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Literature: history & criticism

Suellen Diaconoff situates French-language texts from Moroccan women writers in a discourse of social justice and reform, arguing that they contribute to the emerging national debate on democracy and help to create new public spaces of discourse and participation. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442640054
ISBN
9781442640054
Condition: New

€ 79.80

Hardback. This study presents the universal myth of the lost paradise in the first seven novels of Jacques Poulin and examines the way in which Poulin has adapted the myth for his own purposes. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838635131
ISBN
9780838635131
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.99

Paperback.
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715636688
ISBN
9780715636688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.48

hardcover. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761813620
ISBN
9780761813620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.20

Hardcover. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 223 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336437
ISBN
9780880336437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.48

Hardback. Offers an analysis of various accounts of the foundation of that most "mythical" of the Greek colonies - Cyrene, in eastern Libya. This book examines the Greeks' symbolic discourse to show that these modern concepts arose much later than commonly believed. Translator(s): Berman, Daniel W. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114583
ISBN
9780691114583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.20
€ 67.88

Paperback. Illustrates the relation between myth, culture and literature with discussions of poetry, fiction, film and popular song; explores uses made of the term 'myth' within the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, cultural studies, feminism, Marxism and psychoanalysis. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415442848
ISBN
9780415442848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. Offers a postmodern interpretation of the great mystics and their writing. This title argues that extensive modern literature about mysticism has rested on a mistake - the belief that their can be meaningful experience prior to language. Series: Religion and Spirituality in the Modern World. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207641
ISBN
9780631207641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.32

Hardback. Offers a postmodern interpretation of the great mystics and their writing. This title argues that extensive modern literature about mysticism has rested on a mistake - the belief that their can be meaningful experience prior to language. Series: Religion and Spirituality in the Modern World. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207634
ISBN
9780631207634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.21

Hardback. Editor(s): Ostovich, Dr. Helen; Silcox, Mary V.; Roebuck, Graham. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493009
ISBN
9781611493009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSK; HRCG; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Red Wheel/Weiser United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877289401
ISBN
9780877289401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.81

Hardcover. * A pathbreaking new book by one of the world s leading sociologists * The book is a study of the rise of detective novels and spy novels in the 19th and 20th centuries, and Boltanski shows that these genres tell us something important about the nature of modern societies and the modern state. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745664040
ISBN
9780745664040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.62

Paperback. * A pathbreaking new book by one of the world s leading sociologists * The book is a study of the rise of detective novels and spy novels in the 19th and 20th centuries, and Boltanski shows that these genres tell us something important about the nature of modern societies and the modern state. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745664057
ISBN
9780745664057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Paperback. Revealing the truth behind the legend of Ayn Rand, author of "Atlas Shrugged", Nathaniel Branden tells the story of his relationship with the literary genius, 25 years his senior. It lasted 18 years and went from student/teacher, to friends, to colleagues, to lovers, and to bitter adversaries. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787945138
ISBN
9780787945138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.14

Paperback. Exploring the place of poetry in American culture and in the university, this text addresses issues such as: the role of the public intellectual; the poetics of scholarly prose; vernacular modernism; idiosyncratic postmodernism; identity politics; aesthetics; and poetry as a performance art. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044101
ISBN
9780226044101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Hardcover. For many years the author has been studying the life and work of Shakespeare. In this book, he gives his thoughts freely and says what he thinks of Shakespeare. He also throws new light on many of Shakespeare's plays. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326. Hardback, with dustjacket, in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KRF0014130
ISBN
9780715627464
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Editor(s): Clark, Henry C. Translator(s): Clark, Henry C. Num Pages: 808 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
808
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865978249
ISBN
9780865978249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Clark, Henry C. Translator(s): Clark, Henry C. Num Pages: 808 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1284.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
808
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865978256
ISBN
9780865978256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. By exposing and elaborating the historical poetics of kitsch, My Silver Planet transforms our sense of kitsch as a category of material culture. Series: Hopkins Studies in Modernism. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416984
ISBN
9781421416984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. By exposing and elaborating the historical poetics of kitsch, My Silver Planet transforms our sense of kitsch as a category of material culture. Series: Hopkins Studies in Modernism. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411453
ISBN
9781421411453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.33

Paperback. A memoir of the schooldays of one of the most extraordinary minds Scotland has produced, Hugh Miller. He rose from a modest background to become both a specialist in the field of geology and a generalist in the wider literary world, admired by Carlyle, Dickens and Ruskin. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBF; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 144 x 35. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873631188
ISBN
9781873631188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.49

Paperback. Keatley's play is about three generations of women in one family. It is widely studied for A level and this volume is equipped with a substantial introduction by the author, featuring the background and a discussion of themes and character Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 colour, 8 page sections. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188. Series: Student Editions. 192 pages, 1 colour, 8 page sections. Keatley's play is about three generations of women in one family. It is widely studied for A level and this volume is equipped with a substantial introduction by the author, featuring the background and a discussion of themes and character. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight: 176.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413684707
ISBN
9780413684707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.32

Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350010178
ISBN
9781350010178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.18

Paperback. In 1954, in Orlando, Florida, nine-year-old Pat Conroy discovered the game of basketball. Here, Conroy takes the reader through his last year playing basketball, as point guard and captain of The Citadel Bulldogs, flashing back constantly to the drama of his coming of age, presenting the conflict and love that have been at the core of his novels. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 200 x 32. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099468325
ISBN
9780099468325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.41

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