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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. An innovative, critical, historically informed, yet accessible reassessment of writers who remained in Nazi Germany and Austria yet expressed nonconformity - even dissent - through their fiction. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 40. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139092
ISBN
9781571139092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.69

Hardback. Reveals the role masochistic forms of voluntary suffering played in late-nineteenth-century British thinking about imperial politics and class identity. This book shows how the ideological and psychological dynamics of empire, particularly its reorganization of class identities at the colonial periphery, depended on figurations of masochism. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127125
ISBN
9780691127125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.14
€ 55.14

Paperback. "Here is comfort for the faithful and rewarding reading for almost anyone, religiously inclined or not, interested in the examined life."-The Washington Times Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823217335
ISBN
9780823217335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

hardcover. "Here is comfort for the faithful and rewarding reading for almost anyone, religiously inclined or not, interested in the examined life."-The Washington Times Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 701.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823217328
ISBN
9780823217328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 125 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 226 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823210749
ISBN
9780823210749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

paperback. This biography of William Wordsworth attempts to tell the story of his life through a rigourous reading of key and representative works of the poet. Its reading of the poems, in tune with current theoretical practice, offers a sense of the continuities in Wordsworth's life. Num Pages: 301 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823217168
ISBN
9780823217168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.92

CD-Audio. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 285 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
CD
Publication date
2012
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241977545
ISBN
9780241977545
CD
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.34

Hardcover. Many of the West's best writers fought in duels or wrote about them, seduced by glamour or risk or recklessness. A gift as a plot device, the duel also offered a way to discover how we face fears of humiliation, pain, and death. John Leigh's literary history of the duel illuminates these and other tensions attending the birth of the modern world. Num Pages: 342 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504387
ISBN
9780674504387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Paperback. A compact, wide-ranging, and accessible guide to reading plays, The Drama Handbook stresses the importance of understanding performance conventions and production processes through history, and offers clearly defined and presented critical vocabularies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198700708
ISBN
9780198700708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.53

Paperback. Offering a guide to the poet's craft, this second edition provides a useful introduction to practical criticism for students. Chapters on each element of poetry offer a general account and end by looking at different poems, to build up sustained analytical readings. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199265381
ISBN
9780199265381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.51

Paperback. Argues that death is best conceived as always transcendentally beyond ourselves, neither immanent nor imminent Num Pages: 212 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823242801
ISBN
9780823242801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. An assessment of Native American fiction and criticism. It brings the traditions of Native American fiction into conversation with ideas about the past, present and future of Native literatures. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803222878
ISBN
9780803222878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.45

Paperback. Series: Student Guides. Num Pages: 95 pages, chronology, bibliography, further reading. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 2. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
95
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551594
ISBN
9781871551594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.48

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Trent Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842330869
ISBN
9781842330869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

paperback. Series: Student Guides. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551808
ISBN
9781871551808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. An examination of the ways major modernist novels use the physical book to track the passing of time in which reading necessarily unfolds, this study explores the sense of finitude and transience that the works of Marcel Proust, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf share with and transmit to their readers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270989
ISBN
9780823270989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. An examination of the ways major modernist novels use the physical book to track the passing of time in which reading necessarily unfolds, this study explores the sense of finitude and transience that the works of Marcel Proust, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf share with and transmit to their readers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270972
ISBN
9780823270972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.70

Paperback. Explores the theme of friendship in the lives and works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. This title offers a comprehensive view of how Emerson's and Thoreau's friendships took root and bolstered their individual political, social, and ethical projects. Editor(s): Lysaker, John T.; Rossi, William. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DNF; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221438
ISBN
9780253221438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.15

Paperback. Examines the political, social, and religious factors that contributed to the formation of a literary canon in fourteenth-century England. This book tracks the reputations of Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland into the fifteenth century, when studies of 14th-century literature became configured in terms of a double, antagonistic dynamic. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022020
ISBN
9780268022020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.06

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 174 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691601434
ISBN
9780691601434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) is the towering intellectual giant of early twentieth-century Spain. He wrote novels, plays, poetry and many essays, but is best remembered for his fictional works and for his major philosophical meditation on the nature of existence. Editor(s): Macklin, John. Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856688683
ISBN
9780856688683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910170052
ISBN
9781910170052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Nuruddin Farah is widely regarded as one of the most sophisticated voices in contemporary world literature. Michel Foucault is revered as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, with his discursive legacy providing inspiration for scholars working in a range of interdisciplinary fields. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145706
ISBN
9781868145706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801497117
ISBN
9780801497117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.92

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