Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Hardback. This volume demonstrates the extent and diversity of Coleridge's writings on the sublime. Series: Coleridge's Writings. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333972502
- ISBN
- 9780333972502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1988
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349194377
- ISBN
- 9781349194377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.74
€ 48.74
Paperback. This study revolutionises our understanding of both literary modernism and early cinema. Trotter draws on the most recent scholarship in English and film studies to demonstrate how central cinema as a recording medium was to Joyce, Eliot and Woolf, and how modernist were the concerns of Chaplin and Griffith. Series: Critical Quarterly Book Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159821
- ISBN
- 9781405159821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.40
€ 28.40
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; JMS; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137593115
- ISBN
- 9781137593115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 217.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349072798
- ISBN
- 9781349072798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.19
€ 126.19
hardcover. This book examines the interrelationship between narrative, ritual, and royal authority, including discussions of Daoism, yin-yang, and Buddhist doctrine, as depicted in a variety of texts from The Chronicles of Japan (7th century) to The Tale of the Heike (14th century). Series: Asian Religions & Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 33. Weight in Grams: 789.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751582
- ISBN
- 9780804751582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
hardcover. As for Sinclair Ross is the story of a remarkable writer whose works continue to challenge us and are rightly considered classics of Canadian literature. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 350 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802043887
- ISBN
- 9780802043887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
hardcover. Ethel Wilson: A Critical Biography is the story of a distinguished writer whose works are rightly considered classics of Canadian literature. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780802087416
- ISBN
- 9780802087416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.69
€ 70.69
Paperback. The first comprehensive treatment of Louise Erdrich's writing in all its diversity. This book offers searching analysis of the common themes and contexts across Erdrich's poetry, prose, memoirs, and children's fiction. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 219 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719074271
- ISBN
- 9780719074271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.76
€ 39.76
Hardcover. The decade after 1815 was a period of cultural instability, in which literature was redefined in response to a mass readership. Magazines were a product of and response to a culture that was metropolitan in size and heterogeneity. This book analyses a literary genre that made creative use of a cultural confusion which elsewhere provoked anxiety. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251786
- ISBN
- 9780230251786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Paperback. This book offers a concise overview of the social, cultural, and aesthetic sensibilities of the Beat Generation, explaining how their drastic visions and radical styles challenged postwar America's dominant values in ways that can still be felt in literature, cinema, music, theatre, and the visual arts. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199796779
- ISBN
- 9780199796779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.18
€ 14.99
€ 12.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226759463
- ISBN
- 9780226759463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Examining noteworthy American novels including Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse-Five, this book analyzes the anti-hero during the 1960s. Simmons argues these iconic figures became a way to advance 'counter-culture' politics and to deconstruct the traditional American hero. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473257
- ISBN
- 9781137473257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.37
€ 71.37
Hardback. The Anti-Hero in the American Novel rereads major texts of the 1960s to offer an innovative re-evaluation of a set of canonical novels that moves beyond entrenched post-modern and post-structural interpretations towards an appraisal which emphasizes the specifically humanist and idealist elements of these works. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603233
- ISBN
- 9780230603233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. Kurt Vonnegut's darkly comic work became a symbol for the counterculture of a generation. From his debut novel,Player Piano (1951) through seminal 1960's novels such as Cat's Cradle (1963). This dynamic collection aims to re-evaluate Vonnegut's position as an integral part of the American post-war cannon of literature. Editor(s): Simmons, David. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230120976
- ISBN
- 9780230120976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.17
€ 77.17
paperback. Series: American Culture. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816621897
- ISBN
- 9780816621897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Questions every assumption we ever made about art, the novel, journalism, poetry, film, TV, rap, stand-up, graffiti, sampling, plagiarism, writing, and reading. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141049076
- ISBN
- 9780141049076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. History (much like his contemporaries) has tended to judge Camus harshly--as mediocre philosopher, conflicted man of the left and, worst of all, apologist for French imperialism. Yet, as David Sherman argues in this rewarding new study, a sensitive reading of the entirety of Camus's writings reveals both a power and unity of philosophical purpose. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159319
- ISBN
- 9781405159319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.95
€ 34.95
Paperback. Examines the innovative and technically accomplished nature of Burns' poetry. This book features essays on Burns' special place in Scottish, English and Irish literary culture. It demonstrates how Burns drew on Scottish vernacular traditions, English poetry and 18th-century sentimentalism to create his own, new kind of poetry. Editor(s): Sergeant, David; Stafford, Fiona. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748664887
- ISBN
- 9780748664887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.83
€ 33.99
€ 29.83
Hardcover. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403966292
- ISBN
- 9781403966292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349200092
- ISBN
- 9781349200092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.05
€ 44.05
Paperback. Scholars of the literary aspect of Plato try to reconcile his dialogue form with the expository imperative of philosophical argument. Classicists and philosophers explain this form in terms of rhetorical devices serving didactic goals. David Schur brings literary and classical studies into debate, questioning modern views of Plato's dialogue form. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674417212
- ISBN
- 9780674417212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.78
€ 25.99
€ 22.78
Hardcover. A reading of the letters between Mozart and his father, placing them in the context of the stylized strategies of the 18th-century epistolary tradition. The book argues that the letters reveal a rebelliousness deep within Mozart's life and work. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JF; AVGC4; AVH; BGF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300075427
- ISBN
- 9780300075427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Philip Whalen was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and key figure in the literary and artistic scene that unfolded in San Francisco in the 1950s and '60s. When the Beat writers came West, Whalen became a revered, much-loved member of the group. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; DSBH; DSC; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247468
- ISBN
- 9780520247468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06