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Literary studies: general

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643106
ISBN
9780691643106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.47

Hardcover. A definitive study of an author who in celebrating one era helped usher in the next. In this critical examination, the author sees Mary Arnold Ward as being "behind her times" in two senses - in her tireless defense of her evolving era's achievements and intentions, but also in her wariness of the advance of time and of the violence of change. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813923673
ISBN
9780813923673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.40

Paperback. A history of the Circe myth. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252063565
ISBN
9780252063565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Hardback. Advances in astronomy such as the theories of Copernicus and the development of the telescope sparked a strong response within Early Modern literature. The essays in this collection show this discourse went on to develop a political context to discuss topics like New World exploration and even kingship and regicide, well into the 18th century. Editor(s): Hayden, Judy A. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HPCB; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2090
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137583451
ISBN
9781137583451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.03

Hardback. Focuses on the intersection and the cross-fertilization between the travel narrative, literary discourse, and the New Philosophy in the early modern to early eighteenth-century historical periods. This title examines how science and the literary discourse of the travel narrative become intrinsically linked. Editor(s): Hayden, Prof. Judy A. Num Pages: 256 pages, Includes 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 602. 220 pages, includes 13 b&w illustrations. Focuses on the intersection and the cross-fertilization between the travel narrative, literary discourse, and the New Philosophy in the early modern to early eighteenth-century historical periods. This title examines how science and the literary discourse of the travel narrative become intrinsically linked. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSBD; WTL. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 21. Weight: 602.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409420422
ISBN
9781409420422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.37
€ 102.37

Hardcover. This anthology - a companion volume to "New Plays From the Abbey Theatre, 1993-1995" - takes up where the first volume left off, with the best new plays from Ireland's Abbey Theatre. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; AN; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629283
ISBN
9780815629283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.91

Paperback. This anthology offers the best new plays from Ireland's Abbey Theatre. Plays covered include Hugh Leonard's "Love in the Title", Frank McGuinness's "Dolly West's Kitchen", and Jimmie Murphy's "The Muesli Belt". Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPR; 3JM; DD; DSBH; DSG; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629870
ISBN
9780815629870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99

Paperback. Assessing existing traditions of autobiography and biography, this study seeks a method capable of conveying the distinctive content of women's lives while retaining the tenor of feminine subjectivity. The author draws on recent feminist research methodologies as well as anthropology and sociology. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814750759
ISBN
9780814750759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Given the ways in which spirituality functions in the work of Black women writers and filmmakers, the author proposes that what these women embrace in their narrative construction and characterization is the responsibility of the priestess, bearing and distributing "life-force" to sustain the community of people who read and view their work. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813923703
ISBN
9780813923703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.46

paperback. Editor(s): Julavits, Heidi; Leland, Andrew; Vida, Vendela. Num Pages: 80 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Believer Magazine
Condition
New
SKU
V9781940450117
ISBN
9781940450117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. This study shows that sentimental, melodramatic and gothic novels written in the wake of the American Revolution can be read as an emotional history of the early Republic, reflecting the hate, fear and grief which tormented the federalist era, and giving voice to a collective mourning process. Num Pages: 306 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226773117
ISBN
9780226773117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

Hardcover. Surveys the thought and literary work of a towering figure in twentieth-century Spanish cultural and political life. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855663008
ISBN
9781855663008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Paperback. This collection of seventeen original essays by leading authorities offers, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the significant authors and important aspects of fifteenth-century English poetry. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844303
ISBN
9781843844303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.68

Hardcover. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815634003
ISBN
9780815634003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.66

Hardback. This book focuses on the meaning and function of George Herbert's poetic form from a psychohistorical perspective, demonstrating what close attention to prosody can contribute to critical discussions about the devices of self-representation, the dynamics of the self-other relation, and the depths of self-transformation in The Temple. Num Pages: 270 pages, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136791
ISBN
9780874136791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.46

Hardcover. The Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins was a practitioner of strict asceticism, and his commentators have often approved or disapproved of his rigorous self-discipline. This study uses Lacanian theories of sublimation and courtly love to reconfigure this rift in the field of Hopkins criticism. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919409
ISBN
9780813919409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.32

Paperback. Highlights the long history of African American-Asian American relations Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814752562
ISBN
9780814752562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. "The Golden Ass" tells of a young man changed into an ass by magic. This book follows Apuleius' tale from antiquity through the sixteenth century, tracing its journey from roll to codex in fourth-century Rome, into the medieval library of Monte Cassino, into the hands of Italian humanists, into print, and, finally, over the Alps. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 408 pages, 20 color illus. 6 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691131368
ISBN
9780691131368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.13
€ 67.89

Hardcover. Catullus is one of the liveliest and most appealing Roman poets. His emotion, charm, and apparent spontaneity resonate with readers as strongly today as in antiquity. This sophisticated literary and historical introduction brings Catullus to life for the modern reader and presents his poetry in all its variety of emotions, subjects, and styles. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405118897
ISBN
9781405118897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.59

Paperback. Powers of Horror is an excellent introduction to an aspect of contemporary French literature which has been allowed to become somewhat neglected in the current emphasis on para-philosophical modes of discourse." Translator(s): Roudiez, Leon S. Num Pages: 219 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318. An Essay on Abjection. 219 pages, Ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight: 318. Translator(s): Roudiez, Leon S.
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
219
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
Reprinted Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231053471
ISBN
9780231053471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.93

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