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Literature: history & criticism

hardcover. This text draws a basic distinction between two aspects of the pastoral ideal: the Arcadian pastoral, which locates the unspoiled paradise in space, and the Golden Age mode, which locates the ideal pastoral life in time gone by, always already lost as soon as it is apprehended as paradise. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731065
ISBN
9780804731065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.84

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781316606780
ISBN
9781316606780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.23

paperback. Past Performance: American Theatre and the Historical Imagination argues that many contemporary American theatre and performance artists are not only developing innovative strategies for staging history but helping us reimagine our relationship with the past. Num Pages: 287 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482577
ISBN
9781611482577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 146.34

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501314872
ISBN
9781501314872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.44

Hardback. Traces the impact of the French Revolution on Enlightenment thought in Germany as evidenced in the work of three major figures around the turn of the nineteenth century: Immanuel Kant, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Heinrich von Kleist. This book examines the philosophical and literary reception of the French Revolution. Editor(s): Gailus, Andreas. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBD; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882777
ISBN
9780801882777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.14
€ 61.00

Hardback. Framed within a wide range of ideas, including politics and religion, this volume makes new connections between embodiment, selfhood and the passions. It explores new ways of negotiating the boundaries between a cognitive and bodily approach to emotion. Editor(s): Cummings, Professor Brian; Sierhuis, Dr Freya. Num Pages: 328 pages, Includes 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472413642
ISBN
9781472413642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.91

paperback. A study of the life and work of the lesbian writer, Jane Rule. Incorporating Rule's early work, including unpublished manuscripts, letters, magazine and newspaper columns, as well as fan-mail, the book also draws on interviews and conversations with the author. Series: Passionate Communities. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814781333
ISBN
9780814781333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. The twelve contemporary fiction writers interviewed in PASSION AND CRAFT go beyond the merely autobiographical, revealing that, despite their differences, they share passionate devotion and discipline for their craft. Their comments will interest readers devoted to their novels and stories, other writers, and aspiring writers. 12 photos. Editor(s): Lyons, Bonnie G.; Oliver, Bill. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252066870
ISBN
9780252066870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Contains extracts from Johnson's several interviews, giving an account of Johnson's development from the late 1970s until the early years of the twenty-first century. This title brings up many elements of Johnson's life and work: his religious development from the AME Church to Buddhism and the importance of family to him. Editor(s): McWilliams, Jim. Series: V Ethel Willis White Books. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780295984391
ISBN
9780295984391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.70

paperback. Passing Strange attempts to bring contemporary race studies and contemporary Shakespeare studies into an honest and sustained dialogue, demonstrating both how and why instability is the nature of the relationship between Shakespeare and race in American popular culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Usa United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780199987962
ISBN
9780199987962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.37

This is the first full-length study of contemporary American fiction of passing. Its takes as its point of departure the return of racial and gender passing in the 1990's in order to make claims about wider trends in contemporary American fiction. Series Editor(s): Monteith, Sharon; Yousaf, Nahem. Series: Contemporary American and Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719082290
ISBN
9780719082290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 150.64

paperback. Deals with the Lebanese civil war of the 1970s in a poetic style. This book focuses on the deranged, destabilized, and, confused state of mind created by living on the scene through a lengthy war. It is filled with details that transcend the narcissism of the main character, while giving clues to the culture of the time. Translator(s): Tanoukhi, Nirvana. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 108 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292705074
ISBN
9780292705074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.36

Paperback. Filled with spiritual wisdom and artistic beauty, Parzival is one of the greatest works of world literature. The character of Parzival illustrates the path of development required by the modern human being. This is a concise, accessible introduction to the central Grail story. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Temple Lodge Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906999353
ISBN
9781906999353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. Like many of their characters, Joyce and Beckett were superb musicians, creators of performance, and they sought both to evoke and exhaust the resources and rhythms of language and performance. This work explores the rich historical and literary backgrounds of this distinctly Irish phenomenon. It discusses the major works of both authors. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 illustrations, notes, bibiography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631484
ISBN
9780815631484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.27

Hardcover. Like many of their characters, Joyce and Beckett were superb musicians, creators of performance, and they sought both to evoke and exhaust the resources and rhythms of language and performance. This work explores the rich historical and literary backgrounds of this distinctly Irish phenomenon. It discusses the major works of both authors. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 illustrations, notes, bibiography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631231
ISBN
9780815631231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.44

hardcover. In studying the white male body, a counterpoint in gender studies to the many readings of the representations of the female body, this book considers works by such authors as Poe, Maupassant, Moravia, Tournier, Roth, Guibert, and Foucault. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804729192
ISBN
9780804729192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837625226
ISBN
9783837625226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.94

Paperback. Combining literary biography with reporting and moral insight, in this text David Laskin shows how sex, politics, and art affected relationships among the "Partisan Review" writers. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2ABM; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Univ of Chicago PR ed.
SKU
V9780226468938
ISBN
9780226468938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Hardcover. Editor(s): Mortensen, Lars Boje; Eide, Tormod. Num Pages: 493 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Edition
y First edition
Number of pages
493
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772899077
ISBN
9788772899077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.48

Paperback. This lively introduction demonstrates the importance of parody for literary and cultural studies, clearly explaining complex arguements surrounding it. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415182218
ISBN
9780415182218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.17

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