Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Paperback. In this collection of essays, a number of critics offer commentary on the crime fiction genre, exploring the kinds of pleasure it offers. Looking under the attractive surface of these books, the contributors discover a number of complex issues. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349105939
- ISBN
- 9781349105939
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Condition: New
€ 68.33
€ 68.33
Paperback. This international collection of eleven original essays on Australian Aboriginal literature provides a comprehensive critical companion that contextualizes the Aboriginal canon for scholars, researchers, students, and general readers. Editor(s): Wheeler, Belinda. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; DSBH5; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139382
- ISBN
- 9781571139382
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.27
€ 38.99
€ 37.27
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135216
- ISBN
- 9781571135216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
paperback. Tells the complete history of women readers and the controversies their reading has inspired since the beginning of the written word. This volume travels from the Cro-Magnon cave to the digital bookstores of our time, exploring how and what women have read through the ages and across cultures and civilizations. Num Pages: 344 pages, 60 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300197204
- ISBN
- 9780300197204
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
€ 19.99
€ 15.16
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448140
- ISBN
- 9780801448140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.44
€ 67.44
Paperback. Compares the intellectual exile of men with the economic migration of women, linking the canonical male tradition to the writing of modern West Indian women Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ABM; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322634
- ISBN
- 9780822322634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Doniger, Wendy. Num Pages: 418 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBB; HBJF; HRG; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190628802
- ISBN
- 9780190628802
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Condition: New
€ 72.65
€ 72.65
Paperback. A critical study of author Brendan Behan and his work, through collected letters, correspondence, material from previous publications and personal reminiscences. E.H.Mikhail has published work on other literary figures including "James Joyce: Interviews and Recollections." Editor(s): Mikhail, E. H. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349114900
- ISBN
- 9781349114900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.51
€ 63.51
Hardcover. A compilation of bibliographical information accumulated between 1986 and 96 in the annual publication of the New Chaucer Society, "Studies in the Age of Chaucer". Features include an extensive subject index and a descritptive annotation for each entry, identifying the nature of the study. Editor(s): Bowers, Bege K.; Allen, Mark. Num Pages: 752 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC; DSK; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1125.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020163
- ISBN
- 9780268020163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.02
€ 86.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403941268
- ISBN
- 9781403941268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Hardcover. Despite the ubiquity of light literature, very little has been written about it. In this original and engaging study, Scott explores the aesthetic quality of lightness as demonstrated by a diverse range of narratives, from Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book, to Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis' Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, to Voltaire's Candide. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137352552
- ISBN
- 9781137352552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Hardback. Adventures in Realism offers an accessible introduction to realism as it has evolved since the 19th century. Though focused on literature and literary theory, the significance of technology and the visual arts is also addressed. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405135771
- ISBN
- 9781405135771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.33
€ 112.33
Paperback. A captivating literary portrait of the writers who explore the city at night, and the people they met Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 49. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784783785
- ISBN
- 9781784783785
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.91
€ 16.99
€ 15.91
The Greatest Comic Book of All Time: Symbolic Capital and the Field of...
Beaty, Bart, Woo, Benjamin
Hardcover. Bart Beaty and Benjamin Woo work to historicize why it is that certain works or creators have come to define the notion of a "quality comic book," while other works and creators have been left at the fringes of critical analysis. Series: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels. Num Pages: 167 pages, 4 colour illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; DSBH; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137561961
- ISBN
- 9781137561961
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Condition: New
€ 68.52
€ 68.52
Hardcover. This is the first comprehensive study of the English crime play, presenting a survey of 250 plays performed in the London West End between 1900 and 2000. The first part is historically orientated while the second one establishes a tentative poetics of the genre. The third part presents an analysis of some 20 plays adapted from detective fiction. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137463036
- ISBN
- 9781137463036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Paperback. How can the concepts of Deleuze and Guattari be used to unearth the 'metaphysics' of modernist literature? This intersection of philosophy and key literary works uses their radical concepts to draw a dynamic map of modernism that explores the confrontation of each writer with the non-human machine age of the early twentieth-century. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349304844
- ISBN
- 9781349304844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. This study of Benjamin's "The Origin of German Tragic Drama" views it as a critique of anthropocentric historical thinking, which introduces an ethico-theological dimension. It reconstructs this dimension by analyzing the stones, animals and angels that are scattered throughout his writings. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520226845
- ISBN
- 9780520226845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.56
€ 35.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138284678
- ISBN
- 9781138284678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.63
€ 35.63
Hardback. This work attempts to reach an understanding of Rodolfo Usigli's theater as a whole through the analysis of a dozen of his most representative pieces. The chapters are grouped according to type: political satire, political fantasy, social drama, psychological drama, historical themes, and the universal dimension. Illustrated. Editor(s): Erbem, David L. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838634363
- ISBN
- 9780838634363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.64
€ 115.64
Paperback. A compilation of classic poems from the beloved Radio 4 series. Series: Everyman Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, notes, commentary. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780460878241
- ISBN
- 9780460878241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.88
€ 8.99
€ 7.88
Paperback. This work is a series of pieces on the link between literature and the environment and why poetry matters in the new millennium. Jonathan Bate explains how words like "culture" and "environment" have evolved since the writing of Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy and the Romantics to the year 2000. Num Pages: 200 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330372695
- ISBN
- 9780330372695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.28
€ 17.99
€ 13.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611493528
- ISBN
- 9781611493528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.53
€ 147.53
Paperback. Editor(s): Knight, Franklin W. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 3JB; DSBD; DSK; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 129
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206250
- ISBN
- 9780872206250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.02
€ 20.99
€ 17.02
paperback. A catalogue of mass slaughter, torture and slavery, which showed that the evangelizing vision of Columbus had descended under later conquistadors into genocide. It demands that the Indians be entitled to the basic rights of humankind. Editor(s): Griffin, Nigel. Translator(s): Griffin, Nigel. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; 3JB; DSBB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140445626
- ISBN
- 9780140445626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.75
€ 10.99
€ 9.75