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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism. Editor(s): Jones, Eldred Durosimi. Series: African Literature Today. Num Pages: 175 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 209.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011206
ISBN
9781847011206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.88

Paperback. Wallace Stevens is one of the major poets of the 20th century, and also among the most challenging. The author goes through each of Stevens' poems in his six major collections as well as his later lyrics, in chronological order. For each poem she provides an introductory head note and a series of annotations on difficult phrases and references. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141084
ISBN
9780691141084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.94

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781316506196
ISBN
9781316506196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Kaufman, Eleanor; Heller, Kevin Jon. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816630288
ISBN
9780816630288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Hardback. This attention to the negative or minor category has implications that extend beyond philosophy and into feminist theory, film, American studies, anthropology, and architecture. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405896
ISBN
9781421405896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.88
€ 58.89

Paperback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFCA; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252082351
ISBN
9780252082351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

hardcover. Through close readings grounded in the socio-historical context of each work, Ty studies the techniques of various authors and filmmakers in their meeting of the gaze of dominant culture and their response to the assumptions and meanings commonly associated with Orientalized, visible bodies. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 244 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802088314
ISBN
9780802088314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.64

Paperback. In Writing for Justice, Elena Mortara presents a richly layered study of the cultural and intellectual atmosphere of mid-nineteenth-century Europe and the United States, through close readings of the life and work of Victor Sejour, an expat American Creole from New Orleans living in Paris. In addition to writing The Mulatto, an early story on slave Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611687903
ISBN
9781611687903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 39.24

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134288
ISBN
9781571134288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Hardback. Series: Modern Language Initiative. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823240371
ISBN
9780823240371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.19

Hardcover. Kant's The Critique of Judgment> laid the groundwork of modern aesthetics when it appeared in 1790. Eli Friedlander's reappraisal emphasizes the internal connection of judgment and meaning, showing how the pleasure in judging is intimately related to our capacity to draw meaning from our encounter with beauty. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674368200
ISBN
9780674368200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Paperback. The first English translation of the national folk epic of Finland which relates Icelandic family sagas and reflects an ancient Finnish peasant life. Translator(s): Magoun, Francis Peabody, Jr. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674500105
ISBN
9780674500105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.89

Paperback. Postpartum depression affects millions of new mothers every year. This is an epic poem to women everywhere. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2FMC; BM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241966259
ISBN
9780241966259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719038273
ISBN
9780719038273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.93

Hardcover. Investigates how culture in the Age of Goethe shaped and was shaped by a sustained and multifaceted debate about the place of religion in politics, philosophy, and culture. Editor(s): Krimmer, Elisabeth; Simpson, Patricia Anne. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JF; DSBD; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135612
ISBN
9781571135612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473500
ISBN
9780801473500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 365 color illus. BIC Classification: AGC; AKH; DSB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300219128
ISBN
9780300219128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. This volume brings together Caminer's letters, poems and journalistic writings, providing an intellectual biography of this remarkable woman, as well as a glimpse into her intimate correspondence. Editor(s): Sama, Catherine M. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226817682
ISBN
9780226817682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. The Mother in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction examines the uncanny properties of the maternal function in psychoanalysis, technology, and literature in order to show that the event of birth is radically unthinkable and often becomes expressed through uncontrollable repetitions that exceed the bounds of any subject. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823240562
ISBN
9780823240562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.53

Hardback. This book explores how modernity gives rise to temporal disorders when time cannot be assimilated and integrated into the realm of lived experience. It turns to Baudelaire and Flaubert in order to derive insights into the many temporal disorders (such as trauma, addiction, and fetishism) that pervade contemporary culture. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804740715
ISBN
9780804740715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.89

Paperback. This book explores how modernity gives rise to temporal disorders when time cannot be assimilated and integrated into the realm of lived experience. It turns to Baudelaire and Flaubert in order to derive insights into the many temporal disorders (such as trauma, addiction, and fetishism) that pervade contemporary culture. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804740722
ISBN
9780804740722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821411285
ISBN
9780821411285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.58

Paperback. A novel originally published in 1751, in which the heroine is courted by several eligible suitors. However her flirtations alienate the right man and she finds herself struggling with the consequences of marrying the wrong man. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 652 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 33. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
620
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111476
ISBN
9781551111476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.66

Paperback. A general introduction to the Pre-Raphaelite movement, treating both literature and visual art. Editor(s): Prettejohn, Elizabeth. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 329 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; ACVM; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 329 pages, 20 b/w illus. Editor(s): Prettejohn, Elizabeth. A general introduction to the Pre-Raphaelite movement, treating both literature and visual art. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; ACVM; DSBF. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 17. Weight: 444.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
329
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521719315
ISBN
9780521719315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.90

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