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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Did you know the Battle of Bannockburn had its own poet-in-residence? Starting in 1314 and coming right up to the present day, the author examines how writers have set out in poetry, fiction, plays and on film the ideal of Scottish independence. It also includes the most detailed consideration of what independence meant to Robert Burns. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748685844
ISBN
9780748685844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

paperback. How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading Series: A Touchstone book. Num Pages: 426 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Touchstone
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Revised and Updated ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780671212094
ISBN
9780671212094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. One of Charles Dickens' most exciting novels, "A Tale of Two Cities", blends a moving love story with the familiar figures of the Revolution - Bastille prisoners, a starving Parisian mob, and an indolent aristocracy. This title offers a guide to the novel. Editor(s): Glancy, Ruth. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415287609
ISBN
9780415287609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198374817
ISBN
9780198374817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.79

Paperback. This guide has been specifically written for AS and A2 students and is filled with in-depth analysis on contexts, character, key themes and critical perspectives. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 209 x 295 x 5. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447913214
ISBN
9781447913214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198399049
ISBN
9780198399049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.42

Hardcover. A multinational perspective runs through this volume, which focuses on dynamic trends in feminist science fiction. The contributions include discussions of such issues as race, gender, cyberfeminism, the media, and new writers in the field. Editor(s): Barr, Marleen S. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
KDenn
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847691258
ISBN
9780847691258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.03

Paperback. Anatomizes what's fundamentally at stake when we think of literature in terms of the experience of the reader rather than the intention of the author, and when we substitute the question of who people are for the question of what they believe. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
234
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126180
ISBN
9780691126180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. The Companion to Romanticism is a major introductory survey from an international galaxy of scholars writing new pieces, specifically for a student readership, under the editorship of Duncan Wu. Editor(s): Wu, Duncan. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 568 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
568
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631218777
ISBN
9780631218777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.34

Paperback. Faced with cancer and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president, Ulysses S Grant wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future. In doing so, he won himself a unique place in American letters. This title deals with his life as a soldier. Num Pages: 704 pages, 48 pp b&w illustrations & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGHA; DSBF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 195 x 33. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437010
ISBN
9780140437010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.32

Hardcover. The historian Polybius (ca 200-118 BCE) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea) and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. This title offers a translation of Polybius' work. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DB; DSBB; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 117 x 31. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996380
ISBN
9780674996380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.96

Paperback. He then uses the perspective of ergodic aesthetics to reexamine literary theories of narrative, semiotics, and rhetoric and to explore the implications of applying these theories to materials for which they were not intended. Num Pages: 216 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; U. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801855795
ISBN
9780801855795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

Paperback. Suitable for members of diversity and anti-racism programs and study groups and students of sociology, psychology, education, and other disciplines, this book describes how race shapes the lives of white people, explains what makes racism so hard for whites to see and identifies common white racial patterns. Series: Counterpoints. Num Pages: 318 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JKS; JMAL; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781433111150
ISBN
9781433111150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.50

Paperback. Provides an annotated translation of the famous "Chin P'ing Mei", an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. Num Pages: 776 pages, 40 line illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150185
ISBN
9780691150185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Keith Douglas (1920-1944) began writing when he was at school at Christ's Hospital School, London, continued at Oxford, and thereafter in the army and in the Middle East. This title presents a selection of his work. Editor(s): Hughes, Ted. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 120 x 6. Weight in Grams: 56.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230389
ISBN
9780571230389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Hardback. Series: New Studies in the Age of Goethe. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480283
ISBN
9781611480283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.52

Paperback. Examines men's relationships with one another in English literature and the ways those relationships affect women. Central to this study is Sedgwick's conception of "male homosocial desire". She argues that the power of male homophobia has radically shaped the ideologies of men and women. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366. English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire. Series: Gender and Culture Series. 244 pages, Ill. Examines men's relationships with one another in English literature and the ways those relationships affect women. Central to this study is Sedgwick's conception of "male homosocial desire". She argues that the power of male homophobia has radically shaped the ideologies of men and women. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight: 378.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082730
ISBN
9780231082730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.23

Hardback. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2006th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403994776
ISBN
9781403994776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardback. This book draws on a range of critical approaches, including cultural anthropology, psychoanalytic theory, political justice theory, and feminist theory, to consider the ways that strategies of death denial and their compensatory consolations offer insight into the ethical, gender, and religious questions raised by Hawthorne's novels. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230602908
ISBN
9780230602908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.11
€ 35.02

Hardback. An anthology of modern Arabic fictional arts, featuring more than one hundred and forty writers from Oman to Mauritania. It features selections ranging from the work of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century authors, such as the historical epics of the Christian Lebanese writer Jurji Zaydan, to the novels of Naguib Mahfouz. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 1064 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DQ; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1816.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1064
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231132541
ISBN
9780231132541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.88
€ 109.15

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