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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CJ; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585102631
ISBN
9781585102631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.88
€ 56.87

Hardcover. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 123 x 47. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Random House Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679600763
ISBN
9780679600763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.08

Hardcover. Of all the writings on theory and aesthetics - ancient, medieval, or modern - the most important is indisputably Aristotle's "Poetics", the first philosophical treatise to propound a theory of literature. The author offers a fresh interpretation of the lost second book of Aristotle's "Poetics". Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCA. 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
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226875088
ISBN
9780226875088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.05
€ 78.49

Hardback. Translator(s): Rudd, Niall. Num Pages: 108 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 166 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483475
ISBN
9781611483475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.26

Hardback. In this book, Walter Judd and Grant Judd give detailed species accounts of every plant found in Tolkien's universe, complete with the etymology of the plant's name, a discussion of its significance within Tolkien's work, a description of the plant's distribution and ecology, and an original hand-drawn illustration in the style of a woodcut print. Num Pages: 416 pages, 289. BIC Classification: DSBH; PDX; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190276317
ISBN
9780190276317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.82

Hardback. This book is a study of Michel Tournier's collection of short stories, Le Coq de bruyre, but it is also much more. Author Walter Redfern sees the stories as a microcosm of the whole fictional universe of Tournier, widely regarded as France's premier living writer. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471250
ISBN
9781611471250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.79

Paperback. Studies in the History of the Renaissance is a highly influential defence of aestheticism. Pater redefined the practice of criticism through his readings of some of the paintings, sculptures, and poems of the Renaissance, and shocked contemporaries for sponsoring a hedonistic ethic with his infamous 'Conclusion'. Editor(s): Beaumont, Matthew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ACND; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535071
ISBN
9780199535071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

hardcover. Laird sets Moletti's Dialogue within the historical background of medieval and Renaissance mechanics, sketches the life and works of Moletti, and analyses the arguments and the geometrical theorems of the Dialogue. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBD; DSK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802046994
ISBN
9780802046994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.97

paperback. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691013671
ISBN
9780691013671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.54

Paperback. Examines the feminist, African-American and avant-garde counter-cultures that flourished in the USA between the two World Wars. It discusses such topics as public art in the Depression, the proletarian subculture and the social poetics of Kenneth Fearing, Muriel Rukeyser and Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 316 pages, 128 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082792
ISBN
9780231082792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. A Companion to Rhetoric offers the first major survey in two decades of the field of rhetorical studies and of the practice of rhetorical theory and criticism across a range of disciplines. * Assesses rhetoric's place in the larger intellectual universe. Editor(s): Jost, Mr. Walter; Olmsted, Wendy. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 40. Weight in Grams: 970.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
522
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405149570
ISBN
9781405149570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.62

Hardback. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Keats. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138778320
ISBN
9781138778320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.35

hardcover. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810850729
ISBN
9780810850729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

Hardback. This is a study of the author, illustrator, and radio personality, Daniel Pinkwater. It discusses nearly all of Pinkwater's books, and emphasises his young adult fiction. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810839946
ISBN
9780810839946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.49

Paperback. A sensitive analysis of the spiritual significance of ancient Greek religion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253208910
ISBN
9780253208910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.72

Hardback. The first in-depth examination of Sinyavsky's satirical side,Literary Insinuations: Sorting out Sinyavsky's Irreverence not only discusses the relatively under-analysed area of playful and provocative writing, but also ties together a number of loose ends in the fascinating and often contentious field of Sinyavsky scholarship. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739104880
ISBN
9780739104880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.13

Paperback. Editor(s): Irvin, Eric. Series: Plays. Num Pages: 78 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
78
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868190242
ISBN
9780868190242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Hardback. Walter Cohen argues that the history of European literature and of each of its standard periods can be illuminated by comparative consideration of the different literary languages within Europe, and of the relationship of European literature to world literature. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1018.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198732679
ISBN
9780198732679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 218.72

Paperback. Discusses ways of creating value in turn-of-the-century American capitalism. Focusing on such topics as the alienation of property, the invention of masochism, and the battle over free silver, this title examines the participation of cultural forms in these phenomena. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 257 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520059825
ISBN
9780520059825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. Anatomizes what's fundamentally at stake when we think of literature in terms of the experience of the reader rather than the intention of the author, and when we substitute the question of who people are for the question of what they believe. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
234
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126180
ISBN
9780691126180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.43

paperback. Called "the most important critic of his time" by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has only become more influential over the years. Suitable for any scholar wrestling with Benjamin's work, this title offers a look at the man behind much of the twentieth century's most significant criticism. Editor(s): Scholen, Gershom; Adorno, Theodor W. Translator(s): Jacobson, Manfred R.; Jacobson, Evelyn M. Num Pages: 674 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226042381
ISBN
9780226042381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.67

Paperback. However insistently the idea of catastrophe hangs over Benjamin's writings in the final years of his life, the "victories wrested" in this period constitute some of the most remarkable 20th century analyses of the emergence of modern society. This volume ranges from studies of Baudelaire and Brecht to appraisals of photography, film, and poetry. Editor(s): Eiland, Howard; Jennings, Michael W. Num Pages: 496 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022294
ISBN
9780674022294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.97

Paperback. Presented in a new edition with expanded notes, this genre-defying meditation on the semiotics of late-1920s Weimar culture, composed of 60 short prose pieces that vary wildly in style and theme, offers a fresh opportunity to encounter Walter Benjamin at his most virtuosic and experimental, writing in a vein that anticipates later masterpieces. Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W. Translator(s): Jephcott, Edmund. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052291
ISBN
9780674052291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.48

Paperback. Offers a source of literary modernism in the twentieth century. Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Verso
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844673483
ISBN
9781844673483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.09

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