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Literary studies: general

Hardcover. A study of the literary history of the interrelated achievements of the Bloomsbury Group. Professor Rosenbaum has written an account of the ideas and people who were the early influences on the Group. He sees the modern period not as the age of 'great men', but in a new light, where original ideas about art, women and society. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Palgrave Schol, Print UK
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Edition
1987th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333408384
ISBN
9780333408384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.60

Paperback. As a young man, James Joyce rejected his country and its religion, but went on to recreate the Dublin of his youth in his fiction. "Ulysses" was initially banned in the US, but has since been recognised as a masterpiece. Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 180 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited London
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904341581
ISBN
9781904341581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. A fascinating collection of six essays, written for the William Empson Lectures in Oxford, each exploring an aspect of writerly contemplation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349006239
ISBN
9780349006239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800. A Life Raised High. 480 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 35. Weight: 796.
Publisher
Pomona
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904590231
ISBN
9781904590231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.86

Paperback.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585103577
ISBN
9781585103577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Lawrence asserted that 'the proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it'. This title includes essays that exposed 'the American whole soul' within some of that continent's major works of literature. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140183771
ISBN
9780140183771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. This book offers a concise overview of the social, cultural, and aesthetic sensibilities of the Beat Generation, explaining how their drastic visions and radical styles challenged postwar America's dominant values in ways that can still be felt in literature, cinema, music, theatre, and the visual arts. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199796779
ISBN
9780199796779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.18

Paperback. This comprehensive Companion to William Faulkner reflects the current dynamic state of Faulkner studies. * Explores the contexts, criticism, genres and interpretations of Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner, arguably the greatest American novelist. * Comprises original essays written by leading scholars. Editor(s): Moreland, Richard C. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 830.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119045403
ISBN
9781119045403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.39

Paperback. The Fiction of Narrative traces the arc and evolution of White's field-defining thought and will become standard reading for students and scholars of historiography, the theory of history, and literary studies. Editor(s): Doran, Robert. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894800
ISBN
9780801894800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.79

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

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

€ 166.47
€ 103.50

Paperback. Full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSN; 4KL; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405896153
ISBN
9781405896153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.44

Paperback. Contains the English translations of Apollodorus' "Library" and Hyginus' "Fabulae" - the two important surviving 'handbooks' of classical mythography. This work discusses the issues of authorship, aim, and influence. It also includes an index of people and geographic locations, and an index of authors and works cited by the mythographers. Translator(s): Trzaskoma, Stephen M.; Smith, R. Scott. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps, geneal. tables. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
247
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208209
ISBN
9780872208209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. Peter Field's new editon of the Morte Darthur has been hailed as 'our standard critical edition of Malory'. The paperback makes the complete definitive original spelling text edition available, with the same pagination as the two-volume hardback edition. Num Pages: 1120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Original Text ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844600
ISBN
9781843844600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.77

Paperback. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017672
ISBN
9780674017672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. Margaret Atwood's fascinating account of her lifelong relationship with science and speculative fiction. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087556
ISBN
9781844087556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996717
ISBN
9780674996717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.96

Paperback. Aims to resituate the problem of 'world literature', considered as a revived category of theoretical enquiry, by pursuing the literary-cultural implications of the theory of combined and uneven development. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381915
ISBN
9781781381915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843842941
ISBN
9781843842941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.85

Paperback. The three short fictions in this unique collection, Sarrasine, The Unknown Masterpiece, and The Girl with the Golden Eyes, deal with the relationship between artistic ideals and sexual desires. They show Balzac's mastery of the seductions of storytelling, and are among the 19th century's richest explorations of life and art. Translator(s): Collier, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199571284
ISBN
9780199571284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. At the age of forty, T S Eliot was to set a new course for his life and work. This title includes his correspondence with friends and mentors that vividly documents all the stages of Eliot's personal and artistic transformation during these crucial years, the continuing anxieties of his private life, and the forging of his public reputation. Editor(s): Eliot, Valerie; Haffenden, John. Series: Letters of T. S. Eliot. Num Pages: 992 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 238 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1296.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
992
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571140855
ISBN
9780571140855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. This book, now in paperback, demonstrates how contemporary children's texts draw on utopian and dystopian tropes in their projections of possible futures, exploring ways in which children's texts respond to social change and global politics. The book argues that children's texts are crucially implicated in shaping the values of their readers. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230308565
ISBN
9780230308565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, one line drawing. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538997
ISBN
9780199538997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. This work brings together the three volumes of Olson's long poem (originally published in 1960, 1968 and 1975 respectively) in one book. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 256 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
664
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520055957
ISBN
9780520055957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 46.48

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