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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Through critical readings of key works of modern European literature, Victor Brombert shows how a new kind of hero - the antihero - has arisen to replace the toppled heroic model. The works of Buchner, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Svevo, Hasek, Frisch, Camus and Levi are examined. Num Pages: 168 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226075433
ISBN
9780226075433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Drawing deeply from the well of Brombert's own experience, Musings on Mortality is more than mere literary criticism: it is a moving and elegant book for all to learn and live by. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226323824
ISBN
9780226323824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611473896
ISBN
9781611473896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.11

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637945
ISBN
9780691637945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.78

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691621685
ISBN
9780691621685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.30

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648514
ISBN
9780691648514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
164
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600212529
ISBN
9781600212529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.29
€ 81.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 273 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472059
ISBN
9781611472059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.07

Paperback. Combines poetry, fiction, drama, and essays in an anthology of world literature in English. This second edition includes: new material (the last edition was published in 1995); material from Australia, New Zealand, and Canada; more nonfiction (essays, interviews, memoir); and, indexes that sort texts by titles, genres, and regions. Editor(s): Ramraj, Victor J. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551119779
ISBN
9781551119779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.36
€ 73.96

Hardcover. This book focuses on rape narratives as grounding for western thinking about community - from the polis to nation-states - specifically in cultures of thinking, reading, and writing. The author rethinks rape, or sexual violence, through a close examination of how rape is a pedagogy that has become canonized in the form of rape stories. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230112834
ISBN
9780230112834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Paperback. This book focuses on rape narratives as grounding for western thinking about community - from the polis to nation-states - specifically in cultures of thinking, reading, and writing . The author rethinks rape, or sexual violence, through a close examination of how rape is a pedagogy that has become canonized in the form of rape stories. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFFK; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349294794
ISBN
9781349294794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Victor Kiernan provides a rich and insightful analysis of eight of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, revealing how they were shaped by the social and political upheavals of his age. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783606887
ISBN
9781783606887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.22

Paperback. Following the vicissitudes of friendship between the sexes in some of England's key writers, the author traces a history of idioms for today's friendships--their vulnerability, limits, and potential for change. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725910
ISBN
9780804725910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. Following the vicissitudes of friendship between the sexes in some of England's key writers, the author traces a history of idioms for today's friendships--their vulnerability, limits, and potential for change. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721684
ISBN
9780804721684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.52

Paperback. Including works of varied genres from fiction and poetry to folk stories and elegies, travelogues and jokes to criticism and theory, this wide-ranging collection brings together more than two thousand years of great works in one portable volume. Editor(s): Mair, Victor H. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 1376 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 234 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1952.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
1376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074292
ISBN
9780231074292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.08
€ 68.61

Hardback. This study explores the relations between reader and text across the span of Sheridan Le Fanu's career, placing his early work of the 1830s in context. Victor Sage concentrates on the development in Le Fanu of hybrid forms, which mingle satire and comedy with Gothic horror. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333677551
ISBN
9780333677551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardback. European Erotic Romance casts new light on the publication, translation and politicisation of three ancient Greek novels, Daphnis and Chloe, Leukippe and Kleitophon and An Ethiopian Story, and their impact in Renaissance England. Series Editor(s): Lethbridge, J. B. Series: The Manchester Spenser. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719079702
ISBN
9780719079702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.91

Hardback. An investigation of the motif of the unspeakable as manifested in a wide range of medieval texts, from the Exeter Book to Chaucer. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844686
ISBN
9781843844686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. This original and incisive study of the fiction of Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid and Toni Morrison uses cutting edge cultural and literary theory to examine the 'knotted' mother-daughter relations that form the thematic basis of the texts examined. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137440853
ISBN
9781137440853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403921987
ISBN
9781403921987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

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