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Literary theory

Paperback. Interdisciplinary in nature, this project draws on fiction, non-fiction and archival material to theorize urban space and literary/cultural production in the context of the United States and New York City. Spanning from the mid-1970s fiscal crisis to the 1987 Market Crash, New York writing becomes akin to geographical fieldwork in this rich study. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JHB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349464760
ISBN
9781349464760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Hardcover. Interdisciplinary in nature, this project draws on fiction, non-fiction and archival material to theorize urban space and literary/cultural production in the context of the United States and New York City. Spanning from the mid-1970s fiscal crisis to the 1987 Market Crash, New York writing becomes akin to geographical fieldwork in this rich study. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; DSA; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137340191
ISBN
9781137340191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Paperback. This book finds a way through often impenetrable recent theories, exploring key concepts of ideology, subjectivity and representation in the various forms put forward by different 'schools' of theorists. Series: New Accents. Num Pages: 176 pages, further reading; notes; references; index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415280068
ISBN
9780415280068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.27

Paperback. The next introduction in the IDEAS IN PROFILE series: a snappy but serious introduction to criticism Series: Ideas in Profile. Num Pages: 176 pages, Black and white reproductions of paintings, a few photographs. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781254509
ISBN
9781781254509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

A Future for Criticism offers an original approach to the pleasures of fiction, and puts forward an explanation for the neglect of these pleasures in contemporary criticism. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405169578
ISBN
9781405169578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.11

paperback. This book offers an important account of the relationship between science and culture in the eighteenth century. It examines the 'vitalist' turn in physiology and natural philosophy, and its presence and effect in the burgeoning of philosophical and scientific inquiry of the Scottish Enlightenment, and the radical politics and culture of the 1790s. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2012
SKU
V9781349325078
ISBN
9781349325078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163376
ISBN
9780691163376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. These stories of trauma cannot be limited to the catastrophes they name, and the theory of catastrophic history may ultimately be written in a language that already lingers in a time that comes to us from the other side of the disaster. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411552
ISBN
9781421411552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.63

Paperback. Her afterword serves as a decisive intervention in the ongoing discussions in and about the field. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
20th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421650
ISBN
9781421421650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.61

These stories of trauma cannot be limited to the catastrophes they name, and the theory of catastrophic history may ultimately be written in a language that already lingers in a time that comes to us from the other side of the disaster. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411545
ISBN
9781421411545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415747103
ISBN
9780415747103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349223411
ISBN
9781349223411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 193.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; HPS; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349449705
ISBN
9781349449705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.89

Paperback. Revealing the interplay between social custom and dramatic form, this book shows how the Elizabethan antithesis between everyday and holiday comes to life in the comedies' combination of seriousness and levity. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
With a New foreword by Stephen Greenblatt
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149523
ISBN
9780691149523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Series: Theory out of bounds. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 263 x 18. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First edition
SKU
V9780816639274
ISBN
9780816639274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 217.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1989
Number of pages
151
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349204212
ISBN
9781349204212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.94

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 3JH; DSA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691603407
ISBN
9780691603407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 3JH; DSA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632742
ISBN
9780691632742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.32

Hardback. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 228 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403944948
ISBN
9781403944948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

Paperback. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 228 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403944955
ISBN
9781403944955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Paperback. Series: Border Hispanisms. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 265 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477307298
ISBN
9781477307298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardcover. This work defends two main theses. First, modern Western pornographic fiction functions as a self-deceptive vehicle for sexual or blood-lustful arousal; and second, that its emergence owes as much to Puritan Protestantism and its inner- or this-worldly asceticism as does the emergence of modern rationalized capitalism. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK; HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137556752
ISBN
9781137556752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

paperback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSY; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 258 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2012
SKU
V9781349340040
ISBN
9781349340040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Part of a new wave of cross-disciplinary scholarship, where Chinese studies meets the British eighteenth century, this novel work will appeal to scholars in a number of fields, including performance studies, East Asian studies, British literature, cultural history, gender studies, and postcolonial studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; DSA; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402161
ISBN
9781421402161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.10

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