Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Modernism, Fashion and Women's Writing deliberately works against conventional notions of historical periodisation and challenges conceptions that pit modernist elitism against middlebrow consumerism as mutually defining opposites. It draws on material from writers personal and professional archives to tell the stories of five women novelists. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474427425
- ISBN
- 9781474427425
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.23
€ 38.99
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Hardback. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474427418
- ISBN
- 9781474427418
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€ 112.89€ 108.45
€ 112.89
€ 108.45
hardcover. This book argues that elements of modernist texts that are meaningless in themselves are motivated by their authors' psychic crises. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107136076
- ISBN
- 9781107136076
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Condition: New
€ 132.97
€ 132.97
Hardback. Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaffner argues that sexologists' preoccupation with these perversions was a response to specifically modern concerns, and illuminates the role of literary texts in the formation of sexological knowledge. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 208 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231627
- ISBN
- 9780230231627
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Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 34.67
€ 95.06
€ 34.67
Hardback. This captivating book-the first of its kind-will appeal to scholars of literature, music, theater, and modernity as well as to sophisticated opera lovers everywhere. Editor(s): Begam, Richard; Smith, Matthew Wilson. Series: Hopkins Studies in Modernism. Num Pages: 392 pages, 32, 32 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGC9; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 324 x 32. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420622
- ISBN
- 9781421420622
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Condition: New
€ 61.17
€ 61.17
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107083882
- ISBN
- 9781107083882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.59
€ 116.59
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
€ 25.00
Paperback. While modernism's engagement with the occult has been approached by critics as the result of a loss of faith in representation, Leigh Wilson argues that these discourses remakes the relationship between world and representation. Wilson explores the aesthetic and political implications in the work of writers who were self-consciously experimental. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSB; HRQC5; HRQM2; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627707
- ISBN
- 9780748627707
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
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Paperback. An in-depth and comprehensive account of the complex history of Japanese modernism from the mid-19th century 'opening to the West' until the 21st century globalized world of 'postmodernism.' Its concept of modernism encompasses not just the aesthetic avant-garde but a wide spectrum of social, political and cultural phenomena. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 120 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230346444
- ISBN
- 9780230346444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.53
€ 70.53
Paperback. An exploration of the ideas, groupings and the social tensions that shaped the transformation of life caused by the changes of modernity in art, science, politics and philosophy. Editor(s): McFarlane, James Walter; Bradbury, Malcolm. Num Pages: 688 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140138320
- ISBN
- 9780140138320
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
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€ 16.54
Paperback. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138931626
- ISBN
- 9781138931626
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.71
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€ 30.71
Paperback. Whether we recognise it or not, virtually every aspect of our life today has been influenced in part by the aesthetic legacy of Modernism. In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler examines how and why Modernism began, explaining what it is and showing how it has gradually informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD2; DSBH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 171 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192804419
- ISBN
- 9780192804419
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€ 11.99€ 10.81
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Hardcover. Through a series of rigorous encounters with key critical figures, this monograph argues that modern thought is, in a double sense, the thought of pain. It offers a systematic account of the modern European tradition's relationship to the question of pain and suffering, and new interpretation of "ethics" and "evil". Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPN; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 13. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748692415
- ISBN
- 9780748692415
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€ 106.95€ 102.99
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Paperback. A satirical attack on what William Beckford perceived as characteristically feminine novel-writing. Editor(s): Gemmett, Robert J. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Nonsuch Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845886080
- ISBN
- 9781845886080
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€ 19.99€ 18.29
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€ 18.29
Paperback. This volume presents the reader with a comprehensive and critical introduction to the development and institutionalization of literary and cultural studies throughout the twentieth century and at the beginning of the twenty-first. Editor(s): Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624515
- ISBN
- 9780748624515
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.54
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Hardback. This book explores modern literature's responses to the tragic. It examines writers from the latter half of the nineteenth century through to the later twentieth century who respond to ideas about tragedy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748636730
- ISBN
- 9780748636730
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Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.99
€ 106.95
€ 102.99
Paperback. Covering the key theoretical approaches in modern literary theory, this book offers an authoritative selection of essays and documents with helpful introductory commentary. It includes texts which do not deal directly with literature yet have a fundamental importance to the discipline from thinkers including Marx, Freud and de Beauvoir. Editor(s): Waugh, Patricia; Rice, Philip. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340761915
- ISBN
- 9780340761915
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.31
€ 51.99
€ 43.31
Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 119 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199754915
- ISBN
- 9780199754915
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
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Paperback. Literature analysis made easy. Build your students' confidence in their language abilities and help them develop the skills needed to critique their chosen work; putting it into context, understanding the themes and narrative technique, as well as specialist terminology. Series: Film and Literature Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 4KLR; CJB; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Bilingual, Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471890161
- ISBN
- 9781471890161
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.20
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Paperback. Literature analysis made easy. Build your students' confidence in their language abilities and help them develop the skills needed to critique their chosen work; putting it into context, understanding the themes and narrative technique, as well as specialist terminology. Series: Film and Literature Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 4KLR; CJB; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Bilingual, Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471890109
- ISBN
- 9781471890109
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.14
€ 19.99
€ 19.14