Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. The sister of King Arthur goes by many names: sorceress, kingmaker, death-wielder, mother, lover, goddess. The Myth of Morgan la Fey reveals her true identity through a comprehensive investigation of the famed enchantress' evolution - or devolution - over the past millennium and its implications for gender relations today. Series: Arthurian and Courtly Cultures. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137340252
- ISBN
- 9781137340252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.08
€ 123.08
Paperback. Frye draws on the Aristotelian notion of reversal, or peripeteia, to analyse the three plays commonly known as the 'problem comedies': Measure for Measure, All's Well That Ends Well, and Troilus and Cressida, showing how they anticipate the romances of Shakespeare's final period." Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802077813
- ISBN
- 9780802077813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Building on recent research in medieval optics, physiology, and memory in relation to the devotional practices of the late Middle Ages, Jessica A. Boon probes the implications of an 'embodied soul' for the intellectual history of Spanish mysticism. Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JB; DSBB; HRCS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644281
- ISBN
- 9781442644281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.37
€ 79.37
Paperback. Irwin mirrors the aesthetic impact of the genre by creating in his study the dynamics of a detective story-the uncovering of mysteries, the accumulation of evidence, the tracing of clues, and the final solution that ties it all together. Num Pages: 516 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801854668
- ISBN
- 9780801854668
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.28
€ 33.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. Offers a glimpse of Mark Twain's creative process on what many critics consider the finest fiction of his later years. While the work was begun in 1897 and revised first in 1902 and then in 1908, the third version was the only manuscript titled "The Mysterious Stranger". These texts provide an opportunity to observe Mark Twain's literary struggle. Editor(s): Gibson, William M. Num Pages: 493 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 493
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246959
- ISBN
- 9780520246959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Referred to as the "bible of American lawyers," Blackstone's "Commentaries" on the Laws of England shaped the principles of law in both England and America when its first volume appeared in 1765. This work examines why "Commentaries" became the knowledge that any lawyer needed to acquire. Num Pages: 274 pages, 9 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 2AB; DSBD; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064987
- ISBN
- 9780226064987
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Includes essays by Julius Baum, C G Jung, C Kerenyi, Hans Leisegang, Paul Masson-Oursel, Fritz Meier, Jean de Menasce, Georges Nagel, Walter F Otto, Max Pulver, Hugo Rahner, Paul Schmitt, and Walter Wili. Editor(s): Campbell, Joseph. Series: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691018232
- ISBN
- 9780691018232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.32
€ 59.42
€ 46.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Dobree, Bonamy. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537419
- ISBN
- 9780199537419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Series: Myth and Poetics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801480461
- ISBN
- 9780801480461
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.23
€ 43.99
€ 43.23
Paperback. This work presents, in English translation, the largest collection ever assembled of the sayings and stories of Jesus in Arabic Islamic literature. In doing so, it traces a tradition of love and reverence for Jesus that has characterized Islamic thought for more than a thousand years. Series: Convergences: Inventories of the Present. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DS; HRCA; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011151
- ISBN
- 9780674011151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.77
€ 36.99
€ 30.77
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135926
- ISBN
- 9781571135926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.99
€ 97.99
Paperback. Insight and wit distinguish these essays, in which Vendler elucidates the function of criticism as well as different critical methods and styles. Poets commented on range from Seamus Heaney and Czeslaw Milosz to Silvia Plath, James Merrill, and Amy Clampitt. Num Pages: 486 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674591530
- ISBN
- 9780674591530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.23€ 48.43
€ 52.23
€ 48.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273720
- ISBN
- 9780823273720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.02
€ 86.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273737
- ISBN
- 9780823273737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300043822
- ISBN
- 9780300043822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.76
€ 24.99
€ 18.76
Paperback. Brings together American writings in diverse languages from Arabic and Spanish to Swedish and Yiddish, among others Editor(s): Sollors, Werner; Shell, Marc. Num Pages: 784 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; CFDM; DQ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814797532
- ISBN
- 9780814797532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
paperback. Argues that multilingualism is perhaps the most important form of diversity Editor(s): Sollors, Werner; Shell, Marc. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFDM; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814780930
- ISBN
- 9780814780930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761814214
- ISBN
- 9780761814214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.61
€ 80.61
Hardcover. Editor(s): Fraiture, Pierre-Philippe; Orrells, Daniel. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white line drawings, tables. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813939100
- ISBN
- 9780813939100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.34
€ 98.34
Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323419
- ISBN
- 9780822323419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.92
€ 34.99
€ 31.92
Hardback. This new edition prints together, for the first time, the surviving pre-1807 versions of poems included in The Mountain Bard, the full 1807 collection, and the complete 1821 version. Editor(s): Gilbert, Suzanne. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748620067
- ISBN
- 9780748620067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 107.52
€ 112.89
€ 107.52
Hardback. The author challenges the view that literary texts cannot be examined by words alone, arguing that images also play a role in the interpretation process. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728072
- ISBN
- 9780804728072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.45
€ 161.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816645244
- ISBN
- 9780816645244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.92
€ 20.92
Hardcover. The Mother of All Booklists: The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103 is written for parents, grandparents, and teachers unfamiliar with the bewildering array of award and recommended reading lists. This book offers, not the opinion of one book critic, but the aggregate opinion of an army of critics. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSRC; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442238619
- ISBN
- 9781442238619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.43
€ 68.43