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Literary studies: general

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Literary studies: general

Hardcover. An interdisciplinary study that explores both the personal and political significance of climate in the Victorian imagination. It analyses foreboding imagery of miasma, sludge and rot across non-fictional and fictional travel narratives, speeches, private journals and medical advice tracts. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748692958
ISBN
9780748692958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.38
€ 108.77

Paperback. This book, which features the autobiographical narrative of Mistress Mary Hampson, a 17th-century woman in an abusive and violent marriage, reconstructs the events in and around this harrowing tale and rescues a compelling and complicated voice from the past. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804790550
ISBN
9780804790550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.42

Paperback. Revelatory conversations between renowned writers at New York City's legendary bookshop. Editor(s): Strand, Jessica; Aguilar, Andrea. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
9780393352085
ISBN
9780393352085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. Examines the saga of the Grail. Exploring the legend's Gnostic roots, this book considers how the legend of the Grail related to fertility rites with the lance and the cup serving as sexual symbols. It traces its origins to a Gnostic text that served as a link between ancient vegetation cults and the Celts and Christians who embellished the story. Editor(s): Segal, Robert A. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691021072
ISBN
9780691021072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. This study of modernism as a cultural and literary phenomenon looks at some of the key figures behind Eliot's modernism - Mallarme, Frazer, F.H. Bradley and T.E. Hulme - to provide insight on his major poems. It presents background for connecting high modernism to 19th-century philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558490406
ISBN
9781558490406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.78

Paperback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Editor(s): Cary, Richard. Series: Masterworks of Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780808401001
ISBN
9780808401001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.00

hardcover. The relationship between James Joyce and Samuel Beckett has long been of interest to literary critics and readers. This volume provides the reader with an overview of the main trends and dilemmas that have dominated discussions on the complex Joyce/Beckett relationship, and pulls together previously scattered materials into a cohesive whole. Editor(s): Carey, Phyllis. Num Pages: 199 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823213405
ISBN
9780823213405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.03

Paperback. This guide has been specifically written for AS and A2 students and is filled with in-depth analysis on contexts, character, key themes and critical perspectives. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBD; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 209 x 295 x 6. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447913177
ISBN
9781447913177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.94

Hardback. The author breaks with old critical commonplaces that contrast Fielding's "masculinity" with Samuel Richardson's "feminine" sensibilities. She argues that a preoccupation with the tenuousness of gendered identity appears throughout Fielding's writings, and that Fielding shared that preoccupation with his contemporaries. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723916
ISBN
9780804723916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.67

paperback. The author breaks with old critical commonplaces that contrast Fielding's "masculinity" with Samuel Richardson's "feminine" sensibilities. She argues that a preoccupation with the tenuousness of gendered identity appears throughout Fielding's writings, and that Fielding shared that preoccupation with his contemporaries. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 421.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804725200
ISBN
9780804725200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 2. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448010
ISBN
9780801448010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.05

paperback. Series: Literature & Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSK; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780271019260
ISBN
9780271019260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.45

This volume collects fifteen landmark essays published over the last three decades by the distinguished medievalist Jill Mann. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 780.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442648654
ISBN
9781442648654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816669905
ISBN
9780816669905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.41

hardcover. Figuring the Feminine argues that the bodies of women are crucial to the working out of such questions as the unsettling shift from orality to literacy, textual instability, cultural dissonance, and the resistance to cultural and religious hegemony. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780802090980
ISBN
9780802090980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.30

Hardcover. Explores how contemporary German-language literary, dramatic, filmic, musical, and street artists are grappling in their works with social-justice issues that affect Germany and the wider world. Editor(s): Twark, Jill E.; Hildebrandt, Axel. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 334 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135698
ISBN
9781571135698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611490503
ISBN
9781611490503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.76

Paperback. A thorough, accessible, and well-grounded introduction to the breadth of approaches and perspectives comprising contemporary rhetorical criticism. Editor(s): Kuypers, Jim A. Series: Communication, Media and Politics. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442252721
ISBN
9781442252721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.84

Paperback. How Literary Culture Became Popular Culture. 312 pages, 28 illustrations. Assesses the popular literary culture that has developed in the United States. This book describes how a once solitary and print-based experience has become an exuberantly social activity, enjoyed as much on the screen as on the page. It highlights the infrastructural and cultural changes that have given rise to a flourishing reading public. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFCA. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346067
ISBN
9780822346067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.08

hardcover. Offering a revisionist account of the genre of the epyllion, Ellis transforms theories of sexuality, literature, and politics of the Elizabethan age, making an erudite and intriguing contribution to the field. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780802087355
ISBN
9780802087355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.14

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