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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Series: Continuum Impacts. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826477026
ISBN
9780826477026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. This book charts the history of the concept of nihilism in some of the most important philosophers and literary theorists of the modern and postmodern periods, includingHeidegger, Adorno, Blanchot, Derrida, and Vattimo. Weller offers the first in-depth analysis of nihilism's key role in the thinking of the aesthetic since Nietzsche." Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349362448
ISBN
9781349362448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144544
ISBN
9780231144544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.14
€ 51.02

Series: Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781618114037
ISBN
9781618114037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060653187
ISBN
9780060653187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.86

Hardcover. Presents an introduction to the process and art of literature-to-film adaptations. This work provides a written account of key moments in the history of the novel from "Don Quixote" and "Robinson Crusoe" up to "Lolita" and "One Hundred Years of Solitude". It examines numerous literary trends - from the self-conscious novel to magic realism. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405102872
ISBN
9781405102872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.94

Paperback. This lively and accessible textbook, written by an expert in film studies, provides a fascinating introduction to the process and art of literature--to--film adaptations. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405102889
ISBN
9781405102889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.40

Hardback. Editor(s): Hanton, Sheldon; Mellalieu, Stephen D. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 183 x 30. Weight in Grams: 896.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594549045
ISBN
9781594549045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.47
€ 129.19

hardcover. Analysing works by Lessing, Goethe, and Karamzin, among others, Literature on Trial brings a fresh theoretical perspective to the links between genre as a discursive strategy and socio-political life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AGP; 2AGR; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643567
ISBN
9781442643567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.19

Paperback. A collection of the most significant and enduring works of the most important Japanese literary critic of the 20th century. The selections reflect the wide range of Kobayashi's early work, from meditations on the nature of literature and of criticism to studies of individual Japanese and Western writers. Editor(s): Anderer, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804741156
ISBN
9780804741156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

hardcover. "With polished prose and crisp wit, he has brought life to the history, development, and current status of the scientific literature." -JAMA Num Pages: 219 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810824324
ISBN
9780810824324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.45

Paperback. Series: Edinburgh History of Twentieth-century Literature in Britain. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380. Series: Edinburgh History of Twentieth-century Literature in Britain. 236 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: DSBH. Dimension: 152 x 233 x 14. Weight: 380.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
236
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748633951
ISBN
9780748633951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Offers a reading of the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation. This study focuses on the thematic preoccupations that emerged from writers' immersion in and resistance to the Second World War. It includes a detailed and theoretically informed case studies of canonical writers such as Bowen, Orwell, Greene and Waugh. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627455
ISBN
9780748627455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.31

Hardback. This new study rereads the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation. Instead of separating the 1940s into before and after the war, it focuses on the entire decade and the themes which emerged from writers' involvement in and resistance to, the conflict. It examines popular and middlebrow writers, as well as literary authors. Series: Edinburgh History of Twentieth-century Literature in Britain. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 B+W illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627448
ISBN
9780748627448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 102.03

Hardback. While the exploration of outer space and cyberspace may now seem limitless, some planners and designers are reconsidering the importance of place. This book furthers this movement by retrieving some common threads of attachment to place in works by John Steinbeck, Willa Cather, Henry James, Robert Frost, Wallace Stegner, Jane Jacobs, and others. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925004
ISBN
9780813925004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.26

Paperback. Literature Now provides a thought-provoking argument as well as an authoritative exploration of the key terms of literary studies. It will appeal to anyone who wants to explore theoretical issues from a historically informed perspective. Editor(s): Bru, Sascha; De Bruyn, Ben; Delville, Michel. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748699254
ISBN
9780748699254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.31

Paperback. This text offers a unique combination of British, European, American and Post-Colonial perspectives on literary study from the 1920s to the present day. In the second edition, there is an increased focus on questions of gender and identity and on recent debates, such as 'Literature and Nation' and 'Literature and Value'. Editor(s): Walder, Dennis. Num Pages: 552 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 840.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199253012
ISBN
9780199253012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.58

These stories of trauma cannot be limited to the catastrophes they name, and the theory of catastrophic history may ultimately be written in a language that already lingers in a time that comes to us from the other side of the disaster. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411545
ISBN
9781421411545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.43

Paperback. These stories of trauma cannot be limited to the catastrophes they name, and the theory of catastrophic history may ultimately be written in a language that already lingers in a time that comes to us from the other side of the disaster. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411552
ISBN
9781421411552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.71

Hardback. Advances in astronomy such as the theories of Copernicus and the development of the telescope sparked a strong response within Early Modern literature. The essays in this collection show this discourse went on to develop a political context to discuss topics like New World exploration and even kingship and regicide, well into the 18th century. Editor(s): Hayden, Judy A. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HPCB; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2090
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137583451
ISBN
9781137583451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.03

Paperback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137331830
ISBN
9781137331830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 134.68

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pearson Education (US) United States
Edition
9th Edition
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780132685771
ISBN
9780132685771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 304.47

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647272
ISBN
9780691647272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 266.91

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691602943
ISBN
9780691602943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.09

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