Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Paperback. In this comprehensive and lucid critical study, Andrew Teverson examines the intellectual, biographical, literary and cultural contexts from which Rushdie's fiction springs in order to help the reader make sense of the often complex debates that surround the life and work of this major contemporary figure. Series Editor(s): Thieme, John. Series: Contemporary World Writers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719070518
- ISBN
- 9780719070518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.38
€ 39.38
Paperback. Greenery blends current ecological concerns with informed analysis of medieval literature to arrive at new readings of late medieval English texts, some canonical (eg Malory's Morte D'Arthur, Piers Plowman, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Chaucer's Knight's and Franklin's Tales) some less frequently studied (lyrics, Patience, Sir Orfeo). Series Editor(s): Bernau, Anke. Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719072499
- ISBN
- 9780719072499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.96
€ 26.99
€ 26.96
Hardback. Reading, Writing and the Influence of Harold Bloom takes the work of the greatest living literary critic and discovers what it is like to read 'with', 'against' and 'beyond' his work. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077012
- ISBN
- 9780719077012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.29
€ 167.29
Hardback. Suitable for those concerned with contemporary writing on D H Lawrence, modernism and English radical cultures, this work includes such chapters as: Andrew Harrison on the marketing of "Sons and Lovers"; Howard J Booth on "The Rainbow"; Holly A Laird on ethics and suicide in "Women in Love"; and Hugh Stevens on psychoanalysis in "Women in Love". Editor(s): Booth, Howard J. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078361
- ISBN
- 9780719078361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.69
€ 166.69
Paperback. The Mother of All Booklists: The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103 is written for parents, grandparents, and teachers unfamiliar with the bewildering array of award and recommended reading lists. This book offers, not the opinion of one book critic, but the aggregate opinion of an army of critics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: CB; DSB; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442271869
- ISBN
- 9781442271869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.85
€ 17.85
hardcover. This is an authoritative and timely guide to some of the most inventive and challenging fiction to emerge from Ireland in the last quarter century. Meticulously researched and lucidly written, it presents detailed interpretations of novels by some of the country s most critically celebrated and successful writers. Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781444336191
- ISBN
- 9781444336191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.29
€ 101.29
Paperback. Fanny Trollope set sail for America with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, taking with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her son Anthony, growing debts, and a husband going slowly mad from mercury poisoning. This book describes her misfortunes, and is a satirical account of a nation. Editor(s): Neville-Singleton, Pamela. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACD; 3JF; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435610
- ISBN
- 9780140435610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.81
€ 20.99
€ 18.81
Hardback. This book offers a reinterpretation of Austen's later novels by exploring their interactions with the fiction of the 1810s. Building on recent bibliographic research into the novel, this study situates Austen in the literary marketplace and offers new insights into the nature of her 'innovation', which arises from her sensitivity to the genre. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008960
- ISBN
- 9780230008960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.55
€ 23.99
€ 21.55
Hardback. This study comprises an introduction, translation, and commentary to a 17th-century Russian account of the spiritual development and inspired resistance of a prominent female dissident. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; DSBD; HRAX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739101773
- ISBN
- 9780739101773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.36
€ 122.36
Paperback. This text explores the shifting history of European attitudes towards America, utilizing British and French writing from the late 18th century to the middle of the 19th century. Thomas Murphy studies a variety of literary, philosophical and political writing by Europeans in this era. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; DSB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102206
- ISBN
- 9780739102206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.94
€ 64.94
Paperback. An examination of the intriguing question: what happens when the ideas of a thinker such as William James, who, despite his originality, was deeply rooted in American traditions, are refracted through a culture that draws on a heritage profoundly different from his own? Editor(s): Grossman, Joan Delaney; Rischin, Ruth. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HPCD; HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739105276
- ISBN
- 9780739105276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.09
€ 65.09
Hardback. Long repressed following the collapse of empire, memories of the French colonial experience have recently gained unprecedented visibility. This interdisciplinary volume explores the multiple forms of this upsurge and the forces driving it in popular culture, scholarly research, and public commemorations. Editor(s): Hargreaves, Alec. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 264 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739108208
- ISBN
- 9780739108208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.33
€ 148.33
Hardback. John Irving and Cultural Mourning offers a chronological survey of his eleven novels, examining his prose via thematically focused chapters on postmodernism, the sixties, fatherhood, narcissism, mourning and finally self-redemption. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739137932
- ISBN
- 9780739137932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.87
€ 143.87
Hardback. Series: New Studies in Modern Japan. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739138755
- ISBN
- 9780739138755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.90
€ 143.90
hardcover. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739139219
- ISBN
- 9780739139219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.15
€ 153.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739139912
- ISBN
- 9780739139912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.48
€ 136.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739141144
- ISBN
- 9780739141144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.16
€ 135.16
Hardback. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739143612
- ISBN
- 9780739143612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.92
€ 143.92
Hardback. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739143827
- ISBN
- 9780739143827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.51
€ 179.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739145036
- ISBN
- 9780739145036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.84
€ 143.84