Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Covers the early years of Thoreau's intellectual and artistic growth. This title reflects his reading, travels, and contacts with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and other Transcendentalists. Editor(s): Witherell, Elizabeth Hall; Howarth, William L.; Sattelmeyer, Robert; Blanding, Thomas. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 712 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 45. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691063614
- ISBN
- 9780691063614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.34
€ 184.34
Paperback. An abbess in the Franciscan abbey of Longchamp, Agnes of Harcourt wrote a biography of Isabelle of France and a letter detailing Louis IX's involvement with the abbey, both of which provide a window on 13th-century religious life. This translation also contains an introduction to her life and work. Editor(s): Field, Sean L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA). Translator(s): Field, Sean L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA). Series: Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3H; BG; DN; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268044046
- ISBN
- 9780268044046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.50
€ 32.99
€ 29.50
In Writing the Yugoslav Wars, Dragana Obradovic analyses how the Yugoslav wars of secession helped shape the region's literary culture. Obradovic argues that the crisis of the country's disintegration posed an ethical challenge to self-identified postmodernists. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442629547
- ISBN
- 9781442629547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.18
€ 57.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228. .
- Publisher
- Africa Research & Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592219919
- ISBN
- 9781592219919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 43.95
€ 52.99
€ 43.95
Paperback. Reflects upon efforts to abide in disaster's infinite threat. First published in French in 1980, this title takes up the most serious tasks of writing: to describe, explain, and redeem when possible, and to admit what is not possible. Neither offers consolation. Translator(s): Smock, Ann. Num Pages: 153 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 153
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803261204
- ISBN
- 9780803261204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.97
€ 40.97
Hardback. An eloquent answer to some of the most vexing questions about the myth of Orpheus and its far-reaching ramifications through time and culture, Detienne's work ultimately offers a major rethinking of Greek mythology. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLA; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801869549
- ISBN
- 9780801869549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.79€ 58.18
€ 63.79
€ 58.18
Paperback. Contemporary writers address questions of craft, art, audience, and culture Editor(s): Delbanco, Nicholas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472067176
- ISBN
- 9780472067176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.12
€ 29.12
Hardback. The Writing in the Stars explores Paz's life and ideas by establishing a dialogue between the structure and recurring images of his major poems and the ideas of Carl Jung. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802090843
- ISBN
- 9780802090843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813571393
- ISBN
- 9780813571393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.59
€ 53.59
Hardcover. Examines the literature produced from the very beginnings of what became the GDR through the 1950s, redressing a tendency of literary scholarship to focus on the literature of the later GDR. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139535
- ISBN
- 9781571139535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.50€ 115.13
€ 120.50
€ 115.13
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691609195
- ISBN
- 9780691609195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637518
- ISBN
- 9780691637518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.10
€ 107.10
Paperback. Walter Benjamin's essays on the great French lyric poet, Charles Baudelaire revolutionized not just the way we think about Baudelaire, but our understanding of modernity and modernism as well. This volume includes an introduction that presents each of Benjamin's essays on Baudelaire in chronological order. Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W. Translator(s): Eiland, Howard; Jephcott, Edmund; Livingstone, Rodney; Zohn, Harry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- n
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022874
- ISBN
- 9780674022874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.63
€ 32.99
€ 27.63
Hardback. Founded by Maksim Gorky and Kornei Chukovsky in 1919 and disbanded in 1922, the Petrograd House of Arts occupied a crucial moment in Russia's cultural history. Chronicling the rise and fall of this literary landmark, this book conveys the studied period in Soviet literature. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 750 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1021.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 750
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810125278
- ISBN
- 9780810125278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.72
€ 119.72
Hardcover. Containing three interconnected essays, this book sets Ha Jin's own work and life alongside those of other literary exiles, creating a conversation across cultures and between eras. Series: The Rice University Campbell Lectures. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226399881
- ISBN
- 9780226399881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.47
€ 16.99
€ 14.47
Paperback. Drawing on the work of authors such as Oliver Sacks, Anatole Broyard, Norman Cousins, and Audre Lorde, as well as the people he met during the years he spent among different illness groups, the author recounts a collection of illness stories. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFH; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226004976
- ISBN
- 9780226004976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.28
€ 35.28
Paperback. Examines JM Coetzee's writings about Elizabeth Costello, and the ways in which philosophers have responded to them. This book considers the relations among reason, language, and the imagination, as well as more specific ethical issues concerning the moral status of animals, the meaning of mortality, the nature of evil, and the demands of religion. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137377
- ISBN
- 9780691137377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.08
€ 74.08
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Schocken Books United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805242782
- ISBN
- 9780805242782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.73
€ 30.99
€ 27.73
Paperback. With detailed analysis of the text, discussions on themes, historical backgrounds and author biographies, York Notes offers students the best insight into the world of English Literature. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UA) A / AS level; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405861854
- ISBN
- 9781405861854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.97
€ 11.97
Paperback. A philosophical study of popular movies uses the viewer as a point of reference. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- Enlarged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674961968
- ISBN
- 9780674961968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.78
€ 41.99
€ 34.78