Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Paperback. This volume presents 13 essays on the Spy Thriller in the 20th century and includes a critical introduction to the subject. Each essay combines historical and aesthetic theory with practical criticism. Authors covered range from Joseph Conrad and John Buchan to Ian Fleming and John Le Carre. Series: International picture library. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333522455
- ISBN
- 9780333522455
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Condition: New
€ 60.28
€ 60.28
Paperback. Children's literature came into existence in printed form in the 18th century. This book charts its development by examining concurrent developments in society such as the spread of education, the developments in printing techniques and changes in the definition of childhood. Editor(s): Butts, Dennis. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 143 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSY; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 215.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333522479
- ISBN
- 9780333522479
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Condition: New
€ 65.36
€ 65.36
hardcover. 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 Series. 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 30. Weight in Grams: 405.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333522523
- ISBN
- 9780333522523
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Condition: New
€ 193.75
€ 193.75
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333522530
- ISBN
- 9780333522530
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Condition: New
€ 192.82
€ 192.82
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333523148
- ISBN
- 9780333523148
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Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
The Profession of Science Fiction. SF Writers on Their Craft and Ideas...
. Ed(S): Jakubowski, Maxim; James, Edward
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333524824
- ISBN
- 9780333524824
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333524848
- ISBN
- 9780333524848
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€ 193.99
€ 193.99
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
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Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
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
€ 67.25
Paperback. 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: 256 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 15. Weight in Grams: 341.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333525425
- ISBN
- 9780333525425
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Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333531334
- ISBN
- 9780333531334
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Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
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
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Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333531532
- ISBN
- 9780333531532
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Condition: New
€ 138.21
€ 138.21
Victims and the Postmodern Narrative or Doing Violence to the Body: An...
Mark Ledbetter~David Jasper
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532638
- ISBN
- 9780333532638
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Condition: New
€ 127.24
€ 127.24
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532669
- ISBN
- 9780333532669
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Condition: New
€ 194.20
€ 194.20
Hardback. A reconsideration of the abstract death and afterlife ideas of the 1890s in the light of modern critical thought. The contributors essays draw on a range of approaches and are broadly inter-disciplinary. Editor(s): Stokes, John. Series: Warwick Studies in the European Humanities. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532683
- ISBN
- 9780333532683
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Condition: New
€ 195.92
€ 195.92
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
€ 127.76
Hardback. Camus' "L'Etranger" has become an internationally read book of modern literature. The essays contained in this book celebrate its continuing influence and include studies of Camus' narrative, explorations of the Algerian setting of the novel, comparative studies and feminist perspectives. Editor(s): King, Adele. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532942
- ISBN
- 9780333532942
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Condition: New
€ 129.05
€ 129.05
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
€ 128.03
Hardback. Examines such topics as the autobiographical basis of Gordimer's fiction, her relationship to feminism, the place of the white woman in black Africa, the ambiguity of revolutionary politics, her ambivalent relationship to Judaism, her use of irony, the symbolism of landscape, and other topics. Editor(s): King, Bruce. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333534168
- ISBN
- 9780333534168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.89
€ 195.89