Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. This collection of writings on Frederick Douglass examines the explicit and implicit philosophical themes and arguments that resonate through his texts. Contributors to the volume include Angela Davis, Bernard Boxill, Howard McGary and Lewis Gordon. Editor(s): Lawson, Bill; Kirkland, Frank (Hunter College, City University of New York Graduate Center USA). Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 424 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205784
- ISBN
- 9780631205784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.09
€ 57.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555973049
- ISBN
- 9781555973049
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.80
€ 23.99
€ 20.80
Hardback. This book focuses on the extension of realist writing toward alterity, toward otherness, in its ongoing efforts to enable individuals to speak and be heard correctly. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743334
- ISBN
- 9780804743334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.92
€ 88.92
hardcover. In studying the white male body, a counterpoint in gender studies to the many readings of the representations of the female body, this book considers works by such authors as Poe, Maupassant, Moravia, Tournier, Roth, Guibert, and Foucault. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804729192
- ISBN
- 9780804729192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Focuses on the ways in which a number of French literary narratives written in the realist tradition show a dynamic balance between the desire of the author/narrator to present a verisimilar world and the need for aesthetic balance. This book discusses some of the subversive paths taken in realism. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231355
- ISBN
- 9780823231355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
Paperback. This collection of 15 essays deals with the representations, theories, and problematics of homosexuality in French writing of the 19th and 20th centuries Editor(s): Fisher, Dominique D.; Schehr, Lawrence R. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729758
- ISBN
- 9780804729758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. Focusing on works by Rene Crevel, Jean-Paul Sartre, Roland Barthes, and Herve Guibert, this book studies how the figures of homosexuality function at the limits of narrative, as part of the deep structure of narrative, and at the border between public and private discourse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724678
- ISBN
- 9780804724678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.98
€ 75.98
Hardback. An analysis of the complex relations between narrative, theory, interpretation and homosexuality in the work of Marcel Proust, Roland Barthes, Michel Tournier and Renaud Camus. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724173
- ISBN
- 9780804724173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.18
€ 76.18
Hardback. Based on 19th-century French novels, this book argues that the point defining realism is the point at which the processes of representation break down, a sort of black hole of textuality, a rent in the tissue. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804727877
- ISBN
- 9780804727877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.21
€ 81.21
Hardback. Offers a narrative history of the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights era. This title reveals how artistic collectives in New York, Chicago, and Washington fostered a sense of destiny and belonging among diverse and disenchanted peoples. Num Pages: 608 pages, 60 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1176.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141350
- ISBN
- 9780691141350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00
Hardback. Series: Border Lines S. Num Pages: 171 pages, Illustrationsports. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; BG; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854112606
- ISBN
- 9781854112606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.21
€ 26.21
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854112613
- ISBN
- 9781854112613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.02
€ 22.02
Hardcover. This text demonstrates that the theatrum repudiated by medieval clerics was not "theatre" as we understand the term today. The author contends that critics have misrepresented Western stage history because they have assumed that theatrum designates a place where drama is performed. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSA; DSBB; DSG; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226110301
- ISBN
- 9780226110301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.68€ 61.53
€ 73.68
€ 61.53
Paperback. Editor(s): Lipking, Lawrence. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476778
- ISBN
- 9780801476778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226484549
- ISBN
- 9780226484549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452970
- ISBN
- 9780801452970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.01
€ 46.01
Hardback. Michel de Montaigne's (1533-1592) Essais, was a profound study of human subjectivity. More than three hundred years before the advent of psychoanalysis, Montaigne embarked on a remarkable quest to see and imagine the self from a variety of vantage points. This title traces Montaigne's development of the Western concept of the self. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119924
- ISBN
- 9780231119924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.12
€ 104.58
€ 79.12
Paperback. What, exactly, is knowledge of music? And what does it tell us about humanistic knowledge in general? In this book, the author assesses musical scholarship in the aftermath of critical musicology and musical hermeneutics and in view of concerns with embodiment, affect, and performance. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC; DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288805
- ISBN
- 9780520288805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. A biography of Ellison that focuses on the author's early life. Containing photographs, it draws from archives, literary correspondence, and interviews with Ellison's relatives, friends, and associates. It traces the writer's path from poverty in dust bowl Oklahoma to his rise among the literary elite. Num Pages: 544 pages, 21 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329932
- ISBN
- 9780820329932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.52
€ 48.52
Hardback. Continuing radical disagreement about Measure for Measure questions criticism's ability to be answerable to Shakespearean drama. This book illustrates an eclectic historical criticism capable of manifesting this problematic play's coherence. Num Pages: 182 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874135930
- ISBN
- 9780874135930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.79
€ 114.79
Hardback. Examines the revolution in Sanskrit poetics initiated by the ninth-century Kashmiri Anandavardhana who replaced the formalist aesthetic of earlier poeticians with one stressing the unifunctionality of literary texts, arguing that all components of a work should subserve a single purpose - the communication of a single emotional mood (rasa). Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 470 pages. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032736
- ISBN
- 9780674032736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.55€ 55.14
€ 60.55
€ 55.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 202 x 4. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811200455
- ISBN
- 9780811200455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.33
€ 11.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 134 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811212731
- ISBN
- 9780811212731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 93 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 93
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811200417
- ISBN
- 9780811200417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.86
€ 11.99
€ 11.86