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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Num Pages: 213 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349293537
ISBN
9781349293537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.53

Hardcover. Rather than reading modernism as a complete rejection of social morality, this study shows how early 19th-century writers like Conrad, Faulkner, Gide, Kafka, Mann and Stein actually devised new aesthetic techniques to address ethical problems. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
AIAA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2001st Edition
SKU
KTJ0049487
ISBN
9780333918845
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 25.00

Hardback. Featuring sixteen contributions from recognized authorities in their respective fields, this superb new mapping of women's writing ranges from feminine middlebrow novels to Virginia Woolf's modernist aesthetics, from women's literary journalism to crime fiction, and from West End drama to the literature of Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Editor(s): Joannou, Maroula. Series: History of British Women's Writing. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
340
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230282797
ISBN
9780230282797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.09

Paperback. 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: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405162067
ISBN
9781405162067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.09

Paperback. Contemporary African Literature in English explores the contours of representation in contemporary Anglophone African literature, drawing on a wide range of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aminatta Forna, Brian Chikwava, Ngug? wa Thiong'o, Nuruddin Farah and Chris Abani. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349478286
ISBN
9781349478286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.53

Hardback. This new book examines how a range of authors today perpetuate Virginia Woolf's literary legacy, by creating new forms adapted to their new ages and audiences. Addressing questions about the current penchant for refashioning our canon in order to update, this book will be valuable reading for both students and scholars of Woolf. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137490797
ISBN
9781137490797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.65

Paperback. Contains essays that reveal Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) - known in the West largely through his studies of Rabelais and Dostoevsky - as a philosopher of language, a cultural historian, and a major theoretician of the novel. This work features four selections from "Voprosy literatury i estetiki", published in Moscow in 1975. Editor(s): Holquist, Michael. Translator(s): Emerson, Caryl. Series: University of Texas Press Slavic Series. Num Pages: 477 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Number of pages
477
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292715349
ISBN
9780292715349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.45

Paperback. Presents six short works from Bakhtin's "Esthetics of Creative Discourse". Translator(s): McGee, Vern W. Series: Slavic S. Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Number of pages
203
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292775602
ISBN
9780292775602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. Translator(s): Emerson, Caryl. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816612284
ISBN
9780816612284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.97

Hardcover. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGC1; AVGC6; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403962911
ISBN
9781403962911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.44

Hardback. Examining an intramural conflict that erupted within the English Faculty at Cambridge University in the early 1980s, this book develops a theoretical analysis of disputes as they unfold within the academy and explores the broader historical shifts within Higher Education and how these related to developments in Continental Europe. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137521286
ISBN
9781137521286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.41

Hardback. This is a feminist study of a recurring character type in classic British detective fiction by women - a woman who behaves like a Victorian gentleman. Exploring this character type leads to a new evaluation of the politics of classic detective fiction and the middlebrow novel as a whole. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137276957
ISBN
9781137276957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Hardback. Explores the legacy of women playwrights in Irish theatre since the beginning of theTwentieth century. This book contains chapters which consider the intersecting contexts of gender, sexuality and the body in order to investigate the broader cultural, political and historical implications of representing 'woman' on the stage. Editor(s): Sihra, Melissa. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230006478
ISBN
9780230006478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.56

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
237
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2005th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403965240
ISBN
9781403965240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.57
€ 60.35

Hardcover. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
294
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137003508
ISBN
9781137003508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.16

Hardback. This book reveals the genuity of Shaw's totalitarianism by looking at his material - articles, speeches, letters, etc but is especially concerned with analyzing the utopian desire that runs through so many of Shaw's plays; looking at his political and eugenic utopianism as expressed in his drama and comparing this to his political totalitarianism. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137330192
ISBN
9781137330192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.72

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cengage Learning, Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
11th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781285465067
ISBN
9781285465067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.17

Paperback. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195014716
ISBN
9780195014716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.16

Paperback. Unlike the rigidly chronological approach of many introductions to children's literature, this title presents a genre-based approach which ensures that all the principal genres are covered in detail such as: fables, fantasy, adventure stories, moral tales, family stories, school stories and children's poetry. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748649020
ISBN
9780748649020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.67

Hardback. This authoritative and innovative volume explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present. Editor(s): Burnett, Mark Thornton; Streete, Adrian; Wray, Ramona. Num Pages: 588 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 172 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1176. 588 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Burnett, Mark Thornton; Streete, Adrian; Wray, Ramona. This authoritative and innovative volume explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSGS. Dimension: 249 x 172 x 40. Weight: 1176.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
588
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635238
ISBN
9780748635238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 233.95
€ 222.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Mack, Robert L. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 44. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555871
ISBN
9780199555871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3B; DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644424
ISBN
9780691644424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.03
€ 104.74

Hardcover. Cast in the form of a dialogue, this title treats subjects as diverse as the divinity of the Sun and the quirks of human digestion while showcasing Virgil as the master of all human knowledge from diction and rhetoric to philosophy and religion. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 117 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996496
ISBN
9780674996496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Hardcover.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996717
ISBN
9780674996717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.55

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