Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. From this study of Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ana Castillo arises a new model for analyzing American literature that highlights commonalities - one in which colloquial and lyrical style and content speak out against oppression. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620933
- ISBN
- 9780230620933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874133363
- ISBN
- 9780874133363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.35
€ 117.35
Hardback. Until the late 19th century, Jews were identified in their own religious and poetic imagination as wanderers, their sacred center - Jerusalem, Zion - fatefully out of reach. This book examines the work of medieval Hebrew poet Yehuda Halevi to chart a journey whose end was envisioned as the realignment of the people with their original center. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 370 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSB; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206458
- ISBN
- 9780520206458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.42€ 49.59
€ 62.42
€ 49.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226233369
- ISBN
- 9780226233369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.96
€ 35.99
€ 28.96
paperback. Embodies the very nature of Indian storytelling, which is circular, drawing upon the personal experiences of the narrator at various turns, to argue that contemporary Native American literary criticism is stalled. This title portrays Indians stereotypically, assuming that the experiences of tribal groups have largely been the same. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780295981321
- ISBN
- 9780295981321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. Gothic Science Fiction explores the fascinating world of gothic influenced science fiction. From Frankenstein to Doctor Who and from H.G Wells to Stephen King, the book charts the rise of a genre and follows the descent into darkness that consumes it. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137389268
- ISBN
- 9781137389268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.21
€ 138.21
Paperback. This lively new volume of essays examines what happens now in 21st century fiction. Fresh theoretical approaches to writers such as Salman Rushdie, David Peace, Margaret Atwood, and Hilary Mantel, and identifications of 21st-century themes, tropes and styles combine to produce a timely critical intervention into genuinely contemporary fiction. Editor(s): Adiseshiah, Sian; Hildyard, Rupert. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349442171
- ISBN
- 9781349442171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Paperback. Using a variety of approaches from the traditional to the post-modern, this volume brings together essays by 14 scholars who examine T.S.Eliot's poetry and criticism. These essays were written and edited on the occasion of Eliot's birth centenary. Editor(s): Bagchee, Shyamal. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349101061
- ISBN
- 9781349101061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.18
€ 72.18
Hardback. Series: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries: The International Shakespeare Series. Num Pages: 308 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; AS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874137262
- ISBN
- 9780874137262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.36
€ 147.36
Paperback. Presents a collection of lectures that reveal the insight, humor, and intimacy with Zen that made the author so influential as a teacher. Num Pages: 199 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246. Zen Talks on the Sandokai. 199 pages, 1 b&w photograph, 1 line illustration. Presents a collection of lectures that reveal the insight, humor, and intimacy with Zen that made the author so influential as a teacher. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HREZ. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 15. Weight: 242.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 199
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232129
- ISBN
- 9780520232129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.31
€ 31.99
€ 23.31
Paperback. Originally published in 1979 as a three-volume work, this single volume paperback edition has been revised and focuses on the development of Japanese literature and literary tradition over 14 centuries. Editor(s): Sanderson, Don. Translator(s): Sanderson, Don; Bailey, Paul. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 412
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873410486
- ISBN
- 9781873410486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardback. Editor(s): Lin, Shuen-fu. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638232
- ISBN
- 9780691638232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.11
€ 214.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Lin, Shuen-fu; Owen, Stephen. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691610078
- ISBN
- 9780691610078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.77€ 51.34
€ 64.77
€ 51.34
Paperback. Explores a new way to connect the primary Sanskrit epics Ramayana and Mahabharata with their Greek analogues, the Iliad and Odyssey. This cross-cultural comparative study provides a more comprehensive perspective on the poems' religiosity than the vantage points of Hellenists or of Indologists alone. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 2BBA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726758
- ISBN
- 9780674726758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.82
€ 26.99
€ 23.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Sciban, Shu-ning. Series: Cornell East Asia Series. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939161789
- ISBN
- 9781939161789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Hardback. Editor(s): Sciban, Shu-ning; Pidhainy, Ihor. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939161581
- ISBN
- 9781939161581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Paperback. An account of Chinese literary modernism, written from the perspective of Republican China. Shih argues for the contextualization of Chinese modernism in the semicolonial cultural and political formation of the time and analyzes pivotal issues, such as decadence and Orientalism. Series: Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220645
- ISBN
- 9780520220645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. This book studies the reception history of Western literature in China from the 1840s to the present. Qi explores the socio-historical contexts and the contours of how Western literature was introduced, mostly through translation and assesses its transformative impact in the cultural, literary as well as sociopolitical life of modern China. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFP; DSBF; DSBH; DSBH5; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349299003
- ISBN
- 9781349299003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book studies the reception history of Western literature in China from the 1840s to the present. Qi explores the socio-historical contexts and the contours of how Western literature was introduced, mostly through translation and assesses its transformative impact in the cultural, literary as well as sociopolitical life of modern China. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230120877
- ISBN
- 9780230120877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1990
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349203901
- ISBN
- 9781349203901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.64
€ 60.64