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Literary studies: general

Hardcover. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403919007
ISBN
9781403919007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. "This book offers the term "ecophobia" as a way of understanding and organizing representations of contempt for the natural world. Estok argues that this vocabulary is both necessary to the developing area of ecocritical studies and for our understandings of the representations of "Nature" in Shakespeare"--Provided by publisher. Series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; PSAF; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349294534
ISBN
9781349294534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. These poems -- more than a hundred haiku, several tanka, and three kanshi -- are arranged chronologically within each genre, revealing the development of Masaoka Shiki's (1867-1902) art and the seamless way in which he wove his life and illness into his poetry. Watson's introduction deftly explores the course of Shiki's life and places him in relation to Japanese history, literature and thought. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DCF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110914
ISBN
9780231110914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Hardback. Arising from a research project on depression in the eighteenth century, this book discusses the experience of depressive states both in terms of existing modes of thought and expression, and of attempts to describe and live with suffering. It also asks what present-day society can learn about depression from the eighteenth-century experience. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230246317
ISBN
9780230246317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.95

Hardback. A Companion to Sophocles presents a comprehensive collection of original essays by leading scholars that address all aspects of the life, works, and critical reception of Sophocles. Initial essays introduce Sophocles extant tragedies, as well as fragments of his lost plays including the Ichneutae. Editor(s): Ormand, Kirk. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 618 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 175 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1224.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
618
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405187268
ISBN
9781405187268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 208.44

Paperback. Gathers Whitman's autobiographical notes, his views on contemporary politics, and the writings he made as he educated himself in ancient history, religion and mythology, health (including phrenology), and word-study. Editor(s): Grier, Edward F. Series: The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 26. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794364
ISBN
9780814794364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.08

paperback. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBD; L. 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
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349518104
ISBN
9781349518104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.88

Hardcover. Offering a transdisciplinary analysis of works by Gloria Anzaldua, Cherrie Moraga, Ana Castillo, Emma Perez, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, and Sandra Cisneros, this book explores how radical Chicanas deal with tensions that arise from their focus on the body, desire, and writing. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 2AB; 2ADS; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137343574
ISBN
9781137343574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

hardcover. Despite the many challenges besetting it, Shneidman argues convincingly that literary activity in Russia continues to be dynamic and vibrant. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802087249
ISBN
9780802087249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636962
ISBN
9780691636962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.26

Hardback. The Novel in Africa and the Caribbean since 1950 examines the institutional and social peculiarities that make fiction produced in Africa and the Atlantic World since 1950 important to the history of the novel in English. Editor(s): Gikandi, Simon. Series: Oxford History of the Novel in English. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJ; 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 185 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199765096
ISBN
9780199765096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.88

Hardcover. What is the American thriller? Has it developed over time? What was it like in the past? This is a book about thrillers and gaining knowledge of what American thrillers were like in a specific period - the 1970s. Series: Crime File S. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 393.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333776681
ISBN
9780333776681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.92

Paperback. One of a series concerning the major plays of leading 20th-century playwrights. This guide introduces, explores and analyzes in detail the principal themes and styles of the work of Sean O'Casey. It also places it in the context of modern theatre, and includes a select bibliography. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 113 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571197804
ISBN
9780571197804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.87

Hardback. Politics and Political Culture in the Court Masque considers the interconnections of the masque and political culture. It examines how masques responded to political forces and voices beyond the court, and how masques explored the limits of political speech in the Jacobean and Caroline periods. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230008946
ISBN
9780230008946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.07

Paperback. Twelve groundbreaking essays show the varied and complex ways in which ideas about sexuality, gender, and the body have shaped and been influenced by Russian literature, history, art, and philosophy from the medieval period to the present day. Editor(s): Costlow, Jane T.; Sandler, Stephanie; Vowles, Judith. Num Pages: 372 pages, 9 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731553
ISBN
9780804731553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.22

Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 220 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714510125
ISBN
9780714510125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.65

Hardback. Offers a different understanding of American literary realism that draws on neuroscience and cognitive psychology. This work explores the connections among the aesthetic, emotion, consciousness, and the body in readings that illuminate lesser-known works such as "Elsie Venner" and that resuscitate classics such as "The Yellow Wallpaper." Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025127
ISBN
9780674025127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.15
€ 65.50

Paperback. Translator(s): Kisacky, Julia. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226256788
ISBN
9780226256788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.37

Offers a thoughtful examination of the life and work of William Gibson, author of eleven novels and twenty short stories. This study situates Gibson as a major figure in both science fiction history and contemporary American fiction, and it traces how his aesthetic affected both areas of literature. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611176339
ISBN
9781611176339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.88

Hardback. An examination of the changing relationship between the writer and his protagonists, exploring how Isherwood's fiction achieves artistic integration and literary significance only when it reflects his personal concerns through theme and technique as he experiments with new narrative strategies. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333452882
ISBN
9780333452882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.99

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 290 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635026
ISBN
9780691635026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.27

Hardcover. Decadent Poetics explores the complex and vexed topic of decadent literature's formal characteristics and interrogates previously held assumptions around the nature of decadent form. Writers studied include Oscar Wilde, Charles Baudelaire and Algernon Charles Swinburne, as well as A.E. Housman, Arthur Machen and Hubert Crackanthorpe. Editor(s): Hall, Jason David; Murray, Alex. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137348289
ISBN
9781137348289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.65

Hardcover. This stylistic study of consciousness in the Modernist novel explores shifts across different viewpoints and the techniques through which they are dialogically interconnected. The dialogic resonances in the presentation of character consciousness are analysed using linguistic evidence and evidence drawn from everyday conversational practices. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230525528
ISBN
9780230525528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This work is Stanley Cavell's definitive expression on Emerson. The sustained effort of 30 years of labour is drawn together here for the first time into a single volume, which also contains two previously unpublished essays and an introduction by Cavell that reflects on this book and its history. Editor(s): Hodge, David. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745437
ISBN
9780804745437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.43

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