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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

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
€ 45.89

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

€ 108.36

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

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. This is the first critical introduction to the theories of discourse advanced by Foucault, Althusser, PUcheux and Hindess and Hirst. Num Pages: 154 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631148395
ISBN
9780631148395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.19

Paperback. Presents current thinking on some of the theoretical issues and dilemmas in the conception and writing of literary history, by scholars from Europe, Australia and North America. Topics covered include the role of literary history in "new" societies and the problem of literary classification. Series: English Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674879133
ISBN
9780674879133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.73

Hardback. Series: Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812232349
ISBN
9780812232349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.75

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780567672056
ISBN
9780567672056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 29.38

Paperback. By examining theological and literary narratives through an engagement with well-known theorists of reading and religion, this collection of essays, international in perspective, brings together varied, refreshing, and provocative responses to well-established literary and critical theories. Editor(s): Ortiz, Gaye Williams; Joseph, Clara A. B. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349533343
ISBN
9781349533343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163. .
Publisher
Clemson University Digital Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781942954446
ISBN
9781942954446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.17

Paperback. Theodore Dreiser is indisputably one of America's most important twentieth-century novelists. "An American Tragedy", "Sister Carrie", and "Jennie Gerhardt" have all made an indelible mark on the American literary landscape. This title offers an original interpretations of Dreiser's works. Editor(s): Gogol, Miriam. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814730744
ISBN
9780814730744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardcover. Theocritus (early third century BCE) was the inventor of the bucolic genre, also known as pastoral. The present edition of his work, along with that of his successors Moschus (fl. mid-second century BCE) and Bion (fl. around 100 BCE), replaces the earlier Loeb Classical Library volume of Greek Bucolic Poets by J. M. Edmonds (1912). Translator(s): Hopkinson, Fellow in Classics Neil (Loughborough University University of Cambridge Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University). Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 117 x 35. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996441
ISBN
9780674996441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 182 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589881013
ISBN
9781589881013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.75

Paperback. Helen Barolini profiles six gifted women transformed by Italy's mythic appeal. Unlike Barolini herself, they were not daughters of the great Italian diaspora. Rather, they were drawn to an idea of "Italy" and its gifts-in whose welcome a new self could be created. Or discovered. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 423.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823226306
ISBN
9780823226306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Editor(s): Fenton, Mary C.; Schwartz, Louis. Num Pages: 198 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575911526
ISBN
9781575911526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.72

Paperback. Translator(s): Joyce, Jane Wilson. Series: Masters of Latin Literature. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482854
ISBN
9780801482854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 541.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575911571
ISBN
9781575911571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.13

Paperback. This readable, thought-provoking, and multidisciplinary study explores theatrical writings that question the Aristotelian aesthetical-generic conception and seek instead to work with the medium of theatricality itself. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823224166
ISBN
9780823224166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.76

Hardback. Lowell Edmunds combines two readings of the "Oedipus at Colonus" to arrive at a fresh way of looking at Greek tragedy. He sets forth a semiotic theory of theatrical space and then applies his theory to the visual and spacial dimensions of the "Oedipus at Colonus". Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847683192
ISBN
9780847683192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.10

Hardback. This book changes the terms of scholarly discussion and discovers how the social structures of theatre afforded Milton resources for poetic and polemical representation and uncovers the precise contours of Milton's interest in theatre and drama. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474421010
ISBN
9781474421010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 102.41

Paperback. Theatres of War is the first full-length study to be devoted to the 'Committed' theatre that flourished in modern France from 1944 to the mid-1950s. During this crucial decade, authors responded to the issues of their time by contributing a number of tense controversial plays to a distinctive genre of realist theatre. Editor(s): Freeman, E. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCQ; DSBB; DSBH; DSC; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Exeter Press England
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895590
ISBN
9780859895590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.08

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