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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. The most authoritative, most comprehensive book yet written on speaking Shakespeare's words Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: ANC; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848421912
ISBN
9781848421912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. This text looks at the difference that differences make in a globalized world. Gunn uses the work of Henry James, John Dewey and others, as well as postcolonial writings, literature on the Holocaust and other literature to show how pragmatism can better account for the consequences of diversity. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HB; HP; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226310640
ISBN
9780226310640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Hardback. This new study rereads the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation. Instead of separating the 1940s into before and after the war, it focuses on the entire decade and the themes which emerged from writers' involvement in and resistance to, the conflict. It examines popular and middlebrow writers, as well as literary authors. Series: Edinburgh History of Twentieth-century Literature in Britain. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 B+W illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627448
ISBN
9780748627448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 102.83

Paperback. Offers a reading of the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation. This study focuses on the thematic preoccupations that emerged from writers' immersion in and resistance to the Second World War. It includes a detailed and theoretically informed case studies of canonical writers such as Bowen, Orwell, Greene and Waugh. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627455
ISBN
9780748627455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.31

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472572356
ISBN
9781472572356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.91

Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816615155
ISBN
9780816615155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.45

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041506
ISBN
9780226041506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.37

Hardcover. This work examines the theories of reading developed by John Locke to show how a revolutionary attitude towards authority was disseminated throughout the colonies. The book traces the Lockean legacy through 18th century children's literature to show how his emphasis on "consent" was influential. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSY; HBJK; HBLH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002982
ISBN
9780674002982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.76
€ 86.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816653485
ISBN
9780816653485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Series: Translation Practices Explained. Num Pages: 172 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFP; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138803763
ISBN
9781138803763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226895260
ISBN
9780226895260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. Editor(s): Gillman, Susan; Robinson, Forrest G. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822310464
ISBN
9780822310464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. The first major study of the profound impact of international communist politics and culture on Spanish letters Series: Hispanisms. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADS; DSB; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252034695
ISBN
9780252034695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.88

Hardback. As an investigation of new expressive processes and stylistic experiences, The Invention of Modern Italian Literature situates prominent Italian writers within the context of modern literature. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802091857
ISBN
9780802091857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.45

Paperback. Translator(s): Pinkus, Karen. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816649235
ISBN
9780816649235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.06

Paperback. This book, by one of Italy's most important and original contemporary philosophers, represents a broad, general, and ambitious undertaking-nothing less than an attempt to rethink the nature of poetic language and to rearticulate relationships among theology, poetry, and philosophy in a tradition of literature initiated by Dante. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADL; 2ADT; CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 209.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730228
ISBN
9780804730228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Translator(s): Hardt, Michael. Series: Theory Out of Bounds. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
University Of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816622351
ISBN
9780816622351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. This latest collection of texts, which focus on the "mystery" of literature, as well as on language as a laboratory for conceiving an ethical-political perspective that places us beyond sovereign power, offer a window onto Giorgio Agamben's most current research. Translator(s): Chiesa, Lorenzo. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 4522 x 2921. .
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503601642
ISBN
9781503601642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben looks closely at the literature of the survivors of Auschwitz, probing the philosophical and ethical questions raised by their testimony. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; DNF; DSB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951177
ISBN
9781890951177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

Hardback. "Originally published in Italian in 2014 under the title L'uso dei corpi." Translator(s): Kotsko, Adam. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 239 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804792349
ISBN
9780804792349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

hardcover. This latest collection of texts, which focus on the "mystery" of literature, as well as on language as a laboratory for conceiving an ethical-political perspective that places us beyond sovereign power, offer a window onto Giorgio Agamben's most current research. Translator(s): Chiesa, Lorenzo. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 4522 x 2921. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804798716
ISBN
9780804798716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.25

hardcover. This book, by one of Italy's most important and original contemporary philosophers, represents a broad, general, and ambitious undertaking-nothing less than an attempt to rethink the nature of poetic language and to rearticulate relationships among theology, poetry, and philosophy in a tradition of literature initiated by Dante. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADL; 2ADT; CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 18. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730211
ISBN
9780804730211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.21

Hardback. Series: Global Studies of the United States. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252039751
ISBN
9780252039751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.12

Paperback. "If you want the true, mixed, fourteenth-century book that Boccaccio wrote, choose Rebhorn."-Joan Acocella, The New Yorker Editor(s): Rebhorn, Wayne A. Translator(s): Rebhorn, Wayne A. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393935622
ISBN
9780393935622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.65

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