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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Covering definitions of key terms, important debates about literature and the world and the many forms of literature today, this is a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of literature, criticism and theory. Editor(s): Thomsen, Mads Rosendahl; Kjaeldgaard, Lasse Home; Moller, Lis; Ringgaard, Dan; Rosing, Lilian Munk; Simonsen, Peter. Num Pages: 464 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 927.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474271974
ISBN
9781474271974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.76

Hardback. In the tradition of Ruskin and Arnold, here's a witty, elegant essay on the contemporary academy by a renowned teacher, scholar, and former administrator. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JNK; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115223
ISBN
9780231115223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.32

Hardcover. Between the revolutions of 1830 and 1848, poverty reached new extremes in Germany, as in other European countries, and gave rise to a class of disaffected poor, leading to the widespread expectation of a social revolution. Whether welcomed or feared, it dominated private and public debate to a larger extent than is generally assumed.. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JH; DSBF; GTB; HBJD; HBLL; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 359.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819895
ISBN
9781571819895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.25

Literature, Religion, and the Evolution of Culture, 1660-1780 analyzes the texts and contexts of several major and minor authors, including Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Olaudah Equiano, Maria De Fleury, Lord George Gordon, Nathaniel Lancaster, Henry Sacheverell, Tobias Smollett, and Edward Synge. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 233 x 37. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405162
ISBN
9781421405162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.25

Hardback. This book pays critical homage to the comparatist of Chinese and Western literature and religion, Anthony C. Yu of The University of Chicago. The volume consists of an introductory essay on Yu's scholarly career, and thirteen additional essays. Editor(s): Ziolkowski, Eric J. Num Pages: 295 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874138696
ISBN
9780874138696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.53

Hardcover. Presents a collection of essays from various periods of the author's distinguished career and by fellow academics writing in response to his work, which represents a novel dialogic form of literary criticism. In his essays ranging from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" to the "Canon", he offers nuanced and informed readings of his chosen texts. Editor(s): Clare, Janet; O'Mara, Veronica. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558477
ISBN
9781904558477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.85

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

€ 43.99
€ 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

€ 65.36
€ 50.63

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

€ 129.90

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

€ 47.04

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

€ 190.12
€ 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

€ 106.95
€ 102.03

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