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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349430468
ISBN
9781349430468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.97

Hardcover. Investigates the connections between German writers H.G. Adler and W.G. Sebald and reveals a new hybrid paradigm of writing about the Holocaust in light of the wider literary-political implications of Holocaust representation since 1945. Editor(s): Finch, Helen; Wolff, Lynn L. Series: Dialogue and Disjunction: Studies in Jewish German Literature, Culture & Thought. Num Pages: 332 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Camden House
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135896
ISBN
9781571135896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.64

Hardcover. Contains readings of nineteenth-century Irish women's prose works by various international scholars. This book looks at writers who have been ignored in Irish Studies and they draw attention to women's contributions to literary genres commonly associated with male writers. It examines prose writing that does not fit the usual categories. Editor(s): Hansson, Heidi. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184165
ISBN
9781859184165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Characterizes Fielding's personality and details ways in which Fielding's attitudes contribute to the subject matter of his plays and novels and to the rhetorical strategies that control their shape as well. The book shows that his work as lawyer, magistrate, and essayist was similarly informed. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333633236
ISBN
9780333633236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.88

Paperback. This is the first book to study the work and influence of Elizabeth Cary, author of the first original play by a woman to be printed in English, The Tragedyie of Mariam (1613). Previous criticism focused concentrated on this and The History of Edward II, this volume incorporates critical and historical analyses of other genres too. Editor(s): Wolfe, H. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349531752
ISBN
9781349531752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; HBJM; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349485109
ISBN
9781349485109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Hardcover. Offering a challenge to the Blake establishment, this text places some of Blake's early prophetic works in new historical contexts. The book shows what can be achieved when feminist historicism is brought to bear on a canonical writer and on now canonized interpretations of his work. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1997th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333640364
ISBN
9780333640364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.36

Paperback. Is ventriloquism just for dummies? What is at stake in neo-Victorian fiction's desire to 'talk back' to the nineteenth century? This book explores the sexual politics of dialogues between the nineteenth century and contemporary fiction, offering a new insight into the concept of ventriloquism as a textual and metatextual theme in literature. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349344772
ISBN
9781349344772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This book engages with deictics ('pointing' words like here/there, this/that) of space. It focuses on texts by Donne, Shakespeare, Spenser, and Wroth in particular, relating their forms of deixis to cultural and generic developments; but it also suggests parallels with both iconic and neglected texts from a range of later historical periods. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 337.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137411303
ISBN
9781137411303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.00

paperback. An examination of all varieties of marginalia, from casual scribbles to lengthy arguments. It introduces us to annotators, both celebrated and unknown, whose jottings in book margins reveal much about themselves, their relationships with other readers, and their involvement with books. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300097207
ISBN
9780300097207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.76

Hardback. A study that investigates the poetics and thematics of the Silla sequence, uncovering what is known about the actual historical event and the assumptions and concerns that guided its re-creation as a literary artifact and then helped shape its reception among contemporary readers. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 550 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CJB; DCF; DSB; HRAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053304
ISBN
9780674053304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.83
€ 54.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Stauffer, Andrew M. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551116471
ISBN
9781551116471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.64

Hardcover. Thucydides Historiae Vol. I: Books I-IV Editor(s): Powell, J. E.; Jones, Sir H. Stuart. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1942
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198145509
ISBN
9780198145509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.25

Paperback. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415610193
ISBN
9780415610193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.07

Paperback. Translator(s): Ladinsky, Daniel. Num Pages: 67 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 213 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
67
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140196238
ISBN
9780140196238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Gathers 14 of Gordon S. Haight's essays on the life and work of Victorian authors and artists, among them George Eliot, George Henry Lewes, Thomas Carlyle, Charles Dickens, George Meredith, Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, and G.F. Watts. Editor(s): Witemeyer, Hugh. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349126521
ISBN
9781349126521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.14

Paperback. An engagingly written critical genealogy of "love" in modern Chinese literature, thought, and popular culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 figure, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804773270
ISBN
9780804773270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.94

Hardback. Reconnecting Cleland's writing to its literary and social milieu, this study offers new insights into the history of authorship and the literary marketplace and contributes to contemporary debates on pornography, censorship, the history of sexuality, and the contested role of literature in eighteenth-century culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421404905
ISBN
9781421404905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.89
€ 54.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Halim, Hala. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774168529
ISBN
9789774168529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.97

Hardcover. The Halletts' investigation differs from anything that has been written about the relationship between Thomas More and William Shakespeare in that it approaches the subject from a dramaturgical point of view. This book defines, in specific terms, what Shakespeare learned from his study of More's History and how he learned it. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230113671
ISBN
9780230113671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.31

Paperback. Explores the relationships among art, theology, exegesis, and literature - issues central to the study of medieval art. This book examines the illustration of theological commentaries, the use of images to expound or disseminate doctrine, the role of images within theological discourse, the development of doctrine in response to images, and more. Editor(s): Hamburger, Jeffrey F.; Bouche, Anne-Marie. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 464 pages, 198 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR; DSBB; HRCX6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1292.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691124766
ISBN
9780691124766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.89
€ 46.96

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198704850
ISBN
9780198704850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. The Postcolonial Historical Novel is the first systematic work to examine how the historical novel has been transformed by its appropriation in postcolonial writing. It proposes new ways to understand literary realism, and explores how the relationship between history and fiction plays out in contemporary African and Australasian writing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137450081
ISBN
9781137450081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Paperback. The Postcolonial Historical Novel is the first systematic work to examine how the historical novel has been transformed by its appropriation in postcolonial writing. It proposes new ways to understand literary realism, and explores how the relationship between history and fiction plays out in contemporary African and Australasian writing. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349496938
ISBN
9781349496938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.00

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