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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Talks about culture and comparison. This book inquires into the idea of comparison in a postcolonial world. It argues that inclusiveness is not a sufficient response to postcolonial and multiculturalist challenges because it leaves the basis of equivalence unquestioned. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731980
ISBN
9780804731980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Translator(s): Frisch, Shelley Laura. Num Pages: 552 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 898.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147413
ISBN
9780691147413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.50

Hardcover.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135353
ISBN
9781571135353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. Lyons surveys the changing relationships enjoyed by ordinary men and women with the written word, from early times to the present day. It provides a broad coverage of the social history of reading and writing, relating it to mainstream historical movements such as the Enlightenment and the Reformation. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230001626
ISBN
9780230001626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.53

Hardcover. With sections on "England at the Margins," "Researching the Renaissance," "The Human Figure on the Stage," and "Artificial Persons," this collection makes interventions in historiography as well as history, literary interpretation, and also literary criticism. Editor(s): Orlin, Lena Cowen. Num Pages: 318 pages, 17 black-&-whites, 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910987
ISBN
9781575910987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.14

Hardcover. Stunning two-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien's life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer, who's who and chronology. Num Pages: 2752 pages, Index. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Revised and expanded edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008214548
ISBN
9780008214548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.69
€ 105.86

Hardcover. An advanced introduction for students and a re-orientation for Nietzsche scholars and intellectual historians on the development of his thought and the aesthetic construction of his identity as a philosopher. Editor(s): Bishop, Paul. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 32. Weight in Grams: 852. Life and Works. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 462 pages. Editor(s): Bishop, Paul. An advanced introduction for students and a re-orientation for Nietzsche scholars and intellectual historians on the development of his thought and the aesthetic construction of his identity as a philosopher. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; HPCD. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 32. Weight: 852.
Publisher
Camden House
Number of pages
462
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571133274
ISBN
9781571133274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.78

Hardback. Editor(s): Teverson, Andrew (Kingston University, UK Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University, UK Kingston University, UK Kingston University, UK Kingston University); Warwick, Alexandra (University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster University of Westminster University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster); Wilson, Leigh (University of Westminster University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK). Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 234 x 30. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474400237
ISBN
9781474400237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.85
€ 120.22

Paperback. Contemporary African Literature in English explores the contours of representation in contemporary Anglophone African literature, drawing on a wide range of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aminatta Forna, Brian Chikwava, Ngug? wa Thiong'o, Nuruddin Farah and Chris Abani. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349478286
ISBN
9781349478286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. Presents an overview of some of the central texts of literary Modernism. This work includes discussion of major authors, including T S Eliot, Virginia Woolf, D H Lawrence, Wallace Stevens and H D. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405108539
ISBN
9781405108539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.59

Paperback. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue. The novel traces the course of her education and ends with the death of her childhood. It is one of James's finest studies of lost innocence. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538591
ISBN
9780199538591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. The extraordinary history of news and its dissemination, from medieval pilgrim tales to the birth of the newspaper Num Pages: 456 pages, 64 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300212761
ISBN
9780300212761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Hardback. Through a close-reading of the work of five prominent American postmodernist writers, this book re-evaluates the role of the past in recent American fiction, outlines the development of the postmodernist historical novel and considers the waning influence of postmodernism in contemporary American literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298347
ISBN
9780230298347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardback. This book explores the principal thematic and aesthetic preoccupations in MacDiarmid's work, relating his poetry to key national and international concerns in modern culture and politics. Editor(s): Lyall, Scott; Palmer McCulloch, Dr. Margery. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641901
ISBN
9780748641901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 92.36

Paperback. The definitive critical study of Tolkien's greatest works by the respected and world renowned Tolkien scholar Professor T.A. Shippey. Num Pages: 384 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780261104013
ISBN
9780261104013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. This lively and accessible textbook, written by an expert in film studies, provides a fascinating introduction to the process and art of literature--to--film adaptations. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405102889
ISBN
9781405102889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680757
ISBN
9780816680757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501324697
ISBN
9781501324697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Hardcover. This pioneering, classic study of 20th-century Chinese fiction covers some sixty years, from the Literary Revolution of 1917 through the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1111.
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629966614
ISBN
9789629966614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.84

Paperback. .
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853595196
ISBN
9781853595196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.98

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