Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- SparkNotes
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint, Study Guide
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411469686
- ISBN
- 9781411469686
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Condition: New
€ 9.26
€ 9.26
Paperback. This exploration of the poetry and prose of Caribbean women writers reveals in their imagery a rich tradition of erotic relations between women. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347774
- ISBN
- 9780822347774
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810882270
- ISBN
- 9780810882270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.75
€ 82.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 134 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811212731
- ISBN
- 9780811212731
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.65
€ 19.99
€ 18.65
Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, Michael B. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 284 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267156
- ISBN
- 9780823267156
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Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Paperback. The latest volume of the novelist and Oscar-winning screenwriter's notebooks. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: APFB; BGLA; BJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847771407
- ISBN
- 9781847771407
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.65
€ 31.99
€ 26.65
Paperback. For decades, hobbits and the other fantastical creatures of Middle-earth have captured the imaginations of a fiercely loyal tribe of J R R Tolkien readers, all enhanced by the immense success of Peter Jackson's films: first 'The Lord of the Rings', and now his new 'The Hobbit'. This book explores the chief influences on J R R Tolkien's work. Num Pages: 320 pages, 46 integrated bw. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780769271
- ISBN
- 9781780769271
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Condition: New
€ 29.67
€ 29.67
Paperback. All the selections in this anthology date from the twentieth century-most from the last forty years-and represent the attempts of different theorists, and different theoretical schools, to describe the historical stages of the genre's formal development. Editor(s): McKeon, Michael. Num Pages: 968 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 254 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1544.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 968
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801863974
- ISBN
- 9780801863974
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.91
€ 48.99
€ 40.91
Hardcover. In his theory of the novel, Guido Mazzoni explains that novels consist of stories told in any way whatsoever about the experiences of ordinary men and women who exist as contingent beings within time and space. Novels allow readers to step into other lives and other versions of truth, each a small, local world, absolute in its particularity. Num Pages: 378 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 2. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674333727
- ISBN
- 9780674333727
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 42.63
€ 51.99
€ 42.63
Hardback. Editor(s): Bourdaghs, Michael; Ueda, Atsuko; Murphy, Dr. Joseph. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146562
- ISBN
- 9780231146562
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Condition: New
€ 109.52€ 83.26
€ 109.52
€ 83.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Bourdaghs, Michael; Ueda, Atsuko; Murphy, Joseph. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 304 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146579
- ISBN
- 9780231146579
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. What is literariness, or the poetic function, and why does literary theory need to answer this question? Series: The Open Yale Courses. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300180831
- ISBN
- 9780300180831
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.90
€ 23.99
€ 17.90
Paperback. Beginning with more accessible critical approaches and gradually introducing more challenging critical perspectives, this title provides extensive step-by-step guidance for writing literary analyses. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781285052441
- ISBN
- 9781285052441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.39
€ 75.39
Hardback. Marc Redfield provides the first single-authored book on the Yale School-the critical event associated with the confluence at that university of Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, J. Hillis Miller, Harold Bloom, and others, an event that helped to determine how literary theory reached America from Europe. Series: Lit Z. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823268665
- ISBN
- 9780823268665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.68
€ 117.68
Paperback. Marc Redfield provides the first single-authored book on the Yale School-the critical event associated with the confluence at that university of Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, J. Hillis Miller, Harold Bloom, and others, an event that helped to determine how literary theory reached America from Europe. Series: Lit Z. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823268672
- ISBN
- 9780823268672
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Moving subtly through a diverse range of thinkers and topics - aesthetics, affect, animation and film studies, bibliography, cognitive science, this book shows that a more sustained, less apocalyptic attention to ideas might lead to a richer discussion of our intellectual landscapes and the place of the humanities and social sciences in it. Editor(s): Potts, Jason; Stout, Daniel. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; HP; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356813
- ISBN
- 9780822356813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816637751
- ISBN
- 9780816637751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.28
€ 26.28
Hardback. Argues that theory, far from being dead, has undergone major shifts in order to come to terms with the most urgent cultural and political questions. Offering an overview of theory's directions, this collection includes essays on affect, biopolitics, biophilosophy, the aesthetic, and neoliberalism. Editor(s): Attridge, Derek; Elliott, Jane. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415484183
- ISBN
- 9780415484183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.93
€ 174.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551119335
- ISBN
- 9781551119335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.19
€ 44.19
Paperback. Tracing the developing modernist aesthetic in the thought and writings of James Joyce, Dorothy Richardson and Virginia Woolf, this book considers the cultural, social and personal influences upon the three writers. It explores the connections between their theories, and gives attention to their work on various aspects. Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415285438
- ISBN
- 9780415285438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.82
€ 29.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 814. A Historical and Critical Survey, from the Greeks. 552 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSG. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 34. Weight: 788.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 552
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481543
- ISBN
- 9780801481543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.47
€ 33.99
€ 30.47
Paperback. * Both a history of theories of myth and a practical 'how--to' guide to interpreting myth. * Introduces the major theories of myth from the nineteenth century to the present day. * Covers comparative approaches, psychoanalysis, ritual theories of myth, structuralism, and ideological analysis. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631232483
- ISBN
- 9780631232483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.00
€ 46.99
€ 46.00
hardcover. Lists the most important English-language studies of myth theory, which attempt to answer the questions: What is 'myth?' How does it function in human society, and how is it to be interpreted? Series: Magill Bibliographies S. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; GBCR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780810833883
- ISBN
- 9780810833883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.49
€ 114.49
Paperback. Theories of Memory provides a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly expanding field of memory studies. Editor(s): Rossington, Michael; Whitehead, Anne; Anderson, Linda; Chedgzoy, Kate; Mukherjee, Pablo; Richards, J. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 b&w. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625031
- ISBN
- 9780748625031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.78
€ 43.99
€ 38.78