Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. How do the places we live in and visit shape our lives and memories? What does it mean to reside in different locations across the span of a life? Presenting the portraits of places seen from within, the author contemplates how places create and gather their stories and how, in turn, a sense of place locates the stories of our own lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; WTL; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113654
- ISBN
- 9780691113654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.86
€ 72.86
hardcover. A study of the ways in which the text and meaning of the Bible were debated by scholars and theologians, Catholic and Protestant, in seventeenth-century Europe, considering the technical problems faced by scholars studying and editing the text in its original languages, and the religious and political pressures affecting the ways they worked. Series: Oxford-Warburg Studies. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; HRAX. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198716099
- ISBN
- 9780198716099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.42
€ 161.42
Hardcover. This volume of essays, arising from lectures given at the Synge Summer School, sets about the task of interpreting Synge, his relation to cultural and theatrical contexts, the significance of his plays, the quality of his language and the thematic matrices of his work. Editor(s): Grene, Nicholas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866476
- ISBN
- 9781901866476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 17.10
€ 20.00
€ 17.10
Paperback. Editor(s): Gaskill, Nicholas; Nocek, A.J. Num Pages: 496 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679966
- ISBN
- 9780816679966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Hardback. Addresses questions such as: What are the best anthologies of African-American poetry? What have African-American poets written about such highly charged issues as religion? Politics? Patriotism? Slavery? Racism? Money? Sex? What have they written about Harlem? The civil-rights movement? Martin Luther King Jr? Editor(s): Frankovich, Nicholas; Larzelere, David. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC; GBCR; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 180 x 17. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112345
- ISBN
- 9780231112345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.54€ 111.05
€ 148.54
€ 111.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 5S; DSB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816675715
- ISBN
- 9780816675715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199688357
- ISBN
- 9780199688357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.68
€ 13.68
Paperback. African literature has commonly been seen as representationally naive vis-a-vis modernism, and canonical modernism as reactionary vis-a-vis postcolonial literature. What brings these two bodies of work together, argues the author, is their disposition toward Utopia or the horizon of a radical reconfiguration of social relations. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2H; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122120
- ISBN
- 9780691122120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.46
€ 53.48
€ 42.46
Paperback. German writers, be it Goethe, Nietzsche, Marx, Brecht or Mann, have had a profound influence on the modern world. This Very Short Introduction illuminates the particular character and power of German literature, and examines its impact on the wider cultural world. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 15 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 114 x 11. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199206599
- ISBN
- 9780199206599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551119335
- ISBN
- 9781551119335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 44.22
€ 48.99
€ 44.22
Hardback. This is the first overview of Schulberg's career 1937-2000 (his own autobiography, Moving Pictures, covers his life only to age 17). This book covers his career as a novelist, short story writer, playwright, Oscar-winning screenwriter and boxing historian. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840355
- ISBN
- 9780810840355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.04
€ 107.04
Paperback. Back in print to tie-in with The Canary Trainer, this "rediscovered" Sherlock Holmes adventure recounts the unique collaboration of Holmes and Sigmund Freud in the solution of a mystery on which the lives of millions may depend. Editor(s): Meyer, Nicholas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393311198
- ISBN
- 9780393311198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.54
€ 20.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. A thoughtful and provocative 30-year record of Nichol's approaches to textual production. Editor(s): Miki, Roy. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DCF; DQ; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Talon Books,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889224476
- ISBN
- 9780889224476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.69
€ 32.99
€ 29.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 147 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 178 x 10. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1920
- Publisher
- Bantam USA
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553212785
- ISBN
- 9780553212785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.71
€ 7.71
Paperback. Features translations of "The Woman From Andros"; "The Mandrake"; and "Clizia", a work inspired by Plautus' "Casin". This work explores English plays whose racy vernacular language, subtle characterisation, and innovative dramatic construction preceded Shakespeare's establishment of English-speaking theatrical comedy by more than a half century. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209015
- ISBN
- 9780872209015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
€ 26.99
€ 20.48
Hardback. The so-called Travels of Sir John Mandeville (c. 1356) was one of the most popular books of the late Middle Ages, highly influencing European perceptions of exotic lands and peoples at the onset of the Age of Discoveries. Editor(s): Ladan, Niayesh. Series Editor(s): Bernau, Anke. Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; WTLC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081750
- ISBN
- 9780719081750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.15
€ 149.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 252ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: AJCR; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 930. Good clean copy. Covers and page edges showing light shelf wear, remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0027080
- ISBN
- 9781843510437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 252ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBR; AJCR; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 177 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781843510505
- ISBN
- 9781843510505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.00€ 23.89
€ 30.00
€ 23.89
hardcover. A Dictionary of Postmodernism presents an authoritative A-Z of the critical terms and central figures related to the origins and evolution of postmodernist theory and culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; GBC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781405150774
- ISBN
- 9781405150774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.45
€ 104.45
Paperback. Offers points of entry into Derrida's complex and extensive works. From 'aporia' to 'yes', this dictionary demonstrates that Derrida is not just about philosophy, but also about politics and pop music. It explains why deconstruction matters, and how Derrida can change the way you think. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; GBC; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218432
- ISBN
- 9780631218432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.93
€ 45.99
€ 45.93