Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. This book focuses on specific moments of deliberated decision in the epic poems of Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, and Milton. By exploring the difference between Aristotle's notion of proairesis and structuralist literary critics' use of the term, the author argues that decision making provides a link between ethical structures and narrative forms. Num Pages: 196 pages, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874136357
- ISBN
- 9780874136357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.92
€ 109.92
Hardback. In so doing, Machor takes us ever closer to understanding the particular and varying reading strategies of historical audiences and how they impacted authors' conceptions of their own readership. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 39. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898747
- ISBN
- 9780801898747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.21€ 70.62
€ 78.21
€ 70.62
Hardback. Shakespeare is worth reading because his works help us to make epistemological weakness into a way of life. Kuzner shows how Shakespeare's works offer a means for coming to terms with basic uncertainties about freedom, the world's abundance, and the demands of love and social life. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HPK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823269938
- ISBN
- 9780823269938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.11
€ 97.11
Hardback. James Kearney engages with recent work in the history of the book and the history of religion to investigate the crisis of the book occasioned by the Reformation's simultaneous faith in text and distrust of material forms. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812241587
- ISBN
- 9780812241587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.71
€ 97.71
Hardback. This is the second volume of a comprehensive, fully annotated, edition of Robinson and Una Jeffers' correspondence. Editor(s): Karman, James. Num Pages: 1128 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 178 x 71. Weight in Grams: 1932.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804777032
- ISBN
- 9780804777032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.01
€ 132.01
Hardback. Explores the troubled relationship and unfinished intellectual dialogue between Paul Celan and Martin Heidegger. This book centers on the persistent ambivalence Celan, a Holocaust survivor, felt toward a thinker who respected him and promoted his poetry. It describes how the poet and the philosopher read and responded to each other's work. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801883026
- ISBN
- 9780801883026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.33€ 56.66
€ 62.33
€ 56.66
Paperback. One of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century, and one of the most innovative. Young Irish Catholic, Stephen Dedalus, rejects religion and national ties to develop unfettered as an artist. Stronly autobiographical, the novel is one of the founding texts of Modernism and the precursor of Ulysses. Editor(s): Johnson, Jeri. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199536443
- ISBN
- 9780199536443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.61
€ 9.99
€ 9.61
paperback. Dubliners is arguably the best-known and most influential collection of short stories written in English, and has been since its publication in 1914. Editor(s): Norris, Margot. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 412 pages, 8 maps; 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Norton
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393978513
- ISBN
- 9780393978513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.42
€ 17.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 13. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553213805
- ISBN
- 9780553213805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.72
€ 7.72
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 816
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679600114
- ISBN
- 9780679600114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.35
€ 29.99
€ 26.35
Paperback. One of the greatest artistic works of the twentieth century, Finnegans Wake is both an outrageous epic and a wildly inventive comedy that rewards its readers with never-ending layers of meaning. This edition helps readers get past its reputation for difficulty in order to enjoy its astonishing originality and imaginative achievement. Editor(s): Henkes, Robbert-Jan; Bindervoet, Erik; Fordham, Finn. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJG; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199695157
- ISBN
- 9780199695157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.12
€ 17.99
€ 14.12
Hardback. Borrowing theories of psychoanalysis, gender, performance, and Cuban literature and historiography, The Logic of Fetishism argues that the structure of disavowal functions as a creative alternative to the all-encompassing meta-narratives of exile and insularity. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482089
- ISBN
- 9781611482089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.71
€ 123.71
Paperback. This book explores actors' systems of intellectual property in early modern England. Focusing on Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, and other plays, James Marino demonstrates how Shakespeare's company asserted ownership of its plays through intense ongoing revision and through insistent attribution to Shakespeare. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222548
- ISBN
- 9780812222548
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936833
- ISBN
- 9780813936833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.32
€ 38.32
Hardback. Print Culture Histories Beyond the Metropolis focuses attention to how the residents of smaller cities, provincial districts, rural settings, and colonial outposts have produced, disseminated, and read print materials. Editor(s): Connolly, James J.; Collier, Patrick; Felsenstein, Frank; Hall, Kenneth R.; Hall, Robert. Series: Studies in Book & Print Culture. Num Pages: 464 pages, 45, 1 map. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442650626
- ISBN
- 9781442650626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.86
€ 95.86
Paperback. Offering unparalleled scope, A Companion to Hellenistic Literature in 30 newly commissioned essays explores the social and intellectual contexts of literature production in the Hellenistic period, and examines the relationship between Hellenistic and earlier literature. Editor(s): Clauss, James J.; Cuypers, Martine. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118782903
- ISBN
- 9781118782903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.30
€ 51.30
Paperback. From the dawn of European literature, the figure of Medea has inspired artists in all fields throughout all centuries. This work examines the major representations of Medea in myth, art, and ancient and contemporary literature, as well as the philosophical, psychological, and cultural questions. Editor(s): Clauss, James J.; Johnston, Sarah Iles. Num Pages: 376 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSB; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691043760
- ISBN
- 9780691043760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 54.23
€ 70.56
€ 54.23
Hardback. Hogg left a written record of three of his many journeys to the Highlands, those of 1802, 1803 and 1804, and in Highland Journeys he offers a thoughtful and deeply-felt response to the Highland Clearances. Editor(s): De Groote, Hans F. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 472 pages, 23 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; WTLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624867
- ISBN
- 9780748624867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.73€ 105.90
€ 111.73
€ 105.90
Hardback. Both comical and horrific, 'The Three Perils of Woman' is essentially a combination of two stories on similar themes. One is set in the Highlands following the Battle of Culloden and the other in Hogg's Edinburgh. Daring in its subject matter, the novel touches on such delicate topics as prostitution and venereal disease. Editor(s): Groves, Colin; Mack, Douglas S.; Hasler, Antony J. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 42. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748604777
- ISBN
- 9780748604777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.73€ 105.90
€ 111.73
€ 105.90
Paperback. Some of James Hogg's best stories appeared in The Shepherd's Calendar, a work of the 1820s in which he sets out to re-create on paper the manner and the content of the traditional oral storytelling of Ettrick Forest. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748663163
- ISBN
- 9780748663163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.02
€ 26.99
€ 25.02