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Literary studies: general

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856686191
ISBN
9780856686191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.29

paperback. Utilizing cross-cultural strands, this comparative study analyzes Caribbean literary representations of magic and invisible cities reworking the notion of the city as both instituted social space and imaginary community. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2009
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349376889
ISBN
9781349376889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.30

Paperback. Examining noteworthy American novels including Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse-Five, this book analyzes the anti-hero during the 1960s. Simmons argues these iconic figures became a way to advance 'counter-culture' politics and to deconstruct the traditional American hero. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137473257
ISBN
9781137473257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.55

Hardcover. A city of immense literary mystique, Prague has inspired writers across the centuries with its beauty, cosmopolitanism, and tragic history. This interdisciplinary study helps to explain why Prague - more than any other major European city - has haunted the cultural and political imagination of the West. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; DSB; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226795409
ISBN
9780226795409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 39.93

Paperback. Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2010. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349298624
ISBN
9781349298624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 174.22

Hardback. Focusing on modernist narrative, this book suggests that style conceived expansively as attitude, stance, posture, and consciousness helps to explain many other, nonliterary formations of cosmopolitanism in history, anthropology, sociology, transcultural studies, and media studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137508
ISBN
9780231137508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.93
€ 77.50

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691624181
ISBN
9780691624181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.36

hardcover. This is the first book of its kind to address modernist autobiography in a comprehensive manner. Editor(s): DiBattista, Maria; Wittman, Prof. Emily O. Num Pages: 318 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107025226
ISBN
9781107025226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.41

Paperback. Focuses on the work of Umberto Eco - one of Europe's best-known writers and intellectuals. This title covers the range of Eco's work, from his theoretical writings on semiotics to his best-selling novels. It assesses the influence of Eco's work on contemporary culture. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745608501
ISBN
9780745608501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.03

Hardback. Bridging feminist and cultural studies, the book shows how British and American women poets often operate as cultural insiders. Individual chapters reassess major figures (H.D., Gwendolyn Brooks, Sylvia Plath), alternative modernist poets (Edith Sitwell, Stevie Smith), and contemporary poets (Ai, Carol Ann Duffy). Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230609419
ISBN
9780230609419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.70

Hardback. A detailed working through of the impact of the political theory and practise of contemporary antiracism in Britain in a selection of novels by black British and British Asian writers. Num Pages: 196 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846314827
ISBN
9781846314827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.84
€ 121.21

Hardback. The Classical Moment is a reexamination of the concept of a supreme moment in the literatures of Greece, Mesopotamia, India, China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Taking the case of Greece as its starting point, it examines what such "moments" have in common, how they are created, and what effect they have on subsequent literary creation. Editor(s): Holst-Warhaft, Gail; McCann, David R. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847694198
ISBN
9780847694198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137557919
ISBN
9781137557919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.89

hardcover. Volume 2 of this six volume set covers the years 1860-65, when Arnold emerged as a critic and went on to consolidate his reputation. His letters record his impressions of Europe on an official school study, with observations of nature within and nature without. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813917061
ISBN
9780813917061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.62

Paperback. "Women and Romance" includes historical as well as contemporary selections, personal letters as well as theoretical essays, and social science perspectives as well as literary criticism of the novel and the popular mass-market romance. Editor(s): Weisser, Susan Ostrov. Num Pages: 492 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 255 x 34. Weight in Grams: 938.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814793558
ISBN
9780814793558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.18

Paperback. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Booker Prize-winning novelist Graham Swift. Detailed analysis of his work provides an informative, lucid and accessible insight into the writing of one of Britain's most significant contemporary authors. Series Editor(s): Lea, Daniel. Series: Contemporary British Novelists. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719068379
ISBN
9780719068379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.31

Paperback. This book, now in paperback, explores the evolution of Tolkien's mythology throughout his lifetime by examining how it changed as a result of his life story, contemporary cultural and intellectual history. This new approach and scope brings to light neglected aspects of Tolkien's vision and contextualizes his fiction. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230272842
ISBN
9780230272842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.71

Hardback. This book offers a reading of Andalusi, Jewish, and Arabic texts that represent the 12th and 13th centuries as the end of el-Andalus (Islamic Spain). Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741200
ISBN
9780804741200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.90

Paperback. This book explores the intersections of Gothic, cultural, gender, queer, socio-economic and postcolonial theories in nineteenth-century British representations of sexuality, gender, class and race. Series: Gothic Literary Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708324653
ISBN
9780708324653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.58

Hardcover. This text seeks to return Marie Corelli, popular novelist of the turn of the 20th century, to conversations about the late-Victorian and Edwardian literary world. It reveals the profusion of the late-Victorian literary imagination and discusses how seriously we should take Corelli's aesthetic. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919157
ISBN
9780813919157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.65

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644882
ISBN
9780691644882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.54

Hardcover. Wang Yun (1749-1819) was a famous playwright in imperial China. Her play "A Dream of Glory" is a significant full length chaunqi written by a woman about a woman's dream and desire. This volume provides an English translation with detailed annotations and introduction of traditional Chinese women's drama. Translator(s): Wu, Qingyun. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629963095
ISBN
9789629963095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.47

Paperback. This work provides an account of Wordsworth's evolution as a poet. It includes his earliest known writing while a pupil, and his later poetry. Wordsworth's attitude towards seeking out a public readership beyond his immediate circle of friends and admirers is a central concern of the book. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333574188
ISBN
9780333574188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 b&w photographs, 2 drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801436628
ISBN
9780801436628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.62

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