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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. With an investigation of the anthropologico-ontopoietic sources of the life-significance of literature by unravelling the function of imaginatio creatrix in man's self interpretation-in-existence, this collection seeks to bring forth the royal role of allegory in the fostering of culture. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792323129
ISBN
9780792323129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 251.83

Hardback. This book isolates and examines the main arteries running through the intermingled forces prompting the quest to endow life with meaning. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 467 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; GT; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
467
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402098017
ISBN
9781402098017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.75

Hardback. The human virtues that maintain our societal fabric emerge from passional grounds/sources in individual existence. It is the Human Condition that prompts our creative strivings beyond the natural round of life toward outstanding achievements. Our full possibilities allow us the courage, engagement, and wisdom to unfold. Papers by 21 contributors. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402064210
ISBN
9781402064210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.61

Hardback. Discusses the relationship between human beings and time. This text examines the work of Proust and Kafka. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 443 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
443
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402053306
ISBN
9781402053306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 161 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
161
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838754825
ISBN
9780838754825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.16

Hardback. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493344
ISBN
9781611493344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.42

paperback. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 267.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United States
Edition
2000th Edition
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403911780
ISBN
9781403911780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardback. This study explores the centrality of ideas of public and private in Woolf's life and writing. Drawing on manuscript material and letters to Woolf from her reading public, it offers insights into her feminism, her narrative techniques, her attitudes to publication, and her role in public debate. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333760277
ISBN
9780333760277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312164348
ISBN
9780312164348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.86

Hardcover. This title examines how, between 1680 and 1800, British maritime travellers became both friends and foes of the commercial state. These nomadic characters report on remote parts of the globe in the twin contexts of an increasingly powerful imperial state and an emerging world economy. Num Pages: 239 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 483.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333973745
ISBN
9780333973745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo
Condition
New
SKU
V9788323330899
ISBN
9788323330899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.45

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism. Num Pages: 238 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137603302
ISBN
9781137603302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Hardcover. Friendships between writers of the mid-Tang era became famous through the many texts they wrote to and about one another. Anna M. Shields explores these texts to reveal the complex value the writers found in friendship--as a rewarding social practice, a rich literary topic, a way to negotiate literati identity, and a path toward self-understanding. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504370
ISBN
9780674504370
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Hardcover. Examines the influence of court culture on the creation of the anthology and the significance of imitation and convention in its lyrics. The author aims to situate the Huajian ji within larger questions of Chinese literary history, particularly the influence of cultural forces on the emergence of genres and the development of romantic literature. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 181 x 34. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021426
ISBN
9780674021426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Paperback. Looking at the novels of James's major phase in the context of fin-de-siecle decadence, this book illuminates central issues in the James corpus and central aspects of a rich and fraught cultural moment. Through a close examination of the textures of the novels, Kventsel defines and explores their psycho-cultural field of meaning." Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349283873
ISBN
9781349283873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.04

Hardcover. Looking at the novels of James's major phase in the context of fin-de-siecle decadence, this book illuminates central issues in the James corpus and central aspects of a rich and fraught cultural moment. Through a close examination of the textures of the novels, Kventsel defines and explores their psycho-cultural field of meaning. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230008274
ISBN
9780230008274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403963420
ISBN
9781403963420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.41

Hardback. Num Pages: 151 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
151
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838754658
ISBN
9780838754658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.92

Paperback. Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaffner argues that sexologists' preoccupation with these perversions was a response to specifically modern concerns, and illuminates the role of literary texts in the formation of sexological knowledge. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230231634
ISBN
9780230231634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. An investigation of the many ways that Shakespeare uses the defiant voice of the shrew. Kamaralli explores how modern performance practice negotiates the possibilities for staging these characters who refuse to conform to standards of acceptable behaviour for women, but are among Shakespeare's bravest, wisest and most vivid creations. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349345274
ISBN
9781349345274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403983909
ISBN
9781403983909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Paperback. This book investigates representations of the nation of India as characterized by unity and diversity in the works of six contemporary novelists, linking their work to important political, historical and theoretical writings. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349539420
ISBN
9781349539420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Writing Indians and Jews examines discursive practices surrounding the representation of Jews and Jewishness in Indian literature in English. These investigations make an important contribution to the study of contemporary South Asian and diasporic literature, and understandings of anti-Semitism, religious fundamentalism, and globalization. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349464524
ISBN
9781349464524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.65

Hardcover. Writing Indians and Jews examines discursive practices surrounding the representation of Jews and Jewishness in Indian literature in English. These investigations make an important contribution to the study of contemporary South Asian and diasporic literature, and understandings of anti-Semitism, religious fundamentalism, and globalization. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137339676
ISBN
9781137339676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

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