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Literary studies: general

Paperback. The Harlem Renaissance, a broad artistic movement of the 1920s and early '30s was one of the most productive eras in American literary history. This title provides coverage and insight into the literature of the Harlem Renaissance. It has more than 800 entries that explain how the writer, work, or idea helped shape American literature. Num Pages: 624 pages, 35 black-&-white photographs & illustrations, index, bibliography, cross-references, chro. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 187 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Checkmark Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816069255
ISBN
9780816069255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.46

paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349517817
ISBN
9781349517817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.59

Hardback. This anthology of scholarship on Jewish women writers is the first to focus on what it is to be a woman and a Jew and to explore how the two identities variously support and oppose each other. Editor(s): Rubin, Lois E. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874138993
ISBN
9780874138993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.73

Hardback. Nancy Cunard abandoned the world of a celebrated socialite and Jazz Age icon to pursue a lifelong battle against social injustice as a wartime journalist, humanitarian aid worker, and civil rights champion. This biography tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the dazzling energy and tumultuous spirit of her age. Num Pages: 504 pages, 70 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139380
ISBN
9780231139380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Interviews with and essays by twenty-two prominent directors of Samuel Beckett's work Editor(s): Oppenheim, Lois. Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance. Num Pages: 336 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472084364
ISBN
9780472084364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.65

Paperback. Shows magical realism to be an international movement with a wide-ranging history. Editor(s): Faris, Wendy B. Num Pages: 592 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 840.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822316404
ISBN
9780822316404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.49

Hardcover. A study in practical applications of Stoic philosophy for a turbulent modern world. Examining the eighteenth-century transition from classical to modern perspectives in British rhetorical theory, it argues that this shift was significantly shaped by resurgent influences of Stoic ethical philosophy. Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ of South Carolina Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570037672
ISBN
9781570037672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; CFG; DSB; GTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809331482
ISBN
9780809331482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.72

Paperback. A collection of Greek fiction that includes "Callirhoe", "Daphnis and Chloe", "Letters of Chion". Editor(s): Morales, Helen. Translator(s): Omitowoju, Rosanna; Vasunia, Phiroze; Penwill, John. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449259
ISBN
9780140449259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. Brings together philosophy and literature, theory and practical criticism, the Western and the non-Western in defining common ground on which East and West may come to a mutual understanding Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 285 x 24. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822312185
ISBN
9780822312185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.34

Hardback. Archetypes from Underground: Notes on the Dostoevskian Self uncovers archetypal imagery in Dostoevsky s stories and novels and argues that archetypes bring a new dimension to our understanding and appreciation of his works. In this interdisciplinary study, Harrison analyzes selected texts in light of fresh research in Dos" Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771122047
ISBN
9781771122047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.75
€ 81.39

Paperback. Unlike studies of 19th-century culture that perpetuate a dichotomy of a public, male world set against a private, female world, this book shows the sometimes contradictory cultural planes on which struggles for authority unfolded in antebellum America. It also revises the terms of debate on 19th-century literature, history, and gender studies. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320425
ISBN
9780822320425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.88

Hardback. "Sold, a legal prostitute" in marriage at 15, Charlotte Smith left her wastrel husband to support their children as a novelist. A radical author at the time when the French Revolution raised hopes of reform, she had an influence on the young Jane Austen. This biography traces Smith's life. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333678459
ISBN
9780333678459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.10

Paperback. "Sold, a legal prostitute" when married off at the age of 15, Charlotte Smith left her wastrel husband to support herself and their children as a poet and novelist, who would have a lasting influence on William Wordsworth and Jane Austen. This volume is her biography. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333949467
ISBN
9780333949467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 197.29

Condition
New
SKU
V9780819575128
ISBN
9780819575128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.42

Paperback. One of the great Victorian poets, Tennyson's genius is expressed through the precision and delicacy of the language of his lyrical poems Editor(s): Baron, Michael. Series: Everyman Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128. One of the great Victorian poets, Tennyson's genius is expressed through the precision and delicacy of the language of his lyrical poems Editor(s): Baron, Michael. Series: Everyman Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
W&N
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0007230
ISBN
9780460878029
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Byron's Poetry and Prose presents an extensive selection of Byron's poetry, letters, and journal entries in chronological clusters, allowing readers to see the changes that took place in his writing in the context of the places he lived and his fame, exile, and travels. Editor(s): Levine, Alice. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 145 x 33. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393925609
ISBN
9780393925609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.34

hardcover. The first ever edition of the collected verse of John, Lord Hervey, an eighteenth-century aristocrat, courtier, politician and poet. Editor(s): Overton, Bill. Num Pages: 800 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107010178
ISBN
9781107010178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.97

Paperback. In the "Poet to Poet" series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and their critical reactions, the selectors offer intriguing insights into their own work. Here, Mick Imlah selects Tennyson. Editor(s): Imlah, Mick. Series: Poet to Poet: An Essential Choice of Classic Verse. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 119 x 7. Weight in Grams: 72.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
9780571207008
ISBN
9780571207008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 5.50

Hardback. This book is the first comprehensive history of Grove Press, the groundbreaking publisher responsible for the end of obscenity and the assimilation of the avant-garde into the American mainstream. Series: Post*45. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784160
ISBN
9780804784160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Glass, Loren. Series: The New American Canon: The Iowa Series in Contemporary Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 274 pages, 9 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSB; JNMN; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Iowa Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609384395
ISBN
9781609384395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.51

Paperback. Homeric Durability investigates the concepts of time and decay in the Iliad. Through a framework informed by phenomenology and psychology, Lorenzo Garcia argues that, in moments of pain and sorrow, the Homeric gods are themselves defined by human temporal experience, and so the epic tradition cannot but imagine its own eventual disintegration. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 425 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
425
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073234
ISBN
9780674073234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. African American poetry exhibits an impressive range of style and substance, in all its forms. This history of the genre offers a critical reassessment of its development in the 20th century, within the contexts of modernism and the troubled racial history of the United States. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817310158
ISBN
9780817310158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.46

Hardcover. Contains essays which explore the interrelationships among African American music, literature, and, popular culture. This book lays out the case for the blues as constituting a body of literature, and then offers a tour of the movement through classic jazz, bop, and the explosions of the free jazz era, followed by a section on R&B and Soul. Editor(s): Nielsen, Aldon Lynn. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472098927
ISBN
9780472098927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.42
€ 85.22

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