Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Editor(s): Zirakzadeh, Cyrus Ernesto; Stow, Simon. Series: Political Companions to Great American Authors. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813142029
- ISBN
- 9780813142029
Condition: New
€ 59.77
€ 59.77
The writings of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) have captivated scholars, activists, and ecologists for more than a century. This book offers a fresh understanding of Thoreau's political life and writings, and includes discussions of subjects ranging from his democratic individualism to the political relevance of his intellectual eccentricity. Editor(s): Turner, Jack. Series: Political Companions to Great American Authors. Num Pages: 460 pages, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124780
- ISBN
- 9780813124780
Condition: New
€ 59.49
€ 59.49
Paperback. This book discusses political change in the view of Confucian thought. This study focuses on the Book of Change, which is one of the nine basic books of Confucius School, and has dominated oriental thought in this field for more than three thousand years. Num Pages: 164 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851257
- ISBN
- 9780761851257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.23
€ 58.23
Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 307 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611481556
- ISBN
- 9781611481556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.68
€ 134.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611493832
- ISBN
- 9781611493832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.48
€ 134.48
Hardcover. Popular notion has it that Polish Jewish writers, unlike their counterparts in Western, Northern and Central Europe, wrote solely in Yiddish or Hebrew. Yet between the two wars, Poland produces an elite group of assimilated Jews writing exclusively in Polish. This text explores their emergence. Translator(s): Shenitzer, Abe. Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AGP; 3JJG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629849
- ISBN
- 9780815629849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.44
€ 34.44
Paperback. Taking advantage of the partial opening of secret police archives in Russia and Romania, Police Aesthetics explores the intersections between culture and policing in Soviet times. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DV; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804786928
- ISBN
- 9780804786928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. Taking advantage of the partial opening of secret police archives in Russia and Romania, Police Aesthetics explores the intersections between culture and policing in Soviet times. Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; APF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760805
- ISBN
- 9780804760805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Paperback. Translator(s): Summerfield, Giovanna. Num Pages: 36 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 4. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 36
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761822639
- ISBN
- 9780761822639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.47
€ 63.47
Hardback. In Poets, Players and Preachers, Anne James explores the literary responses to the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot in poetry, drama, and sermons. This book is the first full-length study of the literary repercussions of the conspiracy. Num Pages: 424 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; HBLH; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649378
- ISBN
- 9781442649378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.30
€ 89.30
paperback. Poetry has often been considered an irrational genre. In each of the four very different poets she considers here, the author reveals a style of thinking in operation. She traces through these poets' lines to find evidence of thought in lyric, the silent stylistic measures representing changes of mind, the condensed power of poetic thinking. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021105
- ISBN
- 9780674021105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.97
€ 36.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644312
- ISBN
- 9780888644312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Domina, Lynn. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595340481
- ISBN
- 9781595340481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.40
€ 20.99
€ 19.40
Hardback. Shatters the notion that madness fuels creativity. This work features sixteen essays that address questions such as: Does emotional distress inspire great work? Is artistry enhanced or diminished by mental illness? What effect does substance abuse have on esthetic vision? Do psychoactive medications impinge on ingenuity? Editor(s): Berlin, Richard M. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; MMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801888397
- ISBN
- 9780801888397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.87
€ 34.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837637458
- ISBN
- 9783837637458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 9.30
€ 51.99
€ 9.30
Hardback. Clearly written, this incisive critical study opens a new analytic window not only to the rhetoric of medieval Italian poetry but also to a richer understanding of one of the most important strands of medieval European culture. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 244 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823223251
- ISBN
- 9780823223251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.91
€ 97.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590173381
- ISBN
- 9781590173381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.61
€ 20.99
€ 18.61
Paperback. Lucy McDiarmid creates a new kind of literary history, telling an illimuntating tale of the curious occasion of the 'peacock dinner,' when W. B. Yeats and Ezra Pound led four lesser-known poets to the home of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt to eat a peacock. Num Pages: 240 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198788331
- ISBN
- 9780198788331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.91
€ 37.91
hardcover. Reading a range of texts significant in their own time but little studied today, the author presents a view of late medieval French poetry in all its subtle variety: its quirkiness, its rhyming, its frequent moral seriousness, its occasional bawdiness, and the ambiguities of its authorial I. Num Pages: 372 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804718288
- ISBN
- 9780804718288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.38
€ 91.38
Hardcover. Offers a comprehensive analysis of Northern Irish poetry focusing on the colonial, political, and cultural underpinnings that have shaped artistic expression in a variety of ways. This book also focuses on both the better-known contemporary Northern Irish poets as well as their more obscure but no less significant counterparts. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DCQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194291
- ISBN
- 9781845194291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.15
€ 129.15