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Literary studies: general

Hardcover. The Masters of the Revels and Elizabeth I's Court Theatre offers a complete revision of established views of the structure and function of Elizabeth I's Revels Office, arguing that the revels essentially became a commercial enterprise, paid for by the ordinary Londoners. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
342
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198719670
ISBN
9780198719670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.04

Paperback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231165150
ISBN
9780231165150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.15

Paperback. Offers a reading of the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation. This study focuses on the thematic preoccupations that emerged from writers' immersion in and resistance to the Second World War. It includes a detailed and theoretically informed case studies of canonical writers such as Bowen, Orwell, Greene and Waugh. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627455
ISBN
9780748627455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908980151
ISBN
9781908980151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. This book draws on the author's column in The Guardian, 'Elements of Fiction'. Using examples from well-known recent novels, it examines the techniques by which fiction works. It will widen the vocabulary of anyone interested in contemporary fiction, not least by showing where it has elements in common with classic novels of the past. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199281787
ISBN
9780199281787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.16

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763503860
ISBN
9788763503860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.02
€ 52.06

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bruhn, Jorgen; Lundquist, Jan. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
180
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772896014
ISBN
9788772896014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.95

Paperback. New essays on the works and themes of Hesse, one of the most perennially relevant and widely-read German authors. Editor(s): Cornils, Ingo. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 450 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135810
ISBN
9781571135810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.84

Paperback. In The Literate Eye, Rachel Teukolsky analyzes the vivid archive of Victorian art writing to reveal the key role played by nineteenth-century authors in the rise of modernist aesthetics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 54 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DSBF; DSBH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199739233
ISBN
9780199739233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.48

Hardback. She draws a direct link between the disparate theories of focus articulated in eighteenth-century literature and modern experiments in neuroscience, revealing that contemporary questions surrounding short attention spans are grounded in long conversations over the nature and limits of focus. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19, 2 colour illustrations, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 259 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420127
ISBN
9781421420127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.57
€ 46.41

Paperback. Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan addresses key approaches to narrative fiction, from New Criticism to Phenomenology, but also offers views on and modifications to these theories. Series: New Accents. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415280228
ISBN
9780415280228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.78

Paperback. Sheds light on contemporary "foodie" culture's vexed relationship to nativism, nationalism and race privilege Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSB; HBTB; JFCV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814770030
ISBN
9780814770030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.59

Hardback. Wesley Kort's Reading C. S. Lewis: A Commentary is a captivating collection of essays on individual works by C. S. Lewis that separates itself from the opinions of his fans and critics by examining Lewis's life and work as a whole. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190221348
ISBN
9780190221348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.00

Paperback. Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career highs (and lows) and her institutional confinement, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years. This book presents a collection of correspondence between Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Editor(s): Barks, Cathy W.; Bryer, Jackson R. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324. The Love Letters of F.Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. 432 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. Editor(s): Barks, Cathy W.; Bryer, Jackson R. Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career highs (and lows) and her institutional confinement, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years. This book presents a collection of correspondence between Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight: 356.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747566014
ISBN
9780747566014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. A fully updated edition of this popular Companion, with two new essays reflecting new developments in the field. Editor(s): Curran, Stuart. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 324 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 322 pages, 12 b/w illus. Editor(s): Curran, Stuart. A fully updated edition of this popular Companion, with two new essays reflecting new developments in the field. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight: 504.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
322
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521136051
ISBN
9780521136051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.83

Paperback. Presents thirty-four traditional stories about the Buddha in his previous incarnations, both human and animal. This book paints a vivid picture of life at a high point in ancient Indian culture, city life in ordinary households or at the royal court, and country life against a backdrop of mountain, desert, and jungle. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226782157
ISBN
9780226782157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. .
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170656
ISBN
9781590170656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 219 pages, b/w illus & tables. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195182
ISBN
9781845195182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590178287
ISBN
9781590178287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.37

Paperback. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age. This biography traces Elizabeth's youth in rural Knutsford, her married years in the tension-ridden city of Manchester and her wide network of friends, her religious and feminist arguments of nineteenth century Britain, with enjoyment, passion and wit. Num Pages: 704 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571203598
ISBN
9780571203598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.87

Hardback. Provides an account of the philosophical and psychological theories in the British empiricist tradition that provoked some of the most radical changes in literary form between the eighteenth and the twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 336 pages, None. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748609123
ISBN
9780748609123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.61
€ 112.54

Hardcover. Death and Tenses explores the question of what tense we should use to refer to the dead. Focusing on sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century texts in French and Latin, it compares early modern examples with modern French and English, asking whether changes in more recent beliefs in posthumous survival have led to different tense usage. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JB; 3JD; CFF; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198754039
ISBN
9780198754039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450358
ISBN
9780801450358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.37

Paperback.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662520
ISBN
9781855662520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.36

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