Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Argues that four French writers - Michel Tournier, J.M.G. Le Clezio, Tahar Ben Jelloun and Leila Sebbar - practice "activist writing" which, when combined with the work of certain photographers, reframes a picture of Maghreb produced by two centuries of Orientalist misrepresentation. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AJC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742515468
- ISBN
- 9780742515468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.59
€ 64.59
Hardback. Argues that four French writers - Michel Tournier, J.M.G. Le Clezio, Tahar Ben Jelloun and Leila Sebbar - practice "activist writing" which, when combined with the work of certain photographers, reframes a picture of Maghreb produced by two centuries of Orientalist misrepresentation. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AJC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742515451
- ISBN
- 9780742515451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.65
€ 162.65
Paperback. Photography has transformed the way we picture ourselves. This text tracks the impact of photography on the formation of the self-image through the study of four literary autobiographers concerned with the power of photography. All four writers tried to reconcile the image with the self. Num Pages: 286 pages, 40 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: AJ; DSB; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731476
- ISBN
- 9780226731476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Picturing Emerson: An Iconography reproduces and explores the background of all known images of Ralph Waldo Emerson created from life, including drawings, paintings, silhouettes, sculptures, and photographs in all formats. The book provides dates and commentary, enabling readers to trace Emerson's visage from the 1820s to the 1880s. Series: Harvard Library Bulletin. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 25 x 17. .
- Publisher
- Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975972
- ISBN
- 9780674975972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.24
€ 34.99
€ 29.24
Hardback. Series: Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGC; AJC; DSB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 206 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063317
- ISBN
- 9780271063317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.82
€ 40.99
€ 30.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Heimermann, Mark; Tullis, Brittany. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; DSY; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477311622
- ISBN
- 9781477311622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.12
€ 29.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. Editor(s): Heimermann, Mark; Tullis, Brittany. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; DSY; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477311615
- ISBN
- 9781477311615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.19
€ 97.19
Hardback. Editor(s): Kummerling-Meibauer, Bettina. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 258 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AKLB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415818018
- ISBN
- 9780415818018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.35
€ 184.35
Paperback. A new translation of Pico della Mirandola's most famous work, with extensive notes and commentary. Editor(s): Borghesi, Francesco; Papio, Michael; Riva, Massimo (Professor of Italian Studies, Brown University). Num Pages: 318 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; DSB; HBLH; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316606605
- ISBN
- 9781316606605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.11
€ 42.11
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300135466
- ISBN
- 9780300135466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.82
€ 43.99
€ 30.82
Paperback. One of the most popular and widely read books of the Middle Ages, "Physiologus" contains allegories of beasts, stones, and trees both real and imaginary, infused by their anonymous author with the spirit of Christian moral and mystical teaching. This book explains the origins, history, and literary value of this curious text. Translator(s): Curley, Michael J. Num Pages: 144 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226128702
- ISBN
- 9780226128702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.69
€ 31.99
€ 24.69
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 458 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691614632
- ISBN
- 9780691614632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 54.20
€ 70.56
€ 54.20
Hardback. Physiognomy in Profile affirms and assesses Lavater's contribution to European culture in the two hundred years since his death. It examines how his vision of physiognomy as a viable method of interpreting the modern world has repeatedly been affirmed and challenged. Editor(s): Percival, Melissa; Tytler, Graeme. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492378
- ISBN
- 9781611492378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.80
€ 129.80
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226290003
- ISBN
- 9780226290003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.32
€ 50.99
€ 39.32
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Unabridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904303466
- ISBN
- 9781904303466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.42
€ 56.42
Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 237 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628924091
- ISBN
- 9781628924091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.46
€ 13.99
€ 11.46
Hardcover. Philostratus's writings embody the height of the renaissance of Greek literature in the second century CE. Heroicus is a vineyard conversation about the beauty, continuing powers, and worship of the Homeric heroes. Gymnasticus is the sole surviving ancient treatise on sports, which reshapes conventional ideas about the athletic body. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 506 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 128 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996748
- ISBN
- 9780674996748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.42
€ 33.99
€ 30.42
Hardback. For information on similar titles, please visit www.lexingtonbooks.com Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611480559
- ISBN
- 9781611480559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Paperback. Philosophy and Terry Pratchett is the first attempt by philosophers to explore themes in Sir Terry Pratchett's writings. It will appeal to both specialists and fans of Pratchett with serious essays written in a manner accessible to anyone who enjoys, or is curious about, Pratchett's work. Editor(s): Held, Jacob M.; South, James. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 195 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137360151
- ISBN
- 9781137360151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.36
€ 33.99
€ 31.36
Paperback. This book establishes first, that melancholy serves as an important focal point in the interpretation of Benjamin's early work, and second, that Benjamin's approach to melancholy releases it from its customary psychological context, turning it into a philosophical premise. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785204
- ISBN
- 9780804785204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.12
€ 29.99
€ 29.12
hardcover. This book establishes first, that melancholy serves as an important focal point in the interpretation of Benjamin's early work, and second, that Benjamin's approach to melancholy releases it from its customary psychological context, turning it into a philosophical premise. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804785198
- ISBN
- 9780804785198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.75
€ 116.75
Hardback. This book offers an original orientation to how speculative thinking may be profoundly stimulated through intermediating engagements with the work of art. The author illustrates the practical implications of this orientation. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472820
- ISBN
- 9781611472820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.04
€ 122.04
paperback. This volume assembles for the first time writings from the past two hundred years by philosophers engaging the dramatic work of William Shakespeare. Editor(s): Kottman, Paul A. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759205
- ISBN
- 9780804759205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996359
- ISBN
- 9780674996359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.13
€ 33.99
€ 30.13