Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Philostratus's writings embody the height of the renaissance of Greek literature in the second century CE. Heroicus is a vineyard conversation about the beauty, continuing powers, and worship of the Homeric heroes. Gymnasticus is the sole surviving ancient treatise on sports, which reshapes conventional ideas about the athletic body. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 506 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 128 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996748
- ISBN
- 9780674996748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.92
€ 33.99
€ 28.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349059638
- ISBN
- 9781349059638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.63
€ 71.63
Hardback. For information on similar titles, please visit www.lexingtonbooks.com Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611480559
- ISBN
- 9781611480559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.23
€ 123.23
Paperback. Philosophy and Terry Pratchett is the first attempt by philosophers to explore themes in Sir Terry Pratchett's writings. It will appeal to both specialists and fans of Pratchett with serious essays written in a manner accessible to anyone who enjoys, or is curious about, Pratchett's work. Editor(s): Held, Jacob M.; South, James. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 195 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137360151
- ISBN
- 9781137360151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.95
€ 33.99
€ 30.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Bennett, Michael Y. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137579577
- ISBN
- 9781137579577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.51
€ 149.51
Paperback. This book establishes first, that melancholy serves as an important focal point in the interpretation of Benjamin's early work, and second, that Benjamin's approach to melancholy releases it from its customary psychological context, turning it into a philosophical premise. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785204
- ISBN
- 9780804785204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
hardcover. This book establishes first, that melancholy serves as an important focal point in the interpretation of Benjamin's early work, and second, that Benjamin's approach to melancholy releases it from its customary psychological context, turning it into a philosophical premise. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804785198
- ISBN
- 9780804785198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.81
€ 118.81
Hardcover. This book offers a close philosophical reading of King Lear and Timon of Athens which provides insights into the groundbreaking ontological discourse on poverty and money. Analysis of the discourse of poverty and the critique of money helps to read Shakespeare philosophically and opens new reflections on central questions of our own time. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137335357
- ISBN
- 9781137335357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.80
€ 67.80
Paperback. Philosophical theorizing about language now involves an increasing emphasis on empirical work and a renewed convergence with philosophy of mind, formal semantics and logic. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551110868
- ISBN
- 9781551110868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.51
€ 55.51
Hardback. This book offers an original orientation to how speculative thinking may be profoundly stimulated through intermediating engagements with the work of art. The author illustrates the practical implications of this orientation. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472820
- ISBN
- 9781611472820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.40
€ 130.40
paperback. This volume assembles for the first time writings from the past two hundred years by philosophers engaging the dramatic work of William Shakespeare. Editor(s): Kottman, Paul A. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759205
- ISBN
- 9780804759205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Hardback. This volume assembles for the first time writings from the past two hundred years by philosophers engaging the dramatic work of William Shakespeare. Editor(s): Kottman, Paul A. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759199
- ISBN
- 9780804759199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.03
€ 122.03
Hardcover. Phillis Wheatley, the African-born slave poet, is considered by many to be a pioneer of Anglo-American poetics. This study argues how in her 1773 POEMS, Wheatley uses John Milton's poetry to develop an idealistic vision of an emerging Anglo-American republic comprised of Britons, Africans, Native Americans, and women. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474773
- ISBN
- 9781137474773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996359
- ISBN
- 9780674996359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.96
€ 33.99
€ 32.96
Paperback. Has anyone ever worked harder and longer at being immature than novelist Philip Roth? This book examines Roth's 'mature immaturity' in its depth and richness. It lets readers to reconsider the narrow categories into which Roth has often been slotted - laureate of Newark, New Jersey; junior partner in the firm Salinger, Bellow, Mailer, and Malamud. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138435
- ISBN
- 9780691138435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. This collection of critical essays attempts a full reappraisal of the critical position of Philip Massinger's dramatic output. Editor(s): Howard, Douglas. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 44. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with minor shelf wear and some nicks and tears to DW
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000990
- ISBN
- 9780521258951
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A collection of essays celebrating the talents of Philip Larkin, poet, critic and fiction writer who died in 1985. They range from Kingsley Amis' and Anthony Curtis' fine memoirs of Larkin's life at Oxford to William H.Pritchard's examination of some of the qualities in his poetry. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349097029
- ISBN
- 9781349097029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.25
€ 60.25
Hardcover. Exploring the complex relationship between aesthetic experience and personal identity in Larkin's work, this book gives close and original readings of three major poems ('Here', 'Livings' and 'Aubade'), and two neglected but important themes (Larkin and the supernatural, Larkin and Flaubert). Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251717
- ISBN
- 9780230251717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. "Exploring the complex relationship between aesthetic experience and personal identity in Larkin's work, this book gives close and original readings of three major poems ('Here', 'Livings' and 'Aubade'), and two neglected but important themes (Larkin and the supernatural, Larkin and Flaubert)"-- Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349321452
- ISBN
- 9781349321452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 293.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349193318
- ISBN
- 9781349193318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349315208
- ISBN
- 9781349315208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Philip Larkin, one of England's greatest and most popular twentieth-century poets, is nonetheless widely regarded as a misanthropic, provincial recluse. This volume re-examines that critical view and argues that Larkin's poetry, far from demonstrating his misanthropy, highlights his profound awareness of and concern for readers. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237780
- ISBN
- 9780230237780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. In the appreciation of Larkin's poetry which draws extensively on the poet's many prose commentaries on writing, Terry Whalen provides a practical criticism of Larkin's poetry. He gives a close reading of the major poems. Series: Studies in twentieth-century literature. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333522820
- ISBN
- 9780333522820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.28
€ 126.28
Hardback. Philip Larkin and English Poetry is a criticism of Larkin's poetry which discusses the poet's views on poetry, Larkin's affinities with a series of other English poets, and Terry Whalen provides close readings of the individual poems. Whalen stresses the 'other' Larkin, the poet of beauty and of witness. Series: Studies in twentieth-century literature. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333398166
- ISBN
- 9780333398166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.24
€ 127.24