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Hardcover. In the half century before Walter Scott's Waverley, dozens of popular novelists produced historical fictions for circulating libraries. This book examines eighty-five popular historical novels published between 1762 and 1813, looking at how the conventions of the genre developed through a process of imitation and experimentation. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230246294
ISBN
9780230246294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Hardback. In this 2002 volume, scholars examine the role of literature in the construction of 'Britishness'. Editor(s): Baker, David J.; Maley, Willy. Num Pages: 314 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662. Hardback in good condition, with dustjacket, some shelfwear.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF2232699
ISBN
9780521782005
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This title considers: the emergence of the Gothic novel at a time when national upheavals required the construction of a new nationalist identity, the Gothic novel's redefinition of heroes and heroism in that nationalist debate, and changes within class and gender. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 589.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333971710
ISBN
9780333971710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.81

Hardback. The book traces the development of British Indian literature from the early days of the 19th century through the Victorian period. Previously unstudied poems and essays drawn from the thriving periodicals culture of British India are examined alongside novels and travel-writing by authors including Emma Roberts and Philip Meadows Taylor. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748640683
ISBN
9780748640683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 103.24

Hardcover. British Literary Salons of the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries is a comprehensive study of the British salon between the 1780s and the 1840s. Using a number of sources - diaries, letters, silver-fork novels, satires, travel writing, Keepsakes, and imaginary conversations - this study establishes sociable networks of days gone by. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230110656
ISBN
9780230110656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Paperback. British Literary Salons of the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries is a comprehensive study of the British salon between the 1780s and the 1840s. Using a number of sources - diaries, letters, silver-fork novels, satires, travel writing, Keepsakes, and imaginary conversations - this study establishes sociable networks of days gone by. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSA; DSBD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137557643
ISBN
9781137557643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810017
ISBN
9781554810017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810024
ISBN
9781554810024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.19

Hardback. Containing 17 essays by 16 contemporary literary critics, this text presents late-1990s thinking of 17th- to 18th-century literature. It aims to help students and teachers find new approaches to central canonical works and also provides introductions to several of the less well known writers. Editor(s): Robert Demaria., Prof (Vassar College, New York USA). Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631197393
ISBN
9780631197393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.26

Paperback. Designed to complement DeMariaa s textbook British Literature 1640--1789: An Anthology , this critical reader contains seventeen essays by sixteen contemporary literary critics and covers the full range of works printed in the anthology. Editor(s): Robert Demaria., Prof (Vassar College, New York USA). Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631197416
ISBN
9780631197416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.08

Hardback. The complexity of print culture in Britain between the seventeenth and nineteenth century is investigated in these wide-ranging articles. Editor(s): Jung, Sandro. Series: Essays and Studies. Num Pages: 239 pages, 44, 40 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843436
ISBN
9781843843436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.80

Hardcover. British Literature of the Blitz interrogates the patriotic, utopian ideal of the People's War by analyzing conflicted representations of class and gender in literature and film. Its subtitle -- Fighting the People's War -- describes how British citizens both united to fight Nazi Germany and questioned the nationalist ideology binding them together. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230573659
ISBN
9780230573659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

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

€ 107.02
€ 103.50

Hardcover. Through interviews with leading writers (including Ahdaf Soueif and Hanif Kureishi), this book analyzes the writing and opinions of novelists of Muslim heritage based in the UK. Discussion centres on writers' work, literary techniques, and influences, and on their views of such issues as the hijab, the war on terror and the Rushdie Affair. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH5; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252332
ISBN
9780230252332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.81

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230308787
ISBN
9780230308787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Hardcover. British Novelists in Hollywood, 1935-1965 calls attention to the shifting grounds of cultural expression by highlighting Hollywood as a site that unsettled definitions and narratives of colonialism and national identity for prominent British novelists such as Christopher Isherwood, P.G. Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh, and J.B. Priestley. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137380753
ISBN
9781137380753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Hardback. This study explores the rise of periodicals as hugely popular repositories of 'public opinion' in the nineteenth century and the key individuals who shaped their own identities through them. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230609471
ISBN
9780230609471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.57

Hardcover. Fictional or real, pirates haunted the imagination of the 18th and 19th century-British public during this great period of maritime commerce, exploration, and naval conflict. British Pirates in Print and Performance explores representations of pirates through dozens of stage performances, including adaptations by Byron, Scott, and Cooper. Num Pages: 241 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137339911
ISBN
9781137339911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.61

Paperback. This collection of essays looks at the developments in British poetry from the Movement until the present. The introduction not only provides a context for these changes but also argues that poetry criticism has been debilitated by the quest for political respectability. Editor(s): Day, Gary E.; Docherty, Brian. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333532812
ISBN
9780333532812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

hardcover. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Edition
1985th Edition
SKU
V9780333369494
ISBN
9780333369494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.66

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