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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Takhyil is a term from Arabic poetics denoting the evocation of images. It has a broad spectrum of connotations throughout classical philosophical poetics and rhetoric, and it is closely linked to the Greek concept of phantasia. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094693
ISBN
9780906094693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.70
€ 101.25

Paperback. Brings to life the rich variety of pre-modern Arabic social and cultural life, where secular texts happily coexisted with religious ones Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814738269
ISBN
9780814738269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.58

Paperback. Examines Austen's presentation of sibling love and rivalry in the context of the social and historical changes in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and analyses the incest motif in numerous works of the period, arguing that the handling of incestuous themes represents a stage in the development of the novel. Originally published in 1992. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333752074
ISBN
9780333752074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF; HBJD1; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349521708
ISBN
9781349521708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 134 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 191.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349183661
ISBN
9781349183661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.93

hardcover. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Edition
1996th Edition
SKU
V9780312129255
ISBN
9780312129255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.45

Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403976437
ISBN
9781403976437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.89

Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349415199
ISBN
9781349415199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.81

Paperback. In a world increasingly defined by prose, poets adapted the new forms, characters, and moral themes of the novel in order to reinvigorate poetic practice. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418223
ISBN
9781421418223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.13

Paperback. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. BIC Classification: DS. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403962898
ISBN
9781403962898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.33

Paperback. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349527175
ISBN
9781349527175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Paperback. Uses recent thought in continental philosophy and postmodern theology to interpret hidden and contradictory 'god-ideas' in texts of modernism such as Henry James's The Golden Bowl, Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, and Arnold Schoenberg's opera Moses und Aron . Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; DSA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349537631
ISBN
9781349537631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.30

paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2006
SKU
V9781349543304
ISBN
9781349543304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.02

Hardback. Written for both specialist and non-specialist, this book examines T. S. Eliot's treatments of putting-in-other-words, including the necessity of putting ancient truth in 'new verse.' By means of fresh new readings of Ash-Wednesday and Four Quartets, G. Douglas Atkins carries his exploration of Eliot's religious thinking into bold new territory. Num Pages: 100 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137590572
ISBN
9781137590572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.49

Hardback. This is the first full-scale analysis of T.S. Eliot's six "Ariel Poems" as Christmas poems. Through close readings, Atkins argues that these poems considered together emerge as clearly related representations of the "impossible union" that occurred in the Incarnation. Num Pages: 101 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
101
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137485700
ISBN
9781137485700
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.38

Hardback. Applying new readings of Four Quartets, this book completes a trilogy on the Christian character of Eliot's writing. Num Pages: 114 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137470836
ISBN
9781137470836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Hardcover. By comparing and contrasting the pre-conversion and the post-conversion poetics and poetic practices of T.S. Eliot, this book elucidates the responsibilities and opportunities for a poet who is also Christian. This book is the second in a trilogy which includes T.S. Eliot, Lancelot Andrewes, and the Word. Num Pages: 118 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137446886
ISBN
9781137446886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.54

Hardcover. In a fresh reading of Gulliver's Travels and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Atkins draws parallels between the protagonists: both Lemuel Gulliver and Stephen Dedalus flee from the burdens of life, seeking a transcendent existence. The study sheds important new light on both novels as essential critiques of modern misunderstandings. Num Pages: 79 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137399816
ISBN
9781137399816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.85

Hardback. More than three centuries later, Jonathan Swift's writing remains striking and relevant. In this engaging study, Atkins brings forty-plus years of critical experience to bear on some of the greatest satires ever written, revealing new contexts for understanding post-Reformation reading practices and the development of the modern personal essay. Num Pages: 111 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
111
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137311627
ISBN
9781137311627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Hardback. This book offers an exciting new approach to T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets as it shows why it should be read both closely and in relation to Eliot's other works, notably the poems The Waste Land, 'The Hollow Men,' and Ash-Wednesday. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230112483
ISBN
9780230112483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.03

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