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Literary studies: general

Hardback. Stephen Knight's book is a full analytic survey of the popular genre of crime fiction, from its origins right up to the present day. This expanded second edition has been thoroughly updated in the light of new developments and recent research, and also explores a number of fictional works which have been published in the last few years. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230580732
ISBN
9780230580732
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.60
€ 99.65

Hardback. Num Pages: 161 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
161
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231047821
ISBN
9780231047821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.15

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857388391
ISBN
9780857388391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

paperback. This book addresses recent interest in ghosts and the return of the dead through examination of key theoretical texts as well as films and literary works. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPC; JFC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349353682
ISBN
9781349353682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.55

Hardcover. "This volume is comprised of the second set of select essays which were presented in their early versions at a conference entitled "Conrad's Polish-Ukrainian Footprints," the Fourth International Joseph Conrad Conference"--P. 1. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336819
ISBN
9780880336819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.82

Hardback. This analysis aims to show how the greatest romance stories of medieval Europe contain the seeds of later versions of tragedy, and the stress this put upon the literary form and ideological function of the romance. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 33. Weight in Grams: 611.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722902
ISBN
9780804722902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 189 x 32. Weight in Grams: 962.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810859043
ISBN
9780810859043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.04

Hardcover. Editor(s): Marcus, Leonard S. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.), photographs. BIC Classification: AC; DSB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 240 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 859.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Candlewick Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Candlewick ed.
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780763635060
ISBN
9780763635060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.77

Hardcover. Building on the emerging field of geocriticism, this book explores Africa's complex, dynamic literary landscapes, proffering new methods for understanding the geographies of African literature. Using both cultural geography and political ecology, Crowley offers fresh insights into key authors' imagined geographies of resistance and alterity. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137522757
ISBN
9781137522757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.35

Paperback. For ten winter days in 1977, the orator Paul John - widely respected as a dean of Yupik elders - held an audience of Yupik students rapt at Nelson Island High School in southwest Alaska. This book records one elder's attempt to create a moral universe for future generations through stories about the special knowledge of the Yupik people. Editor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann. Translator(s): Shield, Sophie. Num Pages: 856 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 2JN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
856
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295983509
ISBN
9780295983509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403992116
ISBN
9781403992116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.66

hardcover. The "angel of the house" is a critical commonplace in studies of the 19th-century woman. Through readings of Victorian gothic and "sensation" fiction, this book interrogates current feminist assumptions about the relation of women to the private sphere. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Edition
1992nd Edition
SKU
V9780333566152
ISBN
9780333566152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.19

Hardback. Editor(s): Pace, Joel; Scott, Matthew. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403901330
ISBN
9781403901330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.03

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
1032
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150437
ISBN
9780691150437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.19
€ 50.63

hardcover. This is an authoritative and timely guide to some of the most inventive and challenging fiction to emerge from Ireland in the last quarter century. Meticulously researched and lucidly written, it presents detailed interpretations of novels by some of the country s most critically celebrated and successful writers. Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781444336191
ISBN
9781444336191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.47

Hardcover. This text analyzes how writing over the period of a century justified and was affected by the introduction and extension of British domination of India, demonstrating the link between written representations and the ideological, economic and political climate, and debates. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1998th Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333689424
ISBN
9780333689424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.08

Hardback. This study sets Goethe's creative work in the context of his biography and of the literary and political movements of his time. It gives an account of Goethe's wide range of public activities, and also covers his less well-known literary output. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; BG; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631163763
ISBN
9780631163763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.98

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843009
ISBN
9781843843009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.69

Hardcover. From this study of Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ana Castillo arises a new model for analyzing American literature that highlights commonalities - one in which colloquial and lyrical style and content speak out against oppression. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230620933
ISBN
9780230620933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.78

Paperback. An anthology of thirty-four writers who published during the settlement years of the American frontier. It assembles nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and occasional writings from women of Anglo, Chinese, Hispanic, and Native American ethnicity, addressing such themes as isolation, drudgery, friendship, mourning, and even mysticism. Editor(s): Miller, Susan Cummins. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 462 pages, New Preface. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896726185
ISBN
9780896726185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.76

Paperback. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349499823
ISBN
9781349499823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Hardcover. The England of Icelandic medieval texts is more of a stage than a country, and chiefly functions to provide saga heroes with fame abroad. Since many of these texts are rarely examined outside of Iceland or in the English language, Fjalldal's book is important for scholars of both medieval Norse culture and Anglo-Saxon England. Series: Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (Tonis). Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802038371
ISBN
9780802038371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.63

Hardcover. This fascinating new book offers a detailed account of the prolific debate about the sensation novel and considers the genre's dialogues with a number of sciences. Well-known and obscure sensation novels are read against this context in order to recover the forgotten history of sensual reading the genre inspired. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230203167
ISBN
9780230203167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.91

Paperback. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349427840
ISBN
9781349427840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.08

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