Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. This English-language study of Francois Mauriac's "Bloc-notes", presents these poignant, incisive editorials on social justice, war, and human rights in postwar France as both symptomatic of a culture imbued with the past and emblematic of a Christian humanist's ethical approach to history and memory. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813213804
- ISBN
- 9780813213804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.44
€ 83.44
This volume excavates the biblical and classical sources behind three early modern treatises that denounce the numerous sins of the tongue that cause damage in the Elizabethan society. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611474695
- ISBN
- 9781611474695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.47
€ 145.47
Hardcover. According to the author, the 19th century was incapable of managing the feminine question and prefered to mythicize it. Everything that was related to it, especially feminine sexuality, was transformed into fiction. Thus women were saddled with the role of scapegoat. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531230
- ISBN
- 9781557531230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.33
€ 43.33
hardcover. The thesis of this book is that repetition is central to Tolstoy's art. The author argues that Tolstoy uses this device--or rather, complex of devices--to represent and examine the processes by which people structure and give meaning to their experience. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732154
- ISBN
- 9780804732154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.71
€ 97.71
Paperback. "In this book Natasha Distiller explores historic and contemporary uses of Shakespeare in South African society which illustrate the complexities of colonial and post-colonial realities as they relate to iconic Englishness."--Back cover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145614
- ISBN
- 9781868145614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Hardcover. This welcome addition to the Blackwell Guides to Criticism series provides students with an invaluable survey of the critical reception of the Romantic poets. Editor(s): Natarajan, Uttara. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229315
- ISBN
- 9780631229315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.95
€ 43.99
€ 43.95
Paperback. Focusing on Virginia Woolf's writings in conjunction with those of her husband, Leonard, this book illuminates Leonard's sense of ambivalent social identity and its affinities to Virginia's complex ideas of subjectivity. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089607
- ISBN
- 9780691089607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Hardcover. Offers a collection of critical essays on the prize-winning contemporary British poet, Don Paterson. This book shows that Paterson is a figure who actively negotiates his place within literary history, as well as confronting that history with lyric grace, humour and directness. Editor(s): Pollard, Natalie. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748669417
- ISBN
- 9780748669417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.56
€ 105.84
€ 101.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; DSB; JFFK; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231182089
- ISBN
- 9780231182089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Talks about culture and comparison. This book inquires into the idea of comparison in a postcolonial world. It argues that inclusiveness is not a sufficient response to postcolonial and multiculturalist challenges because it leaves the basis of equivalence unquestioned. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731980
- ISBN
- 9780804731980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Hardback. She draws a direct link between the disparate theories of focus articulated in eighteenth-century literature and modern experiments in neuroscience, revealing that contemporary questions surrounding short attention spans are grounded in long conversations over the nature and limits of focus. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19, 2 colour illustrations, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 259 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420127
- ISBN
- 9781421420127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.57€ 46.41
€ 50.57
€ 46.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611490305
- ISBN
- 9781611490305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.06
€ 119.06
Paperback. Investigates ways in which the textual and the visual combine in certain French works to reconfigure ideas and images of self-representation Editor(s): Edwards, Natalie; Hubbell, Amy L.; Miller, Ann. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AJ; AKLC; APF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803236318
- ISBN
- 9780803236318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.96
€ 26.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2ABM; AV; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780967967523
- ISBN
- 9780967967523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.13
€ 24.99
€ 17.13
Hardback. Tells the story of the relationship between catastrophe, in the senses of 'downturn' and 'break', and narration as 'recounting' in the senses suggested by the French term recit in selected texts by three leading writers from Africa. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 491.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230488
- ISBN
- 9780823230488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.21
€ 95.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 92 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 279 x 7. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Grantha Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 92
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890206567
- ISBN
- 9781890206567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.40
€ 35.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. The Life of Sharatchandra Chatopadhyay presents a historical critical assessment of the novelist's upbringing and the experiences that informed his work. The author exposes Sharatchandra's innate conservative worldview and his romantic platonic concept of human sexuality that informs all his love stories. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BM; BGL; DSB; HBJF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611475074
- ISBN
- 9781611475074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.29
€ 119.29
Paperback. Documents the central texts and arguments in African American literary theory from the 1920s to now Editor(s): Napier, Winston. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758106
- ISBN
- 9780814758106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.15
€ 42.99
€ 42.15
Paperback. No modern Japanese writer was more idolized than Shiga Naoya. This work showcases the art of this writer who is often called "the god of the Japanese short story." Translator(s): Dunlop, Lane. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121576
- ISBN
- 9780231121576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.06
€ 29.99
€ 22.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611478747
- ISBN
- 9781611478747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.56
€ 114.56
paperback. Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Univ of Texas PR ed.
- SKU
- V9780292746992
- ISBN
- 9780292746992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.56
€ 21.56
Paperback. Shyness needs no cure, claim the authors of thoughtful, raw, and humorous essays and poems. Editor(s): Lewis, Naomi K.; Altrows, Rona. Series: Robert Kroetsch Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888646705
- ISBN
- 9780888646705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.96
€ 29.99
€ 21.96
Hardback. A comprehensive assessment of Holocaust literature, from World War II to the present day Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 illus. (8 colour). BIC Classification: DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781611683578
- ISBN
- 9781611683578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.97€ 66.61
€ 79.97
€ 66.61
Paperback. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACY; 2CSJ; CFDM; DSBH; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Mul
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634096
- ISBN
- 9780815634096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.96
€ 41.96