.png){kind=logo}
Literature: history & criticism
Results 2041 - 2064 of 9540
Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. The simple yet grand language of the King James Bible has pervaded American culture from the beginning. This book traces the ways that American novelists ranging from Melville, and Faulkner to Marilynne Robinson, and Cormac McCarthy - have drawn on the resources of the canonical English Bible to fashion their own styles and visions of reality. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128818
- ISBN
- 9780691128818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.71
€ 28.71
Hardcover. The grammarian was a pivotal figure in the lives of the educated upper classes of late antiquity. This profession contributed to the social as well as cultural continuity of the Empire. This title provides a study of the place and function of this important but ambiguous figure. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1008.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520055353
- ISBN
- 9780520055353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 72.45
€ 94.64
€ 72.45
Hardback. With more people living alone today than at any time in U.S. history, Ferguson investigates loneliness in American fiction, from its mythological beginnings in Rip Van Winkle to the postmodern terrors of 9/11. At issue is the dark side of a trumpeted American individualism. Ferguson shows that we can learn, from our literature, how to live alone. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066762
- ISBN
- 9780674066762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.13
€ 47.99
€ 40.13
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA; DSB; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175364
- ISBN
- 9780231175364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.02
€ 65.07
€ 51.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801446788
- ISBN
- 9780801446788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Paperback. Looking for some new business insights? Forget about Wall Street. Learn a lesson or two from Arthur Miller and David Mamet on Broadway. Put down Forbes and Fortune for once and spend an evening with Chaucer and George Bernard Shaw. You'll pass an enjoyable evening and discover some fresh new management perspectives. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; DSB; DSK; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471371687
- ISBN
- 9780471371687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.83
€ 34.99
€ 27.83
Hardback. Focusing primarily on the period from the eighteenth-century to the present, this interdisciplinary volume takes a fresh look at the institutions and practices of autobiography and self-portraiture in Europe, the United States and other cultures. Editor(s): Folkenflik, Robert. Series: Irvine Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720472
- ISBN
- 9780804720472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Paperback. This work examines the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey and their subsequent reception. Editor(s): Fowler, Robert. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 444 pages, 12 b/w illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 632. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 442 pages, 12 b/w illus. 2 maps. Editor(s): Fowler, Robert. This work examines the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey and their subsequent reception. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight: 708.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 442
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521012461
- ISBN
- 9780521012461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.60
€ 47.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271018935
- ISBN
- 9780271018935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.19€ 56.03
€ 66.19
€ 56.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Robbins, Hollis; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSBF; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143105992
- ISBN
- 9780143105992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.58
€ 23.99
€ 16.58
Hardcover. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748647156
- ISBN
- 9780748647156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.47€ 102.83
€ 106.47
€ 102.83
Paperback. An astute and engrossing biography from the author of Victor Hugo and Balzac. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330488037
- ISBN
- 9780330488037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.82
€ 26.99
€ 18.82
Hardback. Presents a reconceptualization of the American project of conversion that begins with the story of Henry 'Opukaha'ia, the first Hawaiian convert to Christianity. The author argues that 'Opukaha'ia's conversion is both remarkable and prototypically American, because he dared to redefine himself via this drive to rebirth. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033436
- ISBN
- 9780674033436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 48.36
€ 51.99
€ 48.36
Paperback. Philosophical theorizing about language now involves an increasing emphasis on empirical work and a renewed convergence with philosophy of mind, formal semantics and logic. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551110868
- ISBN
- 9781551110868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.54€ 55.03
€ 55.54
€ 55.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables, 1 black & white halftones, 6 black. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 246 x 25. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415498760
- ISBN
- 9780415498760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.76
€ 49.76
Paperback. "Slow violence" from climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly. The author focuses on the inattention we have paid to the lethality of many environmental crises, in contrast with the sensational, spectacle-driven messaging that impels public activism. Num Pages: 370 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Gld
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072343
- ISBN
- 9780674072343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.64
€ 29.99
€ 25.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474248617
- ISBN
- 9781474248617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.80
€ 52.80
Paperback. Examines Yeats's relationship with the warring discourses of British cultural imperialism and Irish nationalism during Ireland's transition from colony to partially independent nation. This work identifies the core features of Yeats's aesthetic program through readings of central poems and plays in the Yeats canon. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025830
- ISBN
- 9780268025830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
hardcover. This is an important and well-written study that provides a new depth of insight into Victorian ideology and working-class culture. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780802038883
- ISBN
- 9780802038883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.63
€ 76.63
Hardcover. Cultural and literary historians investigate the unique literary bridge between German-speaking women and the "New World," examining novels, films, travel literature, poetry, erotica, and photography. Editor(s): McFarland, Rob; James, Michelle Stott. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 324 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135865
- ISBN
- 9781571135865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.88
€ 115.88
Paperback. In 1938, the author was fresh out of school and bound for his first job in Africa, hoping to find adventure far from home. However, he got far more excitement than he bargained for when the outbreak of the Second World War led him to join the RAF. In this title, he gives an account of his experiences in Africa. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; BM; DSBH; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955796
- ISBN
- 9780241955796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 5S; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161808
- ISBN
- 9780691161808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176130
- ISBN
- 9780691176130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.36
€ 30.99
€ 22.36
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DS; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295741505
- ISBN
- 9780295741505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34