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Paperback. The topics of the individual essays vary, but read together, they offer valuable insights into why Morrison has become a much celebrated, widely taught author."-from the Introduction Editor(s): Peterson, Nancy J. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Fifth or Later Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801857027
ISBN
9780801857027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.48

Hardback. In this critical work, the author spotlights some of the autobiographical kernels in Morrison's novels and a study of the novels, demonstrating that each is a thematic and structural offshoot of the preceding one, evidencing a pattern of growth in Morrison's consciousness of the exploitation and oppression of people of African descent. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910680
ISBN
9781575910680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.58

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Shearer, Dirk. Series: For Beginners. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
For Beginners
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939994547
ISBN
9781939994547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.50

Toni Morrison: An Ethical Poetics situates Toni Morrison as a writer who writes about writing as much as about racialized, engendered, and sexualized African American, and therefore American, experience. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823239153
ISBN
9780823239153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.28

Paperback. Provides an overview of criticism about the work of Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The book also offers an introduction to the key works and issues in African-American literary scholarship. Editor(s): Peach, Linden. Series: New Casebooks. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 4KL; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
Edition
1998th Edition
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333659151
ISBN
9780333659151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.00

Paperback. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349527175
ISBN
9781349527175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. Provides a rich new conceptual language to describe the movements of sex in nineteenth-century America before it solidified into the sexuality we know Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 265 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814717417
ISBN
9780814717417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Starting with the figure of the bold, boisterous girl in the mid-19th century and ending with the 'girl power' movement of the 1990's, this title provides a critical study of this gender-bending code of female conduct. It traces the literary and cultural transformations that the concept of 'tomboy' has undergone in the United States. Num Pages: 338 pages, 10 Halftoness. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592137237
ISBN
9781592137237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.00

Paperback. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Purdue University Press United States
Number of pages
115
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557537485
ISBN
9781557537485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.20

Paperback. The Second Edition of this Norton Critical Edition of Fielding's great novel reprints the definitive fourth edition text (1749, dated 1750), "Carefully revis'd and corrected/By Henry Fielding, Esq;", the last in his lifetime. Editor(s): Baker, Sheridan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
810
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393965940
ISBN
9780393965940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, viii, 256 p. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226873985
ISBN
9780226873985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Editor(s): McPeak, Rick; Orwin, Donna Tussing. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801478178
ISBN
9780801478178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 257 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137553447
ISBN
9781137553447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.74

Paperback. This book, now in paperback, explores the evolution of Tolkien's mythology throughout his lifetime by examining how it changed as a result of his life story, contemporary cultural and intellectual history. This new approach and scope brings to light neglected aspects of Tolkien's vision and contextualizes his fiction. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230272842
ISBN
9780230272842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. A study of J.R.R. Tolkien's zeal for medieval literary, religious and cultural ideas, which provided the seeds for his own fiction. It discusses not only such classics as "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Silmarillion", but focuses on his minor works as well. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 357.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190204
ISBN
9780813190204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.58

paperback. Offers a perspective on J R R Tolkien's Medievalism. This book explores how Professor Tolkien responded to a modern age of crisis - historical, academic and personal - by adapting his scholarship on medieval literature to his own personal voice. Editor(s): Chance, Jane. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3H; DSBH; DSK; HBJD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415473484
ISBN
9780415473484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.90

Paperback. A new expanded edition of Tolkien's most famous, and most important essay, which defined his conception of fantasy as a literary form, and which led to the writing of The Lord of the Rings. Accompanied by a critical study of the history and writing of the text. Num Pages: 320 pages, With index. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007582914
ISBN
9780007582914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.61

Paperback. This work discusses literary depictions of mass transit in 20th century Tokyo in the decades preceding WWII. It cuts across literary and historical/sociological analysis, and contributes to the growing body of work examining Japanese urbanism, gender, and modernism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804771450
ISBN
9780804771450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Hardback. This work discusses literary depictions of mass transit in 20th century Tokyo in the decades preceding WWII. It cuts across literary and historical/sociological analysis, and contributes to the growing body of work examining Japanese urbanism, gender, and modernism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804771443
ISBN
9780804771443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.67

Hardcover. Tobias Smollett believed that what was externally visible signified and defined what could be known about the interior life. His fiction is therefore distinguished by its intensely visual qualities. This book reads these qualities in Smollett's novels as exercises of a visual imagination. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820319711
ISBN
9780820319711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.19

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