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Literary studies: general

Hardcover. What is 'Wordsworthian' Romanticism and how did it evolve? This book argues that only by reading Charlotte Smith's poetry in tandem with William Wordsworth's can this question be answered, demonstrating their mutual contribution to the creation of the 'Wordsworthian', through literary analysis and historical contextualizing of their writings. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230285491
ISBN
9780230285491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.11

Hardcover. The Afrocubanismo was an artistic and intellectual movement in Cuba in the 1920s and 1930s that tried to convey a national and racial identity through poetry. This book treats the poetry of this movement, and questions the assumption that the poetry did manage to symbolize racial reconciliation and unification. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925417
ISBN
9780813925417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.38
€ 55.84

Paperback. Addressing the transnational relationships of Freemasonry, politics, and culture in the field of Latin American and Caribbean literatures and cultures, Writing Secrecy provides insight into Pan-Caribbean, transnational and diasporic formations of these Masonic lodges and their influences on political and cultural discourses in the Americas. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBJK; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349454747
ISBN
9781349454747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.44

Paperback. Examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or munshi, Chandar Bhan "Brahman" (d c1670), one of the great Indo-Persian poets and prose stylists of early modern South Asia. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 394 pages, 2 black and white. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FKA; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286467
ISBN
9780520286467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.68

Hardcover. A comprehensive historical anthology of English-language literary works from Singapore. It attempts to place the texts that have imagined the territory and the people who are now recognizably Singaporean in a historical narrative, to be read, studied, critiqued and treasured. Editor(s): Poon, Angelia; Holden, Philip; Lim, Shirley. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789971694869
ISBN
9789971694869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37

Paperback. This collection is the first volume in English to examine the entire span of modern Taiwanese literature, from the first decades of the twentieth century to the present. Editor(s): Wang, David Der-Wei; Rojas, Carlos. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338673
ISBN
9780822338673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.47

Hardback. Writing Teresa examines the essays and works of five turn-of-the-twentieth-century authors devoted to Teresa de Jesus (St. Teresa of Avila, 1515-1582). Num Pages: 341 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DS; DSB; HBJD; HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611484069
ISBN
9781611484069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.32

Paperback. Stafford's advice to beginning poets has become a favorite text in writing programs Series: Poets on Poetry. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
University of Michigan Press Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472873005
ISBN
9780472873005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.33

paperback. Trailblazing representations of black womanhood Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222466
ISBN
9780253222466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.97

Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duquesne Univ Pr
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820704234
ISBN
9780820704234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.10
€ 61.96

Paperback. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 389.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813551753
ISBN
9780813551753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.51

Paperback. Contributors examine the import of Barthes's shifting positions on photography and visual representation and the impact of his work on current developments in cultural studies and theories of the media and popular culture. Editor(s): Rabate, Jean-Michel. Num Pages: 296 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215960
ISBN
9780812215960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.30

Hardcover. A study of the dialogue that takes place between biographers and the writers who are their subjects. The text features 22 essays by scholars and biographers including Hermione Lee and Lawrence Lipking, tackling the lives of writers such as Virginia Woolf and Chaucer. Editor(s): Gould, Warwick; Staley, Thomas F. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333684610
ISBN
9780333684610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816669707
ISBN
9780816669707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.16

Paperback. The German Capital in Post-wall Literature. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 222 pages, black & white illustrations. A study of the "patchwork imaginary" that is postwall Berlin fiction and its significance for the new Germany. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135131
ISBN
9781571135131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.32

Paperback. Focuses on the influence of the oral tradition on written vernacular verse in England from the 5th to the 15th century. The book explores how a living tradition articulated through the public, performance voices of pre-literate singers found expression through the pens of private, literate authors. Series: Poetics of Orality & Literacy S. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268020248
ISBN
9780268020248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.31

Hardcover. Writing the Ottomans examines historical writing on the Turks in England from 1480-1700, tracing the evolution of this discourse and exploring its central authors, works, and contexts. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; 2AB; DSBD; HBJF1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137401526
ISBN
9781137401526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.19

Hardcover. An extensive look at historical, literary, and media representations of '68 in Germany, challenging the way it has been instrumentalized. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JJPK; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 31. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139542
ISBN
9781571139542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.14

Hardback. This is a study of the main literary theories of the late Italian Renaissance that seek to define a poetics of dialogue. Important because it subverts the conventional understanding of what is literary or not, dialogue has ties to Platonism, the dialectic and imaginative fiction. Num Pages: 316 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804714594
ISBN
9780804714594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.97

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239374
ISBN
9780312239374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.55

Hardcover. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935928
ISBN
9780813935928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.03
€ 59.89

hardcover. Writing to Delight also serves as an instrument for a critical investigation of both the cultural productions of nineteenth-century Italy and the process of formation of modern Italian identities. Editor(s): Arslan, Antonia; Romani, Gabriella. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; DN; DSBF; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802038746
ISBN
9780802038746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349286959
ISBN
9781349286959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.48

hardcover. By bridging close textual readings with book and publishing history, economic and sociological analysis, and original archival research, Writing Unemployment offers new ideas on work by many of Canada's most important writers. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644335
ISBN
9781442644335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.81

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