Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. From Ah Q to Lei Feng traces the contrasting models of the mind provided by Freud and revolutionary Chinese culture, investigates their clash over the 20th century, and shows how writers and filmmakers negotiated with the implications of each. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFA; DSBH; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804700757
- ISBN
- 9780804700757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.44
€ 89.44
Hardcover. This text aims to redefine the place of the Wordsworthian imagination in a cultural moment often classified as the transition from "Romantic" to "Victorian". Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729710
- ISBN
- 9780804729710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.84
€ 83.84
Outlandish addresses geographical displacement as a lived experience in the 20th century, as a predicament of writing, and as a problem for theory. It focuses on the work of three transnational writers from diverse backgrounds working in different genres: Joseph Conrad, Theodor W. Adorno, and Salman Rushdie. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730730
- ISBN
- 9780804730730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.49
€ 84.49
The Novel and the Obscene challenges our vision of early twentieth-century America as sexually progressive by identifying a resonant silence at the heart of the modernist American novel-a narrative mode that renders censorship symbolic at the very moment of its legal demise. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751872
- ISBN
- 9780804751872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.95
€ 70.95
The Self and It makes a fresh and bold intervention in histories and theories of the rise of the novel by arguing that the material objects proliferating in eighteenth-century England's consumer markets worked in conjunction with the novel as vital tools for fashioning the modern self. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756969
- ISBN
- 9780804756969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.77
€ 84.77
A collection of essays by allegory specialists and other scholars who engage allegory in different ways. It examines literary texts and works of art, focusing on a wide range of topics including architecture, philosophy, theatre, science, and law. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763806
- ISBN
- 9780804763806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.62
€ 84.62
This book brings to light the first Jewish fiction in French and reveals how the first generation of Jews born as French citizens used fiction as a laboratory for experimenting with modern forms of Jewish identity. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763844
- ISBN
- 9780804763844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.30
€ 38.30
The World in Play tells the story of how certain Victorian literary misfits--working-class melodramatists of the 1830s, the reclusive Emily Bronte, free-spirits Robert Louis Stevenson and John Muir, mischievous Oscar Wilde, among others--struggled to find their bearings in a modern world trapped, like Alice, in play, in a ludic microcosm of itself. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776080
- ISBN
- 9780804776080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.97
€ 83.97
Milton and the Post-Secular Present defines and critiques the term 'post-secular' as it appears in current thought, bringing its implications into sharp relief by comparison to the pre-secular works of John Milton. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776509
- ISBN
- 9780804776509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.39
€ 117.39
Across Meridians is the first book-length study of Karen Tei Yamashita's transnational novels. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778015
- ISBN
- 9780804778015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.75
€ 78.75
This book explores the conceptual complexity and formal challenges posed by the concept of intimacy in eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804786096
- ISBN
- 9780804786096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.24
€ 117.24
Hardcover. An introduction to contemporary Latin American narrative published in the 1970s, presenting ten major writers. Num Pages: 168 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810813595
- ISBN
- 9780810813595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.10
€ 87.10
Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810825611
- ISBN
- 9780810825611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
Talcroft explores Sutcliff's use of sacred themes through twelve of her most famous novels. Num Pages: 177 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810829824
- ISBN
- 9780810829824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.49
€ 91.49
A guide to the literary legacy of B. Traven. It contains a biographical sketch which traces the life of this elusive author and examines his career. It also contains a bibliography, with 1200 entries, providing information on the publication of over 1000 editions of Traven's books. Series: The Scarecrow Author Bibliographies Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 140 plates, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836105
- ISBN
- 9780810836105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.17
€ 133.17
Paperback. This work provides detailed information on 49 important sites with a strong connection to children's literature. Each chapter begins with background information about the author (or, in the cases of King Arthur and Robin Hood, the character), in particular his or her writings for children. Series: On the Road with Mr Toad. Num Pages: 168 pages, b&w photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSY; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810848788
- ISBN
- 9780810848788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.10
€ 84.10
Hardcover. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; AN; DSG; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810858107
- ISBN
- 9780810858107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.10
€ 166.10
Hardcover. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 626 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; DSR; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 626
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810867789
- ISBN
- 9780810867789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.04
€ 243.04
Hardback. Editor(s): Kurian, George Thomas; Smith, James D. Num Pages: 732 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; GBC; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 224 x 58. Weight in Grams: 2508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 732
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810869875
- ISBN
- 9780810869875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 352.38
€ 352.38
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810871823
- ISBN
- 9780810871823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.66
€ 184.66