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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFCX; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226735542
- ISBN
- 9780226735542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. Carrying his story into the twentieth century, the author mounts an argument for freeing fairy tales from their bland contemporary forms, and reinvigorating your belief that we still can find new, powerfully transformative ways of telling these stories. Num Pages: 448 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: DSK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226242965
- ISBN
- 9780226242965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.07€ 49.03
€ 57.07
€ 49.03
Hardcover. Italian novelist, poet, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini was brutally killed in Rome in 1975, a macabre end to a career that often explored humanity's capacity for violence and cruelty. This title interprets his final works: the screenplay 'Saint Paul', the scenario for "Porn-Theo-Colossal", and the immense and unfinished novel "Petrolio". Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; APFB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226501345
- ISBN
- 9780226501345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.39€ 55.72
€ 65.39
€ 55.72
Paperback. Traces the growth of ancient biography from the 5th century to the 1st century BC and includes the essay "Second Thoughts on Greek Biography". Momigliano clarifies the social and intellectual implications of the fact that the Greeks kept biography and autobiography distinct from historiography. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CJCW; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674200418
- ISBN
- 9780674200418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.99
€ 36.99
€ 30.99
Hardcover. Goethe has long been enshrined as the greatest German poet, but his admirers have always been uneasy with the idea that he did not produce a great epic poem. This title proposes that Goethe did compose an epic poem, which has been hidden in plain view: "Faust". Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571133441
- ISBN
- 9781571133441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Paperback. Arnold Bennett's tale of murder, intrigue, and romance at a luxurious London hotel is now back in print in a Broadview Edition. Editor(s): Saloman, Randi. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554811885
- ISBN
- 9781554811885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.87
€ 32.99
€ 23.87
Paperback. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; DSK; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822314691
- ISBN
- 9780822314691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Offers a timely account of Native American literature and the critical writings that have grown up around it. Arnold Krupat considers racial and cultural "essentialism", the ambiguous position of non-Native critics in the field, cultural "sovereignty" and "property", and the place of Native American culture in a so-called multicultural era. Num Pages: 149 pages, Index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2JN; DSA; DSB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 9. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803277861
- ISBN
- 9780803277861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.63
€ 17.99
€ 17.63
paperback. This volume traces Langston Hughes' life from his birth in Missouri in 1902 to the winter of 1941. Portraying his association with a range of political activists, patrons and artists, Arnold Rampersad offers a sweeping panorama of culture and history in the early 20th-century. Num Pages: 528 pages, 56 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195146424
- ISBN
- 9780195146424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.68
€ 53.68
Paperback. An exploration of Scandinavian literature and art. It guides us through the most startling works created by the writers and artists of Scandinavia over the past two centuries. It helps readers gain fresh perspectives on canonical giants such as Soren Kierkegaard, Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, Edvard Munch, Knut Hamsun, and Ingmar Bergman. Num Pages: 544 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JH; 3JJ; AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148243
- ISBN
- 9780691148243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615233
- ISBN
- 9780691615233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.50€ 42.58
€ 53.50
€ 42.58
Paperback. Aims to say interesting things, both about the hybrid character of Anglo-American criticism and about the French theory that it imports and then proceeds to manhandle. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Later printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252060021
- ISBN
- 9780252060021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252063916
- ISBN
- 9780252063916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.27
€ 25.99
€ 24.27
Paperback. Editor(s): Arteaga, Alfred. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780822314622
- ISBN
- 9780822314622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. In Norma Fox Mazer: A Writer's World, Reed chronicles her discovery that, although Mazer's husband and his work are thoroughly intertwined with and complimentary to her own, the author "is fiercely independent-a feminist." Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838147
- ISBN
- 9780810838147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.59
€ 96.59
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 466 pages, vi, 464 p. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112541
- ISBN
- 9780226112541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
Hardback. Expands the ways in which we interpret medieval manuscripts, examining the formal characteristics of both physical manuscripts and literary works. In this book, the author argues that manuscript compilations from fourteenth-century London reward interpretation as both assemblages and fragments. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3H; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226924915
- ISBN
- 9780226924915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.11€ 79.61
€ 95.11
€ 79.61
Paperback. Examining the formal characteristics of both physical manuscripts and literary works, this book argues that manuscript compilations from fourteenth-century London reward interpretation as both assemblages and fragments: as meaningfully constructed objects whose forms and textual contents shed light on the city's literary, social, and more. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3H; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226269405
- ISBN
- 9780226269405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Presenting seven works from the Elizabethan age including Dekker's "Lantern and Candle-light" and Rid's "Art of Juggling", this book discusses these and other Elizabethan "protonovels" and assesses their influence on writers such as Shakespeare. Illustrator(s): Lawrence, John. Editor(s): Kinney, Arthur F. Num Pages: 328 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- n Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870237188
- ISBN
- 9780870237188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.95
€ 34.95
Hardback. Arthur Kinney introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. He focuses on the material conditions of playing and of playgoing in order to show how they both inspired and restricted Shakespeare's art. A core of 22 plays is considered in total. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224686
- ISBN
- 9780631224686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.70
€ 140.70