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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Several canonical works of literary fiction have provided their readers with verbal maps that in their depictions of boundary spaces construct indirect images of national territory and geography. This book analyzes fictional texts as a discursive territoriality that shape readers' notions of (and ambivalence about) national and regional belonging. Editor(s): Beebee, Thomas O. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557534989
ISBN
9781557534989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.28

Hardback. Approximately 2600 entries, including reviews, news reports, a selection of obituaries, and reviews of all 19th-century book-length studies of Hawthorne's life and literary career. Series: The Scarecrow Author Bibliographies Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, Plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810821842
ISBN
9780810821842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.66

Hardback. Situated at an intersection of feminist critical practice in the United States and feminist cultural theory in France, this book is an investigation of the way in which SarrauteOs first eight works problematize certain feminist literary analyses, especially in relation to lOecriture feminine. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480726
ISBN
9781611480726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.21

Hardback. Exploring medieval literary representations of the Islamic conquest of Spain in 711, Hazbun discusses chronicles, epic and clerical poetry, and early historical novels. While material on the conquest of Spain is substantial, it is understudied and this book works to fill that gap. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3F; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137520517
ISBN
9781137520517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.08

Paperback. The past, we know, informs us. And yet, despite its immense importance for understanding our identity, the reality of the past is curiously inaccessible. This book debates the issues of truth and fiction raised by attempts to recreate the past. The debate highlights the formal mechanisms, the ideological commitments whereby history is constructed. Editor(s): Borch, Marianne. Num Pages: 148 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DS; HB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9788778384973
ISBN
9788778384973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.30

Paperback. Translator(s): Larkin, Edward T. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572411388
ISBN
9781572411388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.28

Hardback. Tells the story of the relationship between catastrophe, in the senses of 'downturn' and 'break', and narration as 'recounting' in the senses suggested by the French term recit in selected texts by three leading writers from Africa. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 491.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230488
ISBN
9780823230488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.12

hardcover. Series: Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSBD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024015
ISBN
9780253024015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.12

Paperback. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801497704
ISBN
9780801497704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Hardcover. In this comparative study of Honore d'Urfe's "L'Astree" and Charles Sorel's "Le Berger extravagant", the author examines the historical transition from the idealist, pastoral romance to the more realist anti-romance. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations24 cm. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557532350
ISBN
9781557532350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.88

Hardback. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838639009
ISBN
9780838639009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.08

Hardcover. Stories are told today through many formats and young interpreters bring multimedia experience to bear on every narrative format they encounter. In this book, twelve young people read a novel, watch a film and play a video game from beginning to end. Their responses inform a new framework of contemporary themes of narrative comprehension. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5, 4 black & white tables, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230293007
ISBN
9780230293007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Paperback. This revised and expanded handbook concisely introduces narrative form to advanced students of fiction and creative writing, with refreshed references and new discussions of cognitive approaches to narrative, nonfiction, and narrative emotions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Second Edition,New edition,2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137439581
ISBN
9781137439581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.72

Hardback. Narrative Fissures: Reading and Rhetoric is a guide to applied rhetorical criticism of narrative in diverse fields such as cultural studies, ethnography, psychotherapy, historiography, critical legal studies, education, communication, and medicine. Num Pages: 149 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611473018
ISBN
9781611473018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.93

Paperback. Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan addresses key approaches to narrative fiction, from New Criticism to Phenomenology, but also offers views on and modifications to these theories. Series: New Accents. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415280228
ISBN
9780415280228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Paperback. Translator(s): Lewin, Jane E. Num Pages: 168 pages, 8. BIC Classification: DQ; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222. 168 pages, 8 illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DQ; DSA. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight: 92. Translator(s): Lewin, Jane E.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801495359
ISBN
9780801495359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. Following the cognitive approaches that have rehabilitated immersion as the product of fundamental processes of world-construction and mental simulation, she details the many forms that interactivity has taken-or hopes to take-in digital texts, from determining the presentation of signs to affecting the level of story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22, 10 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417974
ISBN
9781421417974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.64

Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816617203
ISBN
9780816617203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Hardback. Editor(s): Bullough, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 423 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 33. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
423
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231088985
ISBN
9780231088985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.58

Paperback. Narratology has been conceived as a project that transcends disciplines and media. This book investigates how the intrinsic properties of the supporting medium shape the form of narrative and affect the narrative experience. It addresses the question of how narrative migrates, mutates, and creates meaning as it is expressed across various media. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803289932
ISBN
9780803289932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415834445
ISBN
9780415834445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Paperback. Examines the historical formation of modern Japanese literature through a fundamental reassessment of its most characteristic form, the "I-novel," an autobiographical narrative thought to recount the details of the writer's personal life thinly veiled as fiction. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731621
ISBN
9780804731621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

paperback. The relationship between fiction and historiography in Francoist Spain (1939-1975) is a contentious one. Making a decisive intervention in the debate about the ways in which narration determines both the meaning and truth of history and fiction, this title is of interest to students of politics, history, and literature of twentieth-century Spain. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315971
ISBN
9780822315971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. An extensive study of Japan in Australian literary consciousness, this book provides a broad chronological exploration of Australian writers' representations of the Japanese from the late 19th to the 21st century. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1M; 2AB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Monash Asia Institute
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876924591
ISBN
9781876924591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.85

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