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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. The dominant literary genre in Song dynasty China, shi poetry reflected profound changes occurring in Chinese culture from 960--1279. Michael Fuller traces the intertwining of shi poetry and Neo-Confucianism that led to the cultural synthesis of the last years of the Southern Song and set the pattern of Chinese society for the next six centuries. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 525 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 42. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
525
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073227
ISBN
9780674073227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.71
€ 54.88

hardcover. Here, the author aims to show how the poet Su Shi's complex personality was embodied in his work and traces the evolution of his poems from juvenilia to the poems written in exile in Huangzhou, where Su settled on a farm at East Slope. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSBB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 30. Weight in Grams: 629.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804715874
ISBN
9780804715874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.20

Hardcover. Investigations into how the brain actually works have led to remarkable discoveries and these findings carry profound implications for interpreting literature. This study applies recent breakthroughs from neuroscience and evolutionary psychology in order to deepen our understanding of John Donne's Songs and Sonnets. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137308337
ISBN
9781137308337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.55

Paperback. Investigations into how the brain actually works have led to remarkable discoveries and these findings carry profound implications for interpreting literature. This study applies recent breakthroughs from neuroscience and evolutionary psychology in order to deepen our understanding of John Donne's Songs and Sonnets. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349455942
ISBN
9781349455942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.20

Paperback. Revised and updated throughout, the third edition of this best-selling book traces the development of one of the world's richest literatures from the old English period to the present day. It now features a full chapter on the contemporary period, with more on genres and the impact of globalisation. Series: Palgrave Foundations Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 65 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 189 x 246 x 23. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
3rd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230368316
ISBN
9780230368316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 43.77

Paperback. Series: Broadview Literary Texts. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113227
ISBN
9781551113227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.38

Paperback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167831
ISBN
9780691167831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167824
ISBN
9780691167824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.43
€ 80.25

Hardback. Cinematic Shakespeare takes the reader inside the making of a number of significant adaptations to illustrate how cinema transforms and re-imagines the dramatic form and style central to Shakespeare's imagination. Series: Genre and Beyond: A Film Studies Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742510913
ISBN
9780742510913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.90

Paperback. Cinematic Shakespeare takes the reader inside the making of a number of significant adaptations to illustrate how cinema transforms and re-imagines the dramatic form and style central to Shakespeare's imagination. Series: Genre and Beyond: A Film Studies Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742510920
ISBN
9780742510920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.78

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643113
ISBN
9780691643113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.86

hardcover. Michael Anesko explores Henry James's efforts to correct 'mistakes' that he later perceived in his books as first printed. He focuses on two of Henry James's most important texts, The Portrait of a Lady (1881) and The Ambassadors (1903), and the ways in which both betray (in very peculiar ways) the fallibility of James himself. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198794882
ISBN
9780198794882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.56

Anesko reveals the remarkable social, political, and sexual intrigue that inspired--and influenced--the deliberate construction of the Legend of Henry James. Num Pages: 272 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 493.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804769327
ISBN
9780804769327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.40

hardcover. This study sets out to help restore Persiles to pride of place within Cervantes's corpus by reading it as the author's summa, as a boldly new kind of prose epic that casts an original light on the major political, religious, social, and literary debates of its era. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780802090850
ISBN
9780802090850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.43

Paperback. Awarded 2013 PROSE Honorable Mention in Media & Cultural Studies With the resurgent interest in his work today, this is a timely reevaluation of this foundational figure in Cultural Studies, a critical but friendly review of both Hoggart's work and reputation. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405194945
ISBN
9781405194945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.32

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691630632
ISBN
9780691630632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.74

Hardcover. This work defends feeling against customary distrust or condescension by showing that the affective turn of the 18th-century cult of sentiment, despite its sometimes surreal manifestations, has led to a positive culture of feeling. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333721100
ISBN
9780333721100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardcover. This book develops a poetics of literary biography based on the triangular relationships of lives, works and times and how narrative operates in holding them together. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137549570
ISBN
9781137549570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.29

Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; APFA; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141628
ISBN
9780231141628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.54
€ 90.75

Paperback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141635
ISBN
9780231141635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

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