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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Three Danish comedy plays by Johan Ludvig Heiberg and Holberg--the "father" of Danish and Norwegian literature. Plays have been translated by Michael Meyer. Translator(s): Meyer, Michael. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DD; DNF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840020601
ISBN
9781840020601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Developing the themes contained in his ground-breaking Mere Irish and Fior-Ghael, Leerssen examines national self-image through the two cultural spheres of literary and historical scholarship. Series: Critical conditions - field day monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181119
ISBN
9781859181119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Paperback. Beginning with Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), this study positions feminine genres such as the Gothic romance and Bluestocking poetry, usually seen as outliers in a masculine Age of Reason, as essential to understanding emotion's role in Enlightenment narratives of progress. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474423151
ISBN
9781474423151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. Eighteenth-Century Brechtians is a collection of essays by a well-known author on comic and radical political theatre. It looks at stage satires by John Gay, Henry Fielding, George Farquhar, Charlotte Charke, David Garrick and their contemporaries through the lens of Brecht's theory and practice. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; AN; DSBD; DSG; HBJD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859899970
ISBN
9780859899970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.23

Hardback. Modern Japanese literature is commonly associated with high seriousness of purpose. In this study, Joel R. Cohn analyzes works by three writers whose works constitute an assault on the notion that comedy cannot be part of serious literature. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674847118
ISBN
9780674847118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Yale University Press New Haven, CT
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300104462
ISBN
9780300104462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.89
€ 42.70

Paperback. A book that aims both to demystify and to reconstitute 'Hawthorne' as an object of study by rereading Hawthorne's fictions, mainly those from the early 1840's to 1860, in the context of the emergence of a distinctively middle-class personal life (the domestic emotional revolution that accompanied the industrial revolution. Num Pages: 252 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719483
ISBN
9780804719483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

hardcover. The Metaphor of Celebrity is an exploration of the significance of literary celebrity in Canadian poetry. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9781442646612
ISBN
9781442646612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.67

Hardcover. Drawing on the work of diverse poets and thinkers, Bettridge argues that the disruptive techniques of recent innovative poetry are in fact a form of literary faith. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230619425
ISBN
9780230619425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Revises the semiotic paradigm of the early modern 'literary system' dominant since 1983 by adapting methods entailed in the idea that literary works emerge through a series of semiotic events. Davis analyzes Philip Sidney's Arcadia and Astrophil and Stella to demonstrate how design elements stage the scene of reading these works. Num Pages: 271 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230112520
ISBN
9780230112520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. A collection of newly commissioned essays provides a critical introduction to pastor and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Editor(s): Porte, Joel; Morris, Saundra. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 300 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521499460
ISBN
9780521499460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349221585
ISBN
9781349221585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 192.97

hardcover. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
Edition
1992nd Edition
SKU
V9780312057879
ISBN
9780312057879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1993
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349226818
ISBN
9781349226818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
1st ed. 1982
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349044207
ISBN
9781349044207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 570 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABA; 2ACSC; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 902.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
596
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408286036
ISBN
9781408286036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.07

Paperback. This is the first major study of Mark Z. Danielewski, an emerging, innovative American novelist and a key figure in contemporary literature. It situates his three novels to date in their literary and cultural context, in the process demonstrating why he is such an important and ground-breaking writer. Editor(s): Bray, Joe; Gibbons, Alison. Series: Contemporary American & Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719099335
ISBN
9780719099335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.69

hardcover. By bridging close textual readings with book and publishing history, economic and sociological analysis, and original archival research, Writing Unemployment offers new ideas on work by many of Canada's most important writers. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644335
ISBN
9781442644335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.61

Paperback. Was a convicted criminal executed on stage during a beheading scene? Was an unfortunate actor driven insane while playing a madman? Did a theatrical enactment of a crucifixion result in a real one? Did an androgynous young man seduce a priest when portraying a female saint? Death by Drama answers these and other questions while presenting a. Num Pages: 354 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226207889
ISBN
9780226207889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487835
ISBN
9780801487835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

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