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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 49.08