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Literature: history & criticism

paperback. This book seeks to understand the music of the later Middle Ages in a fuller perspective, moving beyond the traditional focus on the creative work of composers in isolation to consider the participation of performers and listeners in music-making. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; AV; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2013
SKU
V9781349447312
ISBN
9781349447312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.88

hardcover. Dressed to Kill reconciles Zayas's Desenga os with the age in which it was written, contextualizing the book in baroque poetics, the Spanish honour code, and fifteenth-century martyr saints' lives. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JD; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643505
ISBN
9781442643505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.00

Hardcover. From examining 13 studies of representations of rape in medieval and early modern literature by such authors as Chaucer, Shakespeare and Spenser, this volume argues that some form of sexual violence against women serves as a foundation of Western culture. Editor(s): Rose, Christine; Robertson, Eliza. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 462 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312236489
ISBN
9780312236489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.82

Paperback. Focusing on Montgomery's memorable heroines, Epperly demonstrates that Montgomery deserves a place in the literary canon not just as the creator of Anne of Green Gables but as an artist in her chosen profession. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB; JFFK; JFSJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626539
ISBN
9781442626539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.25

Paperback. This book is an exploration of the notion of "drive" as it passes from Kant's need of reason, to Freud's concept of hallucinatory wish fulfillment, to the relentless force of indifferentiation in Flaubert's Bouvard and Pecuchet. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751148
ISBN
9780804751148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501705588
ISBN
9781501705588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.67

Paperback. The contributors to Critique and Postcritique evaluate literary critique's structural, methodological, and political potentials and limitations while assessing the merits of the post-critical turn and exploring a range of alternate methods of literary criticism that may be better suited to the intellectual and political challenges of the present. Editor(s): Anker, Elizabeth S.; Felski, Rita. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363767
ISBN
9780822363767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. The contributors to Critique and Postcritique evaluate literary critique's structural, methodological, and political potentials and limitations while assessing the merits of the post-critical turn and exploring a range of alternate methods of literary criticism that may be better suited to the intellectual and political challenges of the present. Editor(s): Anker, Elizabeth S.; Felski, Rita. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363613
ISBN
9780822363613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.60

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691607382
ISBN
9780691607382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.18
€ 54.80

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635972
ISBN
9780691635972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 220.63

Paperback. Tracing the emergence and evolution of the modern discourse on boredom in French and German literary, philosophical, and sociological texts, this book fills a gap in the intellectual and cultural history of European modernity. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758604
ISBN
9780804758604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. This book explores how representations of intimacy between women included both a sexualized model of the "lesbian" tribade and an "idealized" model that portrayed female friendship as devoid of sexual expression. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736503
ISBN
9780804736503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349092222
ISBN
9781349092222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; DS; HBJD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349494965
ISBN
9781349494965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.02

Hardcover. Using each chapter to juxtapose works by one female and one male Spanish writer, Gender and Modernity in Spanish Literature: 1789-1920 explores the concept of Spanish modernity. Issues explored include the changing roles of women, the male hysteric, and the mother and Don Juan figure. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137442031
ISBN
9781137442031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Hardcover. The Female Servant and Sensation Fiction: 'Kitchen Literature' explores why Victorian sensation fiction was derided as literature fit only for maids and cooks and how the depictions of fictional female domestics, from Jane Eyre to Neo-Victorian novels, reflect contemporary social concerns about the blurring of the boundaries of class and gender. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137365255
ISBN
9781137365255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.16

Hardback. Before Joyce became a famous writer, he supported himself through his other language work: English-language teaching. The importance of James Joyce's teaching, however, has been underestimated until now. Closely reading Joyce's famed works, Switaj shows the influence of Joyce's brief career as an English teacher on the development of his canon. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137559890
ISBN
9781137559890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.56

Hardback. This book explores how representations of intimacy between women included both a sexualized model of the "lesbian" tribade and an "idealized" model that portrayed female friendship as devoid of sexual expression. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729567
ISBN
9780804729567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.77

Paperback. Fairy tales, often said to be "timeless" and fundamentally "oral," have a long written history. This book argues that however a vital part of this history has fallen by the wayside. It refocuses the lens through which we look at fairy tales. It examines the evolution of the "Anglo-American" fairy tale and its place in this variegated history. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 halftones. 5 line illus. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBH; DSK; JFHF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691115672
ISBN
9780691115672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 33.45

Hardback. In The Epic of Juan Latino, Elizabeth R. Wright tells the story of Renaissance Europe's first black poet and his epic poem on the naval battle of Lepanto, Austrias Carmen (The Song of John of Austria). Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442637528
ISBN
9781442637528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.01

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