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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Editor(s): Aldama, Frederick Luis; Gonzalez, Christopher. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 316 pages, 51 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AKLC; DSBH; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309155
ISBN
9781477309155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.65

Paperback. The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction explores how the figure of the orphan was shaped by changing social and historical circumstances. Analysing sixteen major novels from Defoe to Austen, this original study explains the undiminished popularity of literary orphans and reveals their key role in the construction of gendered subjectivity. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349479849
ISBN
9781349479849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.94

Hardcover. Dealing with the historical and thematic intersections of Christianity and critical theory, this collection brings together a diversity of specialist scholars in the area. Building on recent discourses in theology as well as their knowledge of hermeneutic and critical traditions, they examine major themes in contemporary critical theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 141 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230234802
ISBN
9780230234802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 41.71

Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 262 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349381326
ISBN
9781349381326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Hardback. Compiling in one volume the basic writings of these three seminal thinkers of ancient China, each from a different philosophical school, this book reveals the richness and diversity of the ancient Chinese intellectual world. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Num Pages: 480 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 144 x 38. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1967
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
n
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231025157
ISBN
9780231025157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.91
€ 54.87

paperback. Dubliners is arguably the best-known and most influential collection of short stories written in English, and has been since its publication in 1914. Editor(s): Norris, Margot. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 412 pages, 8 maps; 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Norton
Condition
New
SKU
9780393978513
ISBN
9780393978513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.12

hardcover. Tragedies by Wordsworth, Coleridge and Shelley probe England's responses to the French Revolution and the poets' relationships with each other. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 316 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521767118
ISBN
9780521767118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.40

Paperback. A study of distinct forms of mass violence, the narratives each kind demands, and the collective identities constructed from and upon these, this book focuses around readings of popular and influential novels such as Toni Morrison's Beloved, Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Isabel Allende's The House of Spirits. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; JFC; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349305070
ISBN
9781349305070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691611532
ISBN
9780691611532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.38
€ 44.86

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bristow, Joseph; McDonagh, Josephine. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137597052
ISBN
9781137597052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.45
€ 76.08

Paperback. A new expanded edition of Tolkien's most famous, and most important essay, which defined his conception of fantasy as a literary form, and which led to the writing of The Lord of the Rings. Accompanied by a critical study of the history and writing of the text. Num Pages: 320 pages, Index. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
New
SKU
9780007582914
ISBN
9780007582914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.05

paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816649013
ISBN
9780816649013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.48

Paperback. The memoirs of Ireland's acclaimed author and playwright, Hugh Leonard. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Methuen
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
SKU
KKD0004031
ISBN
9780413771681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 121 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719088476
ISBN
9780719088476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.57

Paperback. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, poets and architects, designers and critics, teachers and thinkers are rediscovering the virtues of the previous century's energetic cultural constellation. This book teases out the contradictions inherent in modernism's commitment to badness. Editor(s): Mao, Douglas; Walkowitz, Rebecca L. Num Pages: 376 pages, 41 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337973
ISBN
9780822337973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.65

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ACG; DSBF; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691623214
ISBN
9780691623214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.04

Hardcover. Arguing that Elizabeth Bowen is the unrecognized genius of the 20th-century novel in English, this book contends that an appropriate response to Bowen's work calls for a radically new conception of criticism and theory - and of the novel itself. It includes new readings of all Bowen's novels. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 272 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Schol, Print UK
Edition
1995th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333607602
ISBN
9780333607602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.46

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349633951
ISBN
9781349633951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Presents Albert Camus' WWII resistance and early postwar writings published in Combat, the resistance newspaper where he served as editor-in-chief and editorial writer. These writing depict issues ranging from the liberation, deportation, justice for collaborators, the return of POWs, to the postwar role of international institutions. Editor(s): Levi-Valensi, Jacqueline. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Second Printing
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133768
ISBN
9780691133768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.18

Paperback. Explores the works of leading black and Jewish writers from the 1950s to the 1980s. Series Editor(s): Gelpi, Albert (Stanford University, California); Posnock, Ross. Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004244
ISBN
9780521635752
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403984357
ISBN
9781403984357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312125189
ISBN
9780312125189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.87

Paperback. This book asks us to rethink such a way of understanding Pope. Refusing to accept Popea s version of reality, Laura Brown reads his poems not for what they claim to say, but for what they rationalize away or fail to recognize. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631135036
ISBN
9780631135036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.03

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134783
ISBN
9781571134783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.55

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