Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
hardcover. In his readings of "The Professor's House", "The Great Gatsby", and "Miss Lonelyhearts", the author finds that, far from the simple selfishness or apathy for which it is so often dismissed, the cynicism in these texts is suffused by a desire for the certainty promised by norms such as national teleology, ethnic identity, and civic participation. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928128
- ISBN
- 9780813928128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Paperback. Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300224283
- ISBN
- 9780300224283
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.65
€ 16.99
€ 13.65
Paperback. Obscure Invitations argues that the apparent instances of "the death of the Author" in twentieth-century literature are in fact carefully staged performances that ultimately affirm authorial vitality and control of both text and reader. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 345.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804773232
- ISBN
- 9780804773232
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel: Still Lives
Bennett, Andrew (Assistant Professor Of, Benn...
Hardcover. Arguing that Elizabeth Bowen is the unrecognized genius of the 20th-century novel in English, this book contends that an appropriate response to Bowen's work calls for a radically new conception of criticism and theory - and of the novel itself. It includes new readings of all Bowen's novels. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 272 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Schol, Print UK
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333607602
- ISBN
- 9780333607602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Paperback. Series: Australian Literary Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921867941
- ISBN
- 9781921867941
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.80
€ 35.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. Documents the struggles and successes of three generations of African writers as they strive to establish their artistic, literary, and cultural identities in France. This work explores African writing and identity in France from the early negritude movement and the founding of the Presence Africaine publishing house in 1947 to the mid-1990s. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 photographs, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252069352
- ISBN
- 9780252069352
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Hardback. Now Tintinologists have the opportunity to better understand the complex and sometimes dark personality of Tintin's creator and his carefully crafted public persona. Translator(s): Kover, Tina A. Num Pages: 424 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AKLC; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404547
- ISBN
- 9781421404547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.48
€ 45.48
Paperback. Demonstrates that even in the short novels there is more depth and sophistication than has generally been acknowledged Editor(s): Benson, Jackson J. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Durham, NC
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822309949
- ISBN
- 9780822309949
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.87
€ 31.99
€ 28.87
Second Language Identity in Narratives of Study Abroad
Benson, P.; Barkhuizen, Gary; Bodycott, Peter...
Paperback. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349440153
- ISBN
- 9781349440153
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Condition: New
€ 100.13
€ 100.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Paul Julian; Bergmann, Emilie. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 448 pages, 7 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316152
- ISBN
- 9780822316152
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.02
€ 41.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Focusing on the sexualized violence of Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy including the novels, Swedish film adaptations, and Hollywood blockbusters this collection of essays puts Larsson's work into dialogue with Scandinavian and Anglophone crime novels by writers including Jo Nesbo, Hakan Nesser, Mo Hayder and Val McDermid." Editor(s): Astrom, Berit; Gregersdotter, Katarina; Horeck, Tanya. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSBH; DSBH5; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338986
- ISBN
- 9781349338986
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403997098
- ISBN
- 9781403997098
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Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. This biography explores the life and work of Denis Johnston, barrister, theatre director, film-maker, pioneering television producer, war correspondent, essayist and celebrated playwright. Bernard Adams brings light to the extraordinary secret life of a complex, self-doubting individual. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 44. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866674
- ISBN
- 9781901866674
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Condition: New
€ 32.00€ 25.25
€ 32.00
€ 25.25
Paperback. An investigation into the narrative in relation to the changing contextual situations, both in "Ulysses" and in other Joyce texts. Other works by this author include "Critical Essays on James Joyce," "Approaches to Ulysses," and "The Seventh of Joyce." Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349118762
- ISBN
- 9781349118762
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Condition: New
€ 71.61
€ 71.61
Paperback. Investigates narrative strategies in James Joyce's stories in relation to the changing contextual situations, both in the individual narratives and in the cumulative text, context serving as a portal of entry into the narrative(s). Benstock is the author of "Narrative Con/texts in 'Ulysses'." Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349131273
- ISBN
- 9781349131273
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Condition: New
€ 60.01
€ 60.01
Paperback. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 178 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555406202
- ISBN
- 9781555406202
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Condition: New
€ 57.38
€ 57.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371334
- ISBN
- 9781349371334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969897
- ISBN
- 9781403969897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. Explores the inner conflicts of some of literature's most famous characters, using Karen Horney's psychoanalytic theories to understand the behaviour of these characters as we would the behaviour of real people Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 25. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814766569
- ISBN
- 9780814766569
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. Addressed to all readers of Dostoevsky, as well as to teachers, students, and specialists, this lucidly-written study approaches the underground manm Raskolnikov, and Ivan and Alyosha Karamazov as lucidly imagined beings whose feelings, behaviours, and ideas are expressions of their personalities and experience. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602939
- ISBN
- 9780230602939
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Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. 244 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 18. Weight: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Five Leaves
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905512331
- ISBN
- 9781905512331
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.48
€ 13.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Describes the literary phenomenon of the Sophoclean tragic hero. This work presents an analysis of three plays, the Antigone, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus, that emphasizes the individuality and variety of the living figures Sophocles created on the same basic armature. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266. Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. 224 pages. Describes the literary phenomenon of the Sophoclean tragic hero. This work presents an analysis of three plays, the Antigone, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus, that emphasizes the individuality and variety of the living figures Sophocles created on the same basic armature. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 12. Weight: 260.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520049574
- ISBN
- 9780520049574
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.75
€ 35.99
€ 26.75
Paperback. From millenarists to Antichrist hunters, from the Sibyls to the Hussites, Visions of the End is a monumental compendium spanning the literature of the Christian apocalyptic tradition from the period A.D. 400 to 1500, masterfully selected and complete with a comprehensive introduction and new preface. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112574
- ISBN
- 9780231112574
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Flexibound. Why was Thomas Hardy's first novel never published? What happened to the manuscript of the long promised 'magnum opus' that Truman Capote never delivered? Why did Heinrich Boll abandon his Paradise Lost? These and many other intriguing mysteries are uncovered in this comprehensive guide to literature's lost and unfinished masterpieces. Num Pages: 256 pages, 400. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 248 x 24. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844037933
- ISBN
- 9781844037933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99