Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Bridging the divide between American pragmatism and contemporary european thought Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780252073878
- ISBN
- 9780252073878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Hardback. Breitwieser's close readings reveal that the thwarting of mourning, partly linked to nationalist feeling, was a central issue for many American authors, but that those who successfully reclaimed mourning came to strange and fresh understandings of the actual world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804755818
- ISBN
- 9780804755818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816660841
- ISBN
- 9780816660841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. Offering powerful new perspectives on Lincoln, Emerson, Whitman and Melville, Meltzer reveals how the Constitution counterintuitively generated such oft-noted tendencies as these writers' penchant for self-contradiction, their willingness to court radical discontinuity, and their intensely conflicted, romance-directed fictions. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019126
- ISBN
- 9780674019126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.11€ 63.00
€ 68.11
€ 63.00
Shaping the Novel: Receptions of the Essais: Textual Interplay in the ...
Mitchell, Constantina, Cote, Paul Raymond
Hardcover. The dialogue between form and message is intrinsic to the novel as genre. Yet the strength of that discourse has been shaken in the twentieth century by an increasing doubt about affirmations of any kind and a growing awareness of the relativity of knowledge and perception. Num Pages: 352 pages, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 439.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810366
- ISBN
- 9781571810366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.92
€ 173.92
Paperback. "This collection of essays that examines historical fiction from the eighteenth century to the present. In doing so, it provides a clear sense of both the shifts and continuities in the way historical recollection, strategies of representation, and reading practices intersect"-- Editor(s): Parsons, N. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344536
- ISBN
- 9781349344536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardcover. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403943316
- ISBN
- 9781403943316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. Translator(s): Kisacky, Julia. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226256788
- ISBN
- 9780226256788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.73
€ 42.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Birgitta Mark's comprehensive study of mysticism and cognition shows how mystical experience covers three aspects of a person's general experience: mystical ideas, mystical states of consciousness and mystical development. John of the Cross is used as a particular example. Editor(s): Wegener, Mogens. Series: Studies in Religion. Num Pages: 273 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPJ; HRCS1; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772888040
- ISBN
- 9788772888040
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Condition: New
€ 18.56
€ 18.56
Hardback. Far from being social, orthodox or merely anecdotal, modern Arabic fiction is in fact significant and radical in the world context of modern fiction, as this book shows. It includes an introduction to and critique of the short story as well as a selection of Arabic short stories, chosen and translated by the author. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333385845
- ISBN
- 9780333385845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. This fully revised second edition of "The Modern Arabic Short Story" is an anthology offering English translations of previously unavailable Arabic texts. Each story has been translated and collected with an introduction and overview of this classical form of storytelling. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 579.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333641361
- ISBN
- 9780333641361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardback. In "Howards End", Forster remarks that the imperialist "hopes to inherit the earth" and with the strong temptation he has to acclaim it "as a superyeoman, who carries his country's virtue overseas". This volume explores the realm of Forster' politics and imperialism. Translator(s): Beer, J. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333741368
- ISBN
- 9780333741368
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Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349255429
- ISBN
- 9781349255429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.20
€ 194.20
Paperback. This fully revised second edition of "The Modern Arabic Short Story" is an anthology offering English translations of previously unavailable Arabic texts. Each story has been translated and collected with an introduction and overview of this classical form of storytelling. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333641378
- ISBN
- 9780333641378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Far from being social, orthodox or merely anecdotal, modern Arabic fiction is in fact significant and radical in the world context of modern fiction, as this book shows. It includes an introduction to and critique of the short story as well as a selection of Arabic short stories, chosen and translated by the author. Num Pages: 158 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349077700
- ISBN
- 9781349077700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.42
€ 65.42
Paperback. Against the historical background of slavery and colonialism, this study investigates how white and Afro-Caribbean women writers have responded to feminist, abolitionist and post-emancipationist issues. It aims to reveal a relationship between colonial exploitation and female sexual oppression. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231082235
- ISBN
- 9780231082235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Hardcover. What "Black Beauty" and other books by women of this period reveal about their notions of nation, identity, and empire Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSB; JFFZ; JFSJ1; WNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472108749
- ISBN
- 9780472108749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.82
€ 90.82
hardcover. Through innovative readings of Sophocles, the Marquis de Sade and Mario Vargas Llosa, Binding Violence examines literary visions of the constitution of autonomous polities in the context of historical emergences of democracy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763301
- ISBN
- 9780804763301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. Presents a prose translation of Moliere's great comedy that remains close to the original French. This edition also includes an introductory essay, notes, and translations of Moliere's three appeals to the king. Translator(s): Steiner, Prudence L. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 124
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209503
- ISBN
- 9780872209503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.54
€ 17.99
€ 14.54
Paperback. Features the plays "Misanthrope", "Such Preposterously Precious Ladies", "Tartuffe", "A Doctor Despite Himself", "The Would-Be Gentleman", and "Those Learned Ladies". Translator(s): Wood, John C.; Coward, David. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447309
- ISBN
- 9780140447309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.84
€ 11.84