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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Talks about the Reizei poets as participants in a collective institution devoted more to the continuity of family poetic practices and ideals than to the concept of individual expression that is central to modern poetic culture. This book features an appendix of 100 poems from over the centuries, by poets who were affiliated with the Reizei house. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 7 charts, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; DSC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 236 x 42. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024533
ISBN
9780674024533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.02
€ 50.03

Paperback. 'Realism' is a term which is key to understanding, amongst other things: the novel genre, Victorian literature, modernism, and postmodernism. This study recognises that realism is every bit as complex as other modes of representation and requires a similar level of critique. Series Editor(s): Barry, Peter; McLeod, John. Series: Beginnings. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719072215
ISBN
9780719072215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

The resulting picture of the emotional agency of criticism opens up a new angle on Blake's literary and visual legacy and offers a vivid interrogation of the practical potential of theoretical discourse. Num Pages: 416 pages, 37, 37 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408064
ISBN
9781421408064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.18

hardcover. Born in Chicago in 1918, the prodigiously gifted and erudite Isaac Rosenfeld was anointed a 'genius' upon the publication of his novel, "Passage from Home"; someone expected to surpass even his closest friend and rival, Saul Bellow. This book intends to reclaim Rosenfeld's legacy by opening up his work. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW with price sticker to front, remains very good to like new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031625
ISBN
9780300126495
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.49

paperback. Num Pages: 331 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; J. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074018
ISBN
9780231074018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.39

T.S. Eliot and Early Modern Literature provides a comprehensive discussion of the engagement of Eliot with that earlier English literary period which he declared to be his favourite. It offers a full sense of the critical and literary context against which Eliot measured his own ideas on Early Modern poets and playwrights. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199574773
ISBN
9780199574773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 163.12

Paperback. Before Gertrude Stein became the 20th century's preeminent experimental writer, she spent a decade conducting research in a psychological laboratory and medical school in the US. This book unearths the turn-of-the-century scientific and philosophical worlds in which the young Stein was immersed. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 480 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749305
ISBN
9780804749305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.45

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614168
ISBN
9780691614168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.93

Paperback. Includes the author's interviews with various crime writers conducted at Yellowbird Productions, Stockholm, Sweden, Mar. 30, 2011. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 2ACSW; APFN; APT; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090691
ISBN
9780719090691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.81

Hardback. Presents roughly sixty years' worth of Arthur Miller scholarship, offering a range of interpretations and critical responses to the playwright's work. Editor(s): Centola, Steven R.; Cirulli, Michelle. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313289194
ISBN
9780313289194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.00
€ 32.30

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231173520
ISBN
9780231173520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.66
€ 50.63

Hardcover. An overview of Arab-American fiction as it has developed over the past twenty years Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632771
ISBN
9780815632771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Paperback. Science fiction embodies difficult, abstract philosophical and scientific concepts in characters and narratives. Discognition therefore provides an accessible account of ideas about sentience. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Watkins Media United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910924068
ISBN
9781910924068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816689262
ISBN
9780816689262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.14

Hardback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816689248
ISBN
9780816689248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816625277
ISBN
9780816625277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.36

Hardback. Examines the return of the sublime in post-modernity, and at intimations of a 'post-Romantic' sublime in Romanticism itself. This work looks at 18th-century, Romantic, modernist and post-modern 'inventions' of the sublime alongside contemporary critical accounts of the relationship of sublimity to subjectivity, aesthetics, politics and history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845191771
ISBN
9781845191771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.15

Paperback. Series: MIP Teams Secular Commentary Series. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580441896
ISBN
9781580441896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.93

hardcover. Presents Stevens' notebooks containing excerpts from his reading, his comments and aphorisms. Editor(s): Bates, Milton J. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100 x 16. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804715492
ISBN
9780804715492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.57

Paperback. Editor(s): Stevick, Robert D. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252063794
ISBN
9780252063794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.07

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