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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Taking into account Blake's unique brand of literary and artistic production, Makdisi challenges the idea that to understand Blake one must assimilate him within the radical struggle against the order of the old regime. Num Pages: 392 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226502601
ISBN
9780226502601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.87

Hardcover. The central argument of Edward Said's Orientalism is that the relationship between Britain and its colonies was primarily oppositional, based on contrasts between conquest abroad and domestic order at home. This book reveals that romanticism provided a way to resist imperial logic about improvement and moral virtue. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923130
ISBN
9780226923130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Hardcover. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935898
ISBN
9780813935898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.95

paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 b&w photos, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816650262
ISBN
9780816650262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Hardback. Contains over 600 entries describing novels that have theatrical settings or in which characters work in the theatre. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810832510
ISBN
9780810832510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.05

Paperback. Literature Now provides a thought-provoking argument as well as an authoritative exploration of the key terms of literary studies. It will appeal to anyone who wants to explore theoretical issues from a historically informed perspective. Editor(s): Bru, Sascha; De Bruyn, Ben; Delville, Michel. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748699254
ISBN
9780748699254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.66

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; AN; DSBD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172264
ISBN
9780231172264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.52

Hardback. Satoru Saito examines the similarities between detective fiction and the novel in prewar Japan. Arguing that interactions between the genres were critical moments of literary engagement, Saito demonstrates how detective fiction provided a framework through which to examine and critique Japan's literary formations and its modernizing society. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674065864
ISBN
9780674065864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.83

Paperback. How is the growing body of Asian American works to be read? What holds them together to constitute a tradition? What distinguishes this tradition from the 'mainstream' canon and other 'minority' literatures? This book explores their implications for the multiculturalist agenda. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015415
ISBN
9780691015415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.08

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pari Publishing Italy
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9788895604015
ISBN
9788895604015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.45

Paperback. This tender memoir chronicles the early years of Sayyid Qutb, one of Egypt's most influential radical Islamist thinkers and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; 3JJ; BM; DSBH; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610755
ISBN
9780815610755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.64

Hardback. This volume has a dual purpose. It aims to define the state of Japanese literary studies in the field of women's writing and to present cross-cultural interpretations of Japanese material of relevance to contemporary work in gender studies and comparative literature. Editor(s): Schalow, Paul; Walker, Janet A. Num Pages: 536 pages, 5 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 915.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804727228
ISBN
9780804727228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.36

Paperback. A collection which makes available to specialists and nonspecialists important work on the Odyssey. The ten essays in this work address five major concerns: the poem's programmatic representation of social and religious institutions and values; its transformation of folktales and traditional stories into epic adventures; and others. Editor(s): Schein, Seth L. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691044392
ISBN
9780691044392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.84

Paperback. The roles of Africans have changed over time in detective/mystery fiction, reflecting their changing real roles in the continent. These studies provide an entertaining way to follow that changed reality. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879725129
ISBN
9780879725129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. This textbook makes a convincing case for a distinctive post-devolution Scottish criticism. In more than 40 essays under four main headings - 'Contexts', 'Genres', 'Authors' and 'Topics' - the volume positions Scottish literature within the broadest possible cultural framework, from history, politics and economics to new creative technologies, ecology and the media. Editor(s): Schoene, Berthold. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1, b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 824.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623969
ISBN
9780748623969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.90

Hardback. The Companion provides a thorough, up-to-date and critical evaluation of Welsh's work. Editor(s): Schoene, Berthold. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639175
ISBN
9780748639175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.94
€ 102.27

Hardcover. The essays collected here explore the power and sensuality that food engenders within literature. The book permits the reader to sample food as a rhetorical structure, one that allows the individual writers to articulate the abstract concepts in a medium that is readily understandable. " Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Popular Press 1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879724436
ISBN
9780879724436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Scholder, Amy. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Avalon Travel Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802136718
ISBN
9780802136718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.43

Hardcover. Num Pages: 337 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
337
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875801957
ISBN
9780875801957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.45

hardcover. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611492927
ISBN
9781611492927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.11

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