Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Translator(s): Cecchetti, Giovanni. Series: Biblioteca Italiana S. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520049284
- ISBN
- 9780520049284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.48
€ 43.99
€ 31.48
Hardback. Balsamo's "Rituals of Literature" is devoted to Joyce's and Dante's special contributions to he tradition of Christian epics, born out of Biblical stories and Homeric poems. By highlighting the integrated nature of its typical tropes, Joyce and Danteestablish the historical identity of the Christian epic as a distinct literary genre. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838755495
- ISBN
- 9780838755495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.62
€ 109.62
Paperback. Including names, dates, edition citations, and detailed summaries, the work combines the virtues of an encyclopedia with the critical intelligence readers have come to expect from Italy's leading Latinist, Gian Biagio Conte. Translator(s): Fowler, Don P.; Most, Glenn W.; Solodow, Joseph B. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 171 x 69. Weight in Grams: 1452.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801862533
- ISBN
- 9780801862533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 48.42
€ 52.92
€ 48.42
Hardback. "The Satyricon of Petronius", a comic novel written in the first century AD, is famous primarily for its amazing banquet tale, "Trimalchio's Feast." In this discussion of Petronius' masterful use of parody, the author offers an interpretation of the "Satyricon" as a whole. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520207158
- ISBN
- 9780520207158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.63€ 44.86
€ 57.63
€ 44.86
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780691603476
- ISBN
- 9780691603476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Melikoglu, Koray. Series: Studies in English Literatures. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838202655
- ISBN
- 9783838202655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Presenting a comprehensive reference work on African literature, this book contains over 600 alphabetically arranged entries that cover major and less established African authors and texts, criticism and theory, and African Literature's development as a field of scholarship. It is suitable for students of African literature. Editor(s): Gikandi, Simon. Num Pages: 648 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1H; DSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1146.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 664
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415549622
- ISBN
- 9780415549622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.09
€ 72.09
Paperback. This book offers a reading of Andalusi, Jewish, and Arabic texts that represent the 12th and 13th centuries as the end of el-Andalus (Islamic Spain). Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804741217
- ISBN
- 9780804741217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. This book is a collection of essays about the invention-and disappearance-of the 'Semites' and the lingering effects, both institutional and theologico-political, of this invention. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HR; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 330. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804756952
- ISBN
- 9780804756952
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.86
€ 25.99
€ 25.86
Paperback. The essays in this landmark volume highlight the achievements of "Shakespeare's sisters," including Emily Bronte, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, and others Editor(s): Gilbert, Sandra M.; Gubar, Professor Susan. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6020 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253202635
- ISBN
- 9780253202635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.61
€ 20.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. This study offers an overview of Jewish conditions in medieval Western Christendom, and discusses the changing patterns of Christian-Jewish polemical confrontation during the 12th and 13th centuries. Dahan analyzes the common literary genres through which Christians attempted to convert Jews. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLC; HRAF; HRCM; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268008307
- ISBN
- 9780268008307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.63
€ 21.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590173381
- ISBN
- 9781590173381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.04
€ 19.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. A monumental work of literary scholarship, reissued with a legacy-establishing foreword by Harold Bloom. Num Pages: 808 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; DSBH; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 138 x 48. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 808
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199377695
- ISBN
- 9780199377695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 381 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231051040
- ISBN
- 9780231051040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.89€ 99.33
€ 132.89
€ 99.33
Paperback. The author is a figure of immense importance. He unlocked the gates of commercial theatre to its performance - and its performance in verse - on both sides of the Atlantic, bringing to the project his enormous personal prestige. This title tells the story of the reception of Greek tragedy throughout the English-speaking world. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Classic Translations. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904675358
- ISBN
- 9781904675358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.19
€ 29.99
€ 27.19
Hardback. Editor(s): Briggs, Ward W. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: CJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 533.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555408077
- ISBN
- 9781555408077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.17
€ 98.17
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€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
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€ 30.98
€ 40.99
€ 30.98
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
€ 105.84€ 101.00
€ 105.84
€ 101.00
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€ 34.87
€ 38.99
€ 34.87
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€ 27.27
€ 32.99
€ 27.27
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€ 22.82
€ 24.99
€ 22.82
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
€ 94.08€ 77.39
€ 94.08
€ 77.39
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
€ 95.20€ 84.47
€ 95.20
€ 84.47