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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. The Puritans, in their own words, demonstrate the depth and variety of a culture that took root in New England in the 17th century. Editor(s): Hall, David D. Num Pages: 392 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; DSBD; HBJK; HBLH; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114095
- ISBN
- 9780691114095
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Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.32
€ 53.24
€ 42.32
Paperback. A striking memoir of religious and cultural tolerance being made available again in the year of the author's 100th anniversary. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BG; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862417048
- ISBN
- 9780862417048
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.25
€ 16.99
€ 12.25
Paperback. Series: How to Study Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119009252
- ISBN
- 9781119009252
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Condition: New
€ 29.99
€ 29.99
Paperback. Probes the uses and abuses of world literature in a changing world. This book looks at the ways works change as they move from national to global contexts. It argues that world literature is work that gains in translation. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049861
- ISBN
- 9780691049861
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.54
€ 54.99
€ 39.54
Paperback. World Literature in Theory provides a definitive exploration of the pressing questions facing those studying world literature today. Editor(s): Damrosch, David. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 25. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118407691
- ISBN
- 9781118407691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.12
€ 48.99
€ 48.12
Paperback. With selections extending from the beginning of comparative study through the years of intensive theoretical inquiry and on to contemporary discussions of the world's literatures, this title helps readers navigate a rapidly evolving discipline in a dramatically changing world. Editor(s): Damrosch, David; Melas, Natalie; Buthelezi, Mbongiseni. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691132853
- ISBN
- 9780691132853
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.62
€ 54.99
€ 39.62
Paperback. Offers a portrait of academic life in the nineties. This title presents an exploration of the uses and abuses of literary and cultural criticism that offers a running commentary on identity politics and poses serious questions about the state and future of the academy. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149387
- ISBN
- 9780691149387
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Hardcover. World Literature in Theory provides a definitive exploration of the pressing questions facing those studying world literature today. Editor(s): Damrosch, David. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118407684
- ISBN
- 9781118407684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.48
€ 122.48
Hardback. Featuring over 140 Chinese and non-Chinese contributors, this landmark volume, edited by David Der-wei Wang, explores unconventional forms as well as traditional genres, emphasizes Chinese authors' influence on foreign writers as well as China's receptivity to outside literary influences, and offers vibrant contrasting voices and points of view. Editor(s): Wang, David Der-Wei. Num Pages: 644 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 25 x 16. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967915
- ISBN
- 9780674967915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.32
€ 49.99
€ 42.32
Hardback. Challenging the reigning view of literary historians has been that the May Fourth movement of 1919 marks the division between the traditional and the modern in Chinese literature, this book argues that signs of reform and innovation can be discerned long before May Fourth. Num Pages: 444 pages, 6 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press California
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728454
- ISBN
- 9780804728454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.82
€ 96.82
Hardback. A Companion to T.S. Eliot introduces a new generation of readers and educators to Eliot and covers the full breadth of his literary career. Chapters explore the powerful forces that shaped Eliot as a writer and thinker, analyze his body of work, and assess his oeuvre in a variety of contexts: historical, cultural, social, and philosophical. Editor(s): Chinitz, David E. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 178 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405162371
- ISBN
- 9781405162371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.60
€ 205.60
Paperback. A Companion to T.S. Eliot introduces a new generation of readers and educators to Eliot and covers the full breadth of his literary career. Chapters explore the powerful forces that shaped Eliot as a writer and thinker, analyze his body of work, and assess his oeuvre in a variety of contexts: historical, cultural, social, and philosophical. Editor(s): Chinitz, David E. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118647097
- ISBN
- 9781118647097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.97
€ 50.97
Paperback. Represents T.S. Eliot as the complex figure, an artist attentive not only to literature but also to detective fiction, Vaudeville Theater, jazz, and the songs of Tin Pan Alley. The author discusses Eliot's persistent interest in popular culture, and traces his long, quixotic struggle to close the widening gap between high art and popular culture. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- n Second printing
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226104188
- ISBN
- 9780226104188
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.50
€ 40.99
€ 31.50
Paperback. In this account of the symbolic network or organizing myth that underlies Goethe's poetry the author aims to elaborate an interpretation of Goethe's lyric poetry and to demonstrate the significance of that poetry to the development of European Romanticism. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 484 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726948
- ISBN
- 9780804726948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Melikoglu, Koray. Series: Studies in English Literatures. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783898215916
- ISBN
- 9783898215916
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.09
€ 31.99
€ 23.09
Hardback. In 1816, following the scandalous collapse of his marriage, Lord Byron left England forever. His first destination was the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva where he stayed together with Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Godwin, Claire Clairmont and John Polidori. This title focuses on the poet's life in the summer of that year. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846316432
- ISBN
- 9781846316432
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Condition: New
€ 44.22
€ 44.22
Paperback. How is it that biographies of Shakespeare can continue to appear when so little is known about him, and what is known has been in the public domain for so long? Why is it that a majority of the biographies published in the last decade have been written by distinguished Shakespeareans who ought to know better? This book aims to solve this puzzle. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748646678
- ISBN
- 9780748646678
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. A detailed analysis of Proust's masterpiece, aimed at students coming to the work for the first time. Num Pages: 230 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521720069
- ISBN
- 9780521720069
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.54
€ 31.99
€ 30.54
Paperback. Series: Master Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333397688
- ISBN
- 9780333397688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.84
€ 31.99
€ 26.84
Hardback. The Poetics of Consent reveals the ways in which consensus and collective decision making determined the authoritative account of the Trojan War that we know as the Iliad. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408262
- ISBN
- 9781421408262
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Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 54.57
€ 59.15
€ 54.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Johnson, David F.; Claassens, Geert H. M. Series: Arthurian Archives. Num Pages: 770 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1074. Five Interpolated Romances from the Lancelot Compilation. Series: Arthurian Archives. 770 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Johnson, David F.; Claassens, Geert H. M. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 42. Weight: 1074.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 770
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843108
- ISBN
- 9781843843108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.67
€ 57.67
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Paperback. Series: Arthurian Archives. Editor(s): Johnson, David F.; Claassens, Geert H. M. Parallel texts of key Dutch Arthurian romances in acclaimed translations with notes and introductions. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 87. Weight: 2408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 1590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843115
- ISBN
- 9781843843115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.15
€ 92.15
Paperback. Currently the definitive text in the field and now available in an expanded third edition, Eighteenth-Century Poetry presents the rich diversity of English poetry from 1700-1800 in authoritative texts and with full scholarly annotation. Editor(s): Fairer, David; Gerrard, Christine. Series: Blackwell Annotated Anthologies. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118824757
- ISBN
- 9781118824757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.13
€ 46.13
Paperback. The study of Greece as an icon of culture appears to be as old as Greece itself, as if its cultural significance had attained full maturity at birth. In Silent Urns, the author reveals how Greece attained such significance as the result of the attempt to reconcile individuality, freedom, history, and modernity in 18th-century aesthetics. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738484
- ISBN
- 9780804738484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83