Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. This book deals with the special power of literary texts to put us in contact with the past. A large number of authors, coming from different ages, have described this power in terms of 'the conversation with the dead'. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748615889
- ISBN
- 9780748615889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43€ 114.08
€ 118.43
€ 114.08
Paperback. This Special Issue of the journal Paragraph proposes a new reading of the College de France Lectures of Roland Barthes. Editor(s): Pieters, Jurgen; Pint, Kris. Series: Paragraph Special Issues. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 122
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748636921
- ISBN
- 9780748636921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.09
€ 35.99
€ 33.09
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CB; DSB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531121895
- ISBN
- 9783531121895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.19
€ 48.19
Hardcover. The main contention of this book is that contemporary theory is still essentially Romantic. Despite protestations to the contrary and despite all attempts to elude or exceed the limits bequeathed by Romantic thought, Clemens demonstrates its continuing influence in philosophical and literary works. Series Editor(s): Walker, Professor Greg. Series: Studies in European Cultural Transition. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780754608752
- ISBN
- 9780754608752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.88€ 141.40
€ 159.88
€ 141.40
Paperback. A major contribution to cultural and literary studies, "Gothic Canada "unearths two centuries of Canadian gothic writings to reveal uncanny traditions of trauma, repression, and monstrosity. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644411
- ISBN
- 9780888644411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Ruth R Wisse is a scholar of Yiddish and Jewish literary studies and one of our public intellectuals on issues relating to Jewish society and culture. This book pays tribute to her with a collection of essays related to Yiddish, Hebrew, Israeli, American, European, and Holocaust literature. Editor(s): Cammy, Justin Daniel; Horn, Dara; Quint, Alyssa; Rubinstein, Rachel. Series: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 450 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025851
- ISBN
- 9780674025851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.55€ 67.91
€ 74.55
€ 67.91
Paperback. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415519106
- ISBN
- 9780415519106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.50
€ 31.99
€ 30.50
Hardcover. American Errancy is a wide-ranging study of the connection between ideology and the sublime in the work of twentieth-century poets, all American with two, or perhaps three important exceptions. The poets studied include, Allen Ginsberg, A.R. Ammons, Emerson, Eliot, Hill and many more. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Pr
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558354
- ISBN
- 9781904558354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.66€ 51.10
€ 55.66
€ 51.10
Hardcover. Between Two Fires examines the transnational movement of poetry during the Cold War, revealing patterns of influence previously uncharted. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198744436
- ISBN
- 9780198744436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.51
€ 169.51
Paperback. A lively and provocative history of the great achievements of Irish poets from 1800 to the present day. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 256 pages. A lively and provocative history of the great achievements of Irish poets from 1800 to the present day. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521609258
- ISBN
- 9780521609258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.13
€ 32.13
Paperback. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) has been acknowledged by writers as diverse as Harold Bloom, Adrienne Rich and R.S. Thomas as one of the central poets of the 20th century. Justin Quinn offers a fundamental reassessment of Stevens's work and the connections it makes between nature, community and art. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621670
- ISBN
- 9781900621670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.69
€ 30.99
€ 25.69
Paperback. Examines Dante's relation to his contemporary public, an audience that included poets who responded to Dante's early work as well as those who first copied, preserved, and circulated his poetry. Based on research of manuscripts and documents, this study reveals the importance of professional, urban classes as cultivators of early Italian poetry. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268041229
- ISBN
- 9780268041229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226362069
- ISBN
- 9780226362069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.06
€ 31.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. Offers the study of the legal structure crucial to Dante's Divine Comedy. This title makes the compelling case that Dante deliberately exploits this highly structured legal system to explore the phenomenon of exceptions to it, introducing Dante to crucial current debates about literature's relation to law, exceptionality, and sovereignty. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226071091
- ISBN
- 9780226071091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 79.10
€ 94.74
€ 79.10
Hardcover. The Blackwell Companion to Greek Tragedy provides readers with a fundamental grounding in Greek tragedy, and also introduces them to the various methodologies and the lively critical dialogue that characterize the study of Greek tragedy today. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 576 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 179 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1192.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405107709
- ISBN
- 9781405107709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.64€ 125.06
€ 203.64
€ 125.06
Paperback. The Blackwell Companion to Greek Tragedy provides readers with a fundamental grounding in Greek tragedy, and also introduces them to the various methodologies and the lively critical dialogue that characterize the study of Greek tragedy today. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 31. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405175494
- ISBN
- 9781405175494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.27
€ 57.27
Paperback. Virginia Woolf, Jeanette Winterson, and Ali Smith share an ecological philosophy of the world as one highly interconnected entity comprised of multiple and equal, human and non-human participants. This study argues that these writers' texts have an ecological significance in fostering respect for and understanding of difference, human and nonhuman. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ; JHB; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 278 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349339020
- ISBN
- 9781349339020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.26
€ 187.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838753132
- ISBN
- 9780838753132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.66
€ 92.66
Hardback. Features selections that illustrate the author's literary development from an associative, highly structured early prose to the more chronologically narrated novels. This anthology concludes with an interview in which the author considers the psychology of writing, and the relationship of literature and reality. Editor(s): Ittner, Jutta. Translator(s): Ittner, Jutta. Num Pages: 347 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: DQ; DSK; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838757093
- ISBN
- 9780838757093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.42
€ 158.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFCA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2003 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403960580
- ISBN
- 9781403960580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Paperback. The first commentary to adopt an integrated approach to Satire 6 by drawing together a multiplicity of different perspectives. Editor(s): Watson, Lindsay; Watson, Patricia. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521671101
- ISBN
- 9780521671101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99
€ 35.99
Paperback. Offers satirical and bitter denunciation of the degeneracy of Roman society. This work draws forth a world of whores, fortune-tellers, boozy politicians, slick lawyers, shameless sycophants, ageing flirts and downtrodden teachers. It portraits of decadent aristocrats - male and female - and the jumped-up sons of newly-rich former slaves. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ACD; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236. Good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks and creases, remains a good readable copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCW0017533
- ISBN
- 9780140447040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 15.99€ 11.12
€ 15.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. A comprehensive reference to 50 titles that will help children cultivate ethics, assume personal responsibility, and practice moral judgment in unfamiliar cultural contexts. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810850422
- ISBN
- 9780810850422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.51
€ 95.51
Paperback. This exciting new Companion explores the interactions between Europe and other peoples of both the New and Old worlds during the English Renaissance, and their effect on the literature, culture, art, and history of the period. Editor(s): Singh, Jyotsna G. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118438800
- ISBN
- 9781118438800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.89
€ 53.89