Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
paperback. Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions. Num Pages: 608 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FC; 3H; 3J; DSB; HBTB; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 40. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271010731
- ISBN
- 9780271010731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.78€ 47.99
€ 55.78
€ 47.99
Paperback. Explores the threat of Christian conversion to Islam in modern English plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Massinger, and others. This book examines the stage's treatment of this intercourse of faiths to reveal connections between sexuality, race, and confessional identity in early modern English drama and culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474402378
- ISBN
- 9781474402378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.54
€ 40.99
€ 36.54
Hardback. The direct challenge it poses to the idea of an exclusionary Judeo-Christian Enlightenment serves as an important revision to post-9/11 narratives about a historical clash between Western democratic values and Islam. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403533
- ISBN
- 9781421403533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.74
€ 89.74
Paperback. A sweeping new work revealing Islam's influence on literary Romanticism, mapping the impact of Muslim sources on the West's most seminal authors, from J.W. Goethe to R.W. Emerson Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780745664
- ISBN
- 9781780745664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.84
€ 26.99
€ 26.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; C; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- On Demand
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509859405
- ISBN
- 9781509859405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.74
€ 26.99
€ 18.74
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2AB; DSB; DSK; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638713
- ISBN
- 9780691638713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.43
€ 156.43
paperback. Whitney's two volumes of verse miscellany, "Sweet Nosegay" (1573) and "The Copy of a Letter" (1567), were part of a literary trend of combining classical and Biblical references with vernacular sources. As well a selection of her original poetry, this volume includes Mary Sidney's version of the Psalms of David and Petrach's "Triumph of Death". Editor(s): Clarke, Danielle. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140424096
- ISBN
- 9780140424096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.29
€ 15.99
€ 12.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075422
- ISBN
- 9781906075422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.46
€ 16.99
€ 15.46
Paperback. First full-length biography for 30 years of the great First World War poet. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 38. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825778
- ISBN
- 9780753825778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.42
€ 23.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Isaac Bashevis Singer brought the vibrant milieu of pre-Holocaust Polish Jewry to the English-speaking world through his subtle psychological insight, deep sympathy for the eccentricities of Jewish folk custom and unerring feel for the heroism of everyday life. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACY; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 202 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299186944
- ISBN
- 9780299186944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Paperback. Stanley Fish is one of America's most stimulating literary theorists. In this book, he undertakes a reexamination of some of criticism's most basic assumptions. He penetrates to the core of the modern debate about interpretation, explodes numerous misleading formulations, and offers a proposal for a new way of thinking about the way we read. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674467262
- ISBN
- 9780674467262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.02
€ 40.99
€ 35.02
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811225168
- ISBN
- 9780811225168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.21
€ 18.99
€ 18.21
Hardback. This book traces the complexity and richness of Merchant's Jewish aspect, spanning encounters with Jews and the Hebrew Bible in the early modern world as well as modern adaptations of Shakespeare's play on the Yiddish stage. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474418386
- ISBN
- 9781474418386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.87€ 107.00
€ 112.87
€ 107.00
Paperback. Balancing humour, insight and vitriol, Is Shakespeare Dead? is a provocative contribution to the tradition of Shakespeare-doubting, as well as a fine example of the great American novelist's critical writing. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847495990
- ISBN
- 9781847495990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.33
€ 11.33
Hardback. An analysis of the discourses and cultural scripts used in telling stories about the relationship between teenage daughters and mothers in young adult novels and in short stories published between 1965 and 1998. It employs feminist theories and insights on female adolescence. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, footnotes, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836921
- ISBN
- 9780810836921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.95
€ 107.95
Hardback. Before Gertrude Stein became the 20th century's preeminent experimental writer, she spent a decade conducting research in a psychological laboratory and medical school in the US. This book unearths the turn-of-the-century scientific and philosophical worlds in which the young Stein was immersed. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733281
- ISBN
- 9780804733281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.06
€ 192.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823240135
- ISBN
- 9780823240135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 30. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823240128
- ISBN
- 9780823240128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.85
€ 113.85
Paperback. This collection is based on the idea that irony now extends beyond its classification as a figure of speech and is increasingly recognized as one of the major modes of human experience. The essays cover the limits to irony's liberating qualities as well as irony's more positive dimensions. Num Pages: 284 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244235
- ISBN
- 9780226244235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.72
€ 43.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. An overview of the history and structure of irony, this guide traces its use through history, from Greek times to the Romantic period and on to the postmodern era. It looks closely at the work of Socrates and the more contemporary theorists; explores the philosophical, literary and political dimensions; and applies theories to literary texts. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415251341
- ISBN
- 9780415251341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.76
€ 27.99
€ 26.76