Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 208 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856688331
- ISBN
- 9780856688331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. Shows how the eighth Satire, a brilliant piece of writing, makes fun of traditional Roman family values, and in the process displays the core of ideas and practices with which aristocratic culture at Rome enshrined itself - the display of geneologies, ancestral busts, proliferating names, the cult of exemplary legends - in all seriousness. Series: Exeter Studies in History S. Num Pages: 176 pages, index, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895170
- ISBN
- 9780859895170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.56
€ 49.56
Hardcover. Presents the original text and English translations of the medieval and post-medieval records, poems and chronicles relating to Welsh revolutionary Owain Glyndwr (1357?-1415). Notes and essays on the historical, social and literary context provide up-to-date perspectives and commentary on the man and his times. Editor(s): Livingston, Michael; Bollard, John K. Series: Liverpool Historical Casebooks. Num Pages: 640 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AFW; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 250 x 181 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1280.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898843
- ISBN
- 9780859898843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.41
€ 186.41
Hardcover. A study on ideas of nationality and their use in the development of literary values. It examines fundamental developments in Russian and Czech literature and criticism from 1800 to 1830, a period that has largely been neglected in the English-language scholarship. Num Pages: 300 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 2AGZ; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804200
- ISBN
- 9780875804200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Hardcover. From the time the word kul-tura entered the Russian language in the early nineteenth century, Russian arts and letters have thrived on controversy. This book examines the development of a public discourse on national self-representation in nineteenth-century Russia, as it was styled by the visual arts and in popular journalism. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; AB; ACV; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804606
- ISBN
- 9780875804606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.99
€ 73.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Schriber, Mary Suzanne. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875805610
- ISBN
- 9780875805610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.05
€ 34.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Manitoba Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887557675
- ISBN
- 9780887557675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.47
€ 33.99
€ 28.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Manitoba Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887557781
- ISBN
- 9780887557781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.10
€ 33.99
€ 28.10
Hardcover. A collection of works from various writers that explore the literature of emigration and exile. It examines poetic, fictional, and biographical voices from settings such as Turkey, renaissance Italy, modern Spain, Central and South America, Eastern Europe, China, Canada, and elsewhere. Editor(s): Whitlark, James. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896722637
- ISBN
- 9780896722637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.90
€ 29.99
€ 25.90
Hardcover. A collection of Turkish oral narratives. Num Pages: 295 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; FQ; JHBT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 267 x 190 x 19. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896722651
- ISBN
- 9780896722651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.38
€ 20.99
€ 17.38
Hardcover. Presents a comprehensive historical survey of the western in its various manifestations, from the earliest Indian captivity narratives and pioneer biographies to the contemporary western novels, films, and television series. This text also contrasts the fictional and the real West. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896724235
- ISBN
- 9780896724235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.68
€ 31.99
€ 27.68
Hardcover. New Mexico is an enchanted land and from this beautiful place with its rich cultural diversity and complex history, a strong Hispanic literary tradition has grown spanning several centuries. This title includes a series of interviews with six contemporary Hispano writers from that New Mexico tradition. Num Pages: 210 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 2ADS; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896724280
- ISBN
- 9780896724280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.63
€ 29.99
€ 26.63
Hardcover. Is comedy postmodern? In a literary age that purports to champion diversity, comic writers remain an underclass huddling at the fringes of the canon. This title challenges the status quo by inviting the comic writer into the center of literary debate. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896724402
- ISBN
- 9780896724402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.36
€ 31.99
€ 27.36
Hardcover. During wartime, paranoia, gossip, and rumor become accepted forms of behavior and dominant literary tropes. This title examines the impact of war hysteria on definitions of sanity and on standards of behavior during World War I. Num Pages: 181 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896724822
- ISBN
- 9780896724822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.04
€ 43.04
Hardcover. Texas Poet Laureate Walt McDonald has published more than eighteen volumes of award-winning poetry. This title includes essays that analyze McDonalds writings about war and the veterans return to civilian life, the regional grounding of his far-reaching verities, and the writer himself. Editor(s): Whittington, Janice. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896724877
- ISBN
- 9780896724877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.50
€ 36.99
€ 31.50
Hardcover. Jane Gilmore Rushing grew up in Pyron, a Texas town no longer in existence, and from childhood she knew that she would be a writer. In seven novels produced between 1963 and 1984, she built her stories around cotton farms and early ranches. This title explores Rushings life and discusses her novels and memoir. Num Pages: 175 pages, 3 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896725935
- ISBN
- 9780896725935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.59
€ 31.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. An anthology of thirty-four writers who published during the settlement years of the American frontier. It assembles nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and occasional writings from women of Anglo, Chinese, Hispanic, and Native American ethnicity, addressing such themes as isolation, drudgery, friendship, mourning, and even mysticism. Editor(s): Miller, Susan Cummins. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 462 pages, New Preface. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726185
- ISBN
- 9780896726185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.83
€ 27.99
€ 26.83
Paperback. Though Anita Scott Coleman was born in Mexico and reared in New Mexico, her stories appeared frequently in "The Crisis" and other leading journals of the Harlem Renaissance. This collection presents a road map of African American life in the Southwest and West during the movements glory days. Editor(s): Champion, Laurie. Num Pages: 189 pages, 1 b/w photo. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726291
- ISBN
- 9780896726291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.34
€ 24.99
€ 21.34
Hardcover. With references to his work appearing everywhere from the New Yorker to The Simpsons, Joseph Conrad remains one of the twentieth century's most widely discussed literary figures. This title analyzes both conrad's early and major works, including "The Nigger of the Narcissus", "Heart of Darkness", "Lord Jim", and "Nostromo". Num Pages: 234 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726338
- ISBN
- 9780896726338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.99
€ 41.99
€ 34.99
Hardcover. The arid American Southwest is host to numerous organisms described as desert-loving, or xerophilous. Extending this term to include the regions writers and the works that mirror their love of desert places, this title presents a systematically ecocritical study of its multicultural literature. Num Pages: 282 pages, 11 B/W photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726383
- ISBN
- 9780896726383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.99
€ 36.99
€ 30.99