Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. This text describes children's fiction about Native Americans and explains the cultural contexts of each work. It provides a balanced discussion of the portrayal of native peoples and customs in children's literature, taking into account that some publications have been inaccurate. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; YFB; YQEF. Category: (EJ) Primary; (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897747820
- ISBN
- 9780897747820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.16
€ 53.16
Hardback. Editor(s): Romanska, Magda; Ackerman, Alan. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: AN; ASZB; DSA; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474247894
- ISBN
- 9781474247894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.49€ 137.06
€ 154.49
€ 137.06
Paperback. This book explores the principal thematic and aesthetic preoccupations in MacDiarmid's work, relating his poetry to key national and international concerns in modern culture and politics. Editor(s): Lyall, Scott; Palmer McCulloch, Dr. Margery. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641895
- ISBN
- 9780748641895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. How and why did the Western tradition of political theorizing arise in Athens during the late fifth and fourth centuries BC? Interweaving intellectual history with political philosophy and literary analysis, this book Ober argues that the tradition originated in a high-stakes debate about democracy. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089812
- ISBN
- 9780691089812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 50.79
€ 65.36
€ 50.79
Paperback. This volume offers the reader a comprehensive critical overview of the widespread and profound contest of ideas within European 'theory'. Editor(s): Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 244 x 27. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624492
- ISBN
- 9780748624492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.54
€ 41.99
€ 37.54
Hardback. This highly original book explores whether globalisation might now be prompting a sub-genre of the novel adept at imagining global community. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638154
- ISBN
- 9780748638154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 108.53
€ 112.89
€ 108.53
Paperback. Elizabeth English explores the aesthetic dilemma prompted by the censorship of Radclyffe Hall's novel The Well of Loneliness in 1928. Faced with legal and financial reprisals, women writers were forced to question how they might represent lesbian identity and desire. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474424493
- ISBN
- 9781474424493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Hardback. This book is new in the way it tackles the problem of imagining performances of Shakespeare as you read his plays. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andy. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623716
- ISBN
- 9780748623716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.01€ 97.45
€ 101.01
€ 97.45
Hardback. A fresh and exciting approach to this great work of classical literature, which brings it alive for today's students and gives them the tools to appreciate and explore the work themselves. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641109
- ISBN
- 9780748641109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.18€ 80.80
€ 83.18
€ 80.80
Paperback. Why have theorists approached narrative primarily as a form of retrospect? Mark Currie argues that anticipation and other forms of projection into the future are vital for an understanding of narrative and its effects in the world. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642465
- ISBN
- 9780748642465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.72
€ 32.99
€ 27.72
Hardback. Series: Shakespeare in the Theatre. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 bw illus. BIC Classification: AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472587077
- ISBN
- 9781472587077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.34
€ 50.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472033560
- ISBN
- 9780472033560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.70
€ 35.70
Paperback. This pocket-sized alphabetic guide introduces popular terms used in the study of language and society. A central topic within modern linguistics, sociolinguistics deals with human communication and the use of language in its social context. This glossary provides full coverage of both traditional and contemporary terminology. Series: Glossaries in Linguistics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10ill. BIC Classification: CFB; DSR; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Number of pages
- 160
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748616237
- ISBN
- 9780748616237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.33
€ 26.99
€ 25.33
Paperback. This Companion brings together an international 'Brodie set' of critics to trace the history, impact, reception and major themes of Spark's work, from her early poetry to her last novel. Editor(s): Gardiner, Michael; Maley, Willy. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748637690
- ISBN
- 9780748637690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardcover. Divided into two sections, Sources and Archives and Theories and Translations, and containing work by some of the world's leading Beckett scholars, this volume reflects both a distinctive European emphasis as well as the 'new pragmatism' within Beckett Studies. It gathers 5 textual essays laying out the underpinnings of Beckett's texts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 240 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748665709
- ISBN
- 9780748665709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.03
€ 106.95
€ 102.03
Hardcover. In this study, David Brauner explores the representation of Jewishness in a number of works by postwar British and American Jewish writers, identifying a transatlantic sensibility characterized by an insistent compulsion to explain themselves and their Jewishness in ambivalent terms. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333740354
- ISBN
- 9780333740354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.71€ 81.13
€ 130.71
€ 81.13
Hardcover. Containing three interconnected essays, this book sets Ha Jin's own work and life alongside those of other literary exiles, creating a conversation across cultures and between eras. Series: The Rice University Campbell Lectures. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226399881
- ISBN
- 9780226399881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.46
€ 16.99
€ 14.46
Hardback. This is the first volume to offer a selection of texts from the field of deconstruction in all its radical diversity. It examines the fortunes of the term deconstruction, and the ideas associated with it, in the work of the leading commentators on Derrida's texts. Editor(s): McQuillan, Martin. Num Pages: 600 pages, bibliographies. BIC Classification: 3JJ; CFA; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1541.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748612550
- ISBN
- 9780748612550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.31€ 162.44
€ 172.31
€ 162.44
Hardback. A new definitive edition of Stevenson's famous exploration of evil and greed. Editor(s): Katz, Wendy Roberta. Series: The Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748608379
- ISBN
- 9780748608379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.37
€ 106.95
€ 102.37
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810132382
- ISBN
- 9780810132382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.92
€ 69.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; JNU; YQE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Number of pages
- 330
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 7th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292021348
- ISBN
- 9781292021348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.34
€ 77.34
Paperback. An excellent introduction to Derrida's remarkable contribution to literary studies comprising much of Derrida's writing on writers such as Shakespeare, Mallarme, Joyce and Kafka. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415900577
- ISBN
- 9780415900577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.22
€ 56.22
Hardcover. Susan Howatch began to take her loyal following of gothic and family-saga readers into unexpected psychological and theological depths in the 1980s. This book provides a way into Howatch's new world by presenting many of her own considerations of her work, and by allowing a group of scholars to engage in a wide-ranging discussion of Howatch's art. Editor(s): Howatch, Susan; Johnson, Bruce; Huttar, Charles A. Num Pages: 293 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Susquehanna University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910963
- ISBN
- 9781575910963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.10
€ 134.10
Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474265096
- ISBN
- 9781474265096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.52
€ 25.99
€ 22.52