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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Focuses on the work of Umberto Eco - one of Europe's best-known writers and intellectuals. This title covers the range of Eco's work, from his theoretical writings on semiotics to his best-selling novels. It assesses the influence of Eco's work on contemporary culture. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745608501
ISBN
9780745608501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Focuses on the work of Umberto Eco - one of Europe's best-known writers and intellectuals. This title covers the range of Eco's work, from his theoretical writings on semiotics to his best-selling novels. It assesses the influence of Eco's work on contemporary culture. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745608495
ISBN
9780745608495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.52

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691609751
ISBN
9780691609751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardcover. When it comes to James Joyce's landmark work, Ulysses, the influence of three literary giants, Homer, Shakespeare, and Dante, cannot be overlooked. Examining Joyce in terms of Homeric narrative, Dantesque structure, and Shakespearean plot, Weir rediscovers Joyce's novel through the lens of his renowned predecessors. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137488404
ISBN
9781137488404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.11

paperback. Presents annotations to Joyce's classic that can inform any reading of "Ulysses". This volume includes annotations that gloss place names, define slang terms, give capsule histories of institutions and political and cultural movements and figures, supply bits of local and Irish legend and lore, and explain religious nomenclature and practices. Num Pages: 694 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 180 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780520253971
ISBN
9780520253971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 28.87

Paperback. Leopold Bloom, the half-Jewish Irishman who is the hero of James Joyce's Ulysses, teaches the young Stephen Dedalus how he can grow and mature as an artist and an adult human being. Bloom has learned to live with contradictions, with anxiety and sexual jealousy, and with the rudeness and racism of the people he encounters in the city streets. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571242559
ISBN
9780571242559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481211
ISBN
9781611481211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.71

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631318
ISBN
9780691631318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.09

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
816
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679600114
ISBN
9780679600114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. Perhaps today there is no more divisive and heatedly argued topic in Eastern European studies than the activities in the 1930s and 1940s of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). This book examines the legacy of the OUN and considers the movement's literature alongside its politics and ideology. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJ; DSBH; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300206289
ISBN
9780300206289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.77

Paperback. The study places Ukrainian Futurism within the context of other major Ukrainian literary movements of the time, and examines its relationship to Russian and West European Futurism. It includes critical analyses on the major works of the leading figures within the Ukrainian movement. Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11 halftones, 11 colour illustrations, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 2AGR; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458591
ISBN
9780916458591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.64

Hardcover. The study places Ukrainian Futurism within the context of other major Ukrainian literary movements of the time, and examines its relationship to Russian and West European Futurism. It includes critical analyses on the major works of the leading figures within the Ukrainian movement. Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, 11 halftones, 11 colour illustrations, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 2AGR; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458560
ISBN
9780916458560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.20

Hardback. Ugo Foscolo's Tragic Vision in Italy and England examines an underexplored aspect of Foscolo's literary career: his tragic plays and critical essays on that genre. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649262
ISBN
9781442649262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.79

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691615714
ISBN
9780691615714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.86
€ 48.71

Hardcover. Offers a study of the English translations of Hans Christian Andersen's "Tales and Stories", and of the people who made them. This book demonstrates the interdependence of the English translations, many of which prove to have been made with little or no use of the original Danish text. Num Pages: 389 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 185 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
389
Condition
New
SKU
V9788778388568
ISBN
9788778388568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. The literary career of Uchida Hyakken (1889-1971) encompassed a wide variety of styles and genres, including fiction, zuihitsu (essays), war diaries, poetry, travelogues, and children's stories. This title provides a critical corrective by locating in Hyakken's simple yet powerful literary language. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031128
ISBN
9780674031128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFGA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1869
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663152255
ISBN
9783663152255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.50

Hardcover. This book analyzes the iconographic traditions of Jeremiah and of melancholy to show how Donne, Herbert, and Milton each fashions himself after the icons presented in Rembrandt's Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Sluter's sculpture of Jeremiah in the Well of Moses, and Michelangelo's fresco of Jeremiah in the Sistine Chapel. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; ACND; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137397799
ISBN
9781137397799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This book analyzes the iconographic traditions of Jeremiah and of melancholy to show how Donne, Herbert, and Milton each fashions himself after the icons presented in Rembrandt's Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Sluter's sculpture of Jeremiah in the Well of Moses, and Michelangelo's fresco of Jeremiah in the Sistine Chapel. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349485086
ISBN
9781349485086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.20

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 490 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691613864
ISBN
9780691613864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.27
€ 64.47

Hardback. Two-Timing Modernity integrates queer, feminist, and narratological approaches to show how key works by Japanese male authors in the early twentieth century encompassed both a straight future and a queer past by staging tensions between Japan's newly heteronormative culture and the recent memory of a male homosocial past now read as perverse. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674067127
ISBN
9780674067127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.46

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843603
ISBN
9781843843603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. A striking memoir of religious and cultural tolerance being made available again in the year of the author's 100th anniversary. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BG; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862417048
ISBN
9780862417048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.33

Hardcover. Editor(s): Fallahzadeh, Mehrdad. Num Pages: 225 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; AVS; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588140647
ISBN
9781588140647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.96
€ 90.75

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