Search Results: Literary Criticism from Diversity Books, IOBA

London: Quintet/New Burlington Books, 2006. 960pp., over 600 full-colour illustrations of book covers and frontispieces, posters and other contextual images, throughout. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean, soft vertical crease to a small section at front of book. Illustrated, flapped card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. Preface by Peter Ackroyd. "A comprehensive reference source, chronicling the history of the novel . . . offers concise, critical insight into the books and the writers that have excited the world's imagination . . . discover the stories behind the adjectives: Dickensian, Kafkaesque, Rabelaisian . . . and the writers behind the stories . . . explore the greatest novels of all time . . ." Contents include: Preface, Intro., Contributors, Title Index, Pre-1700, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, Author Index, General Index. Book weight approx. 1.9 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. Size: 8vo -… Read More

New York: Columbia University Press, 1989. xii, + 222pp., b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated ('Andromeda', Edward Poynter) card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. " . . . explores the power and the passion with which Victorian male writers and artists gave meaning to the Perseus and Andromeda myth and its medieval analogue, the legend of St. George and the dragon . . . Employing examples from Morris, Browning, Kingsley, Hopkins, Ruskin and Rossetti - along with artists who were their contemporaries - Munich demonstrates that since men rather than women used the Perseus and Andromeda myth for creative purposes, analyzing the Victorian Andromedas illuminates the gendered aspect of Victorian culture." Includes Bibliography and Index. Book weight approx. 350g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970. xviii, + 513pp. Book clean. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. All usual ex-library identifiers present (not too obtrusive), otherwise leaves clean. Lightly bumped heel of backstrip, plus a small glue trace on rear board. Illustrated dustjacket price-clipped, sticker and fading on spine, mild edgewear, and tape abrading on verso. A stand-alone volume in the 'Critical Heritage' series. In this edition, the controversial poet Byron, and his numerous works, are subject to critical discussion. Includes Prelims., 68 'discussions', Biblio., Index. Book weight approx. 760g.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Copy.

Hampshire, England: Macmillan Education, 1987. 188pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain red boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Printed dustjacket minimally surface-scuffed, mild tanning to reverse edges. A stand-alone title in the Macmillan Women Writers series. "This study is the first to provide a feminist reading of the life and work of the Australian-born writer Christina Stead . . . Intensity, sensuality and a refusal to draw boundaries where they would normally be expected are distinctive features of Stead's writing. Her work also clearly delineates the complex of economic relations within which human relationships operate." Contents include: Acks., Editor's Preface, 8 chapters, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Book weight approx. 270g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Indiana, United States: Indiana University Press, 1973. xii, + 339pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Previous owner's lightly pencilled notes to rear free endpaper and rear pastedown, else leaves clean. Green cloth boards undamaged. Translated by William Riggan, in collaboration with the author. Originally published in the German as 'Einfuhrung in die Vergleichende Literaturwissen-schaft', W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, 1968. Contents include: Preface, Definition, Influence and Imitation, Reception and Survival, Epoch, Period, Generation and Movement, Genre, Thematology, The Mutual illumination of the Arts, Appendix I: History, Appendix II:Bibliographical problems, Bibliography, Notes, Index of Names. Book weight approx. 550g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First U.S... Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good.

London: Elek Books, 1978. ix, + 208pp., a medium amount of ball-point pen text underlining and like, margin highlighting (approx. 15 pages - not too distracting). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain black boards nominally bumped on foredge corners. Text-block (other than fore-noted), unmarked. Portrait-illustrated dustjacket price-clipped, with some colour-fading on spine, else slight edgewear, and unobtrusive dampstaining on verso. A stand-alone volume in the 'Novelists and Their World' series, appraising the writer's major novels . . . Contents include: Prelims., 9 chapters, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Book weight approx. 395g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good/Good.

New York: Basic Books, 1971. x, + 377pp. Text throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, edges nominally flecked. Monochrome, art-illustrated gloss card wrapper bumped, mildly splayed and edgeworn, with a soft crease and several indentations. With a foreword by Louis Kampf, this anthology presents some alternate and dissident writers, who present a variety of points of view.With an Intro., Biblio., and Index, and a large list of authors including: Amos, Muntzer, Milton, Swift, Paine, Blake, Wollstonecroft, Percy Bysshe, Shelley, Carlyle, Marx and Engels, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Dubois, Trotsky, Barthes, Che Guevara, Malcom X, and many more. Book weight approx. 640g.. 1st Thus. Softcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Penguin Press, 2017. xv, + 375pp. B/white photographic illustrations, maps. Book clean, square. Black quarter spine firm, silver title there-on. Teal boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket minimally edge-creased only. From the jacket flap: "In this brilliant new interpretation of one of the great voices in modern literature, Maya Jasanoff reveals Conrad as a prophet of globalization. As an immigrant from Poland to England, and in travels from Malaya to Congo to the Caribbean, Conrad navigated an interconnected world, and captured it in a literary oeuvre of extraordinary depth . . . In a compelling blend of history, biography and travelogue, Maya Jasanoff follows Conrad's routes and the stories of his four greatest works 'The Secret Agent', "Lord Jim', 'Heart of Darkness' and 'Nostromo' . . . " Includes Index. Book weight approx. 665g. . First Edition, 3rd Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good+/Very Good+.… Read More

London: Bloomsbury, 1990. xv, + 229pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards very good. Leaves clean. Illustrated (Posy Simmonds) dustjacket price-clipped, mildly edge-creased and indented. From the jacket flap: "'Winnie the Pooh' isn't usually thought of as being subversive, nor are 'The Enchanted Castle', 'The Secret Garden', 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', or 'Peter Pan'. Yet these 'safe' classics endure partly because they satirise conventional adult society and speak with dangerous directness to a young reader's imagination . . . In this witty and engaging collection of essays, Alison Lurie entices us back to that half-forgotten world." Book weight approx. 480g.. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford, U.K.: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press) , 1987. 280pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain boards undamaged. A remainder stamp on head of textblock, else leaves unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket minimally edgeworn only. 'Dragons Teeth' offers a series of readings of 17th century literary texts in the historical and political context of the English Revolution . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Abbs., Introduction. 8 further chapters. Bibliography. Index. Book weight approx. 500g. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - (approx. 22cm x 14cm).

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1984. xvi, + 205pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain burgundy boards nominally shelfworn only. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated (engraving of Christopher Wren's Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, by D. Loggan) dustjacket lightly edgeworn and bumped only. "The Restoration of Charles II was an event of great moment . . . The impact of the king's return on literature of the 1660s is the subject of this book . . . " Contents include: Prelims., 9 chapters, Notes, Index. Book weight approx. 465g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.: Baker Books, 2005. 255pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper has negligible edgewear only. A riveting analysis of C.S.Lewis' magical world of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which explores symbols, hidden meanings, and many easily missed details . Contents include: Preface, Intro., 17 chapters, plus Reference List. Book weight approx. 350g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. Second Printing. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven, CT, et al: Yale University Press, 2005. xvii, + 327pp. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over tight spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn only. "This book examines the tradition of the spy narrative from its inception in the late nineteenth century through to the present day . . . " Contents include: Prelims. Acks. Introduction. Part 1/ On Being Thrilled. 2/ Fronts. 3/ How Big the World. Notes. Works Cited. Index. Book weight approx. 655g. . First Edition, 1st Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - (approx. 24cm x 16cm).

London: Chatto & Windus, 1974. (viii), 160pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain red boards very lightly corner-bumped on front panel. Faint foxing to textblock head, else leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket has a small open tear to head of spine, negligible tanning. From the rear panel: "This book is a collection, as complete as it has been possible to make it, of the letters written by Dr. Leavis to newspapers and periodicals over the past forty years. As such, it forms an essential part of the total record of Dr. Leavis's views on the subject with which he has always been most closely concerned: English literature, and its crucial importance to the cultural health of the community . . . " Includes Index. Frank Raymond Leavis (Companion of Honour), was born at Cambridge in 1895, and died in 1978. Book weight approx. 340g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read More

London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995. xi, + 452pp., pattern-print endpapers. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over nominally bumped spine. Leaves mildly browned, remainder strip (black felt pen) on foot of textblock. Plain black boards undamaged. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. An anthology on the theme of fashion in literature. "Using letters, journals and memoirs, as well as novels, poetry and plays, covering over 400 years of writing, including British, Irish, American and European literature . . . " Contents include: Prelims., 13 chapters, Acks., Index. Book weight approx. 730g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good +.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927. 265pp., plus (iii). Book clean and square. Quarter-cloth hardcover. Complete title label over lightly bumped buckram spine. Plain green boards undamaged. A former owner's details (dated 1928) and old price indentation on ffep., tinted top edge, laid paper, untrimmed foredge and foot, else text-block clean. Printed dustjacket price-clipped, jagged nips and tears, plus closed tear and several small biopredation spots on front panel and spine. A series of critical essays, by Ernest Boyd, on some of the giants of the literary world: Milton, Dickens, Whitman, Poe, Swift, Shakespeare, Byron . . . Book weight approx. 635g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Fair +.

Oxford, United Kingdom: Mandrake of Oxford, 2014. 252pp. Two b/white halftone plate sections (various sources). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-art illustrated (Emma Doeve) card wrapper skilfully covered in clear adhesive film, else nominally bumped. Textblock unmarked. Not quite a biography, not quite literary criticism, never-the-less Matthew Levi Stevens' book on William S. Burroughs II (1914-1997) and his "magical universe" is a cover-to-cover read . . . Contents include: Prelims., Picture Credits. Foreword. Author's Note. Introduction. Numerous chapters. Further Reading. Notes. Index. Book weight approx. 405g. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - (approx. 23cm x 15cm).

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Ormond College, University of Melbourne, 1993. xiv, + 205pp., b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has no noticeable damage. The academic journal of Ormond College, Melbourne University, which showcased the best academic work from the college community. Includes essays, articles and literary criticism. Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Very Good +.

Indooroopilly, Queensland: Outrider [with Literary Arts Board of The Australia Council assistance], 1989. iv, + 248pp., intext illustrations throughout, mostly b/w but several colour plates. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean [one section printed on buff-coloured paper]. Illustrated card wrapper microscopically edgeworn only. Published bi-annually 'Outrider' consists in part of revues of Australian contemporary novels, prose and poetry. Feature revue; Walter Kaufmann: Death in Fremantle-Chronicle of an investigation. Samar Attar interviews David Malouf. Much more . . . ADDITIONAL: inserted loosely; 16pp., staplebound index 1984-1988. Book weight approx. 390g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Penguin Books, 1992. xiviii, + 383pp., plus (x). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated (James Joyce in Zurich, 1915 by Ottocaro Weiss - photographer, courtesy James Joyce Society, Zurich) card wrapper minimally bumped and edgeworn only. Textblock mildly age toned and has six blue pen annotated (tolerable) pages in the poem 'Chamber Music'. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes by J.C.C. Mays, 'Poems and Exiles' reveals a literary side to James Joyce (b.1882-d.1941) that is much less known to readers of his stellar novels - his poetry, and the three-act play 'Exiles'. Contents of this title include: Prelims., Foreword. Abbs., Introduction. Further Reading. A Note on the Texts. Published Collections. Poems of an Early Youth. Uncollected Occasional Poems. Limericks. Exiles. Notes. Acks., Index of Titles. Index of First Lines. Book weight approx. 301g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel.. First Thus, 4th Impression.… Read More