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Literary studies: general

Paperback. This title presents an exploration of Gothic literature from its origins in Horace Walpole's 1764 classic 'The Castle of Otranto', through Romantic and Victorian Gothic to modernist and postmodernist takes on the form. Series: York Notes Companions. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSR. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408266663
ISBN
9781408266663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.66

Paperback. An anthology of thirty-four writers who published during the settlement years of the American frontier. It assembles nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and occasional writings from women of Anglo, Chinese, Hispanic, and Native American ethnicity, addressing such themes as isolation, drudgery, friendship, mourning, and even mysticism. Editor(s): Miller, Susan Cummins. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 462 pages, New Preface. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896726185
ISBN
9780896726185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.43

Paperback. This work is part of the "Continuum Contemporaries" series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains a biography of the novelist and a full-length study of the novel. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 189 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC New York
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0212364
ISBN
9780826452351
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. This work is part of the "Continuum Contemporaries" series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains a biography of the novelist and a full-length study of the novel. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 189 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120. Clean copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC New York
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0212365
ISBN
9780826452351
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166348
ISBN
9780231166348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135650
ISBN
9781571135650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.30

Hardback. Analyzes texts and art objects from the 15th to the late 16th centuries to show that Renaissance theories of emulating classical heroes generated a deep skepticism about representation, as these theories forced men to construct a public image that seemed fixed but could adapt to changing circumstances. Num Pages: 372 pages, 24 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; DSBD; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251742
ISBN
9780823251742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293875
ISBN
9780226293875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. "Blood Talk" shows how race melodrama emerged from race abolitionist works such as "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and surprisingly manifested itself in a set of more aesthetically and politically varied works, such as historical romances, sentimental novels and travel literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293905
ISBN
9780226293905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.25

Hardback. Possibly one of the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition. This biography traces the writer's life from his boyhood in Ohio, to his consularship in Italy under President Lincoln, to his rise as editor of "Atlantic Monthly". Num Pages: 545 pages, 47 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
545
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238961
ISBN
9780520238961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.15

Hardback. A biography of Mary Austin that explores her life and achievement. It tells the larger story of the importance of California and the Southwest to the American consciousness. Num Pages: 344 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 255 x 30. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246355
ISBN
9780520246355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.54

Hardback. Above all, Goodman shows that novels of manners are central to American literature, and that these novels speak in a large cultural way about who and what composes America. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801868245
ISBN
9780801868245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.22
€ 47.00

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300135466
ISBN
9780300135466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.82

Paperback. The once and future history of sex and gender Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 458. Weight in Grams: 345.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073793
ISBN
9780252073793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.89

Paperback. Demonstrates that Theodor Adorno's famous injunction against writing poetry after Auschwitz paradoxically inspired an ongoing literary tradition. By speaking about or even as the dead, this work tells what it means to cite, reconfigure, consume, or envy the traumatic memories of an earlier generation. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 340 pages, 20 b&w photos, 1 color photos. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3734 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218872
ISBN
9780253218872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859893312
ISBN
9780859893312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 82.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Edition
1st
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559886
ISBN
9781875559886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822316749
ISBN
9780822316749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.33

Hardcover. Susan Howatch began to take her loyal following of gothic and family-saga readers into unexpected psychological and theological depths in the 1980s. This book provides a way into Howatch's new world by presenting many of her own considerations of her work, and by allowing a group of scholars to engage in a wide-ranging discussion of Howatch's art. Editor(s): Howatch, Susan; Johnson, Bruce; Huttar, Charles A. Num Pages: 293 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910963
ISBN
9781575910963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811224659
ISBN
9780811224659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.22

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