Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Editor(s): Willson, A.Leslie. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650296
- ISBN
- 9780691650296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.55
€ 182.55
Paperback. A.N. Wilson's biography looks back through the indifference which has surrounded Walter Scott in recent times, and the distortions of his Victorian idolaters, to recapture the freshness of Scott as he appeared to his contemporaries. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712697545
- ISBN
- 9780712697545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.53
€ 23.99
€ 17.53
Hardcover. This is the very first English translation of the work and reproduces the original edition, published under the author's supervision in 1855 Editor(s): Davies, Humphrey. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814729373
- ISBN
- 9780814729373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.61
€ 52.61
Hardback. This is the very first English translation of the work and reproduces the original edition, published under the author's supervision in 1855 Editor(s): Davies, Humphrey. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814769843
- ISBN
- 9780814769843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.68
€ 52.68
Paperback. One of the most significant contributors to late antique literary culture, Eusebius of Caesarea has received only limited attention as a writer and thinker in his own right. Focusing on the full range of Eusebius's works, the new studies in Eusebius of Caesarea will change how classicists, theologians, and historians think about this major figure. Editor(s): Johnson, Aaron; Schott, Jeremy M. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 500 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073296
- ISBN
- 9780674073296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.23
€ 27.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. Placing Eusebius in the context of his age the author provides a full account his life, including the period when Eusebius controversially sought to assist the heretic Arius. Series: Understanding Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780765563
- ISBN
- 9781780765563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.36
€ 31.99
€ 26.36
Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452765
- ISBN
- 9780801452765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.32
€ 73.32
Hardback. Explores the strange, enduring power of sentimental language in the face of a rapidly changing culture Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823245529
- ISBN
- 9780823245529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.95
€ 47.95
Hardback. Examines the emergence of a new genre during the eighteenth century: the nostalgia poem. This genre is best understood by reconceiving the premises of nostalgia itself, examining it as first and foremost a mode of idealization rather than a longing for the past. This book traces the history of the nostalgia poem. Num Pages: 221 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874139457
- ISBN
- 9780874139457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.79
€ 109.79
Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231180245
- ISBN
- 9780231180245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.05€ 49.91
€ 65.05
€ 49.91
Paperback. How does the body's sense of its own movement shift when confronted with modernist film? How might travel by motorcar disorientate one sufficiently to bring about an existential crisis? This book offers a coherent history of ideas of the haptic, tracing their impact on literary innovation. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474401425
- ISBN
- 9781474401425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.52
€ 32.99
€ 27.52
Hardcover. Drawing on both canonical and little-known texts of the Literary Revival, Bender highlights the centrality of Exodus in Ireland. In doing so, she recuperates the history of a liberation narrative that was occluded by the aesthetic of 1916, when the Christ story replaced Exodus as a model for revolution and liberation. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black and white illustration. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633990
- ISBN
- 9780815633990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.76
€ 54.76
Paperback. In this text Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. He examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary anecdote, as well as such themes as memorization, plagiarism and forgery and the dream visions of the dead. Translator(s): Cooperson, Michael. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 21 cm. BIC Classification: 1HB; 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629313
- ISBN
- 9780815629313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.04
€ 26.04
Paperback. Translator(s): Sryfi, Mbarek; Sellin, Eric. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815635185
- ISBN
- 9780815635185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.58
€ 28.58
Hardcover. In this text Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. He examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary anecdote, as well as such themes as memorization, plagiarism and forgery and the dream visions of the dead. Translator(s): Cooperson, Michael. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 21 cm. BIC Classification: 1HB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629368
- ISBN
- 9780815629368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.21
€ 47.21
Hardback. The formation of Saudi Arabia in 1932, with the unification of the two Kingdoms of the Hejaz and Nejd, not only unified parts of the Arabian peninsula which had until then remained disparate, but also led to the development of a distinct Saudi Arabian literature. This title offers insight into the complex and enigmatic setting of Saudi Arabia. Editor(s): Al-Sebail, Abdulaziz; Calderbank, Anthony. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSK; FA; FYB; FYT; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780760995
- ISBN
- 9781780760995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.76€ 135.20
€ 153.76
€ 135.20
Hardback. Explores the influences that triggered the Arabic awakening, the nahdah, from the 1800s onwards. This title enhances our understanding of the nahdah and its intellectuals, taking into account important internal factors alongside external forces. It also explores the key factors that contributed to the rise and development of the nahdah. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748640690
- ISBN
- 9780748640690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.29
€ 136.29
Paperback. Series: Refiguring Modernism. Num Pages: 216 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271034096
- ISBN
- 9780271034096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17€ 55.03
€ 66.17
€ 55.03
Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483406
- ISBN
- 9781611483406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. Joy Davidman is known, if she is known at all, as the wife of C. S. Lewis. Now, Abigail Santamaria brings Joy Davidman Gresham Lewis to the page in the fullness and depth she deserves. Num Pages: 413 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281074297
- ISBN
- 9780281074297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.16
€ 16.99
€ 13.16