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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780231041188
ISBN
9780231041188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.44
€ 62.54

Paperback. The book offers the first systematic analysis of Kafka's only work of nonfiction, the so-called Zurau fragments, and develops his proposals there for a controversial solution to human suffering and the drive toward moral betterment. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF3; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796590
ISBN
9780804796590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Hardback. The book offers the first systematic analysis of Kafka's only work of nonfiction, the so-called Zurau fragments, and develops his proposals there for a controversial solution to human suffering and the drive toward moral betterment. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804794459
ISBN
9780804794459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780231063579
ISBN
9780231063579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. "The best biography of Richard III that has been written."-A. L. Rowse, Chicago Tribune Num Pages: 608 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; BGR; DSB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 818.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393007855
ISBN
9780393007855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.33

Paperback. Contains the fifteen lectures delivered by Paul Muldoon as Oxford Professor of Poetry, from 1999 to 2004. This title focuses on the theme 'the end of the poem'. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571240814
ISBN
9780571240814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 14.65

Paperback. George Gordon was born in London in 1788, of Scottish, French and English extraction. He succeeded to a baronetcy in 1798, and as Lord Byron he was soon to become the most famous poet of his age - with the publication of "Childe Harold", in 1812, and one of its most notorious characters. His career spanned a momentous period in European history. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 121 x 11. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571236633
ISBN
9780571236633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. Series: Student Guides. Num Pages: 72 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 138 x 5. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551723
ISBN
9781871551723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. Bilingual literary scholar builds bridges spanning institutional silos to found an inclusive "literatures of Canada." Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888645456
ISBN
9780888645456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.86
€ 40.48

Paperback. This new general introduction emphasises the importance of the short story to an understanding of modern fiction. In twenty succinct chapters, the study paints a complete portrait of the short story - its history, culture, aesthetics and economics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627745
ISBN
9780748627745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691608112
ISBN
9780691608112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 46.67

Hardback. Stephen Crane's short, compact life--"a life of fire," he called it--is surrounded by myths, distortions, and fabrications. Paul Sorrentino has sifted through garbled chronologies and contradictory eyewitness accounts, scoured the archives, and followed in Crane's footsteps. The result is the most accurate account of the poet and novelist to date. Num Pages: 452 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 938.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674049536
ISBN
9780674049536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476341
ISBN
9780801476341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.97

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ryholt, Kim. Num Pages: 206 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 303 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1082.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
206
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772895475
ISBN
9788772895475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.26
€ 71.26

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691601939
ISBN
9780691601939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Translator(s): Rose, Christine M. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474781
ISBN
9780801474781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280. Making Selves. 224 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight: 280.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485985
ISBN
9780801485985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. For ten winter days in 1977, the orator Paul John - widely respected as a dean of Yupik elders - held an audience of Yupik students rapt at Nelson Island High School in southwest Alaska. This book records one elder's attempt to create a moral universe for future generations through stories about the special knowledge of the Yupik people. Editor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann. Translator(s): Shield, Sophie. Num Pages: 856 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 2JN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
856
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295983509
ISBN
9780295983509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK; JFC; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476075
ISBN
9780801476075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107195318
ISBN
9781107195318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.58

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 490 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691613864
ISBN
9780691613864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 64.29

Paperback. She'd been intimately his, and he hers, for twenty-seven years - which were his final twenty-seven years. She'd lasted through three wives, the Nobel Prize, and all his ruin. He'd owned her, fished her, worked her and rode her, from the waters of Key West to the Bahamas to the Dry Tortugas to the north coast and archipelagos of Cuba. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 53. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099565994
ISBN
9780099565994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.44

Paperback. Paul Hamilton here redefines romanticism in terms of its philosophical habits of self-consciousness. Through analysis of the aesthetics of Schiller, Rousseau and works by Coleridge, Shelley, Keats and others, Hamilton adds greater clarity to our understanding of romanticism. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226314808
ISBN
9780226314808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. This work argues that literature can be defined, and that in its definition its unique value can be discovered. It identifies literature ontologically as a sign of the preconceptual, as the "ostensive moment" that discloses neither the purpose nor the structure of existence. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725316
ISBN
9780804725316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

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