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Paperback. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Series Editor(s): Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. 160 pages. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 9. Weight: 210. Series Editor(s) :Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644605
ISBN
9780748644605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.06

Hardcover. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Series Editor(s): Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644612
ISBN
9780748644612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.34
€ 99.72

Paperback. This book provides a stimulating account of the dominant cultural forms of 1950s America: fiction and poetry; theatre and performance; film and television; music and radio; and the visual arts. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AB; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618859
ISBN
9780748618859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.37

Hardback. This book provides a stimulating account of the dominant cultural forms of 1950s America: fiction and poetry; theatre and performance; film and television; music and radio; and the visual arts. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AB; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618842
ISBN
9780748618842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.60
€ 94.81

Paperback. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the history of American drama, its various transatlantic influences, and the ongoing conversation that modern plays have with their historic forebears.

Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137605276
ISBN
9781137605276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.22

Hardcover. American Errancy is a wide-ranging study of the connection between ideology and the sublime in the work of twentieth-century poets, all American with two, or perhaps three important exceptions. The poets studied include, Allen Ginsberg, A.R. Ammons, Emerson, Eliot, Hill and many more. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
212
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558354
ISBN
9781904558354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.30
€ 49.18

Hardback. Editor(s): Haslam, Associate Professor Jason (Dalhousie University). Series: Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474425551
ISBN
9781474425551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.75

Paperback. Along the way, he touches upon a wide range of topics that fascinated people of the day, including the journey to the source of the Nile and ideas about the origin of language. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421155
ISBN
9781421421155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.13

Paperback. American Literature in Context after 1929 explores thehistorical events and literary movements that shaped Americanliterature from the Great Depression onward. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405186001
ISBN
9781405186001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.84

Paperback. Beginning with the late work of Henry James, this book goes on to examine at length Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein, to conclude with the uncanny regionalism of mid-century San Francisco Renaissance poet Jack Spicer, and the deterritorialised aesthetic of Spicer's peer, John Ashbery. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748691210
ISBN
9780748691210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.02

Hardback. This book attempts to address the paradoxes inherent in international modernism (a literary movement which at once strove to cross borders of nation, language, and tradition yet which at the same time often endorsed nationalist and 'racial' models of identity. Editor(s): Manning, Susan; Taylor, Andrew. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625260
ISBN
9780748625260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.82
€ 111.13

Paperback. Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature. Num Pages: 130 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 4KH; DSBD; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521663908
ISBN
9780521663908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 24 color illus. 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSA; DSB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 209 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173382
ISBN
9780691173382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.05

Paperback. Written as a cultural weapon and a call to arms, Howl touched a raw nerve in Cold War America and has been controversial from the day it was first read aloud nearly fifty years ago. This study of Howl elucidates the nexus of politics and literature in which it was written and gives portraits of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246775
ISBN
9780520246775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.59

paperback. Unfolding the spiritual and mythical background of the pagan narrative, this book shows how the contest between the mortal maid Psyche and the great goddess Aphrodite over the god Amor yields insights into the psychic life of women. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Works by Erich Neumann S. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691017723
ISBN
9780691017723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.96

Hardcover. The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c 205-184 BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. This title features the 21 of Plautus' extant comedies. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 114 x 33. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
768
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996533
ISBN
9780674996533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Knight, Franklin W. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 3JB; DSBD; DSK; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
129
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206250
ISBN
9780872206250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Khalidi, Tarif (University of Cambridge American University of Beirut American University of Beirut American University of Beirut). Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB; HRAX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474410793
ISBN
9781474410793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Salzman, Dr Paul. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; DQ; DSBD; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540570
ISBN
9780199540570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. Since 1965 Geoffrey Shepherd's edition of Philip Sidney's "Apology" has been the standard, and this revision, with a new introduction and extensive notes, is designed to introduce the soldier-poet's work to a new generation of readers at the beginning of the 21st century. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719053764
ISBN
9780719053764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.92

Paperback. .
Publisher
Wakefield Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984115525
ISBN
9780984115525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. The only autobiography by a major Victorian novelist, Trollope's account offers a fascinating insight into his literary life and opinions. This edition shows how he exaggerated to create his compelling narrative, and includes other writings to show how subtle and complex his approach to literature really was. Editor(s): Shrimpton, Nicholas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGLA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199675296
ISBN
9780199675296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.28

Paperback. .
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906841034
ISBN
9781906841034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.64

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hawas, May. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167805
ISBN
9789774167805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.76

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