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Literary studies: general

Hardback. In recent years controversy has surrounded the narrative turn in history and the historical turn in fiction. This book clarifies what is at stake, tracing connections between historiography and life-writing, arguing that the challenges posed in representing the past illuminate issues which are central to all literary narrative. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230235939
ISBN
9780230235939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; AB; ACV; DSBD; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403932891
ISBN
9781403932891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.33

Paperback. The author explores the impact on poetic practice in the 1970s and 1980s of recent theoretical developments, offering a criticism of the work of Seamus Heaney and of poets including Michael Hofmann, reassessing life on Mars and providing retrospective surveys of Fleur Adcock and others. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333467695
ISBN
9780333467695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. The author explores the impact on poetic practice in the 1970s and 1980s of recent theoretical developments, offering a criticism of the work of Seamus Heaney and of poets including Michael Hofmann, reassessing life on Mars and providing retrospective surveys of Fleur Adcock and others. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333464977
ISBN
9780333464977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.03

Hardback. The Neural Sublime features an array of cognitive and neuroscientific approaches, providing an engaging and readable introduction to the emergent field of cognitive literary studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5, 1 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894527
ISBN
9780801894527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; AB; DSB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403945914
ISBN
9781403945914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349523276
ISBN
9781349523276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.54

Paperback. Alan Riach's SCOTNOTE study guide outlines MacDiarmid's life and work, providing an overview of the poet's beliefs, opinions and influences, for senior school pupils and students at all levels. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 64 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSC; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 205 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948877407
ISBN
9780948877407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.35

Hardcover. This title unravels politics from theatre in order to propose a new means to politicize performance. Performance analyses ranging from child actors, animals and objects to reflections on the innovative theatre work of Societas Raffaello Sanzio, Forced Entertainment and Goat Island combine to offer a radical critique of performance studies. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 339 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230572614
ISBN
9780230572614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.63

paperback. Presents a social, cultural, and literary history of this knowledge industry and traces its relationships within 19th-century literature, ending with its eventual confrontation with Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species". This book touches on social and cultural anxieties that offer both historical and contemporary insights. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326687
ISBN
9780822326687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.72

Paperback. Using the idea of 'parability, 'or the ability for writers to tell improper stories, as a foundation, Alan Ramon Clinton synthesizes a new model for a creative, more daring literary criticism. Sharp and surprising, this wide-ranging project engages with the work of Pynchon, Eco, Forche, Merrill, Weiner, Plath, Ashbery, and Eigner." Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349435173
ISBN
9781349435173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

Hardcover. Using the idea of 'parability,'or the ability for writers to tell improper stories, as a foundation, Alan Ramon Clinton synthesizes a new model for a creative, more daring literary criticism. Sharp and surprising, this wide-ranging project engages with the work of Pynchon, Eco, Forche, Merrill, Weiner, Plath, Ashbery, and Eigner. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137006967
ISBN
9781137006967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910406
ISBN
9781575910406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.66

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 257 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; JFC; WSZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319334394
ISBN
9783319334394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Hardcover. In this work, Alan McCluskey explores materialism, in its many conceptual forms, in the contemporary cosmopolitan novel. The author applies a 'cosmopolitan materialist' lens to the novels of Caryl Phillips, J. M. Coetzee, and Philip Roth: three contemporary authors who hail from different parts of the world and produce highly dissimilar novels. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137503374
ISBN
9781137503374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Hardback. Part of the "Macmillan Studies in Romanticism" series, this book looks at the influence of his journey to Italy on Shelley's work. Series: Studies in Romanticism S. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333497623
ISBN
9780333497623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.18

Paperback. The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend offers a comprehensive survey of the Arthurian legends in all their manifestations, from the earliest medieval texts to their appearances in contemporary culture. Essential reading for Arthurian scholars, medievalists, and for those interested in myth and legend. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199215096
ISBN
9780199215096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.10

Hardcover. Postmodernity is lived, it seems, at the end of history. This book takes the pulse of such postmodern historicism by tracking two leading indicators of its acceleration in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries: postmodern cultural criticism and digital information technology. Num Pages: 361 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226486956
ISBN
9780226486956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 79.61

Paperback. Postmodernity is lived, it seems, at the end of history. This book takes the pulse of such postmodern historicism by tracking two leading indicators of its acceleration in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries: postmodern cultural criticism and digital information technology. Num Pages: 361 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226486963
ISBN
9780226486963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardcover. Aims to encourage a deeper appreciation of ancient Greek poetry and prose by showing where a nod of the head or a wave of the hand can complete meaning in epic poetry and in tragedy, comedy, oratory, and in works of history and philosophy. This book helps to explain some persistently confusing syntaxes and to make translations more accurate. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black and white illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002637
ISBN
9780691002637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.64
€ 80.25

Hardback. Alan Jacobs offers a witty, literate, and accessible guide for aspiring readers, offering tips on what to read and how to get the most out of it. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction or poetry or even the Bible, from reading responsively, to rereading, to reading on electronic devices. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; WDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 213 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199747498
ISBN
9780199747498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. This book looks at the way writers present the effects of trauma in their work. It explores narrative devices, such as 'metafiction', as well as events in contemporary America, including 9/11, the Iraq War, and reactions to the Bush administration. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748694075
ISBN
9780748694075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.39

Paperback. With its succinct, focussed and easy-to-follow approach covering both AS and A2, Revision Express is the fast and effective route to exam success. This new edition has been fully revised and updated for the new A-levels. Series: Direct to Learner Secondary. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSB. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 295 x 211 x 11. Weight in Grams: 586.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408206553
ISBN
9781408206553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. With its succinct, focussed and easy-to-follow approach covering both AS and A2, Revision Express is the fast and effective route to exam success. This new edition has been fully revised and updated for the new A-levels. Series: Direct to Learner Secondary. Num Pages: 200 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; CJ; DSB. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 296 x 212 x 9. Weight in Grams: 588.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408206546
ISBN
9781408206546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

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