Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Assuming the burden of reading imposed by the correlation of the order of language and the order of events, this book argues that the possibility of reading and writing history is tied to the endurance of traces of the past and their coming to legibility, allegorically, at a given time. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 8 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732505
- ISBN
- 9780804732505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.14
€ 132.14
Paperback. Assuming the burden of reading imposed by the correlation of the order of language and the order of events, this book argues that the possibility of reading and writing history is tied to the endurance of traces of the past and their coming to legibility, allegorically, at a given time. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 8 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804732512
- ISBN
- 9780804732512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.64
€ 30.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 22 black & white illustrations, 22 colour plates, 44 illus., 22 in color. BIC Classification: DSK; FX; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 254 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295994963
- ISBN
- 9780295994963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611473308
- ISBN
- 9781611473308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.03
€ 98.03
Paperback. Today's poets provide a new spin on Greek myths. Editor(s): DeNicola, Deborah. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2ABM; DCQ; DSC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874519181
- ISBN
- 9780874519181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.06
€ 32.99
€ 26.06
Paperback. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780891308072
- ISBN
- 9780891308072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.72
€ 49.72
Paperback. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019621
- ISBN
- 9780674019621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.69
€ 23.99
€ 20.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611481068
- ISBN
- 9781611481068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.46
€ 131.46
Hardback. Harriet Martineau and the Irish Question features periodical articles that chart the course of economic and social progress in post-famine Ireland in terms of industry, public works, economy, and agriculture. Editor(s): Logan, Deborah. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 1DD; DSB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lehigh University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611460964
- ISBN
- 9781611460964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.72
€ 160.72
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CJCW; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691603285
- ISBN
- 9780691603285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.91
€ 54.99
€ 39.91
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CJCW; DSB; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632636
- ISBN
- 9780691632636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.68
€ 150.68
Hardback. Debjani Ganguly theorizes the contemporary global novel and the social and historical conditions that shaped it, showing how in 1989 the consolidation of the information age, the perpetual state of war, and the focus on humanitarianism transformed the novel into a form that addresses contemporary social, technological, and political upheavals. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361374
- ISBN
- 9780822361374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.75
€ 150.75
Paperback. Departing from an essentialist concept of the self, this volume advances the cross-cultural study of selfhood with three contributions to literature. Editor(s): Battaglia, Debbora. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP; JFC; JHM; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 27.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520087996
- ISBN
- 9780520087996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. Rather than categorizing Romantic literature as resistant to, complicit with, or ambivalent about the workings of empire, Slavery and the Romantic Imagination views the creative process in light of the developing concept of empathy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218824
- ISBN
- 9780812218824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
Paperback. Combines a modern folkloric perspective with literary analysis of ghost stories from classical antiquity to shed light on the stories, and folk roots. This book examines ancient Greek and Roman beliefs about death and the departed and the various kinds of ghost stories that arose from these beliefs. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DSBB; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292725089
- ISBN
- 9780292725089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.96
€ 20.96
Hardback. The result is a study that underscores how Baudelaire's legacy continues to energize literary engagements with the violence of modernity. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801883088
- ISBN
- 9780801883088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.16€ 59.02
€ 64.16
€ 59.02
paperback.
This long overdue American and British anthology of detective fiction is filled with award-winning short stories, inside information on the authors who wrote them, discussions about the evolution of the genre, and significant literary criticism.
Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSK; FF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pearson United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780321195012
- ISBN
- 9780321195012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.34
€ 80.34
Hardback. An investigation of English writing in seventeenth-century Ireland, and its connections to Shakespeare, Sidney and Milton. Num Pages: 310 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 635. Fine in fine dust wrapper, showing light shelf and reading wear. Remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0024930
- ISBN
- 9780521843027
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 30.00
€ 30.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555975623
- ISBN
- 9781555975623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.74
€ 16.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. This guide to navigating Patrick O'Brian's well loved Aubrey-Maturin novels has been updated, with chapters devoted to the final books in the series. It contains maps created exclusively for each of the novels in this world-renowned series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 43 b&w illustrations, 56 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 188 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805066142
- ISBN
- 9780805066142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.10
€ 29.99
€ 25.10
Paperback. This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of nautical terms, historical entries describing the people and political events that shaped the period, and detailed explanations of the scientific, medical, and biblical references that appear in the novels of Patrick O'Brian. Num Pages: 512 pages, 62 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Holt Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805066159
- ISBN
- 9780805066159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.21
€ 26.99
€ 23.21
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801450877
- ISBN
- 9780801450877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.05
€ 68.05
Paperback. The Epic Hero provides a comprehensive and provocative guide to epic heroes, and to the richly imaginative tales they inhabit. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801870941
- ISBN
- 9780801870941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.11
€ 54.11
Hardcover. Dealing with both adult and child aspects of Hans Christian Andersen's texts, this volume, consisting of papers read at the Odense Conference in 2005, endeavours to do justice to the whole of Andersen, whose immortal genius has a message for young and old all over the world. Editor(s): Mylius, Johan De; Jorgensen, Aage; Pedersen, Viggo Hjornager. Num Pages: 639 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 181 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 639
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776742560
- ISBN
- 9788776742560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.27
€ 41.99
€ 30.27