-- Series: New Modernisms. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474233422
ISBN
9781474233422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.95

Paperback. Francis Bacon; the Earl of Oxford, Edward De Vere; and Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke: all of them have been put forward as the real author of the plays. But why would they hide behind an anonymous actor? Who was the real Bard of Stratford? This title introduces us to the main candidates and their respective claims. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848422698
ISBN
9781848422698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474405324
ISBN
9781474405324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Hardback. Leading scholars show how laughter and satire in early modern Britain functioned in a variety of contexts both to affirm communal boundaries and to undermine them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; AN; DSBD; HBTB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783272037
ISBN
9781783272037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 31. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173290
ISBN
9780691173290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.60

Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231146708
ISBN
9780231146708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.03

Hardback. Richard Jefferies' After London is uncanny and intriguing, an adventure story, quest romance, dystopia, and Darwinian novel rolled into one, but also a pioneering work of Victorian science fiction. Editor(s): Frost, Mark. Series: Edinburgh critical editions. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402392
ISBN
9781474402392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.92
€ 107.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Repeater
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910924389
ISBN
9781910924389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S.
Number of pages
140
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555975630
ISBN
9781555975630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.41

Hardcover. Asks how stories affect the way we think about time and, in particular, how they condition thinking about the future. Focusing on surprise and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories are mechanisms that reconcile what is taking place with what can have been. It provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748676293
ISBN
9780748676293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.03

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