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Literary studies: general

Hardback. An examination of major 19th-century American literature, which sees works such as "Huckleberry Finn" as attempts to articulate relationships between the self and the New World. By comparing American and English works, the book demonstrates their essentially different nature. Series: New directions in American studies. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333550243
ISBN
9780333550243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.21

Hardcover. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333549971
ISBN
9780333549971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.63

Hardback. A collection of Coleridge's writings, with commentary, that demonstrate his continuing study of human nature and his work toward developing a philosophy of human freedom. The excerpts cover Coleridge's inquiries into the workings of consciousness and the soul and many other topics. Series: Coleridge's Writings. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333548516
ISBN
9780333548516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.60

Hardback. Provides an outline of Forster's personal, literary and intellectual life from year to year in a series of diary entries. While the main focus is on his career as a writer of fiction, the chronicle format also sheds new light on the extent and nature of Forster's political and public commitments. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333545409
ISBN
9780333545409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.90

Hardback. This volume relates to the study of spirit and spirituality, mind and intelligence, consciousness and epistemology, literature and theatre. It develops a model of the mind and extended states of consciousness, and uses this to explore the rhythmical structures fundamental to literature and theatre. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333539606
ISBN
9780333539606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.48

Hardback. Provides an introduction to Tolkien's work which also aims to redress any deficiencies in earlier criticism. Two chapters examine "The Lord of the Rings", while a third explores shorter works and the last considers the significance of Tolkien's life and career in the century of modernism. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333538968
ISBN
9780333538968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.63

Hardback. Attempts to map out in detail all of the known facts concerning the poet Edmund Spenser, a major canonical author whose entire literary career was spent in Ireland. The book charts Spenser's parallel vocations of Elizabethan planter and Renaissance writer Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333537442
ISBN
9780333537442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.94

hardcover. Seeks to redress the commonly held view that Mary Shelley was simply another mouthpiece for her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, for her father, William Godwin and for the radical milieu that surrounded her. Her independence is reflected in her editing of her husband's poetry. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
1993rd Edition
SKU
V9780333534090
ISBN
9780333534090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

Hardcover. This volume offers critical and theoretical perspectives on some of the major figures in European drama in the 20th century. These essays combine contemporary theory with a discussion of the dramatic work and theories of theatre and drama of the playwrights who created modern drama in Europe. Editor(s): Docherty, Brian. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333532843
ISBN
9780333532843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardback. Adopts a varied approach to the study of the "material world" in the French literature, thought and visual arts of the 19th century. The book moves from purely philosphical definitions to a more general treatment of materialism, examining the repercussions of the emergence of a consumer society. Editor(s): Rigby, Brian. Series: Warwick Studies in the European Humanities. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; DSA; DSB; HBTB; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333532669
ISBN
9780333532669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.20

Hardcover. This volume suggests that reading and writing about literature are ways to gain an ethical understanding of how we live in the world. It sets out to show through a reading of stories from the Bible, that violence imposed on gender, race and the body-politic are not new to the postmodern world. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBB; DSBH; HPQ; HRCG; HRJ; HRLC1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 351.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333532638
ISBN
9780333532638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.24

Paperback. This second edition of Colin MacCabe's critical text on James Joyce adds new material that places it in its political and historical context. The argument links politics and literature, sex and language, providing an account of Joyce that places him continually in both Irish and European history. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333531532
ISBN
9780333531532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.21

Hardback. This second edition of Colin MacCabe's critical text on James Joyce adds new material that places it in its political and historical context. The argument links politics and literature, sex and language, providing an account of Joyce that places him continually in both Irish and European history. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333531525
ISBN
9780333531525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.00

Hardcover. This chronology traces the progress of Lawrence's life from its beginnings in the English Midlands through his world-wide travelling until his death in 1930. Details of the composition of his works in many forms and of the controversies that often followed their publication are included. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333531334
ISBN
9780333531334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Hardback. A collection of 16 essays by international scholars which focus on Irish writing in English, from the 18th century to the present. All the essays follow the common themes of exile and subversion and take a multi-disciplinary approach to such topics as English, history and philosophy. Editor(s): Sammells, Neil. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333525418
ISBN
9780333525418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Hardback. Offering a review and a feminist critique of mother-daughter literature, this text explores, among other things, the barriers erected by patriarchal, racist, classist and homophobic knowledge between mothers and daughters. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333525289
ISBN
9780333525289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

Hardback. Explores the process involved in reading William Blake's poems. The poems include, on the same pages, verbal and visual texts that often seem to be at odds with one another or even, at times, to be entirely unrelated. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333524848
ISBN
9780333524848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.99

Paperback. Where do science fiction writers get their inspiration from? Some of the leading authors in the field attempt to answer this question in a series of essays reprinted from the critical journal, "Foundation". Editor(s): Jakubowski, Maxim; James, Edward. Series: Insights. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBW; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333524824
ISBN
9780333524824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Written over a period of six years, this book comprises a series of lectures, both for the Charles Lamb Society and at Lancaster and Leicester Universities, and an independent study. Writers such as John Augustus Bonney, Wordsworth, George Dyer and Southey are examined. Series: Studies in romanticism. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 357.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333523148
ISBN
9780333523148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

Paperback. A collection of critical essays on black women's writing from Afro-American, African, South African, British and Caribbean novelists, poets, short story writers and a dramatist. Editor(s): Wisker, Gina. Series: Insights. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333522530
ISBN
9780333522530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 192.82

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