Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
paperback. Most people feel ambivalent about solitude, both loving and fearing it depending on how they experience being alone at certain points in their lives. In "The Value of Solitude", John Barbour explores some of the ways in which experiences of solitude, both positive and negative, have been interpreted as religiously significant. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; HRLK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922898
- ISBN
- 9780813922898
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Condition: New
€ 33.15
€ 33.15
Paperback. A collection of twenty-five essays which explore the place of the stage within the larger society, as well as issues of performance and physical space. It examines the settings in which plays were acted; and juxtaposes the theater with such contemporary subcultures as the church, the city, and the court. Editor(s): Cox, John D.; Kastan, David Scott. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 840.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102438
- ISBN
- 9780231102438
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Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.44
€ 53.29
€ 42.44
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632148
- ISBN
- 9780691632148
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Condition: New
€ 163.47
€ 163.47
Drawing from legal and extralegal discourse but focusing on imaginative literature, this book examines representations of, responses to, and arguments for and against the death penalty in the United States over the long nineteenth century. It creates a generative dialogue between artistic relics and legal history. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413327
- ISBN
- 9781421413327
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Condition: New
€ 60.87
€ 60.87
Paperback. Looks at the prospects for breaking down theoretical and disciplinary barriers that have tended to separate African American and postcolonial studies. This work emphasizes the confluences among three major theories: postcolonialism, Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s Signifyin(g), and Paul Gilroy's black Atlantic. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330266
- ISBN
- 9780820330266
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Condition: New
€ 34.84
€ 34.84
Hardback. Argues that the key texts of modernity and postmodernity may be approached through figures and narratives of paralysis: motion is no more defining of modern travel than fixations, resistance, and impasse; concepts and figures of travel, he posits, must be rethought in this more static light. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 839.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803229914
- ISBN
- 9780803229914
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Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
Hardcover. Staging a new politics of performance in the African diaspora Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253355133
- ISBN
- 9780253355133
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Condition: New
€ 76.82
€ 76.82
Paperback. Staging a new politics of performance in the African diaspora Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222268
- ISBN
- 9780253222268
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Hardback. This volume contains a series of close readings of the central works of gay male drama, as written by American and English playwrights. The plays discussed reflect the transformation of gay men in 20th-century British and American societies. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 393 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075107
- ISBN
- 9780231075107
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Condition: New
€ 104.22€ 79.12
€ 104.22
€ 79.12
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437249
- ISBN
- 9780140437249
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405896177
- ISBN
- 9781405896177
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Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Hardback. Features a contemporary poet who selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the authors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Editor(s): Farley, Paul. Series: Faber Nature Poets. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571328741
- ISBN
- 9780571328741
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Hardback. The collapse of empires has resulted in a remarkable flourishing of indigenous cultures in former colonies. This work reference overviews the present state of postcolonial studies and offers a polyphonic treatment of the effects of globalization on literary studies in the 21st century. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313311925
- ISBN
- 9780313311925
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Condition: New
€ 131.08
€ 131.08
Hardback. Challenges the conventional critical reading of the American poetic project as an engagement with or reaction against Emersonian thought. Rowe demonstrates how ideals of individualism, intellectualism, and otherworldiness inevitably undermine any political effectiveness that a writer may seek to achieve. Num Pages: 318 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231058940
- ISBN
- 9780231058940
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Condition: New
€ 112.51€ 85.15
€ 112.51
€ 85.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 303.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897335072
- ISBN
- 9780897335072
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.05
€ 18.99
€ 17.05
Paperback. A funny memoir of John Carey, best known for his provocative stance on the arts and the academic establishment. It shows his journey from an ordinary background to Oxford's oldest literary professorship. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571310937
- ISBN
- 9780571310937
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.05
€ 17.99
€ 13.05
Paperback. In this, his second book about the essence and depth of Samuel Beckett's thinking and literary art, John Calder analyses the dualism of Beckett's theological writing, his debt to the Gnostics, Manichaeism and Geulincx in particular, the presence of ghosts in his work, and why his late writing has received so little attention. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714543833
- ISBN
- 9780714543833
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166. 160 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Dimension: 205 x 167 x 12. Weight: 166.
- Publisher
- Riverrun Pr
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714542836
- ISBN
- 9780714542836
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.41
€ 13.99
€ 13.41
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842820858
- ISBN
- 9781842820858
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Hardcover. This guide follows a trail of places associated with Robert Louis Stevenson. John Cairney, perhaps best known for writing and starring in "The Robert Burns Story", is one of the few people to have visited all the places on the RLS trail. Series: Quest for. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 29. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946487875
- ISBN
- 9780946487875
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. "The Immortal Memory" is the centrepiece of the traditional Burns Supper, and is important for Burns lovers all over the world. This book on Burns is devoted to his "Immortal Memory". The contributors, while dealing with the same man, appear to see him differently, but they have in common love and admiration for the man and his work. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 211 x 33. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905222483
- ISBN
- 9781905222483
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Hardback. The metaphor of the Church as a 'body' has shaped Catholic thinking since the Second Vatican Council. This book studies a cohort of Catholic authors whose art takes seriously the themes of the Council: from novelists such as Mary Gordon, Ron Hansen, Louise Erdrich, and J F Powers to poets such as Annie Dillard, Mary Karr and Lucia Perillo. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230600
- ISBN
- 9780823230600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
Hardback. Looking at the period of the early 16th century, the juncture of the Renaissance and the Reformation, this collection of essays focuses on the unique link between humanism and the literary works of the period - in particular, the patristic scholarship inherent in Erasmus' ideals of reform. Num Pages: 105 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JB; DSBB; HP; HRQA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 15. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 105
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823216000
- ISBN
- 9780823216000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.32
€ 93.32
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630991
- ISBN
- 9780691630991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.58
€ 144.58