Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. The definitive guide to the origin of J.R.R. Tolkien's books, from The Hobbit to The History of Middle-earth series - includes unpublished Tolkien extracts and poetry. Num Pages: 432 pages, Index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780261102750
- ISBN
- 9780261102750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Hardcover. From its first sentence to the last, this novella by Norman Maclean will captivate readers with its vivid images of the Blackfoot River, its tender yet realistic renderings of Maclean's father and brother and its uncanny blending of fly fishing with the affections of the heart. "Wise, witty, wonderful . . ".--Publishers Weekly. Illustrator(s): Moser, Barry. Num Pages: 161 pages, 13 2-color wood engravings. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226500607
- ISBN
- 9780226500607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.39
€ 36.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Editor(s): Lunt, Dudley C. Series: Masterworks of Literature. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780808402626
- ISBN
- 9780808402626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.94
€ 58.94
Hardback. Offers an English translation of the complete, uncensored text, which has long been celebrated as one of the most convincing and sensually rich portraits of the geisha profession. This book tells a sweeping story in which sexual politics compete with sisterly affection in a world ruled by material transaction. Translator(s): Snyder, Stephen. Series: Japanese Studies Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141185
- ISBN
- 9780231141185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.32€ 62.74
€ 82.32
€ 62.74
Hardback. Through readings of ten of Moliere's plays, this title argues that a rivalry that endangers order by collapsing differences structures the works and provides a key to their understanding. Moliere's comic characters all want something that they cannot have. The objects of their desire may vary, but the presence of desire itself remains a constant. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838640098
- ISBN
- 9780838640098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.92
€ 109.92
Rituals of Self-Revelation: Shishosetsu as Literary Genre and Socio-Cu...
Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
Hardback. This work is an English translation of the author's own work on the shishosetsu, a genre in Japanese literature. It provides a means of researching and interpreting the tradition of the genre, linking it to forms of autobiographical fiction as well as to classical cultural assumptions. Translator(s): Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Irmela (Professor of Japanese Literature, Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany). Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674773196
- ISBN
- 9780674773196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.34
€ 50.99
€ 42.34
Hardcover. Assesses fixed notions of Arab womanhood by exploring the complexities of Arab women's lives as portrayed in literature. Covering women writers and critics from Arab, French, and English traditions, this book aims to create a transnational Arab feminist consciousness. It examines the significance of memory rituals in women's writings. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 2CSR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631354
- ISBN
- 9780815631354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.96
€ 60.96
Hardback. Balsamo's "Rituals of Literature" is devoted to Joyce's and Dante's special contributions to he tradition of Christian epics, born out of Biblical stories and Homeric poems. By highlighting the integrated nature of its typical tropes, Joyce and Danteestablish the historical identity of the Christian epic as a distinct literary genre. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838755495
- ISBN
- 9780838755495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.62
€ 109.62
Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSR; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611484045
- ISBN
- 9781611484045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.06
€ 145.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492422
- ISBN
- 9781611492422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.59
€ 110.59
Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750325
- ISBN
- 9780804750325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.33
€ 108.33
Paperback. Presents a study investigating the chorus of Old Comedy. This book offers a general introduction to the dramatic chorus from the comic vantage point. It includes a close reading of Aristophanes' "Thesmophoriazusae", which shows that ritual is indeed present in both the micro- and macrostructure of Attic comedy. Translator(s): Hollmann, Alexander. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 530 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New and REV Englis ed.
- SKU
- V9780674023734
- ISBN
- 9780674023734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.46
€ 42.99
€ 35.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Nunning, Vera; Rupp, Jan; Ahn, Gregor. Num Pages: 278 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837625325
- ISBN
- 9783837625325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.32
€ 50.99
€ 36.32
Hardcover. Contains important statements regarding the poet's personality, Roman sexual morality, attitudes to love and marriage, and the practice and psychology of ancient religion. This work subjects the two poems to analysis, and yields insights into the ritual drama enacted, the mythical and erotic dimensions, and the depiction of male and female. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772882888
- ISBN
- 9788772882888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.49
€ 34.49
Paperback. El ritmo is a collection of letters from Salvador Rueda to the Catalonian critic Jose Yxart, first published in Madrid in 1894. El ritmo sets out, in a sometimes ironical tone, a panorama of the state of poetry in Spanish at the end of the nineteenth century. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 66 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 5. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 66
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894012
- ISBN
- 9780859894012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.45
€ 38.45
Hardback. Editor(s): Hirsch, Marianne; Miller, Nancy K. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150903
- ISBN
- 9780231150903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 81.73
€ 108.20
€ 81.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Hirsch, Marianne; Miller, Nancy K. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150910
- ISBN
- 9780231150910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Celebrity personalities, who reign over much of our cultural landscape, owe their fame not to specific deeds but to the ability to project a distinct personal image, to create an icon of the self. This book looks at the roots of this particular form of celebrity. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press New Jersey
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048697
- ISBN
- 9780691048697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Hardback. The Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia dell'Arte Stage examines the emergence of the professional actress from the 1560s onwards in Italy. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649118
- ISBN
- 9781442649118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.73
€ 72.73
Paperback. An astute and engrossing biography from the author of Victor Hugo and Balzac. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330488037
- ISBN
- 9780330488037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.68
€ 26.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. An anthology of Rilke's strongest poetry and prose for both aficionados and new readers. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393310986
- ISBN
- 9780393310986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.52
€ 15.99
€ 14.52
Paperback. The Riddle in the Poem is a study of the ramifications of riddles and riddle elements in the context of selected twentieth-century poetry. It includes works by Francis Ponge, Wallace Stevens, Richard Wilbur, Rainer M. Rilke, and Henrikas Radauskas. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 186 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761828457
- ISBN
- 9780761828457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.19
€ 76.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268026080
- ISBN
- 9780268026080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562. The Dynamics of a Critical Rivalry. 264 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 21. Weight: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754191
- ISBN
- 9780838754191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.38
€ 123.38