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paperback. Provides a "picture of Chinese literature of the past" that illustrates the four great literary genres of China: the classics, prose, poetry, and the literature of entertainment. This book combines personal insights with innovative historical accounts in a genre-based approach that aims to move beyond the typical chronology of dynasties. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213655
- ISBN
- 9780253213655
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.78
€ 21.99
€ 21.78
Paperback. Jonathan Coe is a highly-acclaimed writer whose work has enjoyed worldwide success. This study, the first of its kind, explores the full range of Coe's work, offering readers a comprehensive and accessible overview of his novels, fiction and other writings, as well as the surrounding criticism. The volume also features a new interview with Coe. Series: New British Fiction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FZC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405821
- ISBN
- 9781137405821
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.52
€ 32.99
€ 27.52
Good Girls, Good Germans (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and...
Professor Jennifer Drake Jennifer Drake Askey
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135629
- ISBN
- 9781571135629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.78
€ 96.78
Hardback. Tracing an ambivalence toward pleasure from the early modern to the modern era, McEleney shows how contemporary critics have recapitulated Renaissance humanist ideals about aesthetic value. Against a longstanding tradition that defensively advocates for t Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272655
- ISBN
- 9780823272655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.32
€ 126.32
Hardcover. A household name in Great Britain, John Betjeman was a public literary figure who openly declared his Christian faith and championed the social and aesthetic joys of Anglicanism as unique to English identity. This study of his writings deems Betjeman to be the poet of the Church of England. Series: The Making of the Christian Imagination. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602582545
- ISBN
- 9781602582545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.13
€ 85.13
paperback. Approaching postcolonial theory through cultural analysis, this book offers an appraisal of developments in postcolonial criticism. Readings of a range of Anglophone Caribbean migrant women's texts lead to insights into three issues that are crucial to an understanding of the field. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804729482
- ISBN
- 9780804729482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland, Ormond, Arthur Mervyn, and Edgar Hun...
Brown, Charles Brockden. Ed(S): Barnard, Phil...
Paperback. A four-volume set that features a copy of "Arthur Mervyn: Or, Memories of the Year 1793", "Edgar Huntly: Or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker", "Wieland: Or the Transformation", and "Ormond: Or the Secret Witness". Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 1478 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 157 x 86. Weight in Grams: 2290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841474
- ISBN
- 9781603841474
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Condition: New
€ 65.85€ 54.85
€ 65.85
€ 54.85
Hardback. Explores the relationship between jazz and literature, looking at jazz musicians and the themes literature has garnered from them by appropriating the style, tones, and innovations of jazz, and demonstrating that the poetics of jazz has both been assimilated into, and affected, the development of twentieth-century American literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AVGJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123578
- ISBN
- 9780691123578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.91
€ 64.68
€ 49.91
Paperback. Contests the notion that women occupied a separate private sphere in England during the Romantic Era. This title demonstrates the various ways in which they attempted to shape British public policy and cultural behaviour in the areas of religious and governmental reform, education, philanthropy, and patterns of consumption. Series: Women of Letters S. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213693
- ISBN
- 9780253213693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.45
€ 19.45
Paperback. A History of Seventeenth-Century Literature outlines significant developments in the English literary tradition between the years 1603 and 1690. * An energetic and provocative history of English literature from 1603-1690. * Part of the major Blackwell History of English Literature series. Series: Blackwell History of Literature. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118652527
- ISBN
- 9781118652527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.68
€ 61.68
Hardback. Editor(s): Giordano, Paolo A.; Tamburri, Anthony Julian. Num Pages: 305 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADT; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838637326
- ISBN
- 9780838637326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.77
€ 145.77
Paperback. A collection of profiles and essays, which proffers observations on writers and writing in the post-1950s period. It considers writers associated with the "New Yorker" magazine, including John Updike, William Maxwell, Truman Capote, and Jonathan Franzen. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252370
- ISBN
- 9780520252370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardback. This volume contains a series of close readings of the central works of gay male drama, as written by American and English playwrights. The plays discussed reflect the transformation of gay men in 20th-century British and American societies. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 393 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075107
- ISBN
- 9780231075107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 78.05
€ 103.49
€ 78.05
Offering unparalleled scope, A Companion to Hellenistic Literature in 30 newly commissioned essays explores the social and intellectual contexts of literature production in the Hellenistic period, and examines the relationship between Hellenistic and earlier literature. Editor(s): Clauss, James J.; Cuypers, Martine. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 576 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 179 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1186.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405136792
- ISBN
- 9781405136792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.20
€ 256.20
Hardback. Michael Crichton has become one of America's most popular novelists. This companion features clear analyses of Crichton's life and literary influences, as well as chapters on each of his 13 novels to date. It also offers information on significant events in the writer's life. Series: Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780313294143
- ISBN
- 9780313294143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.75€ 47.85
€ 51.75
€ 47.85
hardcover. Editor(s): Donovan, Jack; Everest, Kelvin; Rognoni, Francesco; Rossington, Michael. Series: Longman Annotated English Poets. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 952
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415746076
- ISBN
- 9780415746076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.83
€ 159.83
paperback. The latest installment of Yale French Studies explores the history and development of bande dessinee, Franco-Belgian comics Editor(s): Grove, Laurence; Syrotinski, Michael. Series: Yale French Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CJB; DSB; FZG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300225983
- ISBN
- 9780300225983
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 6.23
€ 16.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. In Meetings with Mallarme, top scholars from the UK and USA have been specially commissioned to explore the significance of Mallarme's influence on some of the major players in French psychoanalysis, music, poetry, philosophy and literary theory. Editor(s): Temple, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press Devon
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895620
- ISBN
- 9780859895620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.36
€ 40.36
Paperback. Sheds new light on the views and attitudes of Latin American writers during the Nazi era Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBH; HBTZ1; JFSL4. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688566
- ISBN
- 9781611688566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.82
€ 42.99
€ 32.82
Hardback. The Book of "Esther" in Slavonic translation is known from East Slavic manuscripts of the late-14th to the late-16th centuries. Working from the Masoretic Hebrew texts and Greek translations, this work examines textological clues to the circumstances of its translation, sources and redactions. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRCG9. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 222 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1040.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458805
- ISBN
- 9780916458805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.50
€ 47.99
€ 39.50
Contemporary Francophone African Writers and the Burden of Commitment
Cazenave, Odile; Celerier, Patricia
Hardback. Series: Modern Language Initiative. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813930954
- ISBN
- 9780813930954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.95
€ 77.95
Paperback. Between Nations argues for a cross-cultural, cross-national approach to the history of the British Isles, making its case by tracing the heterogeneous influences on texts of three early modern English authors - Shakespeare, Spenser, and Marvell. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804741842
- ISBN
- 9780804741842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Murphy, Lizz. Num Pages: 373 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DQ; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559510
- ISBN
- 9781875559510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.79
€ 19.99
€ 14.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Dennis, Rodney G.; Falsey, Elizabeth. Series: Houghton Library Publications. Num Pages: 212 pages, 40 plates. BIC Classification: DSB; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914630074
- ISBN
- 9780914630074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.25
€ 32.99
€ 27.25