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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. In Insister Helene Cixous brings a unique mixture of theoretical speculation, breath-taking textual explication and scholarly erudition to an extremely close reading of Derrida's work. Editor(s): McQuillan, Martin. Translator(s): Kamuf, Peggy. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627929
ISBN
9780748627929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.56
€ 68.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816689460
ISBN
9780816689460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.11

Hardcover. The USSR's Writer's Union, a form of cultural and political organization unknown in the West, has ruled every aspect of Russian writers' private and professional lives from the time of Stalin to the present day. This book shows how the union has operated over the last five decades. Num Pages: 300 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160. .
Publisher
See notes
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850432609
ISBN
9781850432609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.89
€ 135.20

Paperback. Opens up readings and ways of reading Milton's epic poem by mapping out the intricacies of its narrative and symbolic designs and by revealing and exploring the deeply allusive texture of its verse. This book shows how Milton radically revises the epic tradition and the Genesis story itself by arguing that it is better to create than destroy. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159744
ISBN
9780691159744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.15

Paperback. Essays in Honour of Bruce Mitchell. Inside Old English Essays in Honour of Bruce Mitchell offers readers a comprehensive insight into the world of Old English. Num Pages: 320 pages, NO. BIC Classification: DS. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119121398
ISBN
9781119121398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.28

Paperback. Provides fresh new translations of Native oral literatures of the American Southwest, a region of vital and varied cultures and languages. The collection features songs, stories, chants, and orations from the four major language groups: Yuman, Nadine (Apachean), Uto-Aztecan, and Kiowa-Tanoan. Editor(s): Kozak, David L. Series: Native Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 696 pages, 6 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2JN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 41. Weight in Grams: 954.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803215757
ISBN
9780803215757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.72

An unauthorized tie-in to the Ron Howard blockbuster movie Angels & Demons, based on the Dan Brown bestseller, starring Tom Hanks and Naomi Watts, to be a major motion picture releasing in May 2009 Editor(s): Burstein, Dan; de Keijzer, Arne; Shugarts, David A; Berger, Paul; Bernstein, Peter; Swan, Annalyn. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 107 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. Well-read paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Carousel Press,US
Publication date
2009
SKU
KIN0006717
ISBN
9781593154899
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Though "Moby-Dick" is one of the most-discussed and most-read works of American literature, the influence of the Bible has been overlooked in many contemporary studies of the novel. This book illuminates Melville's abiding preoccupation with the problem of evil and the pervasive role of the Bible in shaping his iconic work. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804644
ISBN
9780875804644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.57

Hardcover. Employs research on the GDR's healthcare system along with feminist and queer theory to get at socialism's legacy, revealing a specifically East German literary convention: employment of "symptomatic female bodies" to either enforce or rebel against political and social norms. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139337
ISBN
9781571139337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.34

Paperback. A study of images of writing in scientific study, such as descriptions of nature as a book written in the language of mathematics, and the characterisation of DNA sequences as a code for the book of life. The authors argue that these images enable us to come close to realising the nature of scientific processes. In the WRITING SCIENCE series. Editor(s): Lenoir, Timothy. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 476 pages, map. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727778
ISBN
9780804727778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.64

Paperback. Editor(s): DeGregorio, Scott. Series: Medieval European Studies. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
West Virginia University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933202099
ISBN
9781933202099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Paperback. Critically acclaimed, award-winning biography of CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien and the brilliant group of writers to come out of Oxford during the Second World War. Num Pages: 304 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007748693
ISBN
9780007748693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13, 10 black & white illustrations, 3 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456565
ISBN
9780801456565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 299.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816674442
ISBN
9780816674442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

Paperback. Series: Walter Benjamin Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474251235
ISBN
9781474251235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.39

Paperback. This book is an exploration of the notion of "drive" as it passes from Kant's need of reason, to Freud's concept of hallucinatory wish fulfillment, to the relentless force of indifferentiation in Flaubert's Bouvard and Pecuchet. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751148
ISBN
9780804751148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.27

Hardback. In Inhabited Spaces, Nicole Guenther Discenza examines a variety of Anglo-Latin and Old English texts to shed light on Anglo-Saxon understandings of space. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487500658
ISBN
9781487500658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.41

Paperback. An analysis of Asian American literature exploring second generation Asian American Women's sense of anger despite largely unremarkable upbringings Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758458
ISBN
9780814758458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Hardback. The first study to treat feminine compliance as something other than a passive, politically neutral exercise, Ingenuous SubjectionHelen Thompson recovers in this practice the domestic novel's critical engagement with the limits of Enlightenment modernity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812238914
ISBN
9780812238914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.52

Paperback. Influencing Hemingway documents the places, people, and activities that influenced and intrigued the literary great. Arranged chronologically and punctuated with photographs, this book traces Hemingway's encounters and reflects on how they impacted and influenced his decisions, actions, philosophy of life, and, of course, his works. Num Pages: 212 pages, 67 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
New
SKU
KHN0002436
ISBN
9781538102404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

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