Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Hardback. Written from various critical standpoints by international scholars, Scottish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion interrogates the ways in which the concepts of the Gothic and Scotland have intersected and been manipulated from the mideighteenth century to the present day. Editor(s): Davison, Carol Margaret; Germana, Dr. Monica. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 black and white illustrations, 1 line art. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; DSB; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474408196
- ISBN
- 9781474408196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.96€ 109.07
€ 118.96
€ 109.07
Paperback. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduces students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408217252
- ISBN
- 9781408217252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Paperback. This book rethinks the origins and nature of magical realism and provides detailed readings of key novels by Asturias, Carpentier, Garcia Marquez, Rushdie, and Okri. Identifying two different strands of the mode, one characterized by faith, the other by irreverence, Warnes makes available a new vocabulary for the discussion of magical realism. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440860
- ISBN
- 9781137440860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.54
€ 71.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Focus United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604334487
- ISBN
- 9781604334487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.45
€ 21.99
€ 20.45
Paperback. Packed full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, 'York Notes' will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408217276
- ISBN
- 9781408217276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFR; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231169424
- ISBN
- 9780231169424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.43€ 51.34
€ 65.43
€ 51.34
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
€ 16.00
Paperback. Suitable for students, scholars, and poets on various aspects of its subject: history, movements, genres, prosody, rhetorical devices, critical terms, and more, this book reflects changes in literary and cultural studies, providing coverage and giving greater attention to the international aspects of poetry. Editor(s): Cushman, Stephen; Cavanagh, Clare; Ramazani, Jahan; Rouzer, Paul F. Num Pages: 1680 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; DSR; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 64. Weight in Grams: 2648.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 1680
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Fourth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154916
- ISBN
- 9780691154916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.43€ 55.15
€ 65.43
€ 55.15
Hardcover. The puppet can entertain or terrify, evoke the innocence of childhood, or become a magical entity, able to negotiate with ghosts and gods. This book takes us on a meditative journey through the world of puppet theater, exploring the mysterious fascination of these unsettling objects. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 colour plates, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: ASZM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226309583
- ISBN
- 9780226309583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.27
€ 26.99
€ 22.27
Hardback. Covering much ground, the author brings an original approach to this playwright's drama, incorporating discussion of every play in his canon. Suitable for readers from 'A' level to postgraduates, the book introduces a variety of debates and interpretations, using previously unpublished material. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Palgrave Schol, Print UK
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333681688
- ISBN
- 9780333681688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Paperback. Part detective work, part treasure chest, The Gilded Chalet takes you on a grand tour of the birthplace of our best-loved stories, revealing how Switzerland became the landscape of our imagination. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 2ACG; 2ADF; 2ADT; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857886528
- ISBN
- 9781857886528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509812356
- ISBN
- 9781509812356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. This is a study of male fantasy, representation anxiety, and narratorial authority in two 16th-century books, Baldassare Castiglione's "Il libro del Cortegiano" (1528) and "Giovanni Della Casas Galateo" (1558). Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; 3JB; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ2; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739054
- ISBN
- 9780804739054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. The book argues that the Renaissance was the Ruin-naissance, the birth of the ruin as category of discourse that inspired voluminous poetic production. By examining Petrarch, Du Bellay, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Hui explains how writers used the ruin to think about their relationship to classical antiquity. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 color, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 231 x 2. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823274314
- ISBN
- 9780823274314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Includes chapters through which the scholars explore the party both as a literary device and as a forum for developing modernist creative values, opening up new perspectives on materiality, the everyday and concepts of space, place and time. This book addresses gender and sexuality, race, genre, class, sociality and privacy. Editor(s): McLoughlin, Kate. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474401418
- ISBN
- 9781474401418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.90
€ 33.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. This edition sheds light on Farquhar's work, highlighting its status as an account of army corruption and sexual intrigue, and its relevance to later literature such as Brecht's Trumpets and Drums, Keneally's The Playmaker, and Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good. Editor(s): Stern, Tiffany. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713673791
- ISBN
- 9780713673791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.40
€ 19.40
Cards. Evoking memories of book-filled libraries, this handy notecard set reproduces the original cards used to keep track of literary classics. Each card features a different beloved work of literature, straight from the storied collection of the Library of Congress. Num Pages: 30 pages, Each card is a full-colour photo of an actual catalog card. BIC Classification: DSB; WZS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 106 x 102. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- CHRONICLE GIFT/STATIONERY
- Number of pages
- 30
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Ncr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452114323
- ISBN
- 9781452114323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 15.06
€ 24.99
€ 15.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 19 halftones. 11 line illus. 2 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165127
- ISBN
- 9780691165127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.10€ 45.21
€ 57.10
€ 45.21
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198804826
- ISBN
- 9780198804826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.44
€ 81.44
Paperback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 224. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Thirtieth anniversary edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176293
- ISBN
- 9780231176293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.99
€ 30.99
€ 26.99