Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. "What May Words Say..?" contains a comprehensive and in many respects unconventional interpretation of The Merchant of Venice. The play's development of ideas is unfolded in a literary analysis that focuses on the poet's words in their philological, historical, and philosophical contexts. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611470000
- ISBN
- 9781611470000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.11
€ 138.11
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 202 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633459
- ISBN
- 9780691633459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37
€ 106.37
Paperback. A collection of stories that focus on female subjectivity. It features stories such as: "The Nocturnal Butterflies"; "Shadows in the Shadows"; and, "The Shunammite". Translator(s): Steele, Cynthia. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 130 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSK; FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259270
- ISBN
- 9780803259270
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.45
€ 16.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. Reveals the vitality of the intellectual and creative work of Native American women. This collection examines the avenues that Native American women have chosen for creative, cultural, and political expressions, and discuss points of convergence between Native American feminisms and other feminisms. Editor(s): Hernandez-Avila, Ines. Series: Contemporary Native American Communities. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103726
- ISBN
- 9780759103726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Hardback. Reveals the vitality of the intellectual and creative work of Native American women. This collection examines the avenues that Native American women have chosen for creative, cultural, and political expressions, and discuss points of convergence between Native American feminisms and other feminisms. Editor(s): Hernandez-Avila, Ines. Series: Contemporary Native American Communities. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103719
- ISBN
- 9780759103719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.66
€ 150.66
Hardback. Introduces the "Westernesque femme fatale," an alluring figure who is ethnically Japanese but evokes the West in her physical appearance, lifestyle, behavior, and, most important, her use of language. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137867
- ISBN
- 9780231137867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.22€ 80.00
€ 104.22
€ 80.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Grewal, Inderpal; Kaplan, Caren. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816621385
- ISBN
- 9780816621385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Hardback. Time is a key aspect of narrative. It can advance a story, illuminate its role in our daily lives, and help us understand how events unfold. This work uses developments in linguistics and computer science to analyze the use of time in narrative form. It develops a computer representation for timelines and applies it to a variety of literary works. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 264 pages, 34 illustrations, 4 tables, 1 glossary. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803229778
- ISBN
- 9780803229778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.56
€ 52.56
Paperback. 'York Notes for GCSE' offers a useful approach to English Literature and aims to help readers achieve a better grade. Updated to reflect the needs of today's students, the new editions are filled with detailed summaries, commentaries on key themes, characters, language and style, illustrations, exam advice and much more. Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 80 pages, glossary, further reading. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 4KHT; DSBH; DSK; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 5. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- York Press
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582314559
- ISBN
- 9780582314559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.31
€ 9.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536549
- ISBN
- 9781557536549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.05
€ 60.05
hardcover. This book establishes first, that melancholy serves as an important focal point in the interpretation of Benjamin's early work, and second, that Benjamin's approach to melancholy releases it from its customary psychological context, turning it into a philosophical premise. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804785198
- ISBN
- 9780804785198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43
€ 118.43
Paperback. This book establishes first, that melancholy serves as an important focal point in the interpretation of Benjamin's early work, and second, that Benjamin's approach to melancholy releases it from its customary psychological context, turning it into a philosophical premise. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785204
- ISBN
- 9780804785204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874135398
- ISBN
- 9780874135398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.38
€ 137.38
Hardcover. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 223 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336437
- ISBN
- 9780880336437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.00€ 36.34
€ 45.00
€ 36.34
Hardback. Offers the study of a largely ignored legacy. Scouring archives, discovering diaries, and memoirs in private houses and forgotten drawers, this title recovers the voices of the generation - bootblacks and poets, film directors and farmers, miners, anarchists, and seamstresses - compelled to tell their stories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; BGA; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226788
- ISBN
- 9780823226788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.67
€ 115.67
Paperback. Traces Herman Melville's response to an array of nineteenth-century writings that includes literary scriptures, biblical scholarship, Holy Land travel narratives, political sermons, and women's bibles. This book shows how Melville raised with verve the question of what counts as Bible and what counts as interpretation. Num Pages: 206 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSK; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254558
- ISBN
- 9780520254558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
paperback. Is there such a thing as a modern Jewish literary tradition, one navigating across linguistic and national lines? If so, how should one define it? This volume explores the problems and prospects of representing Jewish experiences through such media as Holocaust memoirs and Jewish museums. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803292789
- ISBN
- 9780803292789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.13
€ 33.13
Paperback. A groundbreaking cultural history of the most influential, most frequently translated, and most imitated novel in the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780393353426
- ISBN
- 9780393353426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Hardcover. Examines tangible experiences of war and occupation in recent Iraqi fiction. This provides a historical contextualisation of the Iraqi novel before and after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. It presents an analytical and critical study of a selected corpus of novels about war and occupation in Iraq. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748696550
- ISBN
- 9780748696550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.77
€ 138.77
Paperback. This study explores the allegorical-cum-symbolic mode in selected African, African American, and Caribbean literary works, and the discussion of these African, African American, and Caribbean writers' use of the allegorical mode is an attempt to recover the subtext of their works. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851219
- ISBN
- 9780761851219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.31
€ 58.31
Paperback. A cultural kaleidoscope of autobiographical narratives from a wide range of American Indians - warriors, farmers, Christian converts, rebels and assimilationists, peyotists, shamans, hunters, Sun Dancers, artists and Hollywood Indians, spiritualists, visionaries, mothers, fathers, and English professors. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 halftone; 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217492
- ISBN
- 9780803217492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.76
€ 19.99
€ 19.76
Paperback. The contributors to this collection of essays are all unified by their concern with the instructive power of great literature. The essays explore the polyvalent moral and political impact of classic world literatures on public ethics through the study of some of its major figures. Editor(s): Edmondson, Henry T., III. Series: Applications of Political Theory. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739101490
- ISBN
- 9780739101490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.04
€ 62.04
Paperback. Roberto Bolano is considered one of the most influential Latin American writers of his generation. The first English-language volume on the Chilean author, essays address such topics as Borges's influence, social memory, allegory, and neoliberalism and discuss works like 2666, The Savage Detectives, and Distant Star ." Editor(s): Lopez-Calvo, Ignacio. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349504886
- ISBN
- 9781349504886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Paperback. Ilusion aulica e imaginacion caballeresca en El Cortesano de Luis Milan" Series: North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469609980
- ISBN
- 9781469609980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.29
€ 72.29