Literary studies: general
Results 4081 - 4104 of 9741
Literary studies: general
Paperback. 'Reading Chekhov is a literary pilgrimage, homage, travelogue, biography, literary criticism and a restrained love letter all rolled into one .. It is the work of an iridescent and sympathetic imagination' The Times Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGL; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847085368
- ISBN
- 9781847085368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.56
€ 14.99
€ 11.56
Paperback. Drawing attention to the interplay between writing and vision, this book is stuffed with more than 200 images. It is a meditation on the threads that unite mothers and sons and the ways that certain writers and photographers take up those threads and create art that captures an irretrievable past. Num Pages: 536 pages, 215 illustrations (32 in color). BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 199 x 47. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339625
- ISBN
- 9780822339625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.21
€ 35.99
€ 33.21
Paperback. These essays examine the ways in which the material qualities of books profoundly affect how they have been read and understood. Included are chapters on the reception of Dante's works in America, the binding styles of Ticknor and Fields and the packaging of literature for American high schools. Editor(s): Moylan, Michele; Stiles, Lane. Series: Studies in Print Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFC; KNTP; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press Amherst
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558490635
- ISBN
- 9781558490635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.67
€ 46.67
Paperback. First book of essays on a maverick figure in late 20th century British poetry. Editor(s): Batchelor, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852249885
- ISBN
- 9781852249885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.19
€ 16.99
€ 13.19
Hardback. Arguing that Poe is exemplary in his ambivalent relationship to mass culture, the author offers a new theorization of mass culture and ideology. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725415
- ISBN
- 9780804725415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.19
€ 81.19
Paperback. How is the growing body of Asian American works to be read? What holds them together to constitute a tradition? What distinguishes this tradition from the 'mainstream' canon and other 'minority' literatures? This book explores their implications for the multiculturalist agenda. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015415
- ISBN
- 9780691015415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 42.55
€ 52.92
€ 42.55
Hardback. In Reading as the Angels Read, Ardizzone reconstructs the cultural and socio-political background that provided the motivation for the Banquet and offers a bold new reading of this ambitious work. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442637061
- ISBN
- 9781442637061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.07
€ 96.07
Paperback. Discusses how the writers or editors of Arab women's autobiographies have written, documented, presented, and organized their texts. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 2CSR; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780292705456
- ISBN
- 9780292705456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Hardback. An investigation into the connections between military and literary culture in the late medieval period, and how warfare shaped such texts as Malory's Morte. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843245
- ISBN
- 9781843843245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.45
€ 98.45
Paperback. This work places the literary texts of such noted authors as George Washington Cable, W.E.B. DuBois, Alex Haley and Zora Neale Hurston in the context of the history, spiritual traditions, folklore, music, linguistics and politics out of which they were written. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190891
- ISBN
- 9780813190891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.27
€ 48.27
Paperback. Delves into one of the enduring themes of literature - the child raised by other parents. This book combines memoir with literary and feminist scholarship, shedding light on familiar texts. It explores the ways in which novels and plays portray adoption through careful readings of works by authors from Sophocles to Barbara Kingsolver. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472032648
- ISBN
- 9780472032648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.68
€ 40.68
Hardcover. A pathbreaking consideration of the intertwined critical responses to Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass, giants of abolitionist literature. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135773
- ISBN
- 9781571135773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.58
€ 98.58
Paperback. This volume examines the poems of T.S. Eliot, work by work. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Syracuse University Press ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815605003
- ISBN
- 9780815605003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.69
€ 24.69
Hardback. One of the most controversial novels of the twentieth century, Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" is renowned for its innovative style and notorious for its subject matter and influence on popular culture. This book guides readers through the intricacies of Nabokov's work and helps them achieve an understanding of his rich artistic design. Series: Studies in Slavic and Russian Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843659
- ISBN
- 9781934843659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.38
€ 131.38
Hardback. A complete handbook for librarians and teachers to confront and overcome aliteracy in young adults. Num Pages: 128 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSB; GLM; JNKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810843431
- ISBN
- 9780810843431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.18
€ 76.18
hardcover. The relationship between James Joyce and Samuel Beckett has long been of interest to literary critics and readers. This volume provides the reader with an overview of the main trends and dilemmas that have dominated discussions on the complex Joyce/Beckett relationship, and pulls together previously scattered materials into a cohesive whole. Editor(s): Carey, Phyllis. Num Pages: 199 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823213405
- ISBN
- 9780823213405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.76
€ 109.76
Paperback. This volume reflects on the late-1990s fascination with Sappho's "afterlife". The essays examine the changing interpretations of scholars and writers who have read the fragmentary remains of Sappho's poetry. Editor(s): Greene, Ellen. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206038
- ISBN
- 9780520206038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.75
€ 35.99
€ 26.75
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611476545
- ISBN
- 9781611476545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.79
€ 137.79
Hardcover. In this thoughtful study, Leilei Chen embraces travel writing as a means of understanding Chinese "otherness" and discovering one's self in a globalized world. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; DSBH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889774407
- ISBN
- 9780889774407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 59.33
€ 64.68
€ 59.33
Paperback. Presents readings of Irish literature, history and culture that reflect some of the historical, sociological, psychological and philosophical dimensions of exile in the 1800s and 1900s. This work presents essays that combine historical, cultural, and literary analyses in their treatment of aspects of exile in Irish writing. Editor(s): Boss, Michael; Nordin, Irene Gilsenan; Olinder, Britta. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSB; JFFN; JPVH1; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779340107
- ISBN
- 9788779340107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.08
€ 13.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748647156
- ISBN
- 9780748647156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.73€ 108.92
€ 111.73
€ 108.92
Hardback. Re-Figuring Hayden White is a reconsideration of the work of Hayden White by a group of internationally prominent scholars from the fields of history, philosophy, rhetoric, and cultural studies. Editor(s): Ankersmit, Frank; Domanska, Ewa; Kellner, Hans. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804760034
- ISBN
- 9780804760034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.11
€ 171.11
Paperback. Can Shakespeare help us with the question of how to live? This title argues that although Shakespeare strikingly dramatizes various kinds of uncertainty and scepticism, including scepticism about what it is to be human, his work can still serve as as source of existential wisdom and guidance. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748691234
- ISBN
- 9780748691234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.50
€ 40.99
€ 36.50
Paperback. A selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of Raymond Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, "The Poodle Springs Story", left unfinished at his death. Num Pages: 275 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208353
- ISBN
- 9780520208353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.77
€ 33.99
€ 24.77