Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Salvador Novo (1904-1974) was a provocative and prolific cultural presence in Mexico City through much of the twentieth century. This book portrays the codes, intrigues, and dynamics of what, decades later, would be called "a gay ghetto." Translator(s): Feitlowitz, Marguerite. Series: Texas Pan American Literature in Translation Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; BGLA; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292705418
- ISBN
- 9780292705418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.07
€ 38.07
Paperback. On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that would change his life forever: Ayatollah Khomeini, a leading Muslim scholar, had issued him with a death sentence. This book offers an account of how he was forced to live in hiding for over a decade. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 136 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563440
- ISBN
- 9780099563440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. A study of post-Vietnam American literature and culture focusing on narratives of bodily trauma evident in a wide range of texts by and about other white men. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112932
- ISBN
- 9780231112932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.20
€ 37.99
€ 27.20
hardcover. Editor(s): Greene, Sally. Num Pages: 306 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 712. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780821412695
- ISBN
- 9780821412695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938646
- ISBN
- 9780813938646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.01
€ 73.01
Hardcover. Traces the feminist contributions of a wide range of Irish American women writers, from Mother Jones, Kate Chopin, and Margaret Mitchell to contemporary authors such as Gillian Flynn, Jennifer Egan, and Doris Kearns Goodwin. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633303
- ISBN
- 9780815633303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.34
€ 53.34
Paperback. These three works exemplify the Roman historian Sallust's condemnation of the excesses of the late Republic. In the conspiracy of Catiline and the war against Jugurtha he sees moral and political corruption and the tragedy of civil strife. This new translation captures Sallust's distinctive style and considers his work as history and literature. Translator(s): Batstone, William W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192823458
- ISBN
- 9780192823458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Hardback. World Literature covers 41 worksnovels, short stories, and poemswritten by authors from around the world, published between 1719 and 2003. The titles analyzed here spawned from authors representing England, Ireland, Poland, and Denmark, and many others Series: Introduction to Literary Context. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 208 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1108.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Grey House Publishing Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619254831
- ISBN
- 9781619254831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.04
€ 174.04
Hardback. Deals with abundant, generous, other-regarding love. This book offers an engagement with Helene Cixous' philosophies of love, inviting readers to reflect on the conditions of subjectivity that just might open them to something like a divine love of the other. Series: Manchester Studies in Religion, Culture and Gender. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069604
- ISBN
- 9780719069604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.99
€ 155.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156950
- ISBN
- 9780231156950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
€ 37.99
€ 27.65
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462. Modernism and the Banality of Empire. 248 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 21. Weight: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156943
- ISBN
- 9780231156943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.76€ 78.73
€ 104.76
€ 78.73
paperback. A Short History of Greek Literature presents a valuable and user-friendly introduction to the diversity and complexity of Greek literature, from Homer's epics to the first Christian writings. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415122726
- ISBN
- 9780415122726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.29
€ 54.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; FL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616685959
- ISBN
- 9781616685959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 295.23€ 200.37
€ 295.23
€ 200.37
Hardback. Crossing Borders explores cross-cultural representations of gender and sexual practices in the medieval French and Arabic traditions. Amer demonstrates that the medieval Arabic tradition on eroticism played a determining role in French literary writings on gender and sexuality in the Middle Ages. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240870
- ISBN
- 9780812240870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.72
€ 86.72
Paperback. Series: African Poetry Book Series. Num Pages: 90 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803295988
- ISBN
- 9780803295988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.59
€ 17.99
€ 17.59
Hardcover. Series: Memento. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Little Island Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993505621
- ISBN
- 9780993505621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.46
€ 23.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. Series: Studies in American Thought and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 209 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1, Anniversary Ed, with new preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299288648
- ISBN
- 9780299288648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 187 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411197
- ISBN
- 9781572411197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
Hardback. Series: Salman Rushdie. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472288
- ISBN
- 9781611472288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.67
€ 108.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- LIT Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783825872557
- ISBN
- 9783825872557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.86
€ 36.99
€ 30.86
Hardback. By examining how narrative strategies reinforce or contest deterministic paradigms, this work describes modern Chinese fiction's contribution to ethical and literary debates over the possibility for meaningful moral action. It analyses discourses of agency and fatalism and the ethical import of narrative structures. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022676
- ISBN
- 9780674022676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.43
€ 50.99
€ 42.43
Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 115 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195392067
- ISBN
- 9780195392067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFGR; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478475
- ISBN
- 9780801478475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.55
€ 40.99
€ 36.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478451
- ISBN
- 9780801478451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.92
€ 37.99
€ 33.92