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Literary studies: general

Hardcover. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813936314
ISBN
9780813936314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.22

Paperback. This is the first study to cover Tan's entire oeuvre, and offers students and general readers an accessible, probing analysis of Tan's highly successful novels within broader debates about the representation of identity, history and reality. Series Editor(s): Thieme, John. Series: Contemporary World Writers. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719062070
ISBN
9780719062070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.06

Paperback. This book explores the contribution made by Chartist poetry to the struggle for fundamental democratic rights. Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; D; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781107403932
ISBN
9781107403932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.51

Hardcover. This text examines the widespread response in British artistic media to the death in childbirth in 1817 of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, showing how both in print materials and extra-literary artifacts her life and death were invested with the qualities of myth. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; ACV; DSB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333695807
ISBN
9780333695807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.04

Paperback. Chaucer's Drama of Style: Poetic Variety and Contrast in the Canterbury Tales Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807842386
ISBN
9780807842386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.96

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823239108
ISBN
9780823239108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.70

Paperback. This is a full-length study of Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443), generally recognized as the greatest playwright of Japan's classical Noh theatre. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726771
ISBN
9780804726771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.40

Paperback. The text for this edition of Notes from Underground is Michael Katz's acclaimed translation of the 1863 novel, which is introduced and annotated specifically for English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Katz, Michael R. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 272 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393976120
ISBN
9780393976120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.09

Hardcover. This collection of essays focus on the concept and role of the author and the emergence of authorship in Greece and Rome. The volume looks at what generic rules were observed by the classical writers, how genres were classified and the role of authors in developing generic context. Editor(s): Depew, Mary; Obbink, Dirk. Series: Center for Hellenic Studies: Colloquia S. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674003385
ISBN
9780674003385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.61
€ 83.20

Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brien, John; Cloutier, Clarice. Series: The Review of Contemporary Fiction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564786142
ISBN
9781564786142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.04

Hardback. In this study of solitude in high modernist writing, Edward Engelberg explores the ways in which solitude functions thematically to shape meaning in literary works, as well as what solitude as a condition has contributed to the making of a trope. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239473
ISBN
9780312239473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 256 x 15. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101078
ISBN
9781585101078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 24.69

Hardback. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSA; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403941053
ISBN
9781403941053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Hardcover. Concentrating on a period of significant social and political change and exploring both canonical and newly rediscovered texts, this book critically assess the changing culture of the late-Victorian period as represented by a range of women writers through a range of essays by leading academics in the field and cutting-edge work by newer scholars. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230343429
ISBN
9780230343429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.66

Paperback. This treatise argues that women writers were the originators of the modern novel in France. It uses the novels of Scudery and Lafayette to illustrate how such works undermined French tradition by suggesting that women had a right to choose their husbands and to lead independent lives. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 297 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231062312
ISBN
9780231062312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.18

Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016552
ISBN
9780674016552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBJH; HBL; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439942
ISBN
9781349439942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.34

Hardback. Editor(s): O'Sullivan, Keith; Whyte, Padraic. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137603111
ISBN
9781137603111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.95

Hardback. In Four Cries of a Gibbon by the late-Ming dynasty playwright Xu Wei, characters move between life and death, and male and female, as they seek to articulate who they truly are. In this first critical study and annotated translation, Kwa considers how Wei's exploration of identity paved the way for further reflection in later fiction and drama. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066854
ISBN
9780674066854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.06

Paperback. Cornwall - pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter (1787-1874) - published his first poems in the Literary Gazette in late 1817. This book explores the central question of how Cornwall's racy and politically subversive poetry managed to establish a broad readership where Keats' publications met with review hostility and readerly indifference. Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318139
ISBN
9781846318139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Paperback / so. Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Stanford University, 1989. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CB; DSB; JMH; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 387.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531121635
ISBN
9783531121635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.07

Hardback. Ancient epics remain a fount of inspiration for poets, dramatists, and musicians not only because they tell good stories in an aesthetically beautiful way, but also because they speak to contemporary hearts and minds still wrestling with timeless issues of human limitation, passion, violence, and uses and abuses of power. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159470
ISBN
9781405159470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.71

Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSBH5; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349523535
ISBN
9781349523535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.30

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636658
ISBN
9780691636658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.40
€ 64.15

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