Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Paperback. Davenport argues that study of Chaucer's major work alongside contemporary English poems reveals the odd and extreme aspects of Chaucer's writing as well as the daring and experimental qualities in his work. The focus of the book is on strategies of narrative and discourse, but also includes discussion of other much studied Middle English poems. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333601327
- ISBN
- 9780333601327
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.74
€ 43.99
€ 42.74
Paperback. This approachable guide explores the secondary criticism surrounding Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, from their publication in 1818 through to today. Enit Karafili Steiner explores the key themes and concerns that have stimulated debate over the years, as well as providing an overview of the critical responses to screen adaptations. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137432162
- ISBN
- 9781137432162
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.54
€ 29.99
€ 29.54
Paperback. The response of one writer to the work of another can be doubly illuminating. This title presents a selection of Sylvia Plath's poetry. It draws upon the collections Ariel, The Colossus, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees, and from Sylvia Plath's Pulitzer Prize-winning Collected Poems. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 123 x 7. Weight in Grams: 70.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- SKU
- 9780571222971
- ISBN
- 9780571222971
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.40
€ 10.99
€ 8.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Stevick, Robert D. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252063794
- ISBN
- 9780252063794
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Condition: New
€ 24.23
€ 24.23
Hardcover. Editor(s): Jones, Rocet Arwel. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFW; BG; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708315613
- ISBN
- 9780708315613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Duke University Press U.S.A.
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822312246
- ISBN
- 9780822312246
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. Includes essays that explore music and its relationship to language, aesthetics, and culture in the life and work of the preeminent Modernist writer Virginia Woolf (Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, A Room of One's Own, and other works). Num Pages: 348 pages, 9 music exx., 3 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012555
- ISBN
- 9780253012555
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.87
€ 38.99
€ 34.87
Hardback. Editor(s): Portillo, Isabel Jaen; Simon, Julien Jacques. Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DSA; DSBD; HPM; JMR; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415785471
- ISBN
- 9780415785471
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Condition: New
€ 166.58
€ 166.58
Paperback. First full-length biography for 30 years of the great First World War poet. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 38. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825778
- ISBN
- 9780753825778
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.95
€ 21.99
€ 15.95
Hardback. This accessible book introduces students to the latest linguistic approaches and methodologies for studying the history of English. Horobin shows the importance of thinking about why, as well as how, language changes over time and includes practical information on gathering evidence alongside worked-through textual examples. Series: Perspectives on the English Language. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551374
- ISBN
- 9780230551374
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Condition: New
€ 124.98
€ 124.98
Hardback. Stephen Knight's book is a full analytic survey of the popular genre of crime fiction, from its origins right up to the present day. This expanded second edition has been thoroughly updated in the light of new developments and recent research, and also explores a number of fictional works which have been published in the last few years. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580732
- ISBN
- 9780230580732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.60
€ 99.60
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc India
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385721981
- ISBN
- 9780385721981
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.20
€ 20.99
€ 15.20
Paperback. This is the first text to focus solely on the writing of British writers of South Asian descent born or raised in Britain. Written in accessible prose, it offers original new readings of works, among others by Salman Rushie, V. S. Naipaul, Hanif Kureishi, Ravinder Randhawa, Atima Srivastava, Monica Ali and Meera Syal. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078330
- ISBN
- 9780719078330
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Condition: New
€ 32.98
€ 32.98
Hardcover. Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi's great poem, the Mathnawi is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest known manuscripts, including the earliest, dated 1278 and preserved in the Mevlana Museum at Konya. Editor(s): Nicholson, Reynold A. Num Pages: 529 pages, notes, translation, commentary. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; HRH; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 758. English Translation. 529 pages, notes, translation, commentary. Editor(s): Nicholson, Reynold A. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; HRH; HRLK2. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 32. Weight: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Number of pages
- 529
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094105
- ISBN
- 9780906094105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.01
€ 25.01
Hardback. Gore Vidal has been entertaining - and occasionally outraging - the American public for 50 years. This study examines Vidal's recent and early novels, and considers the recurring theme of the decline of the United States. Series: Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313295799
- ISBN
- 9780313295799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.20
€ 63.20
Paperback. After spending time in the Soviet gulag and pursuing the life of an underground writer, the Russian writer and Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was catapulted to international fame with the publication of "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich in 1962". This reader provides a representative selection of Solzhenitsyn's voluminous works. Editor(s): Ericson, Edward E.; Mahoney, Daniel J. Num Pages: 679 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; DQ; DSBH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1078.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings, 1947-2005
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935191551
- ISBN
- 9781935191551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.88
€ 24.88
Paperback. Montaigne is known for his exploration of the subject or the self. This work discusses these and other aspects of Montaigne's work "Essais" as features in the mapping of a mental landscape. Taking passages from different chapters of the "Essais", it guides readers through Montaigne's investigation of the subtle shades and stirrings of the mind. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; HPCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781862079441
- ISBN
- 9781862079441
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.66
€ 11.99
€ 9.66
Paperback. In Meetings with Mallarme, top scholars from the UK and USA have been specially commissioned to explore the significance of Mallarme's influence on some of the major players in French psychoanalysis, music, poetry, philosophy and literary theory. Editor(s): Temple, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press Devon
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895620
- ISBN
- 9780859895620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.33
€ 41.33
Paperback. The Norton Critical Edition of Pride and Prejudice has been revised to reflect the most current scholarly approaches to Austen's most widely read novel. Editor(s): Gray, Donald; Favret, Mary A. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393264883
- ISBN
- 9780393264883
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.96
€ 14.99
€ 13.96
Paperback. A revolutionary social and political commentary, North and South solidified Gaskell's place in the company of Victorian England's finest novelists. Editor(s): Shelston, Alan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393979084
- ISBN
- 9780393979084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.94
€ 15.99
€ 14.94
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Matthews, Tom. Num Pages: 120 pages, 5ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBW; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 145 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164. 113pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Poetry Society
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0197884
- ISBN
- 9781902121000
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488. Clean copy in clean dustwrapper.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press Arizona
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0212303
- ISBN
- 9780816512706
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. This work is part of the "Continuum Contemporaries" series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains a biography of the novelist and a full-length study of the novel. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 189 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC New York
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0212365
- ISBN
- 9780826452351
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; BGH; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Clean copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220096
- ISBN
- 9781843510178
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95