Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. A Companion to the American Short Story traces the development of this versatile literary genre over the past two centuries. Written by leading critics in the field, it explores a wide range of writers, from Edgar Allen Poe and Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, and Charles Chesnutt at the end of the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Bendixen, Alfred; Nagel, James. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 536
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405115438
- ISBN
- 9781405115438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
Hardback. A Companion to the American Novel provides a comprehensive treatment of the development of the novel in the United States from 1780 to the present day. Leading scholars in the field trace the development of the American novel during a specific period, paying special attention to the interaction of cultural forces and aesthetic principles. Editor(s): Bendixen, Alfred. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 704 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 180 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101196
- ISBN
- 9781405101196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.43
€ 252.43
Paperback. Alfred Kazin, one of the central figures of intellectual life for three decades in the middle of the 20th century, tells his own story and with it a history of contemporary American letters. Series: New York Classics. Num Pages: 307 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815604136
- ISBN
- 9780815604136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.39
€ 29.39
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641805
- ISBN
- 9780691641805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.81
€ 162.81
Hardback. Argues that the discipline of comparative literature should be expanded to include all of the world, not only a favored segment, and that translation represents a legitimate and indispensable tool for readers. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874132779
- ISBN
- 9780874132779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.69
€ 118.69
Hardcover. A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama offers a series of original essays that represent a comprehensive overview of the global reception of ancient Greek tragedies and comedies from antiquity to the present day. Editor(s): Van Zyl Smit, Betine. Series: HCRZ - Wiley Blackwell Handbooks to Classical Reception. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118347751
- ISBN
- 9781118347751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.33
€ 214.33
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- D.S.Brewer
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859915632
- ISBN
- 9780859915632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.95
€ 128.95
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134981
- ISBN
- 9781571134981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.87
€ 128.87
Paperback. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 194 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 2AGZ; 3H; DSBB; HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816630547
- ISBN
- 9780816630547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.90
€ 37.90
Hardcover. A city of immense literary mystique, Prague has inspired writers across the centuries with its beauty, cosmopolitanism, and tragic history. This interdisciplinary study helps to explain why Prague - more than any other major European city - has haunted the cultural and political imagination of the West. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; DSB; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226795409
- ISBN
- 9780226795409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.52
€ 63.52
Hardcover. Examines the modernist forces within nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe that helped shape both Czech nationalism and artistic interaction among ethnic and social groups - Czechs and Germans, men and women, gays and straights. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 2AGZ; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299222802
- ISBN
- 9780299222802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.66
€ 105.66
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652306
- ISBN
- 9780691652306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.58
€ 145.58
Hardcover. This book deals with the role that World War I played in the life and literary imagination of the Italian author and solider Gabriele D'Annunzio. D'Annunzio believed war would not only solve the mystery of death, it would also provide him with a means of redemption. Num Pages: 176 pages, 14 ill. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB; HBG; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838635872
- ISBN
- 9780838635872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.94
€ 111.94
Hardback. This volume examines Churchill's intentions in writing his books of military history and contends that Churchill's books teach readers the prudence needed for self-government in a democratic age. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; HBAH; HBG; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521049
- ISBN
- 9780742521049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.04
€ 94.04
Paperback. Editor(s): Behdad, Ali; Thomas, Dominic. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118917350
- ISBN
- 9781118917350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.90
€ 63.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; AJ; DSB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226356402
- ISBN
- 9780226356402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.34
€ 43.34
Hardback. A Companion to Comparative Literature presents a collection of more than thirty original essays from established and emerging scholars, which explore the history, current state, and future of comparative literary studies. Editor(s): Behdad, Ali; Thomas, Dominic. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 540 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 184 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1108.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405198790
- ISBN
- 9781405198790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.86
€ 255.86
Paperback. Situating the ginans - a large corpus of hymns and poems - in the larger context of Sufi, Bhakti and Sant poetry in medieval India, the author explores their history, characteristics, themes and prosody, as well as the unique Khojki script in which they were recorded. Series: Ismaili Heritage Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; DSC; GTB; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860648281
- ISBN
- 9781860648281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.22
€ 30.99
€ 26.22
Hardcover. This work looks at the "ginans", a large corpus of hymns and poems composed in a variety of Indic languages, written over several centuries. It examines their characteristics and explores the Khojki script in which they were written, also noting their continuing influence. Series: Ismaili Heritage Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 2B; DSB; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860647581
- ISBN
- 9781860647581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.21€ 48.31
€ 51.21
€ 48.31
Hardback. This collection of twelve essays reclaims "the Age of Goethe"--to call upon a literary designation of roughly the same period--as a time when same-sex erotic attraction suffused artistic production from Winckelmann's art treatises and Goethe's plays to Friedrich Schlegel's self-reflexive novel Lucinde and Kleist's letters. Editor(s): Kuzniar, Alice A. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726146
- ISBN
- 9780804726146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.04
€ 162.04