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Literary studies: general

Paperback. One of a series concerning the major plays of leading 20th-century playwrights. This guide introduces, explores and analyzes in detail the principal themes and styles of the work of Sean O'Casey. It also places it in the context of modern theatre, and includes a select bibliography. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 113 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571197804
ISBN
9780571197804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. Drawing on the cosmopolitan sensibility of scholars like Anthony Appiah, Vinay Dharwadker, Martha Nussbaum, Bruce Robbins, and Amartya Sen, this book argues that to read the body of South Asian American literature justly, one must engage with the urgencies of places as diverse as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Burma, Pakistan, and Trinidad. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1KBB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592130818
ISBN
9781592130818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

Paperback. Editor(s): Thorpe, James. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691625287
ISBN
9780691625287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.53

Paperback. * First general biography in UK for twenty years of one of the defining writers of the 20th century - Franz Kafka. Num Pages: 448 pages, Integrated: 16, int b/w. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Time Warner Books Uk
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349115931
ISBN
9780349115931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. Utilizing both Freudian and non-Freudian psychoanalysis as well as feminist criticism, this title examines literary works by women and men from medieval and Romantic periods as well as cultural observations on the twentieth century and how they have influenced attitudes toward love. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBD; JFC; JFFK; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814711996
ISBN
9780814711996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

Paperback. An historical tragedy by an eighteenth century playwright. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 75 pages, 1 b&w plate, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
75
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859893770
ISBN
9780859893770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.24

Paperback. Editor(s): Plaks, Andrew H. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691609928
ISBN
9780691609928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.35
€ 44.71

Hardback. This book is a comparative study of African American and Asian American representations of masculinity and race, focusing primarily on the major works of two influential figures, Ralph Ellison and Frank Chin. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ2; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751087
ISBN
9780804751087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.88

Paperback. Traces how our understanding of the causes of human behavior has changed radically over the course of European and American cultural history since 1830. This work examines the causal factors or motives for murder - ancestry, childhood, language, sexuality, emotion, mind, society, and ideology. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127682
ISBN
9780691127682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.29

Hardcover. The three essays in this book draw on the translator's work on love poetry--classical waka and the tanka of Yosano Akiko (1878-1942)-but also introduce the prose poems and free verse of a contemporary surrealist poet, Mizuno Ruriko, whose themes are childhood and the loss of innocence. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947129
ISBN
9781933947129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.58

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632391
ISBN
9780691632391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.93

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571133137
ISBN
9781571133137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.62

Paperback. Concentrating on the sacrament of the altar, poverty, and conflicting versions of sanctity, this is a critical study of Christian literature, theology, and culture in late medieval England. David Aers considers how certain late medieval Christians and their Church engaged the resources of the Christian tradition in their own historical moment. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268020224
ISBN
9780268020224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761823445
ISBN
9780761823445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.62

paperback. Series: Greenwood Guides to Shakespeare. Num Pages: 90 pages, bibliography, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange United Kingdom
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551235
ISBN
9781871551235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.90

Paperback. Examines Delhi's postcolonial literary world, its institutions, prizes, publishers, writers, and translators, and the cultural geographies of key neighborhoods in light of colonial histories and the globalization of English. This title undertakes a study of literary culture that probes the connections between place, language, and text. Series: Flashpoints. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336. The Political Life of Literature in India. Series: Flashpoints. 240 pages, Illustrations, map. Examines Delhi's postcolonial literary world, its institutions, prizes, publishers, writers, and translators, and the cultural geographies of key neighborhoods in light of colonial histories and the globalization of English. This title undertakes a study of literary culture that probes the connections between place, language, and text. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269576
ISBN
9780520269576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.62
€ 40.56

Hardback. The Tears of Sovereignty is a comparative study of the representation of the concept of sovereignty in paradigmatic plays of early modern English and Spanish drama. It argues that baroque drama produces the critical terms through which contemporary philosophical criticism continues to think through the problems of sovereignty today. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251308
ISBN
9780823251308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.55

Paperback. Examining novels, critical editions, gift books, translations, and illustrated volumes, as well as the communities who made them, this title tells a wide-ranging story of the book's identity at the turn of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: DSBF; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103518
ISBN
9780226103518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.20

hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449406
ISBN
9780801449406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.03

Hardback. Presents a literary history and a portrait of a major figure. Num Pages: 546 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 42. Weight in Grams: 968.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
546
Condition
New
SKU
V9781893554955
ISBN
9781893554955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; HBJF; HBLL; HPS; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138659896
ISBN
9781138659896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.43

Hardback. Examines contemporary French narrative and explores two related issues: the centrality within French fiction and autofiction of the themes of passage, ritual and liminality; and, the thematic continuity which links this work with its literary ancestors of the 1960s and 1970s. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 364 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846316661
ISBN
9781846316661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.12

Paperback. One of Ralph Waldo Emerson's principle contributions to philosophy is the theory of self-reliance, a view of democratic individuality. George Kateb provides a reading of Emerson that is friendly to the interests of Nietzsche and to later Nietzscheans such as Weber, Heidegger, Arendt and Foucault. Series: Modernity and Political Thought. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521452
ISBN
9780742521452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 76 x 107 x 6. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101245
ISBN
9781585101245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.55

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