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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996762
ISBN
9780674996762
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.19

Paperback. This epistolary memoir rich with Athill's characteristic wit, humor, eleganceand honesty describes a warm, decades-long friendship. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393345490
ISBN
9780393345490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.98

hardcover. An exploration into the influence of the Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 902.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844358
ISBN
9781843844358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.41

Paperback. Focusing on the work of Samuel Beckett, Toni Morrison, Wole Soyinka, and J M Coetzee, this book launches a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study of the representation of physical disability. It considers how disability affects interpersonal relationships and forces the character and the reader to take an ethical standpoint. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364. Disability and the Crisis of Representation. 264 pages. Focusing on the work of Samuel Beckett, Toni Morrison, Wole Soyinka, and J M Coetzee, this book launches a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study of the representation of physical disability. It considers how disability affects interpersonal relationships and forces the character and the reader to take an ethical standpoint. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight: 360.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139038
ISBN
9780231139038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.36

Paperback. Series: Public Worlds Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
First edition
SKU
V9780816638406
ISBN
9780816638406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.93

Hardback. offering the first systematic examination of five modern Japanese fictional narratives, all of them available in English translations, Atsuko Sakaki explores Natsume Soseki's "Kokoro" and "The Three-Cornered World"; Ibuse Masuji's "Black Rain"; Mori Ogai's "Wild Geese"; and Tanizaki Jun'ichiro's "Quicksand." Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674750944
ISBN
9780674750944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594. 288 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25. Weight: 594.
Publisher
Creighton & Read
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955375309
ISBN
9780955375309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.01

paperback. Num Pages: 926 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 134 x 203 x 51. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Vintage United States
Number of pages
926
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780679731979
ISBN
9780679731979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.44

Hardback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 384 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 maps, 3 recorded music items. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BBA; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231173629
ISBN
9780231173629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 49.91

Paperback. This book mounts a critique of persistently romantic assumptions in contemporary literary criticism and advances an original theory of literary production. Along the way, it offers new readings of major modernist novels of Samuel Beckett, Marcel Proust, and Gertrude Stein. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270064
ISBN
9780823270064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.49

Hardback. This book mounts a critique of persistently romantic assumptions in contemporary literary criticism and advances an original theory of literary production. Along the way, it offers new readings of major modernist novels of Samuel Beckett, Marcel Proust, and Gertrude Stein. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270057
ISBN
9780823270057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.19

Hardback. Series: Asian American History & Culture. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781439912263
ISBN
9781439912263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.95

Paperback. Series: Asian American History & Culture. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781439912270
ISBN
9781439912270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.19

Paperback. A collection of eleven fairy tales by Victorian women. Editor(s): Auerbach, Nina; Knoepflmacher, U. C. Num Pages: 380 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSY; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226032047
ISBN
9780226032047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.99

Paperback. Presents the conflict between sexual and social position. This work belongs to the series of plays, notably "The Father and Creditors", in which sex and marriage are treated with frank realism. Editor(s): Taylor, Jo; Thomas, David. Translator(s): Meyer, Michael. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413775825
ISBN
9780413775825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.22

Paperback. Augusten Burroughs's jaw-dropping memoir, out now in paperback: 'Adrian Mole scripted by Hieronymous Bosch' Fiona Hook, The Times Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843541516
ISBN
9781843541516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.32

Hardcover. Confessions is a spiritual autobiography of Augustine's early life, family, associations, and explorations of alternative religious and theological viewpoints as he moved toward his conversion. Cast as a prayer addressed to God, it offers a gripping personal story and a philosophical exploration destined to have broad and lasting impact. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Loeb
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996854
ISBN
9780674996854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.13

Paperback. This text of the fourth book of the "Aeneid" includes a detailed commentary. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198721116
ISBN
9780198721116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.34

Paperback. Editor(s): Morgan, Barbara; Perez, Maya. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; APFB; DSG; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310908
ISBN
9781477310908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.66

Paperback. Ruminates on the life of the writer and the significance of language as art. This title takes as its central conceit a famous anecdote about Ernest Hemingway's early work: Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, going by train from their apartment in Paris to visit him in Switzerland, brought along, at his request, a suitcase full of his work-in-progress. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115438
ISBN
9780231115438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.41

Paperback. Averil Cameron refutes an argument by some scholars that Christians did not dialogue after a wall of silence came down in the fifth century AD. Cameron shows that in late antiquity and throughout Byzantium Christians debated and wrote philosophical, literary, and theological dialogues, and she makes a case for their centrality in Greek literature. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AGR; DSBB; HBLA; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 6. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Center for Hellenic Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674428355
ISBN
9780674428355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.21

Paperback. A study of the making of saintly reputations, showing how sainthood, although frequently seen as a personal trait, is actually the product of negotiations between particular individuals and their communities. This text examines the mechanics of sainthood. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 225 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226439723
ISBN
9780226439723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.41

Paperback. Considers Goethe as the undead core of German literary and theoretical production, the basis of a poignant code of symptoms that the author tracks and traces. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073496
ISBN
9780252073496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

Paperback. Culture defines itself, its classes, its power structures, and its economy in terms of how it allows and encourages drugs to circulate. "Madame Bovary" takes up the problems of drugs and addiction in numerous ways. This title unpacks and presents as examples of the safe and unsafe. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 237 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071904
ISBN
9780252071904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.74

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