Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. "A man is the sum of his misfortunes." -William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury Editor(s): Gorra, Michael. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSK; FC; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393912692
- ISBN
- 9780393912692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.49
€ 19.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. This text argues that Catullus challenges us to think about the nature of lyric in new ways. It shows how Catullus's poetry reflects the conditions of its own consumption as it explores the terms and possibilities of the poet's license. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 319 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221567
- ISBN
- 9780520221567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.26
€ 38.99
€ 28.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226299495
- ISBN
- 9780226299495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.38€ 48.91
€ 56.38
€ 48.91
Paperback. Critically engaging the thought of Heidegger, Gadamer and others, this work contributes both to the criticism of Dante's "Divine Comedy", and to the theory of interpretation. It uses hermeneutical theory to provide a reading of the poem, focusing on Dante's address to the reader. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC; HPCB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259987
- ISBN
- 9780226259987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.59
€ 36.99
€ 29.59
Hardback. Poetry and Apocalypse provides a theological reading of poetic language in the Christian epic tradition from the Bible and Dante to James Joyce and furnishes a critical negative theology of poetic language. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759106
- ISBN
- 9780804759106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.54
€ 93.54
Hardback. More than an index to the nine volumes of letters, this volume is a concise guide to an entire cultural era seen through the lens of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; ACVM; AGB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 251 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843955
- ISBN
- 9781843843955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.62
€ 161.62
Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 227 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482478
- ISBN
- 9781611482478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.30
€ 137.30
Paperback. Christopher Martin, the sole survivor of a torpedoed destroyer, is stranded upon a rock in the middle of the Atlantic. Pitted against him are the sea, the sun, the night cold and the terror of his isolation. Through the long hours with only himself to talk to, Martin must try to assemble the truth of his fate, piece by terrible piece. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main - Faber Modern Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571322749
- ISBN
- 9780571322749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. YORK NOTES ADVANCED - THE ULTIMATE LITERATURE GUIDES. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 211 x 145 x 8. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405835640
- ISBN
- 9781405835640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.40
€ 11.40
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810859654
- ISBN
- 9780810859654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.36
€ 177.36
Hardback. The history of this period in German literature is told through a detailed chronology, an introductory essay, a comprehensive bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries on poetry, novels, historical narrative, philosophical musings, drama, and the exceptional writers who emerged and shaped German literature over the centuries. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810867710
- ISBN
- 9780810867710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.18
€ 160.18
Paperback. William Graves conveys the texture of life in Majorca, where he lived from the age of five in the household of his father, the poet Robert Graves. The book is also a portrait of Robert Graves, his "Muses" and his entourage, and a study of how the son of a famous father finds his own identity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712601160
- ISBN
- 9780712601160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. This book, now in paperback, shows how the fantasy tradition culminating in Pullman's His Dark Materials inherits the Romantic quest to transpose spiritual and moral values, once the prerogrative of organized religion, into new myths. Wary of escapist fantasy, it explores how stories can generate a new vision. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272859
- ISBN
- 9780230272859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. More than most writers, Robert Louis Stevenson requires a Literary Life. Fascination with Stevenson's life (the Stevenson biography is almost a minor genre) has tended to eclipse his literary achievement. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984017
- ISBN
- 9780333984017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.72
€ 65.72
Hardback. This book shows how the fantasy tradition culminating in Pullman's His Dark Materials inherits the Romantic quest to transpose spiritual and moral values, once the prerogrative of organized religion, into new myths. Wary both of escapist fantasy and 'grand narratives', it explores how stories can generate a new vision. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230005051
- ISBN
- 9780230005051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardcover. What is the future of the American West? This book look at works of utopian, dystopian, and apocalyptic science fiction to show how narratives of the past and future powerfully shape our understanding of the present-day West. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616091
- ISBN
- 9780700616091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.60
€ 56.60
Paperback. Based on a survey of early printed books, Used Books describes what readers wrote in and around their books and what we can learn from these marks by using the tools of archaeologists as well as historians and literary critics. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 288 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220841
- ISBN
- 9780812220841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Hardback. Based on a survey of early printed books, Used Books describes what readers wrote in and around their books and what we can learn from these marks by using the tools of archaeologists as well as historians and literary critics. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 288 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780812240436
- ISBN
- 9780812240436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Paperback. The Poetry Toolkit: For Readers and Writers provides students with the essential intellectual and practical tools necessary to read, understand, and write poetry. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405195775
- ISBN
- 9781405195775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.56
€ 34.56
Hardback. Examining the AIDS pandemic and Japanese A-bomb literature, this book asks the question of how the experience of unimaginable and unrepresentable loss affects the experience and constitution of the social and the discourses of history. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727167
- ISBN
- 9780804727167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.81
€ 118.81
Paperback. Examining the AIDS pandemic and Japanese A-bomb literature, this book asks the question of how the experience of unimaginable and unrepresentable loss affects the experience and constitution of the social and the discourses of history. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727280
- ISBN
- 9780804727280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.24
€ 29.99
€ 27.24
Paperback. "The Plain Speaker" was the last great original work of William Hazlitt (1778-1830), the finest prose writer of the romantic period. This book contains essays that address key critical issues both in romantic studies and the poetics of prose. Editor(s): Paulin, Tom. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631210573
- ISBN
- 9780631210573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.71
€ 54.71
Paperback. When Brautigan took his own life in September of 1984 his close friends and network of artists and writers were devastated though not entirely surprised. To many, Brautigan was shrouded in enigma, erratic and unpredictable in his habits and presentation. This title offers portraits of a man destroyed by his genius. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 864
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619021051
- ISBN
- 9781619021051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.09
€ 45.09
paperback. Previously published in 1962, a portrait of our philosophical times seen through the lives and writings of Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzche and Kafka. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 106 x 17. Weight in Grams: 117.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scribner United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue ed.
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780684825892
- ISBN
- 9780684825892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.88
€ 21.99
€ 17.88