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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

hardcover. This new study explores the poetic tradition of the love sonnet sequence in English as written by women from 1621-1931. It connects this tradition to ways of speaking desire in public in operation today, and to the development of theories of subjectivity in Western culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2008th Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230535633
ISBN
9780230535633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.36

Paperback. This new study explores the poetic tradition of the love sonnet sequence in English as written by women from 1621-1931. It connects this tradition to ways of speaking desire in public in operation today, and to the development of theories of subjectivity in Western culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349358441
ISBN
9781349358441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Hardcover. In this study of desire in late Imperial China, the author argues that the development of traditional Chinese fiction as a narrative genre was closely related to changes in conceptions of the fundamental nature of desire. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSA; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005136
ISBN
9780674005136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.47

Paperback. Offering a look at the creative power of institutions, this book explores the rise of the modern idea of the artist in the 19th century, a period that also witnessed the emergence of the museum and the professional critic. Drawing upon neoclassical art and theory, it aims to bring to life the artistic passions and anxieties of an entire era. Num Pages: 328 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV; DSBF; DSC; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049144
ISBN
9780691049144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.01
€ 45.69

Hardback. The churches and manuscripts of medieval Europe incessantly juxtapose imagery depicting sacred themes with likenesses of the crudest and basest nature. Drawing on the contrast between Bakhtin's concepts of the carnivalesque and the domain of the law, this book examines such opposites in six major works of pre-1350 Spanish literature. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 665.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729369
ISBN
9780804729369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.38

Hardcover. Editor(s): Zall, Paul M. Series: The Cornell Wordsworth. Num Pages: 316 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801415364
ISBN
9780801415364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.77

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 770 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CS; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1742.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
770
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691653716
ISBN
9780691653716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 368.54

Paperback. A study of William Bartram's "Travels", Thomas Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia", and J Hector St John de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer" that situates them within two important intellectual traditions: the literature of travel and the science of natural history. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; HBJK; WN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812216868
ISBN
9780812216868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.69

Paperback. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780891308072
ISBN
9780891308072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.75

Paperback. Derrida has had a profound influence on the way texts are read. Deconstruction has become a Sphinx-like feature of the modern critical landscape. The contributors to this volume have endeavoured to take a critical view of Derrida's oeuvre. Editor(s): Wood, David. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631161219
ISBN
9780631161219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 48.88

Paperback. For more than 30 years and until his death in 2004 Jacques Derrida remained one of the most influential contemporary philosophers. It may be difficult to evaluate what forms his heritage will take in the future but Derrida Now provides some provocative suggestions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745655741
ISBN
9780745655741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.93

Hardcover. For more than 30 years and until his death in 2004 Jacques Derrida remained one of the most influential contemporary philosophers. It may be difficult to evaluate what forms his heritage will take in the future but Derrida Now provides some provocative suggestions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745655734
ISBN
9780745655734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135. .
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910996089
ISBN
9781910996089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.42

Paperback / so. Series: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Forschung Des Landes Nordrhein-Westf. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 109.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663002451
ISBN
9783663002451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Paperback / so. Series: Neue Wege Zur Antike. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 4. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1927
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663155836
ISBN
9783663155836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFGA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1921
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642941245
ISBN
9783642941245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFGA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1926
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642941238
ISBN
9783642941238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

paperback. Editor(s): Picone, Michelangelo; Zimmermann, Bernhard. Series: Monte Verita. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 627.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Birkhäuser Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9783034898508
ISBN
9783034898508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.56

Paperback. How does a writer compose a suicide note? This account gives us a description of the author's descent into mental anguish, and his eventual success in overcoming a little-understood yet very common condition. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSK; JM; VFJB; VFJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 5. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872618
ISBN
9781784872618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.78

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135759
ISBN
9781571135759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.00

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