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Literary studies: general

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Literary studies: general

Hardback. In this new edition, what was already an expansive work has been updated and further enlarged to include information not only on American and British novelists but also on writers in English from around the world. Num Pages: 696 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 216 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2147.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810831032
ISBN
9780810831032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 309.76

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472588463
ISBN
9781472588463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.11

Paperback. With annotated footnotes, this work explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. It also includes an introduction that provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. Num Pages: 147 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
147
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780814747933
ISBN
9780814747933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.09

Paperback. A valuable collection from an extraordinary writer, "The Convent of Pleasureand Other Plays raises important issues about women and gender. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801861000
ISBN
9780801861000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.29

Paperback. The `sentimental novel', in the tradition established by Samuel Richardson, was very popular in post-revolutionary America. This novel and `Charlotte Temple' were two of the most successful examples. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195042399
ISBN
9780195042399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.10

Paperback. Hannah Webster Foster's two major Early American works with a wealth of primary materials are now available in a Norton Critical Edition. Editor(s): Harris, Jennifer; Waterman, Bryan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
435
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393931679
ISBN
9780393931679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.24

Hardback. More than an index to the nine volumes of letters, this volume is a concise guide to an entire cultural era seen through the lens of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; ACVM; AGB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 251 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843955
ISBN
9781843843955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.40

Hardcover. This book publishes, for the first time, some 400 letters between Edith Wharton and her chief London publisher, Macmillan. The correspondence highlights Wharton's well developed understanding of the 'sociology of text' in the early twentieth century, casting new light on Wharton's working practices which will be of crucial importance for scholars. Editor(s): Towheed, Shafquat. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230008434
ISBN
9780230008434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98

Hardcover. A special feature of this volume is the first fully annotated translation of Erasmus' Catalogues Iucubrationum (Ep 1341 A), an extremely important document for the study of Erasmus' life and works and of the controversies they aroused. Translator(s): Mynors, Sir R. A. B. Series: Collected Works of Erasmus. Num Pages: 495 pages, facsimiles, map, portraits. BIC Classification: DN; DSBB; HPCB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 181 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1136.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
495
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802026040
ISBN
9780802026040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.23

Hardback. The Correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb, Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate Editor(s): Strawhorn, John; Hankins, Nellie Pottle. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 420 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
420
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748606245
ISBN
9780748606245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.88
€ 216.44

hardcover. This collection of 266 letters, cards, and telegrams that Helen Kemp and Northrop Frye wrote to each other forms a compelling narrative of their early relationship. The letters reveal Frye's early talent as a writer. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 505 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, ports. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 43. Weight in Grams: 935.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
505
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802007735
ISBN
9780802007735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.57

Paperback. Editor(s): Finneran, Richard J. Num Pages: 68 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 135.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
68
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349031566
ISBN
9781349031566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.57

paperback. Called "the most important critic of his time" by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has only become more influential over the years. Suitable for any scholar wrestling with Benjamin's work, this title offers a look at the man behind much of the twentieth century's most significant criticism. Editor(s): Scholen, Gershom; Adorno, Theodor W. Translator(s): Jacobson, Manfred R.; Jacobson, Evelyn M. Num Pages: 674 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226042381
ISBN
9780226042381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.67

Hardback. Consisting of some 572 letters, with another 460 calendared, this tenth volume in a series of 12, offers a complete account of William James's known correspondence - with family, friends and colleagues - from the beginning of 1902 through to March 1905. Num Pages: 702 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGHA; BJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
702
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920610
ISBN
9780813920610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.00

Paperback. 1890-1892. Series: The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. 400 pages, illustrations. Discussing letter-writing, this collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman. It covers the last seven years of Whitman's life, giving an almost day-by-day account of his long struggle with various ailments, and his stoical acceptance of constant pain. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BJ; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 21. Weight: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794258
ISBN
9780814794258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. Discussing letter-writing, this collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman. It contains an insert featuring sketches and facsimile pages from the letters. Editor(s): Miller, Edwin Haviland. Series: The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. Num Pages: 995 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 159. Weight in Grams: 4377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794272
ISBN
9780814794272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 150.62

Hardback. This highly original book explores whether globalisation might now be prompting a sub-genre of the novel adept at imagining global community. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 467.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638154
ISBN
9780748638154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.48
€ 107.06

Paperback. A wide-ranging study that examines the tendency in 20th-century English fiction to treat grief as an occasion for social critique, unconventional readings of works by Ford, Lessing, and Winterson demonstrate how narrative experimentation in this period responds to socio-historic conditions like post-imperial melancholy, nuclear fear and homophobia. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349366934
ISBN
9781349366934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Hardcover. A wide-ranging study that examines the tendency in 20th-century English fiction to treat grief as an occasion for social critique, unconventional readings of works by Ford, Lessing, and Winterson demonstrate how narrative experimentation in this period responds to socio-historic conditions like post-imperial melancholy, nuclear fear and homophobia. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230577145
ISBN
9780230577145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.06

Paperback. Basilus, a foolish old Duke, consults an oracle, but he is less than pleased with what he learns. To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies, he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife and two daughters. When a pair of princes fall in love with the princesses and adopt disguises to gain access to them, all manner of complications ensue. Editor(s): Evans, Maurice. Num Pages: 880 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 526. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KAC0001513
ISBN
9780140431117
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

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