Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Hardcover. Offers an assessment of Don DeLillo's four-decade cultural critique. This work explores DeLillo's fascination with Eastern philosophies, interest in Native American traditions, passion for jazz, and deep roots in Catholicism. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570036446
- ISBN
- 9781570036446
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€ 45.99€ 45.50
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Paperback. Published in Richmond, Virginia, "The Southern Literary Messenger" was originally edited by Edgar Allan Poe. In 1905, Benjamin Blake Minor wrote a study of this magazine. This book presents Minor's account of the journal's history, along with an introduction by Wells which places Minor's account in a historical context. Series: Southern Classics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570036712
- ISBN
- 9781570036712
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€ 23.06
€ 23.06
Hardcover. A reading of physical obsession in O'Connor through linguistic and literary techniques. This book demonstrates that the many constructions in which the body parts of O'Connor's characters are foregrounded, either as subjects or objects, are grammatical manipulations of semantic variations on what linguists deem the middle voice. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570036989
- ISBN
- 9781570036989
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€ 50.99€ 50.50
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Hardcover. Surveys the writings of the author of the Pulitzer Prize - winning drama "Angels in America" and coauthor of the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for the film "Munich". This book guides readers through Kushner's influences and creations to map the importance of the writer's body of work in expanding postmodern literary and cultural landscapes. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 299.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037498
- ISBN
- 9781570037498
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Hardcover. Offers an introduction to the works of a Cajun writer who finds optimism in his blue-collar tales. This book presents a study of the Louisiana storyteller, who injects a seldom heard Cajun voice into Southern literature and offers a optimistic vision among other contemporary writers of the hardscrabble American South. Series Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570038594
- ISBN
- 9781570038594
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Paperback. Explores the hermit novelist, Flannery O'Connor's identification with the early Christian monastics and the ways in which she infused her fiction with their teachings. This title shows how her characters are moved toward a radical simplicity of ascetic discipline as a means of confronting internal and worldly evils while being drawn closer to God. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570039102
- ISBN
- 9781570039102
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€ 45.99€ 45.50
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paperback. In the 1920s F. Scott Fitzgerald was regarded as a spokesman for rebellious youth, as a play-boy, as an authority on sex and marriage and as a popular writer. It was some time before he would be regarded as one of the best American writers who ever lived. This volume presents 37 interviews with Fitzgerald. Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J.; Baughman, Judith S. Series: Literary Conversations Series. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 256.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578066056
- ISBN
- 9781578066056
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Condition: New
€ 34.56
€ 34.56
Hardcover. Katherine Anne Porter revealed only scant facts about her life, and often gave conflicting accounts. Here, the author finds that Porter's deceptions were a screen for deep personal turmoil, fuelled by multiple marriages, and babies lost to miscarriage, abortion, and stillbirth. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 871.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578067770
- ISBN
- 9781578067770
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Condition: New
€ 39.89
€ 39.89
paperback. Milosz survived the Soviet invasion of his beloved Lithuania, escaped to Nazi-occupied Warsaw where he joined the Socialist resistance, then witnessed the Holocaust and the razing of the Warsaw Ghetto. After persecution and censorship triggered his defection in 1951, he found not relief but the anguish of solitude and obscurity. Editor(s): Haven, Cynthia L. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781578068296
- ISBN
- 9781578068296
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Condition: New
€ 34.86
€ 34.86
Hardback. Representing a variety of critical approaches, this collection focuses on one of the most widely taught works of American literature - "Gatsby". It explores the deceptive simplicity of the plot and the complex underpinnings of what makes the novel a true masterpiece. Series: Critical Insights. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 289 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Salem Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587656088
- ISBN
- 9781587656088
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Condition: New
€ 111.67
€ 111.67
hardcover. When it premiered, "Death of a Salesman" received immediate critical praise and popular attention. Miller set out to change the face of American Drama and succeeded. The play won the Pulitzer Prize, and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. This volume brings together some of the best essays written on Miller's most accomplished play. Editor(s): Murphy, Brenda. Series: Critical Insights. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 800.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Salem Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781587656101
- ISBN
- 9781587656101
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Condition: New
€ 111.67
€ 111.67
Hardback. A collection of essays examining the short stories and life of the 19th century American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Presenting some of the best of a broad range of critical perspectives from the psychoanalytical to the postcolonial, it offers an introduction to Poe's tales and the critical conversation surrounding them. Series: Critical Insights. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Salem Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587656163
- ISBN
- 9781587656163
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Condition: New
€ 111.67
€ 111.67
Paperback. What is the African novel, and how should it be taught? The twenty-three essays of this volume address these two questions and in the process convey a wealth of information and ideas about the diverse regions, peoples, nations, languages, and writers of the African continent. Editor(s): Desai, Gaurav. Series: Options for Teaching. Num Pages: 427 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America United States
- Number of pages
- 427
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603290388
- ISBN
- 9781603290388
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Editor(s): Beasley, Faith E. Series: Options for Teaching 33. Num Pages: 379 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America United States
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603290968
- ISBN
- 9781603290968
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Condition: New
€ 45.09
€ 45.09
Paperback. Series: Options for Teaching. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 617.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603291071
- ISBN
- 9781603291071
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.26
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Approaches to Teaching "the Story of the Stone (Dream of the Red Chamb...
. Ed(S): Schonebaum, Andrew; Lu, Tina
Paperback. The Story of the Stone (or Dream of the Red Chamber), a Chinese novel by Cao Xueqin and continued by Gao E, tells of an amazing garden, of a young man's choice between two beautiful women, of his journey toward enlightenment, and of the moral and financial decline of a powerful family. Editor(s): Schonebaum, Andrew; Lu, Tina. Series: Approaches to Teaching World Literature. Num Pages: 515 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 716.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America United States
- Number of pages
- 515
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603291118
- ISBN
- 9781603291118
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€ 41.99€ 41.76
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Paperback. Nella Larsen's novels Quicksand and Passing, published at the height of the Harlem Renaissance, fell out of print and ere thus little known for many years. Now widely available and taught, Quicksand and Passing challenge conventional "tragic mulatta" and "passing" narratives. This volume offers approaches for teaching these two important novels. Editor(s): McLendon, Jacquelyn Y. Series: Approaches to Teaching World Literature Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603292207
- ISBN
- 9781603292207
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€ 41.99€ 41.76
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Paperback. A collection of interviews with the Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison that bring to the foreground her comments on American literature and society, the academy, and her own work. Editor(s): Denard, Carolyn C. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604730197
- ISBN
- 9781604730197
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Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
paperback. Collects 14 interviews with a Brooklyn-born author of such novels as "Girl in Landscape", "Motheriess Brooklyn", "The Fortress of Solitude", "Chronic City", and many others, that cover a wide range of subjects, from what it means to incorporate genre into literature, to the impact of his mother's death on his life and work. Editor(s): Clarke, Jaime. Series: Literary Conversations Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604739725
- ISBN
- 9781604739725
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Condition: New
€ 34.28
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Paperback. Series: Reading Hemingway. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606352397
- ISBN
- 9781606352397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28