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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. From childhood memories to manic motherhood to middle age, the author tells life as she has lived it. She acknowledges the passing years, from the generational shrinking of underwear to facing the fact that her knees make 'this noise like Rice Krispies' when she exercises. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559030
ISBN
9780099559030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911187615
ISBN
9781911187615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.12

Paperback. A biography full of romanticism, exoticism, glamour and fantasy Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 x 8pp bw. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719565472
ISBN
9780719565472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

paperback. In this collection, Anne Carson contemplates 'decreation', an activity described by Simone Weil as 'undoing the creature in us', an undoing of self. But how can we undo self without moving through self, to the very inside of its definitions? Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224079266
ISBN
9780224079266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2AFS; DCF; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2/27/00
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375708428
ISBN
9780375708428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.16

Paperback. * The definitive and ONLY complete translation of Sappho, by one of the world's greatest living poets Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080816
ISBN
9781844080816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.40

Paperback. Offers a reading of certain of Simonides' texts and aligns these with writings of the modern Romanian poet Paul Celan. Asking such questions as, What is lost when words are wasted? and Who profits when words are saved? This work reveals the two poets' striking commonalities. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691091754
ISBN
9780691091754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.43

Paperback. During the Harlem Renaissance African Americans used written and visual texts to shape ideas about themselves and to redefine African American identity. The author argues that these collaborative volumes show how participants engaged in the processes of representation and identity formation in sophisticated and largely successful ways. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 294 pages, 60 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219190
ISBN
9780253219190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.72

Hardcover. A study of 19th-century Irish authors, Edith Somerville and Martin Ross, and their literary collaboration, particularly the latter's influence on their writing and professional careers. New and in-depth archival research is used to rethink Somerville and Ross's joint authorship within the historical intellectual and literary culture. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XS) Student text. Dimension: 166 x 333 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051923
ISBN
9781782051923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. An innovative, beautifully written analysis of Mary Shelley's life and works which draws on unpublished archival material as well as Frankenstein and examines her relationship with her husband and other key personalities. Num Pages: 308 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415901475
ISBN
9780415901475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.24

Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482935
ISBN
9781611482935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781292138169
ISBN
9781292138169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.56

Paperback. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746312162
ISBN
9780746312162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.58

Paperback. Seven lectures by one of Britain's leading poets tracing the theories, fashions and beliefs of modern poets in American and Britain since the 1930s. Series: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780373454
ISBN
9781780373454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.37

Paperback. Presents a history of the concept of 'memory' and its uses, encompassing both memory as activity and the nature of memory. This book examines debates around the term in their historical and cultural contexts; introduces the reader to key thinkers in the field; and traces the links between theorisations and literary representations of memory. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415402736
ISBN
9780415402736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.72

Hardback. The literary potential of trauma is examined in this book, bringing trauma theory and literary texts together for the first time. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 237 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618576
ISBN
9780748618576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.50

Hardcover. Explores Chinese artistic and stylistic influences on Modernist practice in early twentieth century Britain. This volume examines the ways in which an intellectual vogue for a mythic China was a constituent element of British modernism. It offers a coverage of literature, painting and poetry, as well as performance and visual media, and more. Editor(s): Witchard, Dr Anne Veronica. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 b&w illustrations 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 2AB; AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748690954
ISBN
9780748690954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.52
€ 105.10

Hardback. This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theoretical dimensions. It focuses on representative plays and performance texts from the 1940s to the present that experiment with both form and content. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andy. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 117.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624935
ISBN
9780748624935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.76
€ 99.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198399001
ISBN
9780198399001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.86

Hardcover. This book makes sense of the social, political, and conceptual consequences of the 2008 credit crisis by looking at the ways that our culture has sought to formally represent and politically respond to it. Series: Post*45. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JMG; DSA; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 289 x 2. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799058
ISBN
9780804799058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SL; DS; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253202727
ISBN
9780253202727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.59

Paperback.
Publisher
Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904271628
ISBN
9781904271628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.19

Paperback. The contributors to Speaking of the Self interrogate the varied ways in which a diverse group of mostly female writers from South Asia-from a seventeenth-century Mughal princess to twentieth century Pakistani novelists-construct and articulate their subjectivity through their autobiographical memoirs, poetry, novels, and diaries. Editor(s): Malhotra, Anshu; Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAS; DS; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359913
ISBN
9780822359913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.12

Paperback. Through his researches in the archive of 16th and 17th-century manuscripts and documents at the Middle Temple in London, the author reveals that Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" was commissioned for performance there in 1602. Num Pages: 200 pages, 15 colour illustrations, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 375.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357197
ISBN
9781900357197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.41

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