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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. One of Shakespeare's final works, Cymbeline uses virtuoso theatrical and poetic means to dramatize a story of a marriage endangered by mistrust and painfully rebuilt, in a context of international conflict. This edition emphasizes the play's theatrical impact and pays close attention to its complex, evocative language. Editor(s): Warren, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illustrations of the text and the play in performance,. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536504
ISBN
9780199536504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. A fresh new edition of Shakespeare's magical late play, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors Dominic Cooke and Emma Rice, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and an illuminating introduction to the play by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300903
ISBN
9780230300903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

Paperback. He then uses the perspective of ergodic aesthetics to reexamine literary theories of narrative, semiotics, and rhetoric and to explore the implications of applying these theories to materials for which they were not intended. Num Pages: 216 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; U. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801855795
ISBN
9780801855795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.95

paperback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
498
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626362
ISBN
9781442626362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.84

Hardback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 384 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 maps, 3 recorded music items. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BBA; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231173629
ISBN
9780231173629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.27
€ 50.77

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089848
ISBN
9780719089848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.87
€ 63.42

Paperback. Unavailable until now, these eight lectures delivered by Stuart Hall in 1983 at the University of Illinois introduced North American audiences to the intellectual history of British cultural studies while simultaneously presenting Hall's original engagements with the theoretical positions that contributed to the formation of cultural studies. Editor(s): Slack, Jennifer Daryl; Grossberg, Lawrence. Series: Stuart Hall: Selected Writings. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJPN; DSBH5; JFC; JFD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 232 x 29. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362630
ISBN
9780822362630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.39

Hardback. This book deals with narratives of cultural legitimation in nineteenth-century US literature, in a transatlantic context. Editor(s): Manning, Susan; Taylor, Andrew. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635740
ISBN
9780748635740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.67
€ 114.08

Paperback. After much investigation, Ziolkowski reinforces Umberto Eco's notion that the most powerful secret, the magnetic center of conspiracy fiction, is in fact "a secret without content." Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HBLA1; JFHC; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422435
ISBN
9781421422435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99

Hardback. This pathbreaking book offers stunning new insight into modern black literature, environmental humanities, and poetry and poetics. Series: The Callaloo African Diaspora Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422657
ISBN
9781421422657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.03
€ 47.19

Paperback. Series: Critical conditions: Field Day essays & monographs. Num Pages: 315 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
315
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859182512
ISBN
9781859182512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

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

€ 65.21
€ 54.89

Paperback. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425316
ISBN
9781848425316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Hardback. Crossing Central Europe is a pioneering volume that focuses on the complex networks of transcultural interrelations in Central Europe from 1900 to 2000. Editor(s): Smith-Prei, Carrie. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ACG; AS; DSB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649149
ISBN
9781442649149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.60

Paperback. "This book investigates male writers' use of female voices and female writers' use of male voices in literature and theatre from the 1850s to the present, examining where, how and why such gendered crossings occur and what connections may be found between these crossings and specific psychological, social, historical and political contexts"-- Editor(s): Kim, R.; Westall, C. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 238 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349335534
ISBN
9781349335534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.78

Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 587 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 774.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
587
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816615865
ISBN
9780816615865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. The contributors to Critique and Postcritique evaluate literary critique's structural, methodological, and political potentials and limitations while assessing the merits of the post-critical turn and exploring a range of alternate methods of literary criticism that may be better suited to the intellectual and political challenges of the present. Editor(s): Anker, Elizabeth S.; Felski, Rita. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363767
ISBN
9780822363767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.70

Hardback. The earliest anthology of Chinese poetry, the Book of Poems, has served as an ideal of literary perfection and also a major subject of literary criticism since imperial times. Rusk unravels the competitive, mutually influential relationship through which classical and literary scholarship on the poems co-evolved from the Han dynasty to the Qing. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 325 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
325
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674067011
ISBN
9780674067011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.93

Paperback. The next introduction in the IDEAS IN PROFILE series: a snappy but serious introduction to criticism Series: Ideas in Profile. Num Pages: 176 pages, Black and white reproductions of paintings, a few photographs. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781254509
ISBN
9781781254509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HP; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415695657
ISBN
9780415695657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.16

Paperback. This expanded edition features six new chapters, each of which provides a concise history of a literary term, critically explores the issues and questions that the term raises, and then puts theory into practice by showing the reading strategies that the term permits. Editor(s): Lentricchia, Frank; McLaughlin, Thomas. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 173 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862. 480 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Lentricchia, Frank; McLaughlin, Thomas. This expanded edition features six new chapters, each of which provides a concise history of a literary term, critically explores the issues and questions that the term raises, and then puts theory into practice by showing the reading strategies that the term permits. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSA. Dimension: 232 x 173 x 33. Weight: 762.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226472034
ISBN
9780226472034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. Features a satire on the moral failure of the "Jazz Age". This book explores the intricate patterns of the novel, its chronology, locations, imagery and use of colour, and how these contribute to a seamless interplay of social comedy and symbolic landscape. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
Stg
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140771978
ISBN
9780140771978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. This book finds a way through often impenetrable recent theories, exploring key concepts of ideology, subjectivity and representation in the various forms put forward by different 'schools' of theorists. Series: New Accents. Num Pages: 176 pages, further reading; notes; references; index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415280068
ISBN
9780415280068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.91

Paperback. Presenting an approach to narrative analysis from a critical social perspective, this book focuses on narrative texts from a boy labelled as 'sexually abusive', analyzed from micro to global levels. The book demonstrates the power of narrative analytic procedures and the different effects produced by different levels of analysis. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: DSA; JHBC; JMB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2004th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230595408
ISBN
9780230595408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.23

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