Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Accessible translations of Miguel de Cervantes's lesser known plays Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781495013034
- ISBN
- 9781495013034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.09
€ 17.99
€ 16.09
hardcover. This study sets out to help restore Persiles to pride of place within Cervantes's corpus by reading it as the author's summa, as a boldly new kind of prose epic that casts an original light on the major political, religious, social, and literary debates of its era. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780802090850
- ISBN
- 9780802090850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.97
€ 85.97
Paperback. Gathers a collection of essays about both parts of "Don Quixote" (1605 and 1615) and also provides a general introduction and a bibliography. This book includes pieces by major Cervantes scholars. All these essays seek to discover that which is peculiarly Cervantean in "Don Quixote" and why it is considered to be the first modern novel. Editor(s): Gonzalez Echevarria, Roberto. Series: Casebooks in Criticism. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195169386
- ISBN
- 9780195169386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.58
€ 78.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Dominguez, Julia. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DS; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert S.L.U Spain
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788484897187
- ISBN
- 9788484897187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.95
€ 33.99
€ 27.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483222
- ISBN
- 9781611483222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.15
€ 119.15
Hardback. Editor(s): Portillo, Isabel Jaen; Simon, Julien Jacques. Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DSA; DSBD; HPM; JMR; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415785471
- ISBN
- 9780415785471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.30€ 140.64
€ 158.30
€ 140.64
Hardback. This book is a translation of Salinas's Seguro azar. It includes fifty poems, most of them one or two pages in length, with the Spanish and English texts on facing pages. There is also a prologue by the poet, and introduction by the translator, and a reminiscence by Salinas's friend and fellow poet, Willis Barnstone. Translator(s): Garrison, David Lee. Num Pages: 167 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611481259
- ISBN
- 9781611481259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.59
€ 109.59
Hardcover. With sections on "England at the Margins," "Researching the Renaissance," "The Human Figure on the Stage," and "Artificial Persons," this collection makes interventions in historiography as well as history, literary interpretation, and also literary criticism. Editor(s): Orlin, Lena Cowen. Num Pages: 318 pages, 17 black-&-whites, 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Susquehanna University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910987
- ISBN
- 9781575910987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.68
€ 137.68
paperback. Examining the breadth and scope of censorship in Fascist Italy, from Mussolini's role as 'prime censor' to the specific experiences of female writers, this is a fascinating look at the vulnerability of culture under a dictatorship. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802094964
- ISBN
- 9780802094964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.64
€ 51.99
€ 46.64
Hardback. Censored Sentiments offers a new perspective on women as letter writers and on the eighteenth-century increase in, and subsequent decline of, epistolary fiction by tracing forms of censorship that affected female letters in England, France, Italy, and America. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491753
- ISBN
- 9781611491753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.87
€ 109.87
Hardback. Reasoned arguments support the teaching of books that are challenged by would-be censors. This work covers literature from the Harry Potter books to Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying". Some books are challenged in the name of political correctness, others over concern over violent or sexual content. Num Pages: 496 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSB; JFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 148 x 32. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810841475
- ISBN
- 9780810841475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.26
€ 113.26
Paperback. These essays offer assistance to the growing number of students, teachers, librarians, and parents who find themselves facing a censorship situation. Part I provides six author's perspectives on censorship by omission and commission and Part II provides responses and defenses of individual books. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840386
- ISBN
- 9780810840386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 112.67
€ 112.67
Paperback. Peter Szondi's Celan Studies marks the beginning of critical work on Paul Celan, the most important German poet of the second half of the twentieth century. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan; Mendelsohn, Harvey. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744027
- ISBN
- 9780804744027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.89
€ 25.99
€ 25.89
Hardcover. Consists of ten essays that explore early English culture, from Caxton's introduction of the press, through questions of audience, and genre, to the fascination with Caxton's books. This book suggests that the first century of print production is defined less by transition or break, than by a dynamic transformation in literary production itself. Editor(s): Kuskin, William. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268033088
- ISBN
- 9780268033088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.63
€ 169.63
Paperback. Consists of ten essays that explore early English culture, from Caxton's introduction of the press, through questions of audience, and genre, to the fascination with Caxton's books. This book suggests that the first century of print production is defined less by transition or break, than by a dynamic transformation in literary production itself. Editor(s): Kuskin, William. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268033095
- ISBN
- 9780268033095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.56
€ 34.99
€ 34.56
Paperback. The stories of Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) are wonderful evocations of ordinary Italian life, focusing in particular on his native, Sicily. In an original and dynamic prose style, he portrays such eternal human themes as love, honour and adultery with rich and colourful language. Translator(s): McWilliam, G.H. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 2AHA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447415
- ISBN
- 9780140447415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.01
€ 17.99
€ 14.01
Paperback. C P Cavafy, one of the greatest modern Greek poets, lived in Alexandria for all but a few of his seventy years. Alexandria became, for Cavafy, a central poetic metaphor and eventually a myth encompassing the entire Greek world. This work on Cavafy in English describes Cavafy's literary progress and aesthetic development in the making of that myth. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2AHM; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691044989
- ISBN
- 9780691044989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.77€ 41.80
€ 52.77
€ 41.80
Hardcover. The poems of Catullus have notoriously been subjected to numerous accidental corruptions. This work represents a reappraisal of his text. It recommends some 600 changes to the Oxford Text of "R A B Mynors". It suggests that Catullus' text was also subjected to significant deliberate change, much of it probably dating back to classical antiquity. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125159
- ISBN
- 9781905125159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.30
€ 79.30
Hardcover. Catullus Carmina Editor(s): Mynors, Sir Roger. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198146049
- ISBN
- 9780198146049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.52
€ 76.52
Hardcover. Catullus is one of the liveliest and most appealing Roman poets. His emotion, charm, and apparent spontaneity resonate with readers as strongly today as in antiquity. This sophisticated literary and historical introduction brings Catullus to life for the modern reader and presents his poetry in all its variety of emotions, subjects, and styles. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405118897
- ISBN
- 9781405118897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.98
€ 116.98