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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Shirane and Suzuki examine how the Japanese canon of "classics" (The Tale of Genji, The Tale of the Heike, Noh drama, Saikaku, Chikamatsu, and Basho) was constructed as part of the creation of Japan as a modern nation-state and as a result of Western influence. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo; Suzuki, Tomi. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741057
ISBN
9780804741057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804717199
ISBN
9780804717199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674379374
ISBN
9780674379374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.43
€ 65.58

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632872
ISBN
9780691632872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DCF; DSB; DSC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Number of pages
239
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933823379
ISBN
9781933823379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.89

Hardcover. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 176 pages, 9 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632405
ISBN
9780815632405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBH; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936347721
ISBN
9780936347721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.35

Paperback. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 274 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270477
ISBN
9780823270477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Hardback. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 274 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270460
ISBN
9780823270460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.84

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720748
ISBN
9780804720748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. A comprehensive guide to Dante's life and literature, with an emphasis on his Commedia. This text looks at the influences that shaped Dante's writing, and the reception of his work by later readers, from the 14th century to the present. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631228530
ISBN
9780631228530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.87

Paperback. Providing directions for storytelling, this book offers examples, and step-by-step plans for choosing stories to tell. It also features practice activities, and techniques that guide the teller through each of the major telling problems and catastrophes that can be encountered. Series: Crash Course. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY; GLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 7. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591583998
ISBN
9781591583998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.03

Hardback. Focuses on the problematic faith in the works of Kafka, Celan, and Jabs to reevaluate the notions of God and covenant in light of Nietzsche's death of Godhypothesis, the divine-human relation. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823222001
ISBN
9780823222001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.69

Hardback. Editor(s): Bark, Debbie. Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series. Num Pages: 508 pages, 28+ b+w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 918.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783080212
ISBN
9781783080212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Colacurcio, Michael J.; Bresky, Luke. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554811236
ISBN
9781554811236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.67

Paperback. This book will be of interest to anyone-in any discipline-who takes the past as a serious object of study. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; DSA; HBJD; HP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Fortieth Anniversary Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415604
ISBN
9781421415604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.30

Paperback. The Fiction of Narrative traces the arc and evolution of White's field-defining thought and will become standard reading for students and scholars of historiography, the theory of history, and literary studies. Editor(s): Doran, Robert. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894800
ISBN
9780801894800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.85

Hardcover. This book is the first major study of one of Spain's most celebrated younger novelists, Belen Gopegui, whose work stands apart from other writers of her generation for its uncompromising focus on the social function of literature. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662339
ISBN
9781855662339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 481. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
SKU
KIN0037033
ISBN
9780813008516
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. There is something offensive about poetry, judging by the number of attacks on it and defences of it. The author argues that poetry exists to offend - not through its subject matter but through the challenges it presents to the prevailing view of what language is for. He also specifies four poetic offences - gesture, drama, fiction, and trope. Series: Robert B Heilman Books. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987590
ISBN
9780295987590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; CFC; CFK; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Baraka Books Canada
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771860383
ISBN
9781771860383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.76

paperback. Presents a tool for choosing books for children of all ages. This title offers practical guidance on sorting through the bewildering array of picture books, pop-up books, books for beginning readers, young adult titles, classics, poetry, olktales, and factual books. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 407. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Third
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252069284
ISBN
9780252069284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.02

Paperback. A collection of John Heath-Stubbs's major literary essays. The earliest essay was written in 1945, and each piece reveals the insights of a practitioner in the poetic genre. In engaging his chosen writers, Heath-Stubbs employs his understanding of the poetic process. Editor(s): Tolley, A.T. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSA; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857543520
ISBN
9781857543520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Dubrow, Heather; Strier, Richard. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167664
ISBN
9780226167664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

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