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Literary studies: general

Paperback. According to Orwell, the North was 'a strange country.' In an industrial landscape, its inhabitants seem to inhabit a bleak world caught in the gaze of 1930s realism. Such stereotypes have been tenacious. This book challenges these stereotypes, establishing the strategic and mobile nature of 'the North' and the effects of literary realism. Editor(s): Cockin, Katharine. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349349593
ISBN
9781349349593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 39. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611490381
ISBN
9781611490381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.14

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415286015
ISBN
9780415286015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Capshaw, Katharine; Duane, Anna Mae. Num Pages: 400 pages, 52. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 254 x 51. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517900274
ISBN
9781517900274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. The innovative work of Pioneer Players, a London based theatre society founded in 1911 by Edith Craig, is explored here drawing on original archive research and taking an interdisciplinary approach to women's involvement in theatre during the British women's suffrage movement. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AN; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333686966
ISBN
9780333686966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.88

Paperback. A biography of Robert Desnos (1900-1945), which re-evaluates the surrealist movement through the life and works of one of its founders. Desnos was as famous among the surrealists for his independence of mind as for his elaborate "automatic" drawings and his brilliant oral and written performances during the incubational period of the group. Num Pages: 282 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218413
ISBN
9780803218413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.45

Paperback. The Revenge Tragedy flourished in Britain in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Each of the four plays here defines the problems of the revenge genre, and deals with fundamental moral questions about justice and the individual, while registering the strains of life in an increasingly fragile social hierarchy. Editor(s): Maus, Katharine Eisaman. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199540532
ISBN
9780199540532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. This text explores the perceived discrepancy between outward appearance and inward disposition which, it argues, influenced the work of many English Renaissance dramatists and poets. The author examines various connections between religious, legal, sexual and theatrical ideas of inward truth. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511245
ISBN
9780226511245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.93

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138020740
ISBN
9781138020740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.17
€ 85.58

Italian Women Writers looks at the work of three of the most significant women in late nineteenth century Italy whose domestic fiction and journalism addressed a growing female readership. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 232 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646414
ISBN
9781442646414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Johns, Jorun B. Num Pages: 309 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
309
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572411456
ISBN
9781572411456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816667550
ISBN
9780816667550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Cautions that medieval selfhood should not be understood merely in terms of confessional practice. The author points to the controversy over confession and, more generally, lay instruction that was generated in late medieval England around the heresy known as Wycliffism (or Lollardy). Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033767
ISBN
9780268033767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Ancient epics remain a fount of inspiration for poets, dramatists, and musicians not only because they tell good stories in an aesthetically beautiful way, but also because they speak to contemporary hearts and minds still wrestling with timeless issues of human limitation, passion, violence, and uses and abuses of power. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118255346
ISBN
9781118255346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.32

Hardback. Ancient epics remain a fount of inspiration for poets, dramatists, and musicians not only because they tell good stories in an aesthetically beautiful way, but also because they speak to contemporary hearts and minds still wrestling with timeless issues of human limitation, passion, violence, and uses and abuses of power. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159470
ISBN
9781405159470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718257
ISBN
9780804718257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.03

Hardcover. This book looks at Cuban and Argentine theater of the late 1960s and early 1970s to see how the idea of spectacle as violence was used to comment on and question the social and political violence that was unfolding offstage. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 1KLSA; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230613140
ISBN
9780230613140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Paperback. A reassessment of the achievements of British playwright Harold Pinter by an international group of scholars. This work contains eighteen essays that represent the state of Pinter criticism and an affirmation of Pinter's preeminence in modern British theatre. Editor(s): Burkman, Katherine H.; Kundert-Gibbs, John Leeland. Series: Drama & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; AS; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253208118
ISBN
9780253208118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Drawing on postcolonial and gender studies, as well as affect theory, the book interrogates cosmopolitan philosophies. Through analysis of J.M. Coetzee's later fiction, Hallemeier invites the re-imagining of cosmopolitanism, particularly as it is performed through the reading of literature. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349469284
ISBN
9781349469284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.60

Paperback. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349499823
ISBN
9781349499823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

hardcover. In her short life, Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) authored two novels, 32 stories and numerous essays. This work addresses the conflicts O'Connor experienced as a "southern lady" and professional author. It considers the reasons for feminist critical neglect of the writer. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920122
ISBN
9780813920122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.27

Hardcover. Working Girls offers a cultural and literary history of telegraphists, typists, shop-girls, and barmaids. It argues that these occupations helped to shape a distinctively new identity for emancipated young women, and explores how authors used this to navigate a precarious literary landscape. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198724841
ISBN
9780198724841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.96

Paperback. To the extent that she is popularly known, Katherine Parr (1512-48) is the woman who survived King Henry VIII as his sixth and last wife. The author assembles the four publications attributed to her - Psalms or Prayers, Prayers or Meditations, The Lamentation of a Sinner, and a compilation of prayers and Biblical excerpts written in her hand. Editor(s): Mueller, Janel. Num Pages: 656 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBKE; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 179 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1138.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226213798
ISBN
9780226213798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.72
€ 45.21

Paperback. In 16th and 17th century England conversation was an embodied act that held the capacity to negotiate, manipulate and transform social relationships. Early Modern Women in Conversation illuminates the extent to which gender shaped conversational interaction and demonstrates the significance of conversation as a rhetorical practice for women. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137506306
ISBN
9781137506306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

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