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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. * Introduces complex arguments in lively accessible form. * Deals with key contemporary theorists and historicizes postmodernism, back from Heidegger to Hobbes, and to its eighteenth--century origins. * Discusses postmodern fiction by such authors as Acker, Auster, Barth, and Pynchon. . Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631200017
ISBN
9780631200017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.85

Paperback. 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: 244 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; GBC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405150781
ISBN
9781405150781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 46.24

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719099373
ISBN
9780719099373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.11

Hardback. This edition of Johnson's Latin Poems contains a Preface and Introduction followed by text, translation (prose), and brief notes on the poems. Several corrections have been made to the standard text. The notes deal with the obscurities and provide comment on style and treatment. Editor(s): Rudd, Niall. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482287
ISBN
9781611482287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.69

Hardback. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268. Theory and the Politics of Knowing. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures S. 120 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 14. Weight: 268.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
120
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159500
ISBN
9780231159500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.00

Paperback. Telling the story of the author's grandparents and parents, and of his brothers' involvement in the violent Mau Mau uprising, this title etches a tumultuous era, capturing the landscape of Kenya, the people and their culture, and the social and political vicissitudes of life under colonialism and war. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 2AB; 3JJ; BM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099548522
ISBN
9780099548522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006512349
ISBN
9780006512349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Hardback. An anthology that brings together writing about the Grand Canyon - stories, essays, and poems written across five centuries by people inhabiting, surviving, and attempting to understand what one explorer called the 'Great Unknown'. Editor(s): Newman, Lance E. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 b/w drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270787
ISBN
9780520270787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 35.96

Hardback. Presents a study of modernity that examines classical influences Incorporates political, economic, social, and psychological theories Highlights writings from a wide range of thinkers, including Adam Smith, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Weber, and Freud. Series: Classical Receptions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405131391
ISBN
9781405131391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.27

Paperback. Is your enjoyment of Brian Friel's work hampered by a lack of Irish historical knowledge? Are you studying his plays and looking for help with interpretation? Do you teach Friel and need reliable guide to the plays? This title provides answers to these questions and more. Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 113 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571197798
ISBN
9780571197798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Hardcover. Hypocrisy and prejudice compel a principled mulatto teacher to desert a steady job and a socially prominent fiance. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Edition
New ed of 1928 ed
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780837111278
ISBN
9780837111278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 26.00

paperback. Challenging the dismissive view of Frye's work as closed and outdated, Cotrupi explores the implications of his proposition that the history of criticism may be seen as having two main approaches?literature as "product" and literature as "process." Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 255.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802081414
ISBN
9780802081414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardcover. For generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a theater of the mind. This book examines that characterization by recasting the radio play as an aesthetic object within its historical context. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones, 13 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; DSG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226853505
ISBN
9780226853505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 88.67

Paperback. For generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a theater of the mind. This book examines that characterization by recasting the radio play as an aesthetic object within its historical context. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones, 13 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; DSG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226853512
ISBN
9780226853512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.42

Paperback. Test your puzzle-solving abilities and exercise your knowledge of the classics with The Literary Puzzle Book, an engaging collection packed with crafty conundrums to keep you thoroughly entertained through the best of times and the worst of times. Series: Puzzle Book. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; WDK; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 106 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0016312
ISBN
9781849537216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Test your puzzle-solving abilities and exercise your knowledge of the classics with The Literary Puzzle Book, an engaging collection packed with crafty conundrums to keep you thoroughly entertained through the best of times and the worst of times. Series: Puzzle Book. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; WDK; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 106 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174. Good clean copy with some wear to the cover.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
SKU
KTG0015715
ISBN
9781849537216
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. With tactile eroticism coursing through, this work presents poems that never give up hope; they exhibit a tenacious optimism - or at least a steely pragmatism - that says: we have what we are given, there is no alternative, and we all must find what joy we can in life, and in its living. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224081719
ISBN
9780224081719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Hardcover. The novelist Meredith is renowned for his radical portrayal of social and personal relations, especially of gender. This work examines Meredith's novels in the light of 20th-century literary theory, especially the work of Mikhail Bakhtin. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 473.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
St Martins Pr
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333675946
ISBN
9780333675946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.83

hardcover. Series: Clemson University Press. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJC; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Clemson University Digital Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781942954187
ISBN
9781942954187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.17

Paperback. In the twentieth century more people spoke English and more people wrote poetry than in the whole of previous history. This companion strives to make sense of this crowded poetical era. It offers critical and contextual coverage of the full range of English-language poetry in the last century. Editor(s): Roberts, Neil. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 648 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1038.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405113618
ISBN
9781405113618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.09

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