Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147873
- ISBN
- 9780231147873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.41
€ 37.99
€ 27.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 326 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DN; APF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 326
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763507936
- ISBN
- 9788763507936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.28
€ 38.99
€ 28.28
Paperback. Provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide ranging and a hugely popular literary genre. Using examples from a variety of novels short stories, films and television series, the author presents a concise history of crime fiction. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; YFB; YQE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415318242
- ISBN
- 9780415318242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.13
€ 32.13
Paperback. Since the mid-19th century crime fiction has been one of the most popular sub-genres of the novel. In this Very Short Introduction, Richard Bradford explores its origins and the features that define its varied style. He considers its role in popular culture around the world and considers why its classification as 'literature' is still ambiguous. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199658787
- ISBN
- 9780199658787
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.85
€ 11.99
€ 10.85
Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Matthew J.; Duncan, Randy. Num Pages: 328 pages, 65 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AKLC1; DSB; FZG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 254 x 15. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415885553
- ISBN
- 9780415885553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.89
€ 64.89
Paperback. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: SB-The French List. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; DSBH; DSG; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 43. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857424495
- ISBN
- 9780857424495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.33
€ 23.99
€ 19.33
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
€ 123.23
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
€ 35.91
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
€ 10.99
€ 9.45
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
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
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
€ 41.25
€ 41.25
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
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
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
€ 45.99
€ 37.93
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
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.70
€ 31.99
€ 28.70
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
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
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
€ 64.70
€ 64.70
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
€ 67.60
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
€ 17.99
€ 16.45
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. 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
€ 29.00
€ 24.15
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
€ 51.10€ 47.19
€ 51.10
€ 47.19
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
€ 33.99
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
€ 118.84€ 114.08
€ 118.84
€ 114.08
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€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48