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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. A brilliant collection of short essays on literary subjects e.g. Beckett, Balzac, Proust, Thomas Mann, Dickens, Goethe, Heine, the lyric, realism, the essay, and the contemporary novel by the great social theorist (1903-1969), originally published in 1958 as Noten zur literature (Suhrkamp Verlag, F Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Translator(s): Nicholson, S.W. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 350 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231063326
- ISBN
- 9780231063326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.08€ 83.22
€ 109.08
€ 83.22
Paperback. Available in English for the first time, this is a collection of essays by social philosopher and critic, T.W. Adorno, on such writers as Mann, Bloch, Holderlin, Kare Kraust, Sigfried Kracauer, Goethe, Benjamin and Stefan George. It includes Adorno's reflections on a variety of literary subjects. Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Translator(s): Nicholsen, Shierry Weber. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 372 pages. Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Available in English for the first time, this is a collection of essays by social philosopher and critic, T.W. Adorno, on such writers as Mann, Bloch, Holderlin, Kare Kraust, Sigfried Kracauer, Goethe, Benjamin and Stefan George. It includes Adorno's reflections on a variety of literary subjects. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight: 522. Translator(s): Nicholsen, Shierry Weber.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 372
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231069137
- ISBN
- 9780231069137
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Hardback. Setting out from middle-class California to invent herself as a European-style intellectual, Sontag raised the bar of critical discourse and offered up a model of a freethinking, imaginative, and sensual woman. This book offers a reflection on the work, influence, and personality of Sontag. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135700
- ISBN
- 9780691135700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94
Paperback. Now back in print with a new preface and two new essays--the essential guide and companion to Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy's acclaimed novel of the Old West that has been compared to the work of Dante, Homer, Melville, and Faulkner. Series: Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292718210
- ISBN
- 9780292718210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. The text for this edition of Notes from Underground is Michael Katz's acclaimed translation of the 1863 novel, which is introduced and annotated specifically for English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Katz, Michael R. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 272 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393976120
- ISBN
- 9780393976120
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
Hardback. Paolo Giovio's dialogue provides an informed perspective on the sack of Rome in 1527, from a friend of Pope Clement VII. The work discusses literary style and whether the vernacular could surpass Latin as a vehicle for literary expression. This volume includes a fresh edition of the Latin text and the first translation into English. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 668 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 52. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 668
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055056
- ISBN
- 9780674055056
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.07
€ 40.99
€ 34.07
Hardback. Presents biographical sketches and analytical overviews of 145 of the best-known American and Canadian writers of long fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries, arranged alphabetically by name. This volume surveys the novelists, whose works are included in core curricula of high school and undergraduate literature studies. Num Pages: 1536 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; DSR; GBC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 184 x 140. Weight in Grams: 2910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Salem Press Inc
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587653933
- ISBN
- 9781587653933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 349.53
€ 349.53
Paperback. Contains the author's essays that are personal on the surface, and stresses upon what impresses her in really good literature. Num Pages: 149 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803263314
- ISBN
- 9780803263314
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.58
€ 18.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. This brilliant, incisive volume captures the high points of Myles' work in New York City during the 1980s. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 118 x 12. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780936756677
- ISBN
- 9780936756677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.96
€ 18.99
€ 13.96
Hardback. Highlights references to nineteenth-century US slavery and anti-Black racism in literary and photographic projects begun during the late 1920s and early 1930s, including novels by William Faulkner and Nella Larsen. In this book, each text explores the conservative, even coercive social character of such links between psyche and history. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823231478
- ISBN
- 9780823231478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.16
€ 60.16
Hardback. Through a subtle reading of the writings of Homer, Virgil, and Hannah Arendt, Barbara Cassin produces an in-depth analysis, at once scholarly and personal, of nostalgia. Where does nostalgia come from? Where do we truly feel at home? Cassin explores the notion that nostalgia has less to do with place and more to do with language. Translator(s): Brault, Pascale-Anne. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823269501
- ISBN
- 9780823269501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.82
€ 96.82
Paperback. Through a subtle reading of the writings of Homer, Virgil, and Hannah Arendt, Barbara Cassin produces an in-depth analysis, at once scholarly and personal, of nostalgia. Where does nostalgia come from? Where do we truly feel at home? Cassin explores the notion that nostalgia has less to do with place and more to do with language. Translator(s): Brault, Pascale-Anne. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823269518
- ISBN
- 9780823269518
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.95
€ 23.99
€ 21.95
Paperback. This unique collection of twenty-two papers was written by Northrop Frye during his student years. Made public only after Frye's death in 1991, all but one of the essays are published here for the first time. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 37. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626867
- ISBN
- 9781442626867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.10€ 57.31
€ 58.10
€ 57.31
Northrop Frye's Fiction and Miscellaneous Writings: Volume 25
Frye, Northrop. Ed(S): Denham, Robert D.; Dol...
hardcover. These miscellaneous writings offer further evidence of Frye's fertile mind, quick wit, expansive imagination, and eloquence. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D.; Dolzani, Michael. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802093028
- ISBN
- 9780802093028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.62
€ 127.62
hardcover. Northrop Frye's Canadian Literary Criticism examines the impact of Frye's criticism on Canadian literary scholarship as well as the response of Frye's peers to his articulation of a 'Canadian' criticism. Editor(s): Gorjup, Branko. Series: Frye Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802099389
- ISBN
- 9780802099389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.82
€ 76.82
paperback. Challenging the dismissive view of Frye's work as closed and outdated, Cotrupi explores the implications of his proposition that the history of criticism may be seen as having two main approaches?literature as "product" and literature as "process." Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 255.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802081414
- ISBN
- 9780802081414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. An exploration of Scandinavian literature and art. It guides us through the most startling works created by the writers and artists of Scandinavia over the past two centuries. It helps readers gain fresh perspectives on canonical giants such as Soren Kierkegaard, Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, Edvard Munch, Knut Hamsun, and Ingmar Bergman. Num Pages: 544 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JH; 3JJ; AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148243
- ISBN
- 9780691148243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.87
€ 42.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 291 x 211 x 7. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447948858
- ISBN
- 9781447948858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.37
€ 11.37
Paperback. A revolutionary social and political commentary, North and South solidified Gaskell's place in the company of Victorian England's finest novelists. Editor(s): Shelston, Alan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393979084
- ISBN
- 9780393979084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.39
€ 16.99
€ 15.39
Paperback. The Knights of the Round Table. Series: Arthurian Archives. 338 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Kalinke, Marianne E. 13-14c Norse versions of French narratives of Arthur's knights, with modern prose translations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DN; DSBB; DSK; JFHF. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 18. Weight: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843061
- ISBN
- 9781843843061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.03
€ 35.03
Paperback. The Tristan Legend. Series: Arthurian Archives. 306 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Kalinke, Marianne E. Text with facing translation of the Scandinavian versions of the Tristan legend. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DN; DSBB; DSK; JFHF. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843054
- ISBN
- 9781843843054
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Condition: New
€ 35.03
€ 35.03
Paperback. 'Ulysses' was not brought to the screen until 1967. Norris discusses the challenges that this difficult novel of the 20th century posed to the filmmaker along with the production and censorship problems that arose before the film was released to great contemporary critical acclaim. Editor(s): Norris, Margot. Series: Ireland into film. Num Pages: 102 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; APF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 186 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 102
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859182932
- ISBN
- 9781859182932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Paperback. Includes Scandinavian contributions to two conferences convened by The International Society for Eighteenth Century Studies (ISECS) at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2003, and at the Research Center on European Enlightenment at the Martin Luther University of Halle, Germany, in 2005. Num Pages: 198 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: DS; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 198
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776742706
- ISBN
- 9788776742706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.01
€ 27.99
€ 21.01
Hardcover. An innovative, critical, historically informed, yet accessible reassessment of writers who remained in Nazi Germany and Austria yet expressed nonconformity - even dissent - through their fiction. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 40. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139092
- ISBN
- 9781571139092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.69
€ 133.69