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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. An investigation of the motif of the unspeakable as manifested in a wide range of medieval texts, from the Exeter Book to Chaucer. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844686
ISBN
9781843844686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.59

This volume excavates the biblical and classical sources behind three early modern treatises that denounce the numerous sins of the tongue that cause damage in the Elizabethan society. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611474695
ISBN
9781611474695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.40

Hardback. In this book Zeina G. Halabi examines the figure of the intellectual as profet national icon, and exile in contemporary Arabic literature and film. Staging a comparative dialogue with writers and critics such as Elias Khoury, Edward Said, Jurji Zaidan, and Mahmoud Darwish, Halabi focuses on new articulations of loss, displacement, and memory. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474421393
ISBN
9781474421393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.10
€ 107.57

Hardback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816689248
ISBN
9780816689248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.77

Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816689262
ISBN
9780816689262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 60 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; PB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195334579
ISBN
9780195334579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Hardback. Focusing on the earliest extant version of the Grail legend, the author proposes a social interpretation of Chretien's romance as a story concerned with earthly violence and vendetta. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 679.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724814
ISBN
9780804724814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.92

Paperback. Explores the African American writer's literary odyssey and struggle for freedom from racism and materialism. Translator(s): Barzun, Isabel. Num Pages: 680 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062643
ISBN
9780252062643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.57
€ 53.26

hardcover. Laird sets Moletti's Dialogue within the historical background of medieval and Renaissance mechanics, sketches the life and works of Moletti, and analyses the arguments and the geometrical theorems of the Dialogue. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBD; DSK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802046994
ISBN
9780802046994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.71

Hardback. Anderson's carefully considered work makes a persuasive case for revisiting this celebrated book with a keener appreciation for the subtlety and beauty of Franklin's performance. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; DSBD; DSK; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405230
ISBN
9781421405230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.52
€ 54.88

Hardcover. Asks how stories affect the way we think about time and, in particular, how they condition thinking about the future. Focusing on surprise and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories are mechanisms that reconcile what is taking place with what can have been. It provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748676293
ISBN
9780748676293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.10
€ 108.92

Paperback. Explores the relationship between unexpected events in narrative and life. Focusing on surprise, spontaneous eruption and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories help us to reconcile what we expect with what we experience. It also provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402354
ISBN
9781474402354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Paperback. A funny memoir of John Carey, best known for his provocative stance on the arts and the academic establishment. It shows his journey from an ordinary background to Oxford's oldest literary professorship. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571310937
ISBN
9780571310937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
384
SKU
KRA0006680
ISBN
9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
384
SKU
KKD0009969
ISBN
9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
384
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KIN0036482
ISBN
9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Melek Ortabasi reassesses the influence of Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962), a folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, in shaping modern Japan's cultural identity. Only the second book-length English-language study of Yanagita, this book moves beyond his pioneering work in folk studies to reveal the full range of his contributions as a public intellectual. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGL; DSB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492004
ISBN
9780674492004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.97

Hardback. For more than a quarter century, William Logan has delivered clear-eyed and razor-sharp assessments of contemporary and classic poetry. Combining the sensibilities of poet and critic, Logan vividly conveys what he finds most memorable and most damning in a poet's work. Poets discussed include Shakespeare, Whitman, Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Rita Dove, Seamus Heaney, and Czeslaw Milosz. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136389
ISBN
9780231136389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.76
€ 80.20

Paperback. The topic of 'the unconscious' has figured largely in literary studies for some time. Antony Easthope approaches this controversial subject not in terms of the body but as meanings. It shows the existence of the unconscious in a variety of ways Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415192095
ISBN
9780415192095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.93

paperback. The oral and written traditions of the Africans of South Africa have provided an understanding of their past and the way the past relates to the present. This book offers the study of how Africans used oral traditions as a means of survival against European domination. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; DSB; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821419229
ISBN
9780821419229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Grenville, Bruce. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20col.ill. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551521169
ISBN
9781551521169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. This is the first book-length study of the uncanny, an important topic for contemporary thinking on literature, film, philosophy, psychoanalysis, feminism and queer history. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 1 colour illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; HRQX; VXQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719055614
ISBN
9780719055614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.83

Paperback. Irish writers who were considered Irish by the English, and English by the Irish are discussed here - including Maria Edgeworth, W.B. Yeats, J.M. Synge, Sheridan le Fanu, Elizabeth Bowen and James Joyce. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530 Paperback, white spine. Keywords: 20th Century Ireland. 280pp
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KON0819945
ISBN
9781900621076
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 28.00
€ 22.00

hardcover. The publishers of Ulysses by James Joyce were brought to trial and convicted of obscenity in the USA in 1921. The Ulysses Trials chronicles the progress of the trials and adds not only to the understanding of Joyce but also to the history of the laws of obscenity, censorship and freedom of speech. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 454. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Signed and inscribed to Ivor. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031535
ISBN
9781843516682
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

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