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Literary studies: general

Paperback. A collaboration between African American and white feminists that deals with the problems that have troubled feminist thinking for decades. It questions such issues as the primacy of sexual difference, the universal nature of psychoanalytic categories, and the role of race in the formation of identity. Editor(s): Abel, Elizabeth; Christian, Barbara; Moglen, Helene. Num Pages: 425 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFFK; JFSL3; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
425
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206304
ISBN
9780520206304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.31

Hardcover. Attending to the dialogue between the comic events in plays by female writers of the 18th century and the plays' more predictable comic endings illuminates the philosophical, political and legal arguements about women and marrige that fascinated the playwrights and the theatre-going public. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239381
ISBN
9780312239381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSBD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349386932
ISBN
9781349386932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Shows how Greek tragedy uses gender relations to explore specific issues in the development of the social, political, and intellectual life in the polis. This work investigates three problematic areas in which tragic heroines act independently of men: death ritual and lamentation, marriage, and the making of significant ethical choices. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691094922
ISBN
9780691094922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Hardcover. This collection of 12 specially-commissioned essays focuses on the work of Felicia Hemans. It offers close readings of Heman's poetry, research on her reception, and analyses of her cultural significance. Editor(s): Sweet, Nanora; Melnyk, Julie. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
AIAA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2001st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333801093
ISBN
9780333801093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.09

Paperback. Feeling Backward weighs the costs of the contemporary move to the mainstream in lesbian and gay culture. This title argues that instead of moving on, we need to look backward and consider how this history continues to affect us in the present. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032392
ISBN
9780674032392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.85

Paperback. Examines one of the Spanish language's most resonant voices. This book explores how the very factors which led to the emergence of Federico Garcia Lorca as a cultural icon also shaped his dramatic output. Series: Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415362436
ISBN
9780415362436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.71

Paperback. Aims to probe beyond the perception of 'love and death' as a constant theme of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russian literature, examining what underlies the stereotype about the destructive power of romantic love and why Russian writers so willingly employ this cliche. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988962
ISBN
9780295988962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.25

Paperback. Shows how William Blake arrived at a theory of knowledge that was also, for him, a theory of religion, of human life and of art, and how this rigorously defined system of ideas found expression in the complicated but consistent symbolism of his poetry. Series: Princeton Paperbacks. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 31. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691012919
ISBN
9780691012919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 73 color plates. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 152. .
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857424358
ISBN
9780857424358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFCX; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226735542
ISBN
9780226735542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403963215
ISBN
9781403963215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Paperback. Translator(s): Constantine, David. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449013
ISBN
9780140449013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. This book offers the first full-length study of the chess structures, motifs, and imagery in William Faulkner's Knight's Gambit. Wainwright looks at the importance of chess as a literary device and examines the structural analogy drawn between the game and linguistics by Ferdinand de Saussure. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230338609
ISBN
9780230338609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

Paperback. "This book offers the first full-length study of the chess structures, motifs, and imagery in William Faulkner's Knight's Gambit. Wainwright looks at the importance of chess as a literary device and examines the structural analogy drawn between the game and linguistics by Ferdinand de Saussure"-- Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349341634
ISBN
9781349341634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. In this study of the five novels set outside the fictional county, Yoknapatawpha, the author devotes a chapter to each novel and develops the theme that these texts present in fictional form Faulkner's reflections on his aesthetic development and on the mutual responsibilities of writer and reader. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349108398
ISBN
9781349108398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.87

Hardback. Faulkner's comedy incorporates tragedy and despair; the humour in his novels can intensify or relieve a tragic or horrific effect. This study examines Faulkner's first nine novels, showing how humour is used to express theme: how it appears in the action, characters, and discourse of each novel and how it contributes to the overall effect of each . Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838640142
ISBN
9780838640142
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 125 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; GT; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
125
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662437025
ISBN
9783662437025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. His organization of the works and his supplementary material provide both students and scholars with a concise overview of Faulkner studies from its New Critical beginnings through its current engagements with theory and history. Editor(s): Duvall, John N. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 408 pages, 4, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801896996
ISBN
9780801896996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.28

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649177
ISBN
9780691649177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.97

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