Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Essays on the depiction of animals, birds and insects in early medieval material culture, from texts to carvings to the landscape itself. Editor(s): Bintley, Michael D. J.; Williams, Thomas J. T. Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DN; 3F; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270088
- ISBN
- 9781783270088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.88
€ 115.88
Paperback. Though long thought of as one of the most virulently anti-gay genres of contemporary American politics and culture, this book maintains that religious discourses have curiously figured as the most potent and pervasive forms of queer expression and activism throughout the twentieth century. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 229 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716694
- ISBN
- 9780814716694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Focuses on the work of Umberto Eco - one of Europe's best-known writers and intellectuals. This title covers the range of Eco's work, from his theoretical writings on semiotics to his best-selling novels. It assesses the influence of Eco's work on contemporary culture. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745608501
- ISBN
- 9780745608501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.66
€ 24.66
Hardback. A study of Catullus's influence on Horace, this work shows that the earlier poet was probably the important source of inspiration for Horace's "Odes", the later author's magnum opus. By illustrating how Horace often found his own voice even as he acknowledged Catullus's genius, it guides us to an appreciation of the earlier poet as well. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691125374
- ISBN
- 9780691125374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.07€ 59.72
€ 77.07
€ 59.72
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801443152
- ISBN
- 9780801443152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.12
€ 60.12
Paperback. This is the first critical study of Sons and Lovers to engage with the new Cambridge edition, which prints for the first time the whole text that Lawrence wrote. Series Editor(s): Stern, J. P. Series: Landmarks of World Literature. Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154. Used paperback in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 124
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- SKU
- KRF0015749
- ISBN
- 9780521369244
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Harold Pinter has acted on stage, screen and radio, he has appeared on countless political platforms, and his work has been celebrated in festivals at Dublin's Gate Theatre and New York's Lincoln Center. In 2005, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and in 2006, the European Theatre Prize. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571234769
- ISBN
- 9780571234769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.06
€ 23.99
€ 16.06
hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; JNSG2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479823611
- ISBN
- 9781479823611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.72
€ 96.72
Paperback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141635
- ISBN
- 9780231141635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.23
€ 40.99
€ 29.23
Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; APFA; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141628
- ISBN
- 9780231141628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.57€ 90.18
€ 118.57
€ 90.18
Paperback. Awarded 2013 PROSE Honorable Mention in Media & Cultural Studies With the resurgent interest in his work today, this is a timely reevaluation of this foundational figure in Cultural Studies, a critical but friendly review of both Hoggart's work and reputation. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405194945
- ISBN
- 9781405194945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.07
€ 41.07
hardcover. This study sets out to help restore Persiles to pride of place within Cervantes's corpus by reading it as the author's summa, as a boldly new kind of prose epic that casts an original light on the major political, religious, social, and literary debates of its era. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780802090850
- ISBN
- 9780802090850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.90
€ 82.90
Hardback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691167824
- ISBN
- 9780691167824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.34€ 79.38
€ 104.34
€ 79.38
Paperback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691167831
- ISBN
- 9780691167831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Series: Broadview Literary Texts. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551113227
- ISBN
- 9781551113227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.28€ 51.22
€ 51.28
€ 51.22
Paperback. Revised and updated throughout, the third edition of this best-selling book traces the development of one of the world's richest literatures from the old English period to the present day. It now features a full chapter on the contemporary period, with more on genres and the impact of globalisation. Series: Palgrave Foundations Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 65 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 189 x 246 x 23. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368316
- ISBN
- 9780230368316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.07
€ 45.99
€ 38.07
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140433777
- ISBN
- 9780140433777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
€ 17.99
€ 14.28
hardcover. Here, the author aims to show how the poet Su Shi's complex personality was embodied in his work and traces the evolution of his poems from juvenilia to the poems written in exile in Huangzhou, where Su settled on a farm at East Slope. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSBB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 30. Weight in Grams: 629.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804715874
- ISBN
- 9780804715874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.90
€ 96.90
Hardback. The dominant literary genre in Song dynasty China, shi poetry reflected profound changes occurring in Chinese culture from 960--1279. Michael Fuller traces the intertwining of shi poetry and Neo-Confucianism that led to the cultural synthesis of the last years of the Southern Song and set the pattern of Chinese society for the next six centuries. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 525 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 42. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 525
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073227
- ISBN
- 9780674073227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.22€ 54.12
€ 59.22
€ 54.12
paperback. Analyzing the impact of black abolitionist iconography on early black literature and the formation of black identity, this book argues that the visual offered an alternative to literacy for current and former slaves, whose works mobilize forms of illustration that subvert dominant representations of slavery by both apologists and abolitionists. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221087
- ISBN
- 9780253221087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSC; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946744
- ISBN
- 9781908946744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
paperback. Editor(s): Hays, Michael. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816620227
- ISBN
- 9780816620227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.21
€ 25.99
€ 24.21
Paperback. Fritz Lang's classic 1927 film, "Metropolis" became an icon for the complexities of Weimar culture. This work provides a range of materials and resources for the study of this film, including critical essays and contributions. It also presents a two-part introduction dealing with the genesis, production, and contemporary reception of the film. Editor(s): Minden, Michael; Bachmann, Holger. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504. Cinematic Visions of Technology and Fear. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 344 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Minden, Michael; Bachmann, Holger. Fritz Lang's classic 1927 film, "Metropolis" became an icon for the complexities of Weimar culture. This work provides a range of materials and resources for the study of this film, including critical essays and contributions. It also presents a two-part introduction dealing with the genesis, production, and contemporary reception of the film. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH. Dimension: 162 x 228 x 19. Weight: 504.
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571131461
- ISBN
- 9781571131461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.43
€ 44.99
€ 42.43
Paperback. This sourcebook is ideal for those new to Yeats's poetry or those who wish to look deeper into its workings, its reception and the contexts from which it emerged. Editor(s): O'Neill, Michael. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415234764
- ISBN
- 9780415234764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.46
€ 28.46