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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. Just as the art of the table became a centrepiece of French mores, Balzac used it as a connecting thread in his novels, showing how food can evoke character, atmosphere, class, and social climbing. This title describes the ways food and the art of the table feature in Honore de Balzac's writings. Translator(s): Hunter, Adriana. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSRC; JFCV; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907973222
ISBN
9781907973222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Hardcover. Editor(s): Milojkovic-Djuric, Jelena. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVW; DSB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336741
ISBN
9780880336741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.22

Hardback. Baldo is a descendant of French royalty who starts out as something of a juvenile delinquent. This poem narrates episodes that include imprisonment; battles with local authorities, pirates, shepherds, witches, and demons; and a journey to the underworld. It provides the English translation of this ancient epic and Renaissance chivalric romance. Translator(s): Mullaney, Ann E. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 480 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 143 x 34. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031241
ISBN
9780674031241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Bostad, Finn; Brandist, Craig; Evensen, Lars Sigfred; Faber, Hege Charlotte. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349513123
ISBN
9781349513123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.12

Hardback. This text presents an advanced introduction to the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, focusing on the concepts of carnival, dialogism and historicism. It examines the impact of the historical context in the Soviet Union and to the importance of his own dialogic mode of discourse. Series: Contributions to the Study of World Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSA; DSBH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313295263
ISBN
9780313295263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.69

Hardback. Donald Wesling offers an organized reading of Bakhtin's thought, to achieve an account of why Bakhtin scamped poetry; and an account of how a poetics of utterance is a major achievement, if we employ in the dialogic reading of poetry many of the powerful terms Bakhtin developed for the novel. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838755402
ISBN
9780838755402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.03

Hardback. Editor(s): San Diego Bakhtin Circle. Series: Bucknell Review. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HPC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838754474
ISBN
9780838754474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.67

Hardback. Editor(s): Steinby, Liisa; Klapuri, Tintti. Series: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857283085
ISBN
9780857283085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

paperback. Editor(s): Morson, Gary Saul. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
y First printing
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226541334
ISBN
9780226541334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.94

Paperback. Series: Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies. 224 pages. Assesses and contrasts the reading styles of two major French philosophers, Alain Badiou and Gilles Deleuze. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 13. Weight: 332.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748649051
ISBN
9780748649051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.12

hardcover. Editor(s): Miles, Harold. Num Pages: 375 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 733.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Humana United States
Edition
1993rd Edition
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896032675
ISBN
9780896032675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.45

Paperback. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, poets and architects, designers and critics, teachers and thinkers are rediscovering the virtues of the previous century's energetic cultural constellation. This book teases out the contradictions inherent in modernism's commitment to badness. Editor(s): Mao, Douglas; Walkowitz, Rebecca L. Num Pages: 376 pages, 41 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337973
ISBN
9780822337973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Turning the tables on the pornography debate, this is an analysis of taboo-shattering fiction, film and performance art. It investigates the role of fantasy in art, politics and popular culture and shows how technological advances in science and medicine have altered concepts of the human body. Num Pages: 324 pages, 36 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: A; DSBH; JFC; JFD; JFMP; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520210325
ISBN
9780520210325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

Hardback. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480856
ISBN
9781611480856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; BGH; DSB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679263
ISBN
9780816679263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
115
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471298
ISBN
9781611471298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.88

Paperback. Features several interviews, giving detailed and personal stories from veteran screenwriters of the seventies and eighties, focusing on their craft, their lives, and their profession. Looking at how movies get made, this work offers a different perspective on many of the great movies, directors, and actors of the seventies and eighties. Editor(s): McGilligan, Patrick. Num Pages: 434 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245181
ISBN
9780520245181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Usandizaga, Aranzazu; Monnickendam, Andrew. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268044527
ISBN
9780268044527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Ranging widely across scholarly disciplines, Back to Nature illuminates the response of seventeenth-century culture, especially English literature, to the way urbanization, capitalism, Protestantism, colonialism, Skepticism, empiricism, and new technologies conspired to alienate people from both the earth and reality itself. Num Pages: 448 pages, 51 illus. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812220223
ISBN
9780812220223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Contains stories such as "Baby Doll" and "Something Unspoken". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190297
ISBN
9780141190297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

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