Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
paperback. This Companion is a complete introduction to the fictional and non-fictional writings of the Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro. Editor(s): Staines, David. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107472020
- ISBN
- 9781107472020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 171 x 27. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253207876
- ISBN
- 9780253207876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.60
€ 26.99
€ 24.60
Paperback. The Worlds of Carol Shields is the first book to examine Shields' extraordinary career and life through the lens both of close friends and of literary critics. Editor(s): Staines, David. Series: Reappraisals: Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Univ of Ottawa Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780776622064
- ISBN
- 9780776622064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.63
€ 41.99
€ 41.63
Paperback. Examines Bukowski's writings, colourful life and the desperate conditions of his lifestyle. This book explores the effect the writer's hybrid identity had on the themes and content of his work. It catalogues and dissects the many versions of Bukowski created by the writer and his followers. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780230238
- ISBN
- 9781780230238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.01
€ 17.99
€ 14.01
Paperback. This book offers a concise overview of the social, cultural, and aesthetic sensibilities of the Beat Generation, explaining how their drastic visions and radical styles challenged postwar America's dominant values in ways that can still be felt in literature, cinema, music, theatre, and the visual arts. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199796779
- ISBN
- 9780199796779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.85
€ 14.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature. Num Pages: 130 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSB; YQC. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 202. Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature. 128 pages, 1 colour book. Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSB; YQC. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight: 216.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521753722
- ISBN
- 9780521753722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99
€ 13.99
Hardcover. The decade after 1815 was a period of cultural instability, in which literature was redefined in response to a mass readership. Magazines were a product of and response to a culture that was metropolitan in size and heterogeneity. This book analyses a literary genre that made creative use of a cultural confusion which elsewhere provoked anxiety. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251786
- ISBN
- 9780230251786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Paperback. The first comprehensive treatment of Louise Erdrich's writing in all its diversity. This book offers searching analysis of the common themes and contexts across Erdrich's poetry, prose, memoirs, and children's fiction. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 219 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719074271
- ISBN
- 9780719074271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.21
€ 33.21
hardcover. Ethel Wilson: A Critical Biography is the story of a distinguished writer whose works are rightly considered classics of Canadian literature. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780802087416
- ISBN
- 9780802087416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.54
€ 72.54
Hardback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; DSC; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319519807
- ISBN
- 9783319519807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.47
€ 122.47
Hardback. A personal history of one of America's most successful writers, whose career included publishing and screenwriting in addition to his beloved poetry. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568331270
- ISBN
- 9781568331270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.54
€ 27.99
€ 25.54
hardcover. This book examines the interrelationship between narrative, ritual, and royal authority, including discussions of Daoism, yin-yang, and Buddhist doctrine, as depicted in a variety of texts from The Chronicles of Japan (7th century) to The Tale of the Heike (14th century). Series: Asian Religions & Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 33. Weight in Grams: 789.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751582
- ISBN
- 9780804751582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.68
€ 102.68
hardcover. A comprehensive and stimulating history of eleven centuries of Spanish literature, now in paperback. Editor(s): Gies, David Thatcher. Num Pages: 898 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 898
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521806183
- ISBN
- 9780521806183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.62
€ 199.62
hardcover. Num Pages: 648 pages, 8 colour image & 256 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBB; GLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780268100605
- ISBN
- 9780268100605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.26
€ 168.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 161 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333369333
- ISBN
- 9780333369333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.01
€ 122.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 217.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349072798
- ISBN
- 9781349072798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.12
€ 121.12
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; JMS; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137593115
- ISBN
- 9781137593115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Treece, David. Series: Babel Guides to Literature in English Translation. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADPB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Boulevard Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899460700
- ISBN
- 9781899460700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.13
€ 17.99
€ 14.13
Paperback. The essays brought together in this book understand phobia not as a pathology, but as a versatile moral, political, and aesthetic resource and one with a history. Series: Critical Quarterly Book Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444333848
- ISBN
- 9781444333848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.66
€ 28.66
Paperback. This study revolutionises our understanding of both literary modernism and early cinema. Trotter draws on the most recent scholarship in English and film studies to demonstrate how central cinema as a recording medium was to Joyce, Eliot and Woolf, and how modernist were the concerns of Chaplin and Griffith. Series: Critical Quarterly Book Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159821
- ISBN
- 9781405159821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.43
€ 27.43
paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1984
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349173075
- ISBN
- 9781349173075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1988
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349194377
- ISBN
- 9781349194377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.96
€ 46.96
Paperback. Series: Theatre Makers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472570062
- ISBN
- 9781472570062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.30
€ 35.99
€ 30.30
Hardback. Series: Theatre Makers. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472570147
- ISBN
- 9781472570147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.32€ 93.69
€ 104.32
€ 93.69