Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Written to honour and extend the work of Rowan A. Greer, Walter H. Gray Professor Emeritus of Anglican Studies at Yale University Divinity School, these essays explore the connections between textual interpretation and the formation of religious identity within ancient scripture. Editor(s): Bobertz, Charles A.; Brakke, Professor David. Series: Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 halftone, 1 colour illustration. BIC Classification: 3D; DSB; HRCC1; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268031657
- ISBN
- 9780268031657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.40
€ 114.40
Paperback. Mark Twain's hilarity and irreverence shine through in this impeccably chosen collection. Editor(s): Neider, Charles. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815410270
- ISBN
- 9780815410270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.22
€ 19.22
Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483413
- ISBN
- 9781611483413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.41
€ 119.41
Hardback. Homophobia is still rife and it remains dangerous and even life-threatening to be out in Africa, but Chantal Zabus here traces the range of representations of same-sex desire in Africa through historic and contemporary sources. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010827
- ISBN
- 9781847010827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.41
€ 113.41
Hardback. Li Mengyang (1473 1530) was a scholar-official who initiated the literary archaist movement that sought to restore ancient styles of prose and poetry in sixteenth-century China. Chang Woei Ong situates Li's quest to redefine literati learning as a way to build a perfect social order in the context of intellectual transitions since the Song dynasty. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; BGH; DSBD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970595
- ISBN
- 9780674970595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.36
€ 54.99
€ 45.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 126 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Robert D. Reed Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934759172
- ISBN
- 9781934759172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.88
€ 12.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Robert D. Reed Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931741637
- ISBN
- 9781931741637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.36
€ 11.36
Hardback. The Full Severity of Compassion is both a modular retrospective of Yehuda Amichai's poetric project and a reassessmentby attending closely to the theory embedded in the poetryof major issues in contemporary literary studies, from the politics of form to radical allusion, and from metaphor to translation. " Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804782951
- ISBN
- 9780804782951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.06
€ 86.06
Hardcover. From its humble "straw mat" origins to its paradoxical status as a national treasure, "p'ansori" has survived centuries of change and remains the primary source of Korean narrative and poetic consciousness. Chan Park celebrates "p'ansori" as a living tradition, adapting to an ever-shifting context. Series: Hawaii Studies on Korea. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; AVGE; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824825119
- ISBN
- 9780824825119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.77
€ 74.77
Paperback. Explores a range of cultural representations of incest, from the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley to mother-daughter incest in contemporary true crime novels, to Oprah Winfrey's television special Scared Silent, in order to examine expressions of survivorship. Editor(s): Champagne, Rosaria. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814715437
- ISBN
- 9780814715437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 6 visuals. BIC Classification: 1FKB; DSB; DSBH5; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199474721
- ISBN
- 9780199474721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.44
€ 75.44
Hardback. This collection responds to the critical legacy of Penn R. Szittya. Its contributors investigate how medieval poetic language reflects and shapes social, political, and religious worlds. In addition to new readings of canonical poetic texts, it includes readings of texts that have previously not held a central place in critical attention. Editor(s): Chaganti, Seeta. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823243242
- ISBN
- 9780823243242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.14
€ 59.14
Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816678198
- ISBN
- 9780816678198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.21
€ 29.99
€ 27.21
Paperback. Explores the embodied aspects of ownership and private property as these emerge in a range of American literary texts across the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 b/w Illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267460
- ISBN
- 9780823267460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.23
€ 32.99
€ 31.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 52 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 5. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Birch Brook Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 52
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913559604
- ISBN
- 9780913559604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.98
€ 19.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. A Level English Text Guide - The Great Gatsby Editor(s): CGP Books. Num Pages: 75 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP)
- Number of pages
- 75
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847626684
- ISBN
- 9781847626684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.57
€ 13.99
€ 13.57
Paperback. A Level English Text Guide - Hamlet Editor(s): CGP Books. Num Pages: 83 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSGS. Category: (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 234. 80 pages. Editor(s): Parsons, Richard. A Level English Text Guide - Hamlet. Cateogry: (XR) Revision / study guides. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSGS. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 5. Weight: 232.
- Publisher
- Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP)
- Number of pages
- 83
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847626691
- ISBN
- 9781847626691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.48
€ 12.48
By analyzing a varied body of writing- hagiographies, histories, treatises, and correspondence- in the context of religious colonial culture and European mercantilism, Mario Cesareo shows how Portuguese and Spanish missionaries created a Christian understanding of the colonial process. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557530752
- ISBN
- 9781557530752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.13
€ 30.13
Paperback. Series: Theory out of bounds. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 263 x 18. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First edition
- SKU
- V9780816639274
- ISBN
- 9780816639274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.09
€ 27.99
€ 27.09
Paperback. Revealing the interplay between social custom and dramatic form, this book shows how the Elizabethan antithesis between everyday and holiday comes to life in the comedies' combination of seriousness and levity. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- With a New foreword by Stephen Greenblatt
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149523
- ISBN
- 9780691149523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70