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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. What is literariness, or the poetic function, and why does literary theory need to answer this question? Series: The Open Yale Courses. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300180831
ISBN
9780300180831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.93

Paperback. First printed in the United States during the American Revolution, the Bible underwent many revisions, translations, and changes in format as different editors and publishers appropriated it to meet a wide range of changing ideological and economic demands. Num Pages: 276 pages, 45 half-tones 4 tables 3 graphs 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSB; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804743396
ISBN
9780804743396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

hardcover. Focuses on American romantic writers' attempts to theorize aesthetic experience through the language of electricity. This work moves between historical and cultural analysis and close textual reading, aiming to challenge readers to see American literature as at once formal and historical and as a product of both aesthetic and material experience. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804761239
ISBN
9780804761239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.69

Paperback. "Paul Giles .. describes episodes of literary exchange between Britain and America not as case studies in reproduction or disavowal but as moments of 'transnational convergence.'.. A rich and reasoned understanding of what these influences may be and of the often inspired anxiety the produce." -Modern Language Quarterly Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812217674
ISBN
9780812217674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Hardback. Charts how the cartographies of American literature as an institutional category have varied. Arguing that American literature was consolidated as a distinctively nationalist entity only in the wake of the U S Civil War, this title identifies this formation as extending until the beginning of the Reagan presidency in 1981. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136134
ISBN
9780691136134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

paperback. A book about the meaning of travel, about how important the topic has been for writers for two and a half centuries, and about how excellent the literature of travel happened to be in England and America in the 1920s and 30s. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195030686
ISBN
9780195030686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Usa
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199971954
ISBN
9780199971954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.39

paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Open Gate Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900001482
ISBN
9780900001482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.53

hardcover. Exemplarity and Mediocrity explores the strategies modern German literature employed to increasingly attune itself to quotidian life-common heroes, everyday life, non-extraordinary events-while at the same time avoiding all notions of mediocre quality. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758901
ISBN
9780804758901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.27

Hardcover. Recent years have witnessed a series of shifts in the reception of Brian O'Nolan's work, with the publication of collected short stories and dramatic texts and a systematic critical reappraisal of once marginal titles in the author's canon. Editor(s): Borg, Ruben; Fagan, Paul. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DS; DSRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782052302
ISBN
9781782052302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 357 pages. BIC Classification: DS; E. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
357
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572411616
ISBN
9781572411616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
386
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572411029
ISBN
9781572411029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.07

Paperback. Literature analysis made easy. Build your students' confidence in their language abilities and help them develop the skills needed to critique their chosen work; putting it into context, understanding the themes and narrative technique, as well as specialist terminology. Series: Film and Literature Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 4KLR; CJB; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual, Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471890161
ISBN
9781471890161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.28

Paperback. .
Publisher
Viking Society for Northern Research United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903521642
ISBN
9780903521642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Viking Society for Northern Research United Kingdom
Edition
First
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903521345
ISBN
9780903521345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDC; DSBD; DSG; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472583413
ISBN
9781472583413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.81

Paperback. First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Editor(s): Szarmach, Paul E. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138883635
ISBN
9781138883635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.90

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New Island Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904301400
ISBN
9781904301400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. A collection of poems, in which the author portrays his visionary power, and heart-breaking comedy that have since become his hallmark. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910701102
ISBN
9781910701102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2ADF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300028454
ISBN
9780300028454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.61

Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816622047
ISBN
9780816622047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. This last work by Paul de Man before his death in 1983 brings together what is essentially his complete work on the study of European Romanticism and post-Romanticism. Num Pages: 327 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452. 327 pages, Ill. This last work by Paul de Man before his death in 1983 brings together what is essentially his complete work on the study of European Romanticism and post-Romanticism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 18. Weight: 458.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
327
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231055277
ISBN
9780231055277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.98

Paperback. Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) instinctively turned to the epic mode to create archetypal narratives of loss, exile, and redemption. This title traces the development of Laurence's voice from its tentative beginnings in her African fiction to its culmination in the Manawaka Cycle. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644510
ISBN
9780888644510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.19

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415834445
ISBN
9780415834445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.43

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