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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. According to nineteenth-century racial uplift ideology, African American women served their race best as reformers and activists. This book examines the autobiographies of four women who diverged from that ideal and defended the legitimacy of their self-supporting wage labor. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281. Nice copy, with some shelfwear. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KST0026905
ISBN
9780807856482
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507895
ISBN
9780099507895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.70

Hardback. Dillingham probes Rudyard Kipling's identity and world view, as Kipling himself perceived it, though an original analysis of Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230609112
ISBN
9780230609112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Paperback. Aristocrat, literary celebrity, 'Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new biography. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007486984
ISBN
9780007486984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. A beautiful new edition of Edward Said's classic which argues that a beginning is different from (and preferable to) an origin, because a beginning can be chosen and an origin can only be acknowledged Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847085993
ISBN
9781847085993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526121790
ISBN
9781526121790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.33

Paperback. Introduces students to the study of Shakespeare and grounds their understandings of his work in theoretical discourses. By addressing what is primarily at stake in the major theoretical approaches to Shakespeare's works, the book breaks down both fears and preconceptions to offer students a map of the current critical practices of others. Series: Beginnings. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719064234
ISBN
9780719064234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.14

Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Peter Owen Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780720612226
ISBN
9780720612226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.30

Paperback. Offers a collection of poems and songs from the eighteenth century. This title includes a selection from the work of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson (Burns' 'elder brother in the muse'), as well as a wider selection from the men and women writers whose good-humoured accessibility so characterised the poetry of their time. Editor(s): MacLachlan, Christopher. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DCQ; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841952536
ISBN
9781841952536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.28

Hardcover. In this volume, David Gardiner investigates the national contexts in which Edmund Spenser's poetic project has been interpreted and represented by modern Irish poets. There is also an analysis of Spenser's influence on Northern Irish poets. Num Pages: 233 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Creighton University,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781881871385
ISBN
9781881871385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.00

Paperback. Chronicles the making of an iconic American writer by exploring Ray Bradbury's childhood and early years of his long life in fiction, film, television, radio, and theatre. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252079054
ISBN
9780252079054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardback. During the nineteenth century, women authors for the first time achieved professional status, secure income, and public fame. This book examines the various ways women writers negotiated the market realities of authorship, and looks at the myths and models women writers constructed to elevate their place in the profession. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140179
ISBN
9780691140179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.28
€ 46.32

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474415729
ISBN
9781474415729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.71
€ 102.41

Hardback. Breath (1969) is the focus and the only theatrical text examined in this study, which demonstrates how the piece became emblematic of the interdisciplinary exchanges that occur in Beckett's later writings, and of the cross-fertilisation of the theatre with the visual arts. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernism, Drama and Performance. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AG; DD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474421645
ISBN
9781474421645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.71
€ 102.41

Hardcover. Leland de la Durantaye helps us understand Beckett s strangeness and notorious difficulty by arguing that Beckett s lifelong campaign was to mismake on purpose not to denigrate himself, or his audience, or reconnect with the child or savage within, but because he believed that such mismaking is in the interest of art and will shape its future." Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504851
ISBN
9780674504851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.93

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474414401
ISBN
9781474414401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.71
€ 102.41

Hardback. An original reconciliation of Christianity and feminism Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRC; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602583214
ISBN
9781602583214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.77

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

Paperback. Tells about the soul-sapping three-minutes when men become gods and gods, mere men. This book is also about the second when the guard drops, that moment when the eyes blink and miss the incoming hammer blow. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571300204
ISBN
9780571300204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.46

Hardback. A fascinating look at the gardens that helped inspire the settings for Beatrix Potter's stories. Num Pages: 339 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; DSY; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 798.
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604693638
ISBN
9781604693638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.63

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