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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Bringing two voices into the discussion - Toni Morrison and Thomas Pynchon - to examine the different ways in which their writings embody, engage, and critique the official narratives generated by US liberal ideology, the author revises important ideas in the debate over individualism and the political theory of liberalism. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 264 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326694
ISBN
9780822326694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Features 14 essays by specialists in critical theory, comparative literature, philosophy, and English literature. The book includes an introductory chapter that examines how attention to negation - the inescapable nescience that is posited in any and every linguistic expression - enhances the hermeneutic possibilities present in language. Editor(s): Fischlin, Daniel. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792328339
ISBN
9780792328339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.85

Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479403
ISBN
9780801479403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CBW; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816644025
ISBN
9780816644025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, b&w images throughout. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620406533
ISBN
9781620406533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.26

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 Black-and-White Photographs. BIC Classification: 2FMC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Persea
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892554171
ISBN
9780892554171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.77

Hardback. This interdisciplinary book honors Columbia professor and New York intellectual Carl Woodring. The depth of these original perspectives on the literature, art, politics, science, and philosophy of transatlantic nineteenth-century culture will foster future conversations. Editor(s): Almeida, Hermione de. Num Pages: 374 pages, 31 black & white halftones, 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611495409
ISBN
9781611495409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.24

Hardback. Nature Speaks recovers the common ground shared between physics-what used to be known as "natural philosophy"-and fiction-writing as ways of representing the natural world. In doing so, it traces how nature gained an authoritative voice in the late medieval period only to lose it at the outset of modernity. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 456 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248654
ISBN
9780812248654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.61

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 526 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
526
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647074
ISBN
9780691647074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 261.39

Hardback. Examining the tantalizing glimpses of ancient bodies offered by Roman sculptures, paintings, and literary texts, this title analyzes the role of gesture in medical and religious ritual, in the gladiatorial arena, in mourning practice, in aristocratic competition of the late Republic, and in the court of the emperor Tiberius. Num Pages: 224 pages, 19 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; AFC; AFK; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; JHMC; JMAL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691074948
ISBN
9780691074948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.82
€ 68.28

Paperback. Presents an imaginative perspective not only on the Iliad but also on the whole of Homeric culture Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Enlarged
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314226
ISBN
9780822314226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

paperback. The author breaks with old critical commonplaces that contrast Fielding's "masculinity" with Samuel Richardson's "feminine" sensibilities. She argues that a preoccupation with the tenuousness of gendered identity appears throughout Fielding's writings, and that Fielding shared that preoccupation with his contemporaries. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 421.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804725200
ISBN
9780804725200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.73

Hardback. The author breaks with old critical commonplaces that contrast Fielding's "masculinity" with Samuel Richardson's "feminine" sensibilities. She argues that a preoccupation with the tenuousness of gendered identity appears throughout Fielding's writings, and that Fielding shared that preoccupation with his contemporaries. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723916
ISBN
9780804723916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.38

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801443138
ISBN
9780801443138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.52

Paperback. A collection of post-Zionist reading of poets Esther Raab, Haim Gouri, and Moshe Dor. Series: The B. G. Rudolph Lectures in Judaic Studies. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815681809
ISBN
9780815681809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.57

Hardcover. This is the first study in English of French-language fiction by Lebanese women writers and therefore brings a relatively unknown literary tradition to light. Series: Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 2ADF; 2CSR; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633563
ISBN
9780815633563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.89

Paperback. This text describes children's fiction about Native Americans and explains the cultural contexts of each work. It provides a balanced discussion of the portrayal of native peoples and customs in children's literature, taking into account that some publications have been inaccurate. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; YFB; YQEF. Category: (EJ) Primary; (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897747820
ISBN
9780897747820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.16

Hardcover. Contains a collection of Native American myths and legends, selected for their excellence as stories, and because they illustrate the distinctive nature of Native American storytelling. This book reveals the highly practical functions of myths and legends in Native American societies. Editor(s): Kroeber, Karl. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405115414
ISBN
9781405115414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.75

Paperback. * A collection of Native American myths and legends. * Selected for their excellence as stories, and because they illustrate the distinctive nature of Native American storytelling. * Drawn from the oral traditions of all major areas of aboriginal North America. Editor(s): Kroeber, Karl. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 9. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405115421
ISBN
9781405115421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.07

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199944521
ISBN
9780199944521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; HBTQ; HBTR; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816618637
ISBN
9780816618637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.18

Hardback. Breitwieser's close readings reveal that the thwarting of mourning, partly linked to nationalist feeling, was a central issue for many American authors, but that those who successfully reclaimed mourning came to strange and fresh understandings of the actual world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804755818
ISBN
9780804755818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. Examines the role of literature in building states and citizens. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215543
ISBN
9780253215543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.07

Hardcover. The metaphor of the nomad may at first seem surprising for Russia given its history of serfdom, travel restrictions, and strict social hierarchy. This book traces the image of the nomad and its relationship to Russian national identity through the debates and discussion of works by writers like Karamzin, Pushkin, Goncharov, and Dostoevsky. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804613
ISBN
9780875804613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

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