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Literary studies: general

Paperback. At last, this expertly edited, well researched and affordable edition makes Robinsons innovative and influential poetry accessible again to a wide audience. Paula Feldman, University of South Carolina Editor(s): Pascoe, J. Series: Broadview Literary Texts. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; BGF; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112015
ISBN
9781551112015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.92

Paperback. Graham Allen provides both an introduction to and review of the critical responses to Mary Shelley's major fictions, from the Romantic period to the present day, while also pushing debates forward. The book moves beyond Frankenstein, presenting new readings of other texts such as Matilda, Valperga, The Last Man and Lodore. Series: Critical Issues. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230019096
ISBN
9780230019096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Eberle-Sinatra, Michael. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349654994
ISBN
9781349654994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. Beyond question Shelley scholars and 19th-century specialists will value this usefully annotated and carefully produced edition; it may also be that anyone would enjoy the stories themselves.. and the accompanying original engravings. -- Diane Johnson, Washington Post. Num Pages: 512 pages, 33, 33 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Maryland
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801842184
ISBN
9780801842184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.59

Paperback. "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" is one of the most widely studied works of English literature, and Frankenstein's creature is a key figure in the popular imagination. This book examines Mary Shelley's novel within its literary and cultural contexts, dealing with: the contexts from which Frankenstein emerged; and the novel's early reception. Editor(s): Morton, Timothy. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 220 pages, 10 b&w photographs, recommended editions, further reading, directory of proper names, ind. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415227322
ISBN
9780415227322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.47

Paperback. Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792) is the founding text of modern feminism. In this sourcebook, Adriana Craciun provides a starting point for readers new to Wollstonecraft's work. Key materials include letters by Wollstonecraft and important contemporary documents. Editor(s): Craciun, Adriana. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415227360
ISBN
9780415227360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 54 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; DSB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870335488
ISBN
9780870335488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.92

Paperback. These poems -- more than a hundred haiku, several tanka, and three kanshi -- are arranged chronologically within each genre, revealing the development of Masaoka Shiki's (1867-1902) art and the seamless way in which he wove his life and illness into his poetry. Watson's introduction deftly explores the course of Shiki's life and places him in relation to Japanese history, literature and thought. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DCF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110914
ISBN
9780231110914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardcover. Offers an exploration of masculinity in the literature of the Arab East (Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Iraq) in the context of a specific set of anxieties about gender roles and sexuality in Arab societies. This work reveals the volatile nature of masculinity and its inextricability from femininity. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632375
ISBN
9780815632375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.95

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955507953
ISBN
9780955507953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.70

Hardback. The Western genre provides some of the most iconic images of masculinity in the history of American literature. Challenging the notion of manliness in these Westerns, Cooper examines how contemporary authors such as Cormac McCarthy and Leslie Marmon Silko in fact expose the pervasive anxieties about what it means to "act like a man." Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137568991
ISBN
9781137568991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.00

hardcover. "Sixth symposium sponsored by the Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies, [University of Maryland]"--Pref. Editor(s): Leonard, Amy E.; Nelson, Karen L. Num Pages: 402 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611490183
ISBN
9781611490183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJD; 2ADS; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813054001
ISBN
9780813054001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171694
ISBN
9780231171694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 455 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Victoria University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864734631
ISBN
9780864734631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 396 pages, illustrations facsimiles, port. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804714686
ISBN
9780804714686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 14ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 147 x 6. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852171643
ISBN
9781852171643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.67

Paperback. Reveals details about the stories written by the creator of Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs. Featured here are the outlines of all of Burroughs's major novels, along with descriptions of how they were each written, and their respective sources of inspiration. Series: Bison Frontiers of Imagination. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: DSB; FL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280304
ISBN
9780803280304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.72

paperback. A translation (from the original Portuguese) of the author's study of Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis (1839-1908). It focuses on Machado's "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas". It investigates how social structure gets internalized as literary form, arguing that Machado's style reveals the embedded class divisions of 19th-century Brazil. Translator(s): Gledson, John. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 2ADP; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322399
ISBN
9780822322399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. As early nationalist writers wrestled with the question, they proved how hard a question it is to answer and how great are the dangers in scripting its answers too easily. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368. An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KRS0017712
ISBN
9780801865381
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

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