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Literary studies: general

Hardback. This book explores modern literature's responses to the tragic. It examines writers from the latter half of the nineteenth century through to the later twentieth century who respond to ideas about tragedy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748636730
ISBN
9780748636730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.67
€ 101.60

Paperback. This book concerns itself with dress in the novels of Samuel Richardson, and how attire confirms, contributes to, or challenges the characters' fashioning of self and the self as others (characters or readers) perceive it. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349365319
ISBN
9781349365319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.57

Paperback. Thisbook contextualizes21st century representations of disappearance, torture, and detention within a historical framework of inter-American narratives. Examining a range of sources, Pitt finds a persistent focus on the body that links contemporary practices of political terror to concerns about corporality and sovereignty." Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349290635
ISBN
9781349290635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Paperback. Analyzing the poets Melvin B. Tolson, Langston Hughes, and Amiri Baraka, this study charts the Afro-Modernist epic. Within the context of Classical epic traditions, early 20th-century American modernist long poems, and the griot traditions of West Africa, Schultz reveals diasporic consciousness in the representation of African American identities. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSC; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349341801
ISBN
9781349341801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.30

Paperback. This book brings a new dimension to the critical debate about the complex relationship of Woolf to the marketplace and commodity culturethrough a focus on the gift economy at work in Woolf's writing, exploring the political subversiveness of the gift and its significance inher modernist aesthetics." Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349546015
ISBN
9781349546015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.88

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137026323
ISBN
9781137026323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.47

paperback. Shakespeare's 'Whores' studies each use of the word 'whore' in Shakespeare's canon, focusing especially on the positive personal and social effects of female sexuality, as represented in several major female characters, from the goddess Venus, to the queen Cleopatra, to the cross-dressing Rosalind, and many others. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 201 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
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439126
ISBN
9781349439126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.71

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
302
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2005th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403964441
ISBN
9781403964441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.89

Hardback. Angela Johnson is a three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Author award, the Prinz prize, a MacArthur Foundation genius award, and numerous other book awards. This book introduces Johnson's work, illuminating its nuances through research and interviews and correspondence with her. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 267.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810850927
ISBN
9780810850927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
Condition
New
Number of pages
146
SKU
V9788323336976
ISBN
9788323336976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.40

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 420 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319518190
ISBN
9783319518190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780801488528
ISBN
9780801488528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Hardback. Editor(s): Abdel-Malek, Kamal. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJ; DSB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312229634
ISBN
9780312229634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.82
€ 45.32

Hardback. The essays in this volume interrogate the unique and often problematic relationship between early modern cultural studies and ecocriticism, providing theoretical insights and models for a future practice that successfully wed the two disciplines. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230604612
ISBN
9780230604612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312222703
ISBN
9780312222703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.28

Paperback. This study emphasizes the pattern of literary change in Iran, as it focuses on the relationship between the constructive elements of literary creativity, literary movement, ideology, and metaphorical language of modern Persian authors. Num Pages: 232 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2BXF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628194
ISBN
9780815628194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.07

Hardcover. This study emphasizes the pattern of literary change in Iran, as it focuses on the relationship between the constructive elements of literary creativity, literary movement, ideology, and metaphorical language of modern Persian authors. Num Pages: 232 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2BXF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628187
ISBN
9780815628187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

Hardback. Centred on the relationship between the personal lives of the writers John Middleton Murry, Katherine Mansfield, and D. H. Lawrence and the works they produced this intriguing study develops a portrait of a circle of writers who significantly influenced the development of modernism in Britain. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780748641482
ISBN
9780748641482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.60
€ 107.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press Ithaca
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486494
ISBN
9780801486494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Winstead, Karen A. Translator(s): Winstead, Karen A. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DNF; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485572
ISBN
9780801485572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Editor(s): Weissberg, Liliane; Beckman, Karen. Num Pages: 368 pages, 74 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816677290
ISBN
9780816677290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319562667
ISBN
9783319562667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.90

Hardcover. This book shows how early women novelists from Aphra Behn to Mary Davys drew on debates about the self generated by the 'scientific' revolution to establish the novel as a genre. Fascinated by the problematic idea of a unified self underpinning modes of thinking, female novelists innovated narrative structures to interrogate this idea. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSBD; HPCD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137389206
ISBN
9781137389206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.48

Hardcover. Love of home life, the intimate moments a family peacefully enjoyed in seclusion, had long been considered a hallmark of English character even before the Victorian era. This book explores how intimacy became a spectacle and how this paradox energized Victorian culture between 1835 and 1865. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691006680
ISBN
9780691006680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.04
€ 82.66

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