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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Albert Camus is among the most significant French writers of the twentieth century. Opening with his impoverished childhood in Algiers, this biography presents the historical context, focusing on Camus' later agonising conflict between sympathy for the working class Algerians and for the French colonials with a stake in their adopted land. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AHA; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099749110
ISBN
9780099749110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.50

Hardback. Series: New Directions in Religion and Literature. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474236980
ISBN
9781474236980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 93.20

Hardback. Investigates the shifts in ideas of homeness in post-war diasporic Anglophone Lebanese novels. This title deals with the brutal civil strife in Lebanon (1975-1990) and beyond to the war's crucial and long-standing by-product: expatriation. Series Editor(s): El-Enany, Rasheed. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643424
ISBN
9780748643424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 101.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748656172
ISBN
9780748656172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 90.66

Hardback. In this, the first Reader of Geoffrey Hartman's work, significant essays reflect his abiding interest in English and American poetry, focusing not only on Romanticism but also on the transition from early modern to modern and including reflections on the radical elements in artistic representation. Editor(s): Hartman, Geoffrey H.; O'Hara, Daniel T. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 842.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620166
ISBN
9780748620166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.13
€ 134.41

Paperback. A pre-eminent Orwell scholar's lifetime of work on the icon of modern literature Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 Map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077463
ISBN
9780252077463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.10

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474409421
ISBN
9781474409421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 101.60

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847064936
ISBN
9781847064936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.54

Hardback. This book traces the complexity and richness of Merchant's Jewish aspect, spanning encounters with Jews and the Hebrew Bible in the early modern world as well as modern adaptations of Shakespeare's play on the Yiddish stage. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474418386
ISBN
9781474418386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 101.56

Hardback. A brilliant new work by Luce Irigaray, one of the greatest living French thinkers, in which she deepens her arguments in relation to sexuate difference.

Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441135070
ISBN
9781441135070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.61
€ 87.53

Paperback. Previously known as an art-world figure, but now regarded as an important poet, Frank O'Hara is examined in this study. It traces the poet's "French connection" and the influence of the visual arts on his work. This edition includes a new introduction with a reconsideration of O'Hara's lyric. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226660592
ISBN
9780226660592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.19

Hardback. This book attempts to address the paradoxes inherent in international modernism (a literary movement which at once strove to cross borders of nation, language, and tradition yet which at the same time often endorsed nationalist and 'racial' models of identity. Editor(s): Manning, Susan; Taylor, Andrew. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625260
ISBN
9780748625260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.61
€ 112.54

Paperback. This guide examines the production and reception of poetry by a range of women writers - predominantly although not exclusively writing in English - from Sappho through Anne Bradstreet and Emily Bronte to Sylvia Plath, Eavan Boland and Susan Howe. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andy. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623068
ISBN
9780748623068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. Shakespeare's plays have inspired British Oscar-winners and spaghetti Westerns, Bollywood thrillers, and Soviet epics. Covering twenty plays, this work spans a century of cinema, from a silent "Tempest" (1907) to Kenneth Branagh's "As You Like It" (2006). Series: Screen Guides. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844571703
ISBN
9781844571703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.23

Hardback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441149879
ISBN
9781441149879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.89
€ 133.42

Paperback. Explores Greek conceptions of human innerness and the way in which Greek tragedy shaped European notions of mind and self. Arguing that Greek poetic language connects images of consciousness, with the darkness attributed to Hades and to women, this title analyzes tragedy's biological and daemonological metaphors for what is within. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691037660
ISBN
9780691037660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.98

Paperback. Since its creation in 1894 by Joseph Snell Wood, the Society of Women Writers & Journalists has attracted the company of many famous women writers, journalists, poets and playwrights. This title reveals the long and fascinating history of the Society. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 9. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752451596
ISBN
9780752451596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.38

Hardback. Mahmoud Baroud here conducts a detailed comparative textual analysis of 'Hayy Bin Yaqzan' and 'Robinson Crusoe', and concludes that Daniel Defoe was likely to have been deeply influenced by Ibn Tufayl's Arabic text. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848855526
ISBN
9781848855526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.89
€ 135.20

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837636604
ISBN
9783837636604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.91
€ 41.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138677258
ISBN
9781138677258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.94

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