Literature »
Literature: history & criticism »
Literary studies: general
Literary studies: general
Results 1177 - 1200 of 10311
Literary studies: general
paperback. About James Matthew Barrie, who died in 1937, and his funeral was an occasion for national mourning. During his lifetime, this inscrutable, enigmatic man succeeded in his desire to remain only partially known. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 316. From the library of Michel Déon. Signed by the author with an inscription to Déon. Clean copy showing some age and shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021414
- ISBN
- 9780099453239
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273737
- ISBN
- 9780823273737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Editor(s): Mathews, Cheyenne; Haedicke, Janet V. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442234659
- ISBN
- 9781442234659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 147.00
€ 147.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; YQEF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551116051
- ISBN
- 9781551116051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.77
€ 32.99
€ 23.77
Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816619412
- ISBN
- 9780816619412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. This Companion brings together specially commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars that reflect both the diversity of Victorian poetry and the variety of critical approaches that illuminate it. Editor(s): Cronin, Richard; Harrison, Antony H.; Chapman, Alison. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 256 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405176125
- ISBN
- 9781405176125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.05
€ 61.05
Paperback. Examines the cultural, political, and legal representations of Mexican Americans and the development of US capitalism and nationhood. From the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 through the period of mass repatriation of US Mexican laborers in 1939, this book explores both Mexican-American and Anglo-American cultural production. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 211 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814775585
- ISBN
- 9780814775585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. Provides fresh insights into both famous and little-known episodes in Thomas Mann's life and into his writing - the only realm in which he ever felt free. This book shows how love, death, religion, and politics were not merely themes in "Buddenbrooks", "The Magic Mountain", and other works, but were woven into the fabric of his existence. Translator(s): Willson, Leslie. Num Pages: 752 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University Press Group Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070698
- ISBN
- 9780691070698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.05
€ 99.05
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JH; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635095
- ISBN
- 9780691635095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.09
€ 186.09
Hardback. Editor(s): Riggio, Thomas P.; West, James L. W., III. Series: The University of Pennsylvania Dreiser Edition. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2ABM; 3JJG; BG; DSBH; DSK; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 259 x 32. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812280913
- ISBN
- 9780812280913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.47
€ 84.47
Paperback. Shirane and Suzuki examine how the Japanese canon of "classics" (The Tale of Genji, The Tale of the Heike, Noh drama, Saikaku, Chikamatsu, and Basho) was constructed as part of the creation of Japan as a modern nation-state and as a result of Western influence. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo; Suzuki, Tomi. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804741057
- ISBN
- 9780804741057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Hardback. Fiction and drama repeatedly pose questions concerning relations both among people and between people and their possessions: What ties individuals together, whether permanently or temporarily? When can ownership be transferred, and when does an object define its owner? This book traces how these political questions were addressed in fiction. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031562
- ISBN
- 9780674031562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Hardback. This book begins with two fatal duels, as the most apt introduction to a literary period best defined by its antagonisms. Exploring three publishing phenomena of the age; the novels of Walter Scott, Byron's Don Juan, and the new literary magazines, it attempts a radical reconfiguration of our understanding of literary culture after Waterloo. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; DSBF; FC; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1648. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004409
- ISBN
- 9780199582532
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 176 pages, 9 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632405
- ISBN
- 9780815632405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.08
€ 36.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739164464
- ISBN
- 9780739164464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.98
€ 145.98
Hardcover. A study of the effects of plantation society on literature and the influences of literature on social practices in 19th-century Georgia, this text examines works of fiction, travel accounts, diaries, and personal letters and shows how Georgian authors romanticized agrarian themes. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 2ABM; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820321325
- ISBN
- 9780820321325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.47
€ 71.47
Paperback. 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: AP; DSBH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364787
- ISBN
- 9781349364787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.10
€ 63.10
Paperback. Considers the physical body and its relationship to poetic and corporate bodies in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This book draws on social theorists such as Kant, Weber, Simmel, and Elias to explore the connection between social and literary form. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268031060
- ISBN
- 9780268031060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Paperback. Based on the Comics: Philosophy and Practice conference held at the University of Chicago in 2012, this title includes essays from prominent scholars on topics such as media archaeology, theories of the image, popular forms, the history of aesthetics, and transmedia dynamics in nineteenth-, twentieth-, and early twenty-first-century contexts. Editor(s): Chute, Hillary L.; Jagoda, Patrick. Num Pages: 272 pages, 97 colour plates, 110 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226208466
- ISBN
- 9780226208466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.87
€ 18.99
€ 15.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536549
- ISBN
- 9781557536549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.05
€ 60.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 125 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 226 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823210749
- ISBN
- 9780823210749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590333037
- ISBN
- 9781590333037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.67€ 56.86
€ 73.67
€ 56.86
Paperback. In the 1920s, the 'hard-boiled' stories published in "Black Mask", "Dime Detective", "Detective Fiction Weekly", and "Clues" featured a new kind of hero and soon challenged the popularity of the British mysteries. This title examines the culture that produced and supported this form of detective story through the 1940s. Num Pages: 215 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397698
- ISBN
- 9781566397698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. A collection of essays that ranges from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It examines how obligatory state service and the Table of Ranks shaped Russian writers' view of themselves as professionals, raising questions about whether the existence of the rank system prompted the development of specifically Russian types of literary discourse. Series: Ars Rossika. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235513
- ISBN
- 9781936235513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.44
€ 148.44