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Hardcover. The study follows the early evolution of the American frontier hero, from its roots in Mary Rowlandson's narration of her experiences as a prisoner during King Phillip's war through works by Unca Eliza Winkfield, Charles Brockden Brown, James Fenimore Cooper, the film-maker John Ford, and actor John Wayne. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230621503
ISBN
9780230621503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. * A major new examination of the ways in which Vidal's writings on history, politics, sex and religion throw into focus our understandings of the United States. * Ranges widely - from Vidal's defence of homosexuality in his earliest works to his most recent writings on the war in Iraq. Series: Polity Celebrities Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745633626
ISBN
9780745633626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. The novels of Paul Auster have captured the imagination of readers and the admiration of many critics of contemporary literature. In Beyond the Red Notebook, the first book devoted to the works of Auster, an international group of scholars provide a rich and insightful examination of Auster's writings. Editor(s): Barone, Dennis. Series: Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215564
ISBN
9780812215564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

hardcover. An exploration of how key modern writers challenged conventional ways of characterizing selfhood, thus developing a discourse expressive of the subtleties of experience in a post-Freudian world long before the self-representation theories of the post-structuralists and post-modernists. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; CFG; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Edition
1989th Edition
SKU
V9780333457429
ISBN
9780333457429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

Hardback. The book examines key texts by the writers James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound and T.S.Eliot as moves within a shared group-game, that of creating a new literature for the New Age. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 407.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333516461
ISBN
9780333516461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333604731
ISBN
9780333604731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.09

Paperback. You are about to read a book like no other. "Bloody Jack "is a collection about the making and unmaking of story, of poetry and of history. Based loosely on the life of John Krafchenko, a notorious Manitoban outlaw, the poems of "Bloody Jack "turn fact and fiction upside down and inside out. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 298 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643919
ISBN
9780888643919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. Dazzling, playful, and intellectually complex examination of personal recollections and archival materials about Kroetsch's poetry. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772121193
ISBN
9781772121193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.53
€ 40.81

Paperback. Introduces readers to the scope of Milton's work, the richness of its historical relations, and the range of current approaches to it. Editor(s): Danielson, Dennis. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 313 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521655439
ISBN
9780521655439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. In 1726, an illiterate woman from Surrey named Mary Toft announced that she had given birth to 17 rabbits. This study recreates the story of this incident and shows how it illuminates 18th-century beliefs about the power of imagination and the problems of personal identity. Num Pages: 358 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; JFC; JHM; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226805566
ISBN
9780226805566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. * Guides the reader through historical, linguistic and theoretical issues. * Avoids jargon and generalization. * Offers detailed case studies of literary texts by a wide range of writers. * Provides a clear and provocative account. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631194927
ISBN
9780631194927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.60

Paperback. This second edition will provoke thought and discussion in and out of the classroom. Editor(s): Attridge, Derek. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521545532
ISBN
9780521545532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.26

Paperback. * Provides first--hand understanding of two centuries of literary culture. * Gives representation to all kinds of writing that is of a literarya interest. * Offers a transgression of the a great dividea of medieval and Renaissance, and ignores conventional periodization. . Editor(s): Pearsall, Derek. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 720 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631198390
ISBN
9780631198390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.60

Hardback. Explores and examines the theme of violence in the works of Shakespeare. Items covered include the rape of Lavinia, the killing of Cordelia and the murder of Desdemona. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 359.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333570883
ISBN
9780333570883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.12

Hardback. This book, the first to trace revenge tragedy's evolving dialogue with early modern law, draws on changing laws of evidence, food riots, piracy, and debates over royal prerogative. By taking the genre's legal potential seriously, it opens up the radical critique embedded in the revenge tragedies of Kyd, Shakespeare, Marston, Chettle and Middleton. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; DSGS; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137572868
ISBN
9781137572868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.57

Hardcover. Through an analysis of a wide range of commercial and amateur recordings, this book describes how and why poetry was recorded in the U.S., from the 1930's through the mid-century performances of poets such as Dylan Thomas and Anne Sexton. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230103771
ISBN
9780230103771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

Hardcover. This book provides a political and geographical history of how boglands (or peat 'bogs') are represented in modern and contemporary Irish literature and culture from the 1880s to the present. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782052043
ISBN
9781782052043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Hardback. This book examines the play writing career of Aphra Behn explaining her often dominant place in the complex theatrical culture of Charles II's reign, her divided political sympathies, and her interests as a free thinking intellectual. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333760307
ISBN
9780333760307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. A collection of poems produced between the mid-fourteenth and late sixteenth centuries. Editor(s): Pearsall, Derek; Wu, Duncan. Series: Blackwell Essential Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; 3JB; DCQ; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 121 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229872
ISBN
9780631229872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.72

Paperback. This important new critical biography traces in carefully considered detail what is known of Geoffrey Chaucer's personal life while exploring the fascinating relationship between the man of affairs, who made so many 'improvisations and accommodations' to ensure his own survival, and the poet. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 365 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; BG; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557866653
ISBN
9781557866653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.28

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