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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Mario Vargas Llosa is a heterogeneous writer whose positions have often not been consistent from novel to novel, between his fictional and nonfictional work, between his literary and political commentary, and as his political commentary has proceeded over the decades. This analysis of his work reveals his insights into socio-political matters. Editor(s): De Castro, Juan E.; Birns, Nicholas. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSA; DSBH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137270924
ISBN
9781137270924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.08

Hardcover. Literary Politics identifies and debates competing definitions of 'English Studies' as an academic subject, celebrates the diversity of contemporary literary studies, and demonstrates the ways in which a range of literary texts can be understood as politically engaged, sometimes in unexpected ways. Editor(s): Philips, Deborah; Shaw, Katy. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JNF; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137270139
ISBN
9781137270139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Featuring contributions from a wide array of international scholars, the book explores the variety of representational strategies used to depict female traumatic experiences in texts by or about women, and in so doing articulates the complex relation between trauma, gender and signification. Editor(s): Andermahr, Sonya; Pellicer-Ortin, Silvia. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137268341
ISBN
9781137268341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.23

Hardcover. This lively new volume of essays examines what happens now in 21st century fiction. Fresh theoretical approaches to writers such as Salman Rushdie, David Peace, Margaret Atwood, and Hilary Mantel, and identifications of 21st-century themes, tropes and styles combine to produce a timely critical intervention into genuinely contemporary fiction. Editor(s): Adiseshiah, Sian; Hildyard, Rupert. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137035172
ISBN
9781137035172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.71

Hardcover. Examining how labouring-class poets constructed themselves and were constructed by critics as part of a canon, and how they situated their work in relation to contemporaries and poets from earlier periods, this book highlights the complexities of labouring-class poetic identities in the period from Burns to mid-late century Victorian dialect poets. Editor(s): Blair, Kirstie; Gorji, Mina. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137030320
ISBN
9781137030320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Hardcover. This volume explores the impact of sexological and early psychoanalytic conceptions of sexual perversion on the representation of the erotic in the work of a range of major European modernists (including Joyce, Kafka, Lawrence, Mann, Proust and Rilke) as well as in that of some less-well-known figures of the period such as Dujardin and Jahnn. Editor(s): Schaffner, Anna Katharina; Weller, Shane. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBH; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137030290
ISBN
9781137030290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Hardcover. Bringing together scholars who have critically followed New Formalism's journey through time, space, and learning environment, this collection of essays both solidifies and consolidates New Formalism as a burgeoning field of literary criticism and explicates its potential as a varied but viable methodology of contemporary critical theory. Editor(s): Theile, Verena; Tredennick, Linda. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137010483
ISBN
9781137010483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.44

Paperback. "This volume includes interdisciplinary essays on slave narratives from the Atlantic world of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, focusing on lesser known examples of the genre"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Aljoe, Nicole N.; Finseth, Ian Frederick. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813936383
ISBN
9780813936383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.87

Hardcover. "This volume includes interdisciplinary essays on slave narratives from the Atlantic world of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, focusing on lesser known examples of the genre"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Aljoe, Nicole N.; Finseth, Ian Frederick. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813936376
ISBN
9780813936376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.63

Hardcover. Editor(s): Lackey, Professor Michael. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813934860
ISBN
9780813934860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.65

Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Faith. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 433.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931135
ISBN
9780813931135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.42

Hardcover. Editor(s): Smith, Faith. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931128
ISBN
9780813931128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.46

Paperback. In this work on the nature of the state, Aristotle discusses the merits and defects of various regimes or ways of organizing political community - democracy in particular - and in the process he examines such subjects as slavery, economics, the family, citizenship, justice and revolution. Translator(s): Simpson, Peter L. Phillips. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807846377
ISBN
9780807846377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.43

Hardback. Comrades and Critics is the first full-length study of Canada's 1930s literary left. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802092670
ISBN
9780802092670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.35

hardcover. The difficulties in the simplest of cataloguing decisions, argues Joseph Dane, tend to repeat themselves at all levels of bibliographical, editorial, and literary history. Series: Studies in Book & Print Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 264 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802087751
ISBN
9780802087751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.04

hardcover. Based on over ten years of archival research, Richard A. Davies's scholarly biography of Haliburton is the first since 1924. It is an engaging examination of a controversial and contradictory Canadian writer and significant figure in the history of pre-confederation Nova Scotia. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 340 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; BG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 663.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802050014
ISBN
9780802050014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.04

hardcover. This volume of the Record of Early English Drama (REED) series combines the records of the counties of Dorset and Cornwall, both located in the southwest of England. Editor(s): Hays, Rosalind C.; Joyce, Sally; McGee, C.Edward; Newlyn, Evelyn S. Series: Records of Early English Drama. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802043795
ISBN
9780802043795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.41

Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801443848
ISBN
9780801443848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.82

Num Pages: 288 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801440267
ISBN
9780801440267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.27

Num Pages: 216 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSBB; HRCM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801433337
ISBN
9780801433337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.53

Paperback. This work comprises essays on American, British and Irish poetry, showing contemporary life and culture captured in lyric form. It explains the power of poetry as the voice of the soul, rather than the socially marked self, speaking directly through the stylization of verse. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674821477
ISBN
9780674821477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.99

Paperback. Insight and wit distinguish these essays, in which Vendler elucidates the function of criticism as well as different critical methods and styles. Poets commented on range from Seamus Heaney and Czeslaw Milosz to Silvia Plath, James Merrill, and Amy Clampitt. Num Pages: 486 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674591530
ISBN
9780674591530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.76
€ 48.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 712 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 201 x 41. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
712
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674399471
ISBN
9780674399471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 43.38

paperback. This book embraces an era of enormous creative variety--the formative period during which the Romantic traditions of the past were abandoned or transformed and a major new literature created. More than a hundred poets are treated in this volume, and many more are noticed in passing. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 42. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674399457
ISBN
9780674399457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.76
€ 48.55

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