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Paperback. Covering all aspects of textual theory and scholarly editing, this edition is for students and scholars. Num Pages: 584 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; DSA; DSB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XO) Open University set text. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
Routledge
Number of pages
582
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815317913
ISBN
9780815317913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21

Hardcover. Textual Imitation offers a new critique of the space between fiction and truth, poetry and philosophy. In a nimble, yet startlingly wide-ranging argument, esteemed scholar Jonathan Hart argues that recognition and misrecognition are the keys to understanding texts and contexts from the Old World to the New World. Num Pages: 172 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137301345
ISBN
9781137301345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.03

Paperback. Using structuralist and post-structuralist methods, this book analyzes a selection of influential Russian texts--classical, modernist, and contemporary--as dialogues with earlier works, in the light of new cultural contexts. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727037
ISBN
9780804727037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.94

Hardback. Using structuralist and post-structuralist methods, this book analyzes a selection of influential Russian texts--classical, modernist, and contemporary--as dialogues with earlier works, in the light of new cultural contexts. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723169
ISBN
9780804723169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.03

Paperback. Terry Eagleton is one of the most influential contemporary literary theorists and critics. His diverse body of work has been crucial to developments in cultural theory and literary critical practice in modern times, and for a generation of humanities students his writing has been a source of both provocation and enjoyment. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745636108
ISBN
9780745636108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Hardback. Terry Eagleton is one of the most influential contemporary literary theorists and critics. His diverse body of work has been crucial to developments in cultural theory and literary critical practice in modern times, and for a generation of humanities students his writing has been a source of both provocation and enjoyment. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745636092
ISBN
9780745636092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. The eleven interconnected essays of this book penetrate the dense historical knots binding terror, power, and the aesthetic sublime from World War II to September 11th and beyond. Ray argues that globalization cannot be separated from the collective tasks of working through historical tragedies. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 214 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230110489
ISBN
9780230110489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Paperback. This study places Jean Rhys's fiction for the first time within the context of interrelated perspectives in modern psychoanalysis, to demonstrate how her narratives powerfully enact primitive and dynamic psychological states. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 291.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2005
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349529353
ISBN
9781349529353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Through an examination of Tennyson's 'domestic poetry' - his portrayals of England and the English - in their changing nineteenth-century context, this book demonstrates that many of his representations were 'fabrications', more idealized than real, which played a vital part in the country's developing identity and sense of its place in the world. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349449996
ISBN
9781349449996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 443 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
Number of pages
443
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048173433
ISBN
9789048173433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 194.54

Hardback. Discusses the relationship between human beings and time. This text examines the work of Proust and Kafka. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 443 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
443
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402053306
ISBN
9781402053306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.56

Paperback. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415520744
ISBN
9780415520744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Paperback. Telling West Indian Lives: Life Narrative and the Reform of Plantation Slavery Cultures 1804-1834 draws historical and literary attention to life story and narration in the late plantation slavery period. Drawing on new archival research, it highlights the ways written narrative shaped evangelical, philanthropic, and antislavery reform projects. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; HBJK; HBW; JFC. 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
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349494682
ISBN
9781349494682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Paperback. This book investigates the continuities and divergences in selected Black autobiographies from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349530335
ISBN
9781349530335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

paperback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSY; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472529
ISBN
9781349472529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.41

Paperback. Teaching Theory offers a selection of essays on the pragmatics, benefits and shortcomings of Theory as a key aspect of literature teaching in universities. They range from reflective discussions of Theory as an intellectual challenge for undergraduates to accounts of the day-to-day problems of planning and teaching courses and implementing Theory. Editor(s): Bradford, Richard. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JNMN; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230520745
ISBN
9780230520745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Hardback. Teaching Theory offers a selection of essays on the pragmatics, benefits and shortcomings of Theory as a key aspect of literature teaching in universities. They range from reflective discussions of Theory as an intellectual challenge for undergraduates to accounts of the day-to-day problems of planning and teaching courses and implementing Theory. Editor(s): Bradford, Richard. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JNMN; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230520738
ISBN
9780230520738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Powell, Anna; Smith, Prof Andrew. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403949301
ISBN
9781403949301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.98

Hardback. Editor(s): Powell, Anna; Smith, Prof Andrew. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403949295
ISBN
9781403949295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Understanding language and its capacity to create literary effects is vital for any student of English. Stylistics, the linguistic study of literary texts, has a key role to play in literary criticism. This book covers the theory and practice of teaching stylistics, focusing on the value of objectivity, rigour and replicability in text analysis. Editor(s): Jeffries, Lesley; McIntyre, Dan. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230235878
ISBN
9780230235878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.69

Hardcover. Ecocriticism is one of the most vibrant fields of cultural study today, and environmental issues are controversial and topical. This volume captures the excitement of green reading, reflects on its relationship to the modern academy, and provides practical guidance for dealing with global scale, interdisciplinarity, apathy and scepticism. Editor(s): Garrard, Greg. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JNU; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230235038
ISBN
9780230235038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.58

Paperback. Ecocriticism is one of the most vibrant fields of cultural study today, and environmental issues are controversial and topical. This volume captures the excitement of green reading, reflects on its relationship to the modern academy, and provides practical guidance for dealing with global scale, interdisciplinarity, apathy and scepticism. Editor(s): Garrard, Greg. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349313709
ISBN
9781349313709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.57

Paperback. Teaching Creative Writing includes lively contributions from two dozen leading practitioners in the field. Topics addressed include history of Creative Writing, workshops, undergraduate, postgraduate, reflective activities, assessment, critical theory, and information technology. Editor(s): Beck, Heather. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSA; JNM; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230240087
ISBN
9780230240087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.80

Hardcover. Teaching Creative Writing includes lively contributions from two dozen leading practitioners in the field. Topics addressed include history of Creative Writing, workshops, undergraduate, postgraduate, reflective activities, assessment, critical theory, and information technology. Editor(s): Beck, Heather. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBV; DSA; JNM; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230240070
ISBN
9780230240070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

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