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Literary theory

The resulting picture of the emotional agency of criticism opens up a new angle on Blake's literary and visual legacy and offers a vivid interrogation of the practical potential of theoretical discourse. Num Pages: 416 pages, 37, 37 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408064
ISBN
9781421408064
Condition: New

€ 84.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349478101
ISBN
9781349478101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Schaberg, Christopher (Loyola University New Orleans USA); Bogost, Professor Ian (Loyola University New Orleans USA). Series: Object Lessons. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628922653
ISBN
9781628922653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.47

Hardback. Given the long-standing belief that children ought to be shielded from disturbing life events, it is surprising to see how many stories for kids involve killing. This title offers a study of this pervasive theme of murder in children's literature. It adds to the body of inquiry into America's ongoing fascination with violent crime. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408408
ISBN
9781421408408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.89
€ 54.92

By linking Frye's classic studies to exciting recent approaches in the humanities and the cognitive revolution of the past few decades, Body of Vision casts Frye's achievements in a fascinating new light. Series: Frye Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643918
ISBN
9781442643918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.60

Paperback. Thisbook contextualizes21st century representations of disappearance, torture, and detention within a historical framework of inter-American narratives. Examining a range of sources, Pitt finds a persistent focus on the body that links contemporary practices of political terror to concerns about corporality and sovereignty." Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349290635
ISBN
9781349290635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This rich and varied collection of essays by scholars and interviews with artists approaches the fraught topic of book destruction from a new angle, setting out an alternative history of the cutting, burning, pulping, defacing and tearing of books from the medieval period to our own age. Editor(s): Partington, Gillian; Smyth, A. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349474554
ISBN
9781349474554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501307447
ISBN
9781501307447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349297764
ISBN
9781349297764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Explores Hollywood's invention of Britain through the adaptation of its literature. Utilizing Jacque Derrida's Margins of Philosophy and texts by Gilles Deleuze, this text identifies the phenomena portending the future of British and Anglophone literary and cultural studies as a group of citations appropriated for American ends. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230120990
ISBN
9780230120990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSA; DSBF; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 389.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349523146
ISBN
9781349523146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. What role do objects play in realist narratives as they move between societies and their different systems of value as commodities, as charms, as gifts, as trophies, or as curses? This book explores how the struggle to represent objects in British colonial realism corresponded with historical struggles over the material world and its significance. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349350933
ISBN
9781349350933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. This collection of essays by leading and emergent critics of twentieth-century fiction offers a wide-ranging and provocative reassessment of the British novel's achievements after modernism. Editor(s): Mackay, M.; Stonebridge, Lyndsey. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349540877
ISBN
9781349540877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This book offers a unique analysis of the wide-ranging responses of British novelists to the East-West conflict. Hammond analyses the treatment of such geopolitical currents as communism, nuclearism, clandestinity, decolonisation and US superpowerdom, and explores the literary forms which writers developed to capture the complexities of the age. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349445905
ISBN
9781349445905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349464586
ISBN
9781349464586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

Paperback. The debate over extending full civil rights to British and Irish Catholics not only preoccupied British politics but also informed the romantic period's most prominent literary works. This book offers the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of Catholic Emancipation, one of the romantic period's most contentious issues. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349326983
ISBN
9781349326983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.00

paperback. This is the first book of its kind to look across disciplines at this vital aspect of British art, literature and culture. It brings the various intertwined histories of social realism into historical perspective, and argues that this sometimes marginalized genre is still an important reference point for creativity in Britain. Editor(s): Tucker, D. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; DSA; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349317868
ISBN
9781349317868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Paperback. This exciting book uniquely combines interviews with scholars and practitioners in theatre studies to look at what most people feel is a pivotal moment of British theatre - the 1990s. With a particular focus on 'in-yer-face theatre', this volume will be essential reading for all students and scholars of contemporary British theatre. Editor(s): Aragay, M; Klein, H; Monforte, E; Zozaya, P. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; JFC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349281893
ISBN
9781349281893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.88

Paperback. Ledbetter explores themes and patterns of poetry publication in a variety of women's periodicals published throughout the Victorian era using taste, style and the significance of poetry to advance our understanding of women's lives in the nineteenth century. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSC; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349370641
ISBN
9781349370641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. What is the relationship between the British woman writer and the short story? This collection examines what this versatile genre offers women writers and what this can tell us about the society and culture they inhabit. Editor(s): Young, Emma; Bailey, James. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474423175
ISBN
9781474423175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.67

Paperback. This book addresses a critically neglected genre used by women writers from Gaskell to Woolf to complicate Victorian and modernist notions of gender and social space. Their innovative short stories ask Britons to reconsider where women could live, how they could be identified, and whether they could be contained. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349471461
ISBN
9781349471461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.26

Paperback. British Women's Life Writing, 1760-1840 brings together for the first time a wide range of print and manuscript sources to demonstrate women's innovative approach to self-representation. It examines canonical writers, such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Robinson, and Helen Maria Williams, amongst others. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349445578
ISBN
9781349445578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.32

Paperback. A poignant piece of self-revelation, sprinkled with some trenchant observations on the way the dead hand of history has weighed down the former Warsaw Pact countries Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; BG; DSA; HBJD; HBLW3; JFFN; JPFC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803292611
ISBN
9780803292611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Paperback. This provocative new work examines the years between the Nazi book fires and the publication of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (1953), a period when book burning captured the popular imagination. It explores how embedded the myths of book burning have become in our cultural history, and illustrates the enduring appeal of a great cleansing bonfire. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349363094
ISBN
9781349363094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.03

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