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Literary studies: general

Paperback. This volume reflects on the late-1990s fascination with Sappho's "afterlife". The essays examine the changing interpretations of scholars and writers who have read the fragmentary remains of Sappho's poetry. Editor(s): Greene, Ellen. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206038
ISBN
9780520206038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.88

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010704
ISBN
9781847010704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Hardcover. Social Reform in Gothic Writing provides a transatlantic view of the politically transformative power that Gothic texts effected during the Revolutionary era (1764-1834) through providing fresh readings of canonical and non-canonical writing in a wide variety of genres. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137302670
ISBN
9781137302670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.99

Hardback. Part of a new phase of post-1960s U.S. Latino literature, Junot Diaz and Sandra Cisneros' novels engage in unique networks of paratexts that center on the performance of latinidad. McCracken argues that the Internet increases the range of these paratextual portals and constitutes a key element of the creative process of Latino literary production. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137602619
ISBN
9781137602619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Women and Exile in Contemporary Irish Fiction examines how contemporary Irish authors have taken up the history of the Irish woman migrant. It situates these writers' work in relation to larger discourses of exile in the Irish literary tradition and examines how they engage with the complex history of Irish emigration. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AFR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230285767
ISBN
9780230285767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Firmly establishing the importance of the topic for understanding eighteenth-century English literature and culture, her work is bound to spur further discussion of the significance of incest discourses in the early modern period and beyond. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801872044
ISBN
9780801872044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.91

Hardback. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088375
ISBN
9780674088375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.98

Hardcover. Begins with three case studies, each of which probes one facet of the relationship between women and fiction in the early 19th Century. This book examines in turn the prefaces written by four women for a novel about women; the activities of a woman editor and writer of fiction; and writings on fiction by three leading literary women. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 180 x 35. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021464
ISBN
9780674021464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.06

Hardcover. Examining a wide range of source material including popular culture, literature, photography, television, and visual art, this collection of essays sheds light on the misrepresentations of Latina/os in the mass media. Editor(s): Hernandez, Ellie D.; Gibson, Eliza Rodriguez Y. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137431073
ISBN
9781137431073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1942
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231087704
ISBN
9780231087704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.41

Paperback. Leading scholars discuss strategies and methodology in American literary studies. Editor(s): Elliott, Michael A.; Stokes, Claudia. Num Pages: 349 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814722169
ISBN
9780814722169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Filled with examples of jokes and riddles that reveal humour to be a meaningful - even significant - form of expression, this title provides alternate ways of thinking about humorous expressions by examining their contexts - not just their contents. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 220 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075933
ISBN
9780252075933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801446726
ISBN
9780801446726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.23

Hardback. The only complete compilation of material by and about Archibald MacLeish, one of America's most accomplished literary artists. Contains over 2000 entries grouped by type of publication and extensive indexes. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810830226
ISBN
9780810830226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.33

Hardback. This is a study of Friel's entire oeuvre, relating his work to the problems of subjectivity, representation, history and the body, with a view to offering some placement of Friel in relation to both postmodernism and traditional humanism. Central to the study is Friel's concept of "translation". Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333600757
ISBN
9780333600757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 291.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349114085
ISBN
9781349114085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Gammel, Irene; Zelazo, Suzanne. Num Pages: 440 pages, 21 color illus., 52 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 225 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1172.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262529754
ISBN
9780262529754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 107.10

Hardcover. Editor(s): Mundal, Else; Wellendorf, Jonas. Num Pages: 241 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
241
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763505048
ISBN
9788763505048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.63
€ 40.81

Hardback. Michie's fresh reading of the marriage plot, and the choice between two women at its heart, shows it to be as much about politics and economics as it is about personal choice. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421401867
ISBN
9781421401867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.61
€ 67.87

Paperback. An invitation to discover the two most enduring and exciting stories ever to have been told Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780742298
ISBN
9781780742298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. A collection of critical essays by European scholars on contemporary Native North American literatures. It covers the primary genres of Native literature - fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry. It features theories of Native literature, the history of Native literature studies, and themes of trauma and memory as well as changing mythologies. Editor(s): Pulitano, Elvira. Num Pages: 336 pages, Index. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260344
ISBN
9780803260344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Paperback. Anniversary book dedicated to Stanislaw Stachowski on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
Condition
New
Number of pages
268
SKU
V9788323330158
ISBN
9788323330158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.45

Paperback. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349291243
ISBN
9781349291243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.81

Hardcover. This exploration into the development of women's self-defence from 1850 to 1914 features major writers, including H.G. Wells, Elizabeth Robins and Richard Marsh, and encompasses an unusually wide-ranging number of subjects from hatpin crimes to the development of martial arts for women. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300316
ISBN
9780230300316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

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