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Literary studies: general

Hardcover. Includes illustrations, of places, creatures, objects or tools, and processes connected with nineteenth-century whaling, that are original boxwood engravings by Massachusetts artist Barry Moser. Num Pages: 600 pages, 100 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 263 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1224.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520043541
ISBN
9780520043541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

paperback. From the foreword to the selected bibliography this is the most up-to-date and comprehensive documentary source for the study of Moby-Dick. Editor(s): Parker, Hershel. Series: Norton Critical Editions. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSBF; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Norton
Edition
Third Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393285000
ISBN
9780393285000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.65

Hardback. Tragedies of overliving remain disturbing because they remind us that life is rarely as neat as we expect and hope it be and that endings often come too late. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801879647
ISBN
9780801879647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.42
€ 52.74

Hardback. In fiction and nonfiction, Asian Americans and Jewish Americans grapple with their "model minority" status and the contested nature of citizenship Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
American Literatures Initiative
SKU
V9781439903179
ISBN
9781439903179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.34

Paperback. In fiction and nonfiction, Asian Americans and Jewish Americans grapple with their "model minority" status and the contested nature of citizenship. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439903186
ISBN
9781439903186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGZ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336802
ISBN
9780880336802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Hardback. What did it mean to be a woman in sixteenth-century Venice? This volume explores the role of Venetian women in sixteenth-century culture as well as the contribution of the writer Moderata Fonte to the centuries-old Owar of the sexes.O Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3JB; DSB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472646
ISBN
9781611472646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.11

Paperback. The first truly continentally representative collection of modern African drama in any language, this Norton Critical Edition includes plays from Egypt, Algeria, the Republic of South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Kenya. Editor(s): Jeyifo, Biodun. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 672 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 1H; 2H; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393975291
ISBN
9780393975291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.85

Paperback. An incisive study of modern American literature, casting new light on its origins and themes. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. 304 pages. An incisive study of modern American literature, casting new light on its origins and themes. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 20. Weight: 440.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625079
ISBN
9780748625079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.83

hardcover. Drawing on a wide range of scholarship, from environmental economics to psychology, Glenn Willmott examines modern and post-modern allegories of the environment, the animal, and economics, highlighting the enduring and seductive appeal of the modern primitive in an age when living with less remains a powerful cultural wish. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643178
ISBN
9781442643178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

Hardback. An anthology of modern Arabic fictional arts, featuring more than one hundred and forty writers from Oman to Mauritania. It features selections ranging from the work of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century authors, such as the historical epics of the Christian Lebanese writer Jurji Zaydan, to the novels of Naguib Mahfouz. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 1064 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DQ; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1816.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1064
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231132541
ISBN
9780231132541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.50
€ 109.15

Hardback. After the 1911 fall of the Qing dynasty, many declared the classical Chinese poetic tradition dead. In this book, the author draws on extensive archival research into the poetry collections and literary journals of two generations of writers to challenge this claim and demonstrate the continuing significance of the classical form. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
488
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674726673
ISBN
9780674726673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

paperback. First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Editor(s): Lupack, Alan. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy. Covers showing light age and shelf wear, sunned to spine. Ownership details on half-title. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031844
ISBN
9780815308430
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
386
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572411029
ISBN
9781572411029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.00
€ 38.20

Paperback. This volume offers the student and general reader a comprehensive, critically informed overview of the development of literary and cultural studies from the nineteenth century to the present day. Editor(s): Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624508
ISBN
9780748624508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.63

Paperback. A study of the popular modern dramatists and the continuity of the farce tradition from Pinero to Travers, the Whitehall team and Orton which examines and questions some of the common assumptions about its nature. Farce techniques are shown to be increasingly used in serious drama. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349097616
ISBN
9781349097616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.61

Paperback. Part of the Decades of Modern British Playwriting series, the volume provides a critical survey of the theatre produced in the 1980s together with detailed studies by a team of experts of the work of Howard Barker, Jim Cartwright, Sarah Daniels and Timberlake Wertenbaker. Series Editor(s): Boon, Richard; Roberts, Philip. Series: Decades of Modern British Playwriting. Num Pages: 352 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPL; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408129593
ISBN
9781408129593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. A collection of essays which use critical theory to reflect on issues pertaining to modern Chinese literature and culture. It addresses topics such as 20th-century literature produced in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China; film, art, history, popular culture, and literary and cultural criticism and the geographies of migration and diaspora. Editor(s): Chow, Rey. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822325970
ISBN
9780822325970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.79

hardcover. This volume presents a broad range of writings on literature from the period of the inception of literary modernity in China. Editor(s): Denton, Kirk A. Num Pages: 572 pages, reference material. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 979.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
572
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725583
ISBN
9780804725583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 235.06

Paperback. This volume presents a broad range of writings on literature from the period of the inception of literary modernity in China. Editor(s): Denton, Kirk A. Num Pages: 572 pages, reference material. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 788.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
564
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725590
ISBN
9780804725590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.33

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; DSB; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226065724
ISBN
9780226065724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. This volume offers the reader a comprehensive critical overview of the widespread and profound contest of ideas within European 'theory'. Editor(s): Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 244 x 27. Weight in Grams: 870.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624492
ISBN
9780748624492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.63

Hardback. * Provides an accessible and fresh account of German writing since 1750. * Achieves a balance between textual analysis and cultural theory that gives the book value as both a key introductory text and a cutting edge original study. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745629193
ISBN
9780745629193
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.45

Paperback. * Provides an accessible and fresh account of German writing since 1750. * Achieves a balance between textual analysis and cultural theory that gives the book value as both a key introductory text and a cutting edge original study. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745629209
ISBN
9780745629209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.35

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