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Literary studies: general

Hardback. Franciscus Junius the Younger (1591-1677) is famous as virtually the founder of Germanic philology. But he also composed, at the request of the Earl of Arundel, whom he served as librarian, an influential treatise on the art of painting as it is viewed in ancient literature. This book discusses his marginalia to the works of Philip Sidney. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139822
ISBN
9780874139822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.91

Hardback. This volume is a study of war and the perceptions of war. It deals specifically with the British Romantic period writers who lived through the Napoleonic wars, and the way in which those wars affected the writing of Scott, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron and many of their contemporaries. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC; HBJD1; HBLL; JWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 443.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333801765
ISBN
9780333801765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1977
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349157679
ISBN
9781349157679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.37

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746309759
ISBN
9780746309759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.08

Hardback. Series: Global Studies of the United States. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252039751
ISBN
9780252039751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.87

Hardback. This work argues that the songs sung by choruses of young girls in ancient Greek poetry functioned as initiatory rituals in Greek cult practices. Using semiotic and anthropologic theory, the author reconstructs the religious and social institutions surrounding the songs. Translator(s): Collins, Derek; Orion, Janice. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
New and Revised Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742515246
ISBN
9780742515246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 163 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ Tennessee Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572336322
ISBN
9781572336322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.63

Paperback. This book provides an introductory perspective on its subject together with detailed studies of the major non-Shakespearean tragedies. It assumes that the central and most disturbing insights of the plays were expressed in terms of the thought patterns of the time. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333463659
ISBN
9780333463659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.62

Hardcover. This is the first book-length study of early modern English approaches to Medea, the classical witch and infanticide who exercised a powerful sway over literary and cultural imagination in the period 1558-1688. It encompasses poetry, prose and drama, and translation, tragedy, comedy and political writing. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HRKP3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137466341
ISBN
9781137466341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; HPC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349544431
ISBN
9781349544431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.94

Hardcover. Tracing the history of the Catholic-authored novel in nineteenth-century Ireland, this work offers a tour of Ireland's literary landscape from its early origins during the Catholic political resurgence of the 1820s to the transformative zenith brought on by James Joyce's "Ulysses" in 1922. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes, bibiography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HRCC7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631200
ISBN
9780815631200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.65

Hardcover. Literature and Film is a cornucopia of vibrant essays that chart the history and confluence of literature and film. It explores in detail a wide and international spectrum of novels and adaptations, bringing together the very latest scholarship in the field. Editor(s): Stam, Robert; Raengo, Alessandra. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 268 x 187 x 27. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631230540
ISBN
9780631230540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.65

Hardback. The first book in English to examine one of the most important and influential texts from a literary perspective. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843528
ISBN
9781843843528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37

Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSG; GBCS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403977656
ISBN
9781403977656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.55

Paperback. A collection of essays investigating Rachel Carson's 1962 book, "Silent Spring". The contributors explore the book's effectiveness in conveying its disturbing message and the rhetorical strategies that helped to create its wide influence. Editor(s): Waddell, Craig. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBH; DSK; RNA; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809322190
ISBN
9780809322190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.78

Paperback. This book brings together authors actively involved in shaping the field of literacy studies, presenting a robust approach to the theoretical and empirical work which is currently pushing the boundaries of literacy research and also pointing to future directions for literacy research. Editor(s): Baynham, Mike; Prinsloo, Mastin. Series: Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics. Num Pages: 249 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230553712
ISBN
9780230553712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.41

Hardback. Chaucerian Aesthetics engages both aesthetic pleasure and understanding in The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde and places them in relation to modern approaches to mind and language. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230606685
ISBN
9780230606685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.43

Hardback. Radicalism and Black feminism in postwar women's writing Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252036507
ISBN
9780252036507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.66

Hardcover. This book provides an engaging, systematic introduction to religion in the Roman empire. Covers both mainstream Graeco-Roman religion and regional religious traditions, from Egypt to Western Europe. Examines the shared assumptions and underlying dynamics that characterized religious life as a whole. Series: Blackwell Ancient Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405106559
ISBN
9781405106559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.42

Paperback. This innovative book examines the emergence of a memory discourse in Spain since the millennium, taking as its point of departure recent grave exhumations and the "Law of Historical Memory." Through an analysis of exhumation photography, novels, films, television, and comics, the volume overturns the notion that Spanish history is pathological. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349482795
ISBN
9781349482795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.19

Paperback. These essays set out to explore the connections between autobiography and postmodernism. They examine the response of various writers to the culturally specific pressures of genre; how these constraints are negotiated; and what self-representation reveals about the politics of identity. Editor(s): Ashley, Kathleen M.; Gilmore, Leigh; Peters, Gerald (all Professors of English, University of Southern Maine, USA). Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870239007
ISBN
9780870239007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. From Hollywood classics like Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights to the 1990s wave of Jane Austen films, adaptations of the British Nineteenth-century novel have been sensationally popular. This book examines how British and American filmmakers used the domestic novels of the past to construct stable gender ideals for the present. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; APFA; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230008465
ISBN
9780230008465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.86

Hardcover. "Recovers the themes, intent, and legacy of 18th century Spanish American literature that often are lost in the broader scholarship of Latin American literature. Affirms importance of early period colonial Spanish American literature in world literature"-- Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; DSBF; HBJK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826519382
ISBN
9780826519382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.70
€ 90.28

Paperback. Through an analysis of Dante's story of Paolo and Francesco, this book combines contemporary ethical theory, literary interpretation, and historical narrative to defend the humanities as a source of moral guidance. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349383368
ISBN
9781349383368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

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