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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Focuses upon Wilder's years in Missouri from 1894 to 1957. Utilizing her autobiography, letters, newspaper stories, and other documentary evidence, the author attempts to fill the gaps in Wilder's autobiographical novels, and describes her sixty-three years of living in Mansfield, Missouri. Series: Missouri Biography S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Missouri Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826216489
ISBN
9780826216489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.53

Paperback. Presenting an examination of women writers and prewar ideology, this book investigates love as a critical aspect of Japanese culture during the early-mid-twentieth century. It focuses on same-sex love, love marriage, and maternal love. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761987
ISBN
9780804761987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. Jorge Olivares connects the personal, political, and artistic trajectories of the Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) to Arenas's insights into the Cuban Revolution, the struggles of exiles, and the politics of sexuality. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353966
ISBN
9780822353966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. Becoming the Gentleman explains why British citizens in the long eighteenth century were haunted by the question of what it meant to be a gentleman. Supplementing recent work on femininity, Solinger identifies a corpus of texts that address masculinity and challenges the notion of a masculine figure that has been regarded as unchanging. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349351763
ISBN
9781349351763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Hardcover. In this volume, David Gardiner investigates the national contexts in which Edmund Spenser's poetic project has been interpreted and represented by modern Irish poets. There is also an analysis of Spenser's influence on Northern Irish poets. Num Pages: 233 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Creighton University,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781881871385
ISBN
9781881871385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 8 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DQ; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
8
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415891035
ISBN
9780415891035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.35

Paperback. Offers a collection of poems and songs from the eighteenth century. This title includes a selection from the work of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson (Burns' 'elder brother in the muse'), as well as a wider selection from the men and women writers whose good-humoured accessibility so characterised the poetry of their time. Editor(s): MacLachlan, Christopher. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DCQ; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841952536
ISBN
9781841952536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.28

Paperback. Explores this delay in the development of the culture concept and its relation to the description of difference in late nineteenth-century America. The author weaves together the histories of American literature and anthropology. His study brings to life not only the regionalist fiction of the time but also revives a range of neglected materials. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226222646
ISBN
9780226222646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Peter Owen Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780720612226
ISBN
9780720612226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.32

Paperback. Before Recollection. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 90 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691014371
ISBN
9780691014371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.94

Paperback. Examining the intolerance of homosexuality in the early medieval period, this study challenges the long-held belief that the early Middle Ages tolerated same-sex relations. The work focuses on Anglo-Saxon literature but also includes examinations of contemporary opera, dance and theatre. Num Pages: 380 pages, 12 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; AS; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260921
ISBN
9780226260921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.63

paperback. In the context of Northrop Frye's theories of myth, and in light of the attempts of social critics and early anthologists to define Canada and Canadian literature, McKenzie discusses the ways in which our decidedly fractured sense of literary nationalism has set indigenous culture apart from the mainstream. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; DSBH; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802094469
ISBN
9780802094469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.72

Series: Ars Rossica. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 667.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781618114303
ISBN
9781618114303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 148.65

Hardcover. A definitive study of an author who in celebrating one era helped usher in the next. In this critical examination, the author sees Mary Arnold Ward as being "behind her times" in two senses - in her tireless defense of her evolving era's achievements and intentions, but also in her wariness of the advance of time and of the violence of change. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813923673
ISBN
9780813923673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.40

Paperback. Aristocrat, literary celebrity, 'Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new biography. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007486984
ISBN
9780007486984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Hardcover. Aristocrat, literary celebrity, 'Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new biography. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 39. Weight in Grams: 746. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0007390
ISBN
9780007486960
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. This is a work of unprecedented scope that traces the origins of Jewish autobiographical writing from the early-modern period to the early twentieth century. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; 2CSJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751575
ISBN
9780804751575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.62

Hardback. Dillingham probes Rudyard Kipling's identity and world view, as Kipling himself perceived it, though an original analysis of Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230609112
ISBN
9780230609112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Paperback. Offers a fresh way to understand the divisions that organize twentieth-century poetry. The author argues that the most important conflict is not between styles or aesthetic politics, but between poets who seek to preserve or produce the incommensurable particularity of experience by making powerful objects. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148663
ISBN
9780691148663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507895
ISBN
9780099507895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.70

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