Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Provides an annotated translation of the famous "Chin P'ing Mei", an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. Num Pages: 776 pages, 40 line illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1118.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150185
- ISBN
- 9780691150185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Num Pages: 624 pages, 40 line illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169835
- ISBN
- 9780691169835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Rudrum, David; Stavris, Nicholas. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501306860
- ISBN
- 9781501306860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.76
€ 48.76
Paperback. aeo Contains 28 newly commissioned essays written by the most distinguished historians and literary scholars. aeo Situates Shakespeare in the historical and cultural conditions in which he wrote. Editor(s): Kastan, David Scott. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 536 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSGS; GBC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 536
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218784
- ISBN
- 9780631218784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.32
€ 53.32
Paperback. David Seed examines how science fiction has emerged as a popular genre of literature in the 20th century, and discusses it in relation to themes such as science and technology, space, aliens, utopias, and gender. Looking at some of the most influential writers of the genre he also considers the wider social and political issues it raises. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 172 x 117 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199557455
- ISBN
- 9780199557455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. A Companion to Science Fiction assembles essays by an international range of scholars which discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. It conveys the scale and variety of science fiction and also shows how science fiction novels have been used as a means of debating cultural issues. Editor(s): Seed, David. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 246 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1082.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405184373
- ISBN
- 9781405184373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.05
€ 55.05
Paperback. Examines the innovative and technically accomplished nature of Burns' poetry. This book features essays on Burns' special place in Scottish, English and Irish literary culture. It demonstrates how Burns drew on Scottish vernacular traditions, English poetry and 18th-century sentimentalism to create his own, new kind of poetry. Editor(s): Sergeant, David; Stafford, Fiona. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748664887
- ISBN
- 9780748664887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.77
€ 32.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. Questions every assumption we ever made about art, the novel, journalism, poetry, film, TV, rap, stand-up, graffiti, sampling, plagiarism, writing, and reading. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141049076
- ISBN
- 9780141049076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Kurt Vonnegut's darkly comic work became a symbol for the counterculture of a generation. From his debut novel,Player Piano (1951) through seminal 1960's novels such as Cat's Cradle (1963). This dynamic collection aims to re-evaluate Vonnegut's position as an integral part of the American post-war cannon of literature. Editor(s): Simmons, David. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230120976
- ISBN
- 9780230120976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.08
€ 75.08
Paperback. Examines Bukowski's writings, colourful life and the desperate conditions of his lifestyle. This book explores the effect the writer's hybrid identity had on the themes and content of his work. It catalogues and dissects the many versions of Bukowski created by the writer and his followers. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780230238
- ISBN
- 9781780230238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
€ 17.99
€ 14.28
Paperback. This book offers a concise overview of the social, cultural, and aesthetic sensibilities of the Beat Generation, explaining how their drastic visions and radical styles challenged postwar America's dominant values in ways that can still be felt in literature, cinema, music, theatre, and the visual arts. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199796779
- ISBN
- 9780199796779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.10
€ 14.99
€ 12.10
Paperback. Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature. Num Pages: 130 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSB; YQC. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 202. Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature. 128 pages, 1 colour book. Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSB; YQC. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight: 216.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521753722
- ISBN
- 9780521753722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.21
€ 14.21
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; JMS; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137593115
- ISBN
- 9781137593115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.53
€ 64.53
Paperback. The essays brought together in this book understand phobia not as a pathology, but as a versatile moral, political, and aesthetic resource and one with a history. Series: Critical Quarterly Book Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444333848
- ISBN
- 9781444333848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.20
€ 29.20
Paperback. Long before he probed the workings of time, human choice, and human frailty in "Infinite Jest," Wallace wrote a brilliant philosophical critique of Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. This volume reproduces Taylor's original article and other works on fatalism cited by Wallace in his critique. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308. An Essay on Free Will. 264 pages. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Long before he probed the workings of time, human choice, and human frailty in "Infinite Jest," Wallace wrote a brilliant philosophical critique of Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. This volume reproduces Taylor's original article and other works on fatalism cited by Wallace in his critique. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight: 308.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151573
- ISBN
- 9780231151573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.88
€ 23.99
€ 17.88
Paperback. Provides introduction to the text and contexts of "Things Fall Apart", surveying the interpretations of the text from publication onwards and the critical material that surrounds it. This work also offers an insight into African culture. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 215 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415344562
- ISBN
- 9780415344562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.05
€ 50.99
€ 45.05
Paperback. Argues that time travel fiction is a narrative "laboratory," a setting for thought experiments in which essential theoretical questions about storytelling are represented in the form of literal devices and plots Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823249978
- ISBN
- 9780823249978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Hardcover. Editor(s): Goldstein, David B.; Tigner, Amy L. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Duquesne
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820704951
- ISBN
- 9780820704951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.30€ 54.89
€ 65.30
€ 54.89
Paperback. This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of nautical terms, historical entries describing the people and political events that shaped the period, and detailed explanations of the scientific, medical, and biblical references that appear in the novels of Patrick O'Brian. Num Pages: 512 pages, 62 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Holt Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805066159
- ISBN
- 9780805066159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.82
€ 26.99
€ 21.82
Paperback. This guide to navigating Patrick O'Brian's well loved Aubrey-Maturin novels has been updated, with chapters devoted to the final books in the series. It contains maps created exclusively for each of the novels in this world-renowned series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 43 b&w illustrations, 56 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 188 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805066142
- ISBN
- 9780805066142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.89
€ 29.99
€ 23.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555975623
- ISBN
- 9781555975623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.11
€ 16.99
€ 14.11
Hardback. Series: Bloomsbury Perspectives on Children's Literature. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474222327
- ISBN
- 9781474222327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.49€ 137.06
€ 154.49
€ 137.06
Paperback. Debjani Ganguly theorizes the contemporary global novel and the social and historical conditions that shaped it, showing how in 1989 the consolidation of the information age, the perpetual state of war, and the focus on humanitarianism transformed the novel into a form that addresses contemporary social, technological, and political upheavals. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361565
- ISBN
- 9780822361565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Series: Writers & Their Work S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746309445
- ISBN
- 9780746309445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.82
€ 25.99
€ 23.82