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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Carefully surveys the Greek literary experience of fifteen hundred years. Num Pages: 327 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1950
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231017671
ISBN
9780231017671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.27

Hardcover. Recaptures a vanished moment of cultural history. Editor(s): Dollenmayer, David B. Translator(s): Dollenmayer, David B. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJ; BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631781
ISBN
9780815631781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.02

Hardcover. Starting with the history of apocalyptic tradition in the West and focusing on modern Japanese apocalyptic science fiction in manga, anime, and novels, Motoko Tanaka shows how science fiction reflected and coped with the devastation in Japanese national identity after 1945. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137373540
ISBN
9781137373540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.85

Hardback. Presents the range of Zeami's critical thought on theater and performance, which focused on the aesthetic values of noh and its antecedents, the techniques of playwriting, the place of allusion, the training of actors, the importance of patronage, and the relationship between performance and broader intellectual and critical concerns. Translator(s): Hare, Tom. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: DD; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139588
ISBN
9780231139588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.02
€ 88.27

Paperback. This book provides both a clear exposition and an original critique of Butlers work. It examines her core ideas, traces the development of her thought from her first book to her most recent work, assessing Butlers engagement with other key philosophies, as well as addressing the nature and impact of Butlers writing on feminist theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745626123
ISBN
9780745626123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.95

Paperback. A collection of 850 letters of the author to friends, family, his editor and a diverse circle of well-known and influential public figures. It opens with letters that were written during the author's early years in California, and closing with and unfinished 1968 note written in Sag Harbor, New York. Editor(s): Steinbeck, Elaine; Wallsten, Robert. Num Pages: 928 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 55. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186290
ISBN
9780141186290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.54

paperback. A collection of letters that forms a day-by-day account of the author's writing of "East of Eden". It features many subjects such as textual discussion, trial flights of workmanship, and family matters and offer an illuminating perspective of the author. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186344
ISBN
9780141186344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 412 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933859316
ISBN
9781933859316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.29

Paperback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231165976
ISBN
9780231165976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Hardcover. Psychoanalytic theory has been the critical instrument of choice for colonial critics. This book examines why critics who are otherwise suspicious of Western forms of knowledge are drawn to psychoanalytic theories, and whether it is possible to use such theories without reproducing the colonial discourse that also structures psychoanalytic thought. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230521636
ISBN
9780230521636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.06

Paperback. Psychoanalytic theory has been the critical instrument of choice for colonial critics. This book examines why critics who are otherwise suspicious of Western forms of knowledge are drawn to psychoanalytic theories, and whether it is possible to use such theories without reproducing the colonial discourse that also structures psychoanalytic thought. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; DSBF; DSBH; JMAF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349356539
ISBN
9781349356539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.31

Hardback. Translator(s): Balcom, John. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231169967
ISBN
9780231169967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.11
€ 41.59

Hardcover. This book investigates how selves are represented and reconstructed in selected auto/biographies in African literary discourse and examines how this relates to issues of identity, nation and history. Editor(s): Hove, Muchativugwa; Masemola, Kgomotso. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137340320
ISBN
9781137340320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.26

Hardcover. Aristocratic women flourished in the Victorian literary world, their combination of class privilege and gendered exclusion generating distinctively socialized modes of participation in cultural and political activity. Their writing offers an important trope through which to consider the nature of political, private and public spheres. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230546707
ISBN
9780230546707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.48

Paperback. Aristocratic women flourished in the Victorian literary world, their combination of class privilege and gendered exclusion generating distinctively socialized modes of participation in cultural and political activity. Their writing offers animportant trope through which to consider the nature of political, private and public spheres." Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBJD1; HBL; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349361113
ISBN
9781349361113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.75

Paperback. .
Publisher
BenBella Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932100884
ISBN
9781932100884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.05

Paperback. This book discusses political change in the view of Confucian thought. This study focuses on the Book of Change, which is one of the nine basic books of Confucius School, and has dominated oriental thought in this field for more than three thousand years. Num Pages: 164 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761851257
ISBN
9780761851257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763538992
ISBN
9788763538992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349225774
ISBN
9781349225774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816627035
ISBN
9780816627035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

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