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Literary studies: general

Hardback. From Ishmael Reed and Toni Morrison to Colson Whitehead and Terry McMillan, this is a guide to contemporary African American literature. It presents information about the major authors, texts, movements, and ideas that have shaped contemporary African American fiction. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231124720
ISBN
9780231124720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.43
€ 72.38

Paperback. This innovative study investigates the emergence and impact of the lower middle class on British print culture through the figure of the office clerk. This interdisciplinary work offers important insights into a previously neglected area of social and book history, and explores key works by George Gissing, Forster and JB Priestley. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349522897
ISBN
9781349522897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. A clearly written, insightful study of Nabokov the novelist, providing an expert analysis of the 17 novels he wrote during a career spanning more than 50 years: one of the most impressive, challenging, and controversial literary achievements of our time. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247239
ISBN
9780230247239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Hardback. A study of both internal and external violence in francophone African and Caribbean women's literature. It examines the ways in which women writers lift taboos imposed on them by their society and culture and challenge readers with their unique perspectives on violence. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJ; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803211025
ISBN
9780803211025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.73

Paperback. Featuring canonical Spanish American and Brazilian texts of the 1920s and 30s, Corporeality in Early Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature is an innovative analysis of the body as site of inscription for avant-garde objectives such as originality, subjectivity, and subversion. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AD; 2H; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349443635
ISBN
9781349443635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.41

paperback. This anthology assembles 144 primary texts and documents written by women between 1550 and 1700, and reveals an unprecedented view of the intellectual and literary lives of women in early modern England. Editor(s): Ostovich, Dr. Helen; Sauer, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 255 x 37. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415966467
ISBN
9780415966467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.21

paperback. A collection of essays that question how the human sciences, particularly anthropology and psychoanalysis, articulate their fields of study; Crapananzo addresses the enormous problem of describing the self in both its individual and collective projections. Num Pages: 404 pages, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: DSB; JHM; JMAF; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780674389816
ISBN
9780674389816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.33
€ 48.67

Paperback. An anthology that features poems by various poets. Editor(s): Bradley, Anthony. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000270
ISBN
9780520058743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Trent Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842330869
ISBN
9781842330869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Valeria Woodville investigates the murder of her husband's first wife in the attempt to prove him guiltless. This book exposes the repression of Victorian domestic life and marriage. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005186
ISBN
9780140436075
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Noha Radwan offers the first book-length study of the emergence, context, and development of modern Egyptian colloquial poetry, recently used as a vehicle for communications in the revolutionary youth movement in Egypt on January 25th 2011, and situates it among modernist Arab poetry. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSC; JFC; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349344130
ISBN
9781349344130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633679
ISBN
9780815633679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.98

Paperback. A new account of medieval and Renaissance clown traditions reveals the true extent of their cultural influence. Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature. Num Pages: 258 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations, 6 black and white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843566
ISBN
9781843843566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.66

Hardback. Studying Shakespeare s Contemporaries is an accessible guide to the non-Shakespearian drama of Renaissance England that can be read as complete subject overview or used as an indexed reference resource. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781405132435
ISBN
9781405132435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.34

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638010
ISBN
9780691638010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349276660
ISBN
9781349276660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.70

Hardcover. Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market delves into the influences and pressures of the marketplace on this genre, which this volume contends has been both gatekeeper as well as a significant force in shaping the production and consumption of this literature. Editor(s): Dwivedi, Om Prakash; Lau, Lisa. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137437709
ISBN
9781137437709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Paperback. The author reads four 18th-century satiric novels-Joseph Andrews, A Sentimental Journey, Humphrey Clinker, and Cecilia -"from below," exploring how the gentle authors' experiences of the poor shape the novels both thematically and formally. Num Pages: 248 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
[ ed.
SKU
V9780804741897
ISBN
9780804741897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.43

hardcover. Through studies of such writers as Hawthorne, Melville, and Stowe, this book shows how the increased demand for salable entertainment fostered a new consciousness of authorship as a commercial and professional mode of work in the first half of the nineteenth century in America. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804728584
ISBN
9780804728584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.12

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

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Hardcover. Presents an introduction to the process and art of literature-to-film adaptations. This work provides a written account of key moments in the history of the novel from "Don Quixote" and "Robinson Crusoe" up to "Lolita" and "One Hundred Years of Solitude". It examines numerous literary trends - from the self-conscious novel to magic realism. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405102872
ISBN
9781405102872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.23

Paperback. This is a study of the nine prose fiction works of Christiane Rochefort written between 1958 and 1988. Despite establishment recognition and a popular mass-market following, Christiane Rochefort has hitherto received little critical attention. Her fiction forms an approachable learning tool for all students of post-war French politics and culture. Num Pages: 277 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895866
ISBN
9780859895866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.34

Hardcover. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Delaware Press (An Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874133912
ISBN
9780874133912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.66

Paperback. The third volume of a three volume edition of the collected papers and notebooks which comprise the "automatic writing" of W.B.Yeats. The material presented here is taken from the writings known as "the sleep and dreams" notebooks, the "vision" notebooks one and two and from Yeats' card files. Editor(s): Martinich, Robert Anthony; Harper, Margaret Mills. Series: Yeats's Vision Papers. Num Pages: 444 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 677.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349109265
ISBN
9781349109265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.43

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