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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This book explores the ways in which a range of recent American novelists have handled the genre of the 'coming-of-age' novel. Novels of this genre characteristically dramatise the vicissitudes of growing up and the trials and tribulations of young adulthood. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621743
ISBN
9780748621743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.20

Hardcover. Focuses on Shakespeare's reception by nineteenth-century female actors and scholars. This book offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally. Editor(s): Marshall, Gail. Series: Great Shakespeareans. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826433862
ISBN
9780826433862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 212.97
€ 186.77

Paperback. In this, the first Reader of Geoffrey Hartman's work, significant essays reflect his abiding interest in English and American poetry, focusing not only on Romanticism but also on the transition from early modern to modern and including reflections on the radical elements in artistic representation. Editor(s): Hartman, Geoffrey H.; O'Hara, Daniel T. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620173
ISBN
9780748620173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. This brilliant, incisive volume captures the high points of Myles' work in New York City during the 1980s. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 118 x 12. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Number of pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936756677
ISBN
9780936756677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.07

Hardback. Discusses the subjects of WWI propaganda, Turkish nationalism and national identity construction. This book concludes that the unfavourable conditions in the Ottoman-Turkish cultural sphere, the literature of the years 1914-1918, was the continuation of a project to build a national culture, inherited from the pre-war years and never completed. Series: Library of Ottoman Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 2FMC; 3JJF; DSBH; HBJD; HBWN; JPVN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 467.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845114909
ISBN
9781845114909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.81
€ 137.06

Paperback. Based on exhaustive research in the Poe family archive, Quinn extracts the life from the legend, and describes how they both were distorted by prior biographies. " Num Pages: 866 pages, 48, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1312.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801857300
ISBN
9780801857300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837637458
ISBN
9783837637458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 9.30

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713668131
ISBN
9780713668131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138020047
ISBN
9781138020047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.32
€ 73.66

Paperback. Editor(s): Lloyd, Dr David (Independent Consultant). BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474415323
ISBN
9781474415323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Hardback. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474418973
ISBN
9781474418973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.48
€ 102.41

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441107787
ISBN
9781441107787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.85

Paperback. This book is a comprehensive introduction to the idea of intertextuality and the debates surrounding it, focusing on the four key thinkers whose work has been central to these debates - Kristeva, Barthes, Bloom and Genette. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745631219
ISBN
9780745631219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.00

Hardback. .
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810129207
ISBN
9780810129207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.90

Hardback. The Companion provides a thorough, up-to-date and critical evaluation of Welsh's work. Editor(s): Schoene, Berthold. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639175
ISBN
9780748639175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.57
€ 96.54

Paperback. A study of literary stylistics using pragmatic theories. Series: Edinburgh Textbooks in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620418
ISBN
9780748620418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.07

Paperback. Louise Labe (1522-66) remains one of the most important and influential women writers of the Renaissance. This bilingual edition features the translations of Labe's sonnets to follow the exacting rhyme patterns of the originals and the rhymed translation of Labe's elegies in their entirety. Editor(s): Baker, Deborah Lesko. Translator(s): Finch, Annie. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Bilingual edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467153
ISBN
9780226467153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
295
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472998
ISBN
9781611472998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.30
€ 17.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Rogge, Jorg. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; DSBB; HBG; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837635881
ISBN
9783837635881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.61

Hardback.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780762463
ISBN
9781780762463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 49.51

Hardback. This book provides a radical reading of Edmund Spenser and argues for a re-orientation in Renaissance criticism. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621910
ISBN
9780748621910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.57
€ 96.54

Paperback. Obscure Locks offers a detailed annotation of Samuel Beckett's most enigmatic novel, Watt. It provides a page by page account of the demented details (literary, philosophical, theological, biographical and other) that went into the making of this encyclopaedic novel. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641512
ISBN
9780748641512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415707978
ISBN
9780415707978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.40

Hardback. This book deals with narratives of cultural legitimation in nineteenth-century US literature, in a transatlantic context. Editor(s): Manning, Susan; Taylor, Andrew. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635740
ISBN
9780748635740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.32
€ 114.08

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