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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. This is the first book in the English language devoted to an analysis of the work ofthe Mozambican author Mia Couto. The book provides essential background details about Mozambican political and cultural history. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482102
ISBN
9781611482102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.29

Paperback. This acclaimed volume explores and unravels the contexts, readings, genres, intertextualities and debates within Anglo-Saxon studies. * Brings together specially-commissioned contributions from a team of leading European and American scholars. * Embraces both the literature and the cultural background of the period. Editor(s): Pulsiano, Phillip; Treharne, Elaine M. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 552 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 954.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405176095
ISBN
9781405176095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.90

Paperback. This is a study of the forces and influences that shaped Kipling's work, including his unusual family background, his role as the laureate of empire and the deaths of two of his children, and of his complex relations with a literary world that first embraced and then rejected him. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2003rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333557211
ISBN
9780333557211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.23

Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 144 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582414655
ISBN
9780582414655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.36

Hardback. A collection of lectures from leading writers and critics, including Nadine Gordimer ("Three in a Bed: Fiction, Morals and Politics"), Cynthia Ozick ("What Henry James Knew"), George Steiner ("The Uncommon Reader") and Seamus Heaney ("Dylan the Durable? On Dylan Thomas"). Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215157
ISBN
9780823215157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.59

Hardback. Setting out from middle-class California to invent herself as a European-style intellectual, Sontag raised the bar of critical discourse and offered up a model of a freethinking, imaginative, and sensual woman. This book offers a reflection on the work, influence, and personality of Sontag. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135700
ISBN
9780691135700
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.82

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSC; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633480
ISBN
9780691633480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.30

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635156
ISBN
9780691635156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.08

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606408
ISBN
9780691606408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. Series: NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479818365
ISBN
9781479818365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardback. In Roland Barthes's eyes, Philippe Sollers embodied the figure of the contemporary writer forever seeking something new. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509513314
ISBN
9781509513314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Paperback. This is a pioneering attempt to rearticulate the relationship between music and the problem of mimesis, of presentation and re-presentation. Four "scenes" compose this book, all four of them responses to Wagner: two by French poets (Baudelaire and Mallarme), two by German philosophers (Heidegger and Adorno). Translator(s): McCarren, Felicia. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723855
ISBN
9780804723855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. This analysis of the historical position of Paul Celan's poetry addresses the question of a lyric language that would not be the expression of subjectivity. Translator(s): Tarnowski, Andrea. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734271
ISBN
9780804734271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Univocal Publishing LLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937561680
ISBN
9781937561680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1921
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Edition
2
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663155522
ISBN
9783663155522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.44

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1921
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Edition
2
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663155515
ISBN
9783663155515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.64

Paperback. In Roland Barthes's eyes, Philippe Sollers embodied the figure of the contemporary writer forever seeking something new. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 2. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509513321
ISBN
9781509513321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.98

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC9; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813939032
ISBN
9780813939032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.37

Hardback. It will interest English-language medievalists of several other disciplines: intellectual historians and specialists of English, as well as scholars of Italian and Iberian literature. Translator(s): Curley, Michael J.; Rendall, Steven. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 568 pages, 14, 12 black & white line drawings, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; DSA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 43. Weight in Grams: 904.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411248
ISBN
9781421411248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.49
€ 75.66

Paperback. In The Fellowship, Philip and Carol Zaleski offer the first complete rendering of the Inklings' lives and works. Lewis maps the medieval mind, accepts Christ while riding in the sidecar of his brother's motorcycle, becomes a world-famous evangelist, and creates new forms of religiously attuned fiction while wrestling with personal crises. Num Pages: 656 pages, 16 pages of black and white illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 211 x 51. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374536251
ISBN
9780374536251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.76

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