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Literary studies: general

Paperback. An examination of the hero figure in the stories of two major Victorian authors of children's literature and the complex way in which they engaged with the dominant ideologies of the time. Num Pages: 254 pages, 3 B&W illustraions, 2 diagrams. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718893590
ISBN
9780718893590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.70

Paperback. Alfredo Bryce Echenique is one of the most widely-read and most widely translated Latin American authors of recent decades, yet this is the first critical edition that makes his work available to students of Hispanic literatures in the English-speaking world. Editor(s): Wood, David. Series Editor(s): Davies, Catherine. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719064135
ISBN
9780719064135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.30

Hardback. Critically engages with the visual appearance of prose fiction where it is manipulated by authors; Reappraises the range of effects that can be created by graphic devices, and explores why literary criticism has dismissed such features; Examines problematical texts to demonstrate that an awareness of the graphic surface can make. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719069680
ISBN
9780719069680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.80

Hardback. Greenery blends current ecological concerns with informed analysis of medieval literature to arrive at new readings of late medieval English texts. At the same time, this process offers ways to evaluate eco-criticism and expand its remit from its predominant focus on Romantic and Modern English and American texts. Series Editor(s): Bernau, Anke. Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719072482
ISBN
9780719072482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.31

hardcover. A valuable collection of essays that look at Anthony Burgess's relationship with Modernism and postmodernity Editor(s): Roughley, Alan. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078866
ISBN
9780719078866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.92

Hardback. European Erotic Romance casts new light on the publication, translation and politicisation of three ancient Greek novels, Daphnis and Chloe, Leukippe and Kleitophon and An Ethiopian Story, and their impact in Renaissance England. Series Editor(s): Lethbridge, J. B. Series: The Manchester Spenser. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719079702
ISBN
9780719079702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.81

Hardback. This book takes four stories by Vladimir Odoevsky, the Russian-Romantic author, to illustrate 'pathways' in modern fiction, developed further by subsequent writers. Featured here are: the artistic story, the rise of science fiction, aspects of the detective story, and of confession in the novel. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 138 x 207 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719082092
ISBN
9780719082092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.57

Hardback. With primary, though not exclusive, reference on the English side to Shakespeare and Marlowe, and on the French side to a wide range of dramatic and non-dramatic material, Hilman focuses on distinctive elements that emerge within the English tragedy of the 1590s and early 1600s. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719082764
ISBN
9780719082764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.42

Hardback. Provides a critical introduction to the key theoretical developments in contemporary Irish cultural criticism since the mid-1980s. Draws on aspects of the work of all the critics considered to advance a new theory of the representation of subjectivity in Irish writing. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719083839
ISBN
9780719083839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.77

Hardcover. Explores the implications of scientific discourse on Russian concepts of mental illness and national health Series Editor(s): Thompson, Mike. Series: Durham Modern Languages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719091643
ISBN
9780719091643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.08

Hardcover. Examines what is distinct, what is shared and what is universal in Greek narrative tradition. This title has two closely related objectives: to define what is characteristically Greek in Greek narratives of different periods and genres, and to see how narrative techniques and concerns develop over time. Editor(s): Cairns, Douglas; Scodel, Ruth. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. Num Pages: 552 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748680108
ISBN
9780748680108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.51

Hardcover. Offers a collection of essays on the art and genre of letter writing among Romantic, Victorian and Twentieth Century poets. This book provides a history of literary friendship, love, and rivalry. It is a study of the often close relationship between letter writing and poetry. Editor(s): Ellis, Jonathan. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748681327
ISBN
9780748681327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.55

Hardcover. Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived in Iraq during the first century of the Abbasid caliphate. This book introduces the writings and Abbasid-period textual world of Al-Jahiz, the 'father of Arabic prose'. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; 3F; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 240 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748683321
ISBN
9780748683321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.74

Paperback. The Worlds of Carol Shields is the first book to examine Shields' extraordinary career and life through the lens both of close friends and of literary critics. Editor(s): Staines, David. Series: Reappraisals: Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ of Ottawa Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780776622064
ISBN
9780776622064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.97

Hardback. Editor(s): Williams, Daniel G. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854114624
ISBN
9781854114624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.38

Paperback. "Agenda" was established in 1959 by William Cookson in response to a suggestion by Ezra Pound. This anthology is divided into antecedents, modern poetry, criticism, memoirs and polemics. Editor(s): Cookson, William. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DCQ; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 134. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Carcanet P. United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857543025
ISBN
9781857543025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 269.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857545869
ISBN
9781857545869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.58

Paperback. "Book Of Stones" is very much made out of the things around the author - living in the new South Africa, being part of a continent and its life and history and processes. Num Pages: 59 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 91.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
59
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857546408
ISBN
9781857546408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857546590
ISBN
9781857546590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.74

Paperback. Richard Dutton's introduction illuminates the structure and context of Jonson's "Epigrams" and "The Forest". Dutton shows them to be carefully structured poem sequences that display Jonson's command of poetic forms and involve the reader in evaluating a range of shifting perspectives. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 197.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547054
ISBN
9781857547054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.28

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