Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Paperback. Examines the diasporic and transnational aspects of Asian-American literature and engages works of prose and poetry as aesthetic articulations of the fluid transnational identities formed by Asian-American writers. Editor(s): Lim, Shirley; Gamber, John Blair; Sohn, Stephen Hong; Valentino, Gina. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134519
- ISBN
- 9781592134519
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.41
€ 34.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Features the 20th century American poet's work. This book explores Elizabeth Bishop's poetry, from her early days at Vassar College to her last great poems in Geography III and the later uncollected poems. It draws on psychoanalytic and poststructuralist theory. It connects the poems with their process of composition. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474402361
- ISBN
- 9781474402361
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.67
€ 38.99
€ 34.67
Hardback. What makes a work of literature readable? This book asks that question of one of the classics of Japanese literature, the Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness) by Kenko (1283-1352), a collection of brief, fragmentary reflections on a number of subjects. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804730013
- ISBN
- 9780804730013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.11
€ 97.11
Hardback. During the nineteenth century, women authors for the first time achieved professional status, secure income, and public fame. This book examines the various ways women writers negotiated the market realities of authorship, and looks at the myths and models women writers constructed to elevate their place in the profession. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140179
- ISBN
- 9780691140179
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Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 45.72
€ 58.80
€ 45.72
Paperback. Photography has transformed the way we picture ourselves. This text tracks the impact of photography on the formation of the self-image through the study of four literary autobiographers concerned with the power of photography. All four writers tried to reconcile the image with the self. Num Pages: 286 pages, 40 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: AJ; DSB; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731476
- ISBN
- 9780226731476
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Neither a defense nor a denunciation of the postmodern, it continues Hutcheon's previous projects in studying formal self-consciousness in art, but adds to this both a historical and ideological dimension. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415007061
- ISBN
- 9780415007061
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Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28
Paperback. How are University instructors to contribute to a growing field when most PhDs continue to be conferred in British or American literature? To provide a foundational resource for teaching Anglo American transatlanticism in the long 19th century, this volume outlines conceptual approaches to transatlanticism and offers practical resources. Editor(s): Hughes, Linda K.; Robbins, Sarah R. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748694464
- ISBN
- 9780748694464
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.06
€ 41.99
€ 37.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821408537
- ISBN
- 9780821408537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.41
€ 40.41
Hardcover. Referred to long ago as a "disease" of Swiss soldiers and Highland regiments far from home, nostalgia became known in the 1920s as more of a fleeting rather than debilitating condition. This book traces the development of nostalgia from a memory disorder in the eighteenth century to its modern formulation as a pleasant recreational distraction. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925981
- ISBN
- 9780813925981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.88
€ 60.88
Paperback. Series: Contestations: Cornell Studies in Political Theory. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481772
- ISBN
- 9780801481772
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Condition: New
€ 44.26
€ 44.26
Paperback. In this study, Linda M. Grasso demonstrates that using anger as a mode of analysis and the basis of an aesthetic transforms our understanding of American women's literary history. She explores how black and white 19th-century women writers defined, expressed and dramatized anger. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228137
- ISBN
- 9780807853481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This book traces the development of Elizabethan stage directions from their medieval forebears. Later chapters analyse the grammar and rhetoric of the directions themselves, tracing the shift from Latin to English and the decline of self-conscious directions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874136609
- ISBN
- 9780874136609
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Condition: New
€ 122.04
€ 122.04
Hardcover. The images of Southern Africans as portrayed in British travel literature, geography books and text books from 1591 Num Pages: 289 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874137385
- ISBN
- 9780874137385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.36
€ 133.36
Paperback. Turning the tables on the pornography debate, this is an analysis of taboo-shattering fiction, film and performance art. It investigates the role of fantasy in art, politics and popular culture and shows how technological advances in science and medicine have altered concepts of the human body. Num Pages: 324 pages, 36 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: A; DSBH; JFC; JFD; JFMP; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520210325
- ISBN
- 9780520210325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.22
€ 35.99
€ 26.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623564469
- ISBN
- 9781623564469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.20
€ 46.20
Offers an analysis of the wide range of literary works that extends into the 21st century. This book covers drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, science fiction, and detective novels. It features discussion of American works within the context of such 21st-century issues as globalization, medicine, gender, education, and other topics. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Histories of American Literature. Num Pages: 410 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192323
- ISBN
- 9781405192323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 146.06
€ 146.06
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive analysis of a range of literary works that extends into the 21st century. This book covers drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, science fiction, and detective novels. It features discussion of American works within the context of such 21st-century issues as globalization, medicine, gender, education, and more. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Histories of American Literature. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 266 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119062523
- ISBN
- 9781119062523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.46
€ 57.46
Hardback. Series: Scottish Religious Cultures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DQ; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474411653
- ISBN
- 9781474411653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.56
€ 105.84
€ 101.56
Paperback. Provides an overview of criticism about the work of Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The book also offers an introduction to the key works and issues in African-American literary scholarship. Editor(s): Peach, Linden. Series: New Casebooks. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 4KL; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333659151
- ISBN
- 9780333659151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.72
€ 45.72
Paperback. This study offers critical readings of key contemporary Irish novels, employing a range of historical, psychoanalytic and theoretical approaches. Linden Peach examines texts by established writers such as William Trevor and John Banville alongside works by younger writers, including Roddy Doyle. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948934
- ISBN
- 9780333948934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 17.65
€ 48.99
€ 17.65