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Literary studies: general
Hardback. This review of the critical reception of Old English literature from 1900 to the present moves beyond a focus on individual literary texts so as to survey the different schools, methods, and assumptions that have shaped the discipline. Editor(s): Niles, John D. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220565
- ISBN
- 9780631220565
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Condition: New
€ 92.88
€ 92.88
Paperback. * Offers an innovative approach to understanding the Modernist literary mind in Britain. * Helps readers to grasp the intellectual and cultural contexts of literary Modernism. * Organised around contemporary ideas such as Freudianism and eugenics rather than literary genres. Editor(s): Bradshaw, David. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220558
- ISBN
- 9780631220558
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Condition: New
€ 47.04
€ 47.04
Paperback. A guide to twentieth-century American poetry. It explores the material, historical and social contexts in which twentieth-century American poetry was produced. It also includes a biographical dictionary of major writers with entries on poets ranging from Robert Frost to Adrienne Rich. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220268
- ISBN
- 9780631220268
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Condition: New
€ 47.04
€ 47.04
Hardback. Written by a leading authority on William Carlos Williams, this book provides a wide--ranging and stimulating guide to twentieth--century American poetry. * A wide--ranging and stimulating critical guide to twentieth--century American poetry. * Written by a leading authority on the innovative modernist poet, William Carlos Williams. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 660.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220251
- ISBN
- 9780631220251
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Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
Paperback. This lively and stimulating book guides students through the historical contexts, key figures, texts, themes and issues in sixteenth-- and early seventeenth--century English literature. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220244
- ISBN
- 9780631220244
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Condition: New
€ 60.85
€ 60.85
Hardback. * A ground-breaking collection of newly-commissioned essays on medieval literature and culture. * Encourages students to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries. * Reflects the erosion of the traditional, rigid boundary between medieval and early modern literature. Editor(s): Brown, Peter. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 688 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1336.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219736
- ISBN
- 9780631219736
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Condition: New
€ 214.27
€ 214.27
Paperback. Argues that it is only at the turn of the 21st century that the powerful lessons of the avant-garde - an avant-garde cruelly disrupted by the Great War and subsequent political upheavals - were learned. This book offers readings of T S Eliot, Gertrude Stein, Marcel Duchamp, and Velimir Khlebnikov. It examines various related poetic concerns. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219705
- ISBN
- 9780631219705
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.82
€ 44.99
€ 44.82
Hardback. * Provides an expansive and inter--disciplinary approach to Renaissance plays and the world they played to. * Offers a colourful and comprehensive overview of the material conditions of Englanda s most important dramatic period. * Gives readers facts and data along with up--to--date interpretation of the plays. Editor(s): Kinney, Arthur F. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 648 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 186 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1322.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219507
- ISBN
- 9780631219507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.31
€ 225.31
Hardback. An annual narrative bibliography which aims to provide a comprehensive collection of theoretical essays with bibliographies for work published in a given year. Volume 7 covers work published in 1997. Editor(s): McGowan, Kate. Series: Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219309
- ISBN
- 9780631219309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.13
€ 261.13
Hardback. Illustrates the vitality and diversity of dramatic work between 1660 and 1710. This book examines well known genres such as Restoration sex comedy, and explores other genres such as heroic plays, satirical comedy, sentimental 'she-tragedy', tragi-comedy and political tragedy. Its three sections address the diverse aspects of Restoration Drama. Editor(s): Owen, Susan J. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 472 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 189 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1022.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219231
- ISBN
- 9780631219231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.88
€ 229.88
Paperback. aeo Will serve students as a readable introduction and useful reference volume throughout their Victorian studies. aeo Includes extensive bibliographies directing the student to further reading. aeo Examines Victorian literature in its cultural and historical context. Editor(s): Tucker, Herbert F. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 512 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 834.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218760
- ISBN
- 9780631218760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.57
€ 54.57
Hardback. The third set in the series, "The Year's Work in English Studies, Volume 78" edited by Peter Kitson, and "The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, Volume 7" edited by Kate McGowan, aims to provide comprehensive, narrative bibliographical coverage of the best work of 1997. Editor(s): Kitson, Peter. Series: Year's Work. Num Pages: 1600 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; GBCR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 142 x 100. Weight in Grams: 2132.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218166
- ISBN
- 9780631218166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 407.46
€ 407.46
Hardback. This anthology of drama in English contains plays from the late 14th century to the onset of the Renaissance. It brings together selections from all the major dramatic genres to provide readers with a sense of the breadth and depth of dramatic activity in Britain in these years. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 648 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DQ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 189 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217268
- ISBN
- 9780631217268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.32
€ 171.32
Paperback. Presents a comprehensive selection of the key views of Chaucer in the twentieth century. This volume addresses the growth of Chaucer criticism over the centuries. It reflects the three major divisions of Chaucer's writing: "The Dream Vision" poetry, "Troilus and Criseyde", and "The Canterbury Tales". Editor(s): Saunders, Corinne. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217121
- ISBN
- 9780631217121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.83
€ 55.83
Hardback. Presents a comprehensive selection of the key views of Chaucer in the twentieth century. This volume addresses the growth of Chaucer criticism over the centuries. It reflects the three major divisions of Chaucer's writing: "The Dream Vision" poetry, "Troilus and Criseyde", and "The Canterbury Tales". Editor(s): Saunders, Corinne. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 656.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217114
- ISBN
- 9780631217114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.79
€ 163.79
Hardback. This timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student--oriented guides to the under--published field of early modern womena s writing. Editor(s): Pacheco, Anita. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 188 x 27. Weight in Grams: 916.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217022
- ISBN
- 9780631217022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.10
€ 227.10
Paperback. * Provides a comprehensive narrative from 1500 to the present. * Attends in detail to the wider cultural background. * Transcends boundaries to treat the whole of German--speaking Europe. * Acknowledges rich contribution of women writers over many centuries. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Paperback
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631215950
- ISBN
- 9780631215950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.09
€ 57.09
Paperback. Featuring contributions from some of the major critics of contemporary poetry, Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry offers an accessible, imaginative, and highly stimulating body of critical work on the evolution of British and Irish poetry in the twentieth-century. Editor(s): O'Neill, Michael; Callaghan, Madeleine. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631215103
- ISBN
- 9780631215103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.12
€ 42.12
Paperback. The remarkably diverse writings of Zygmunt Bauman range across a large number of issues in sociology, politics, history, and cultural studies. This is the first collection of Baumana s writings that covers the entire breadth of his work, and includes a summarizing essay and commentary by editor Peter Beilharz. Editor(s): Beilharz, Peter. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 564.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214922
- ISBN
- 9780631214922
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Condition: New
€ 60.85
€ 60.85
Hardback. * Contains both original research and accessible coverage of the key issues -- makes it ideal for students of Chaucer at all levels. * Completely new approach -- the volume highlights themes and issues, rather than being arranged by Chaucera s works. Editor(s): Brown, Peter. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 536 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1116.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631213321
- ISBN
- 9780631213321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.31
€ 225.31
Hardback. Easily adaptable as both an anthology and an insightful guide to reading and understanding Romantic Poetry, this text discusses the important elements in the works from poets such as Smith, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey, Barbauld, Byron, Shelley, Hemans, Keats and Landon. Editor(s): O'Neill, Michael; Mahoney, Charles. Series: Blackwell Annotated Anthologies. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 268 x 177 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1012.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631213161
- ISBN
- 9780631213161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.24
€ 149.24
Paperback. * Challenges the idea that Modernism was conservative and reactionary. * Relates the modernist impulse to broader cultural and historical crises and movements. * Provides a guide to the development of Modernist literature. * Covers women writers, writers of the Harlem Renaissance and openly gay and lesbian writers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631213079
- ISBN
- 9780631213079
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.81
€ 50.99
€ 50.81
Hardback. * This definitive Companion provides a critical overview of literary culture in the period from John Milton to William Blake (1608--1827). * Its broad chronological range responds to recent reshapings of the canon and identifies new directions of study. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 632 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 182 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1304.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212850
- ISBN
- 9780631212850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.11
€ 62.11
Paperback. Analyzing the narrative practices and stylistic devices of fiction from the English-speaking world, this text includes: the influence of early psychological writings on fiction; fiction from the rich post-war period; post-structuralist theory; postmodernism and magic realism; and feminist theory. Editor(s): Wheeler, Kathleen. Num Pages: 456 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 756.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212119
- ISBN
- 9780631212119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.85
€ 60.85