Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Hardback. Exploring deep-rooted understandings of race and gender and describing how differently their "Americanness" resonates in both writers' works, What Else But Love? considers the legacy of slavery in a variety of ways, from the meaning of mammies and mothers to the question of black manhood. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102766
- ISBN
- 9780231102766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.57
€ 134.57
Paperback. American Literature in Context after 1929 explores thehistorical events and literary movements that shaped Americanliterature from the Great Depression onward. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405186001
- ISBN
- 9781405186001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.86
€ 29.86
Paperback. Herman Roth is eighty-six years old, a widower and retired insurance manager, suffering from a brain tumour and fighting death. In a remarkable act of memory, elegy and appreciation, the author creates his most irrepressible and irresistible hero - his father. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099914303
- ISBN
- 9780099914303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. A work of candour and inventiveness, instructive particularly in its revelation of the interplay between life and art. It concentrates on five episodes from Philip Roth's life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520962
- ISBN
- 9780099520962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
paperback. What qualities helped Primo Levi survive the demented laboratory of Auschwitz? What does Milan Kundera make of being denounced as a subversive writer in communist Czechoslovakia? What does Edna O'Brien think drove generations of Irish writers into exile? This book explores the importance of region, politics and history in their work. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099428435
- ISBN
- 9780099428435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.27
€ 12.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138859647
- ISBN
- 9781138859647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.12
€ 36.12
Paperback. Basilus, a foolish old Duke, consults an oracle, but he is less than pleased with what he learns. To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies, he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife and two daughters. When a pair of princes fall in love with the princesses and adopt disguises to gain access to them, all manner of complications ensue. Editor(s): Evans, Maurice. Num Pages: 880 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 526. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KAC0001513
- ISBN
- 9780140431117
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Part of the series "Euripides in Penguin Classics", this title contains plays such as "Phoenician Women", "Bacchae", "Iphigenia at Aulis", "Orestes", and "Rhesus". Translator(s): Vellacott, Philip. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140440447
- ISBN
- 9780140440447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.48
€ 14.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. This book is about four writers-Sartre, Eluard, Blanchot, and Celine-whose works confront and respond to the purge of collaborationist intellectuals in postwar France. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804731850
- ISBN
- 9780804731850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
hardcover. This book is about four writers-Sartre, Eluard, Blanchot, and Celine-whose works confront and respond to the purge of collaborationist intellectuals in postwar France. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804731843
- ISBN
- 9780804731843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Paperback. In The Fellowship, Philip and Carol Zaleski offer the first complete rendering of the Inklings' lives and works. Lewis maps the medieval mind, accepts Christ while riding in the sidecar of his brother's motorcycle, becomes a world-famous evangelist, and creates new forms of religiously attuned fiction while wrestling with personal crises. Num Pages: 656 pages, 16 pages of black and white illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 211 x 51. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780374536251
- ISBN
- 9780374536251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.97
€ 26.99
€ 23.97
Hardback. It will interest English-language medievalists of several other disciplines: intellectual historians and specialists of English, as well as scholars of Italian and Iberian literature. Translator(s): Curley, Michael J.; Rendall, Steven. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 568 pages, 14, 12 black & white line drawings, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; DSA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 43. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411248
- ISBN
- 9781421411248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.87€ 76.15
€ 83.87
€ 76.15
Paperback. This analysis of the historical position of Paul Celan's poetry addresses the question of a lyric language that would not be the expression of subjectivity. Translator(s): Tarnowski, Andrea. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734271
- ISBN
- 9780804734271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691606408
- ISBN
- 9780691606408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSC; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633480
- ISBN
- 9780691633480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.96
€ 187.96
Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 144 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582414655
- ISBN
- 9780582414655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Paperback. This is a study of the forces and influences that shaped Kipling's work, including his unusual family background, his role as the laureate of empire and the deaths of two of his children, and of his complex relations with a literary world that first embraced and then rejected him. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333557211
- ISBN
- 9780333557211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. This is a study of the forces and influences that shaped Kipling's work, including his unusual family background, his role as the laureate of empire and the deaths of two of his children, and of his complex relations with a literary world that first embraced and then rejected him. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333557204
- ISBN
- 9780333557204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Paperback. This acclaimed volume explores and unravels the contexts, readings, genres, intertextualities and debates within Anglo-Saxon studies. * Brings together specially-commissioned contributions from a team of leading European and American scholars. * Embraces both the literature and the cultural background of the period. Editor(s): Pulsiano, Phillip; Treharne, Elaine M. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 552 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405176095
- ISBN
- 9781405176095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.45
€ 64.45
Hardcover. Philostratus's writings embody the height of the renaissance of Greek literature in the second century CE. Heroicus is a vineyard conversation about the beauty, continuing powers, and worship of the Homeric heroes. Gymnasticus is the sole surviving ancient treatise on sports, which reshapes conventional ideas about the athletic body. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 506 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 128 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996748
- ISBN
- 9780674996748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.92
€ 33.99
€ 28.92