Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. These three authors address the problems of female authority and authorship by reworking the myths of Phaedra, Ariadne, Hippolytus, and Theseus in plays intended for reading rather than performance. By rewriting Greek tragedy they enact their own displacement within a masculine literary tradition and struggle to define themselves as women writers. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910352
- ISBN
- 9781575910352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.07
€ 117.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822314196
- ISBN
- 9780822314196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. Using the work of Dante as its critical focus, this study examines questions of truth, ideology and reality in poetry as they occur in a series of texts and in the relationship between those texts across time. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822311171
- ISBN
- 9780822311171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Paperback. Maria Rosa Menocal argues that Arabic culture was a central and shaping phenomenon in medieval Europe. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812213249
- ISBN
- 9780812213249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBTZ1; MMKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937953
- ISBN
- 9780813937953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.72€ 65.46
€ 67.72
€ 65.46
Hardcover. Looking at six Spanish novels, from the 1940s through the 1990s, this book proposes a new concept of the novel of feminine development. It emphasizes the importance of voicing women's sentiments previously unexpressed in Spanish literature. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JJP; DSBD; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531643
- ISBN
- 9781557531643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.79
€ 44.79
Hardback. Through a variety of critical perspectives, Nikolajeva ponders the art of characterization, uncovering the essential differences between story ('what we are told') and discourse ('how we are told'), and carefully distinguishing between how these are employed in children's fiction and in general fiction. Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810842502
- ISBN
- 9780810842502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.64
€ 140.64
Paperback. Looking at key works from the 18th century to the present, Nikolajeva explores topics such as genre, gender, crossvocalization, species, and picturebook images in order to demonstrate how a balance is maintained between the two opposite inherent goals of children's literature: to empower and to educate the child. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 232 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415636698
- ISBN
- 9780415636698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.13
€ 64.13
Paperback. Looks at the interplay between text and image in picturebooks. This book explores picturebooks as a specific medium or genre in literature and culture, one that prepares children for other media of communication, and argues that picturebooks may be the most influential media of all in the socialization and representation of children. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 308 pages, 75 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415979689
- ISBN
- 9780415979689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.85
€ 85.85
On Friendship and Freedom contains the first published collection of correspondence between Silone and his longtime friend the philanthropist and art collector Marcel Fleischmann. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649965
- ISBN
- 9781442649965
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Condition: New
€ 76.76
€ 76.76
Paperback. Omeros is considered the masterwork of Caribbean-born poet and Nobel laureate Derek Walcott. McGarrity, an expert on Joyce and Caribbean literature, has written a definitive and needed high-quality reading guide for this important piece of postcolonial Caribbean literature. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813061009
- ISBN
- 9780813061009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.45
€ 81.45
Hardcover. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611490930
- ISBN
- 9781611490930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.54
€ 77.54
Paperback. Examines one of the Spanish language's most resonant voices. This book explores how the very factors which led to the emergence of Federico Garcia Lorca as a cultural icon also shaped his dramatic output. Series: Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415362436
- ISBN
- 9780415362436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.54
€ 44.54
Hardback. In Reading as the Angels Read, Ardizzone reconstructs the cultural and socio-political background that provided the motivation for the Banquet and offers a bold new reading of this ambitious work. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442637061
- ISBN
- 9781442637061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.34
€ 96.34
Hardback. Conceptions of evil have changed dramatically over time. This work explores what has changed in our understanding of evil, why the transformation matters, and how we can learn from this specific historical development. It argues that narrative plays a key role in helping societies acknowledge their pasts. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory: Philosophies of Gender, Race, and Society S. Num Pages: 244 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140300
- ISBN
- 9780231140300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.40€ 46.93
€ 59.40
€ 46.93
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662575
- ISBN
- 9781855662575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.59
€ 98.59
Hardback. Explores the figure of the orphan child in a broad selection of contemporary US novels by popular and critically acclaimed authors Series: Contemporary American & Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719089596
- ISBN
- 9780719089596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.47
€ 155.47
The anxiety and the curiosity Jane Austen s narrator expresses for her favorite heroine is an anxiety and curiosity all true novels feel for their characters, however well, or however little loved they might be. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159517
- ISBN
- 9781405159517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.04
€ 45.04
Hardback. Answers the question, 'how does one read an author', by undertaking an experiment in critical biography. This book provides an original way of reading, one that captures with variety and subtlety the personality that exists only in Woolf's works and in the minds of her readers. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138121
- ISBN
- 9780691138121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.67
€ 37.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823242146
- ISBN
- 9780823242146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.08
€ 75.08