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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Comrades and Critics is the first full-length study of Canada's 1930s literary left. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802092670
ISBN
9780802092670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; GPF; JFD; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816697021
ISBN
9780816697021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. A collection of essays that offers multiethnic, historically comparative, and meta-theoretical readings of the literature and culture of the United States. Covering works by a diverse set of American authors - from Toni Morrison to Bret Harte - it maps a variegated terrain that refuses the distinction between 'ethnic' and 'non-ethnic' literatures. Editor(s): Goldstein, David S.; Thaker, Audrey B. Series: American Ethnic & Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 b&w photo, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988351
ISBN
9780295988351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. "Complex Pleasure" deals with questions of literary feeling in eight major German writers: Lessing, Kant, Hslderlin, Nietzsche, Musil, Kafka, Trakl, and Benjamin. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729406
ISBN
9780804729406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. "Completed Field Notes" showcases 20 of Kroetsch's long poems, spanning some 15 years of creative activity. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643506
ISBN
9780888643506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.05

Hardcover.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
1040
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Modern Library
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679600077
ISBN
9780679600077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.08

Paperback. Louise Labe (1522-66) remains one of the most important and influential women writers of the Renaissance. This bilingual edition features the translations of Labe's sonnets to follow the exacting rhyme patterns of the originals and the rhymed translation of Labe's elegies in their entirety. Editor(s): Baker, Deborah Lesko. Translator(s): Finch, Annie. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Bilingual edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467153
ISBN
9780226467153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. First published as a World's classics paperback in 1997. Editor(s): Murray, Isobel. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199554706
ISBN
9780199554706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.43

Paperback. The description for this book, Complete Poems and Selected Letters of Michelangelo, will be forthcoming.

Translator(s): Gilbert, Creighton. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
319
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691003245
ISBN
9780691003245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
1059
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206786
ISBN
9780872206786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.13
€ 59.09

Paperback. An examination of the hero figure in the stories of two major Victorian authors of children's literature and the complex way in which they engaged with the dominant ideologies of the time. Num Pages: 254 pages, 3 B&W illustraions, 2 diagrams. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718893590
ISBN
9780718893590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.08

Hardcover. Aldous Huxley's stature as one of the most acute observers of social and ideological trends is reinforced by these essays, which register his growing ambivalence about the role of technocracy and science in an era of experimentation in the concentration of executive and legislative power. Editor(s): Baker, Robert S.; Sexton, James. Series: Complete Essays of Aldous Huxley. Num Pages: 653 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566633475
ISBN
9781566633475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.97

Hardcover. This text maps the aesthetic and semantic meanings associated with gender in the Ming-Qing vernacular novel through close readings of five long narratives, including "Dream of the Red Chamber" and "A Tale of Heroic Lovers". Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005129
ISBN
9780674005129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Koehn, David; Soldofsky, Alan. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632430328
ISBN
9781632430328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. Ultimately, Comparison argues for the importance of greater self-reflexivity about the politics and methods of comparison in teaching and in research. Editor(s): Felski, Rita; Friedman, Susan Stanford. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409122
ISBN
9781421409122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

Paperback. This major new introduction to comparative literature is for the students coming to the subject for the first time. Through an examination of a series of case studies and new theoretical developments, Bassnett reviews the current state of comparative literature world--wide in the 1990s. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631167051
ISBN
9780631167051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.69

Paperback. Olga M. Davidson applies comparative literary approaches to classical Persian traditions of composing and performing poetry and song. She focuses on the eleventh-century ce epic Shahnama and its relationship to other genres embedded in it, including forms of verbal art originally composed without the aid of writing, such as women's laments. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 9. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073203
ISBN
9780674073203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.71

Features a wide-ranging series of essays by American, British, and European specialists in a variety of literary fields Written in an approachable and accessible style Covers both classic literary figures and contemporary novelists Provides extensive suggestions for further reading at the end of each essay. Editor(s): Seed, David. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 179 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1224.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405146913
ISBN
9781405146913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.66

A Companion to Tudor Literature presents a collection of thirty-one newly commissioned essays focusing on English literature and culture from the reign of Henry VII in 1485 to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. Editor(s): Cartwright, Kent. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 568 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1166.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405154772
ISBN
9781405154772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.20

Hardback. A Companion to Thomas More brings together many of the world's leading More scholars in order to offer the first comprehensive reassessment of the man and his works for a quarter of a century. The volume freshly examines the competing versions of More the man and presents a new overview of nearly every aspect of his canon. Editor(s): Cousins, A. D.; Grace, Damian. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611474206
ISBN
9781611474206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.30

Paperback. A Companion to Thomas Hardy brings together new essays on all aspects of Thomas Hardy s work by thirty of the world s most distinguished Hardy scholars. Editor(s): Wilson, Keith. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 246 x 22. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118307496
ISBN
9781118307496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.96

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134615
ISBN
9781571134615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 42.56

Paperback. New, wide-ranging essays on the controversial poet, who was both a harbinger of Modernism and a critic of modernity. Editor(s): Rieckmann, Jens. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134561
ISBN
9781571134561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 42.56

Hardcover. The Blackwell Companion to American Regional Literature is the most comprehensive resource yet published for study of this popular field. * The most inclusive survey yet published of American regional literature. * Represents a wide variety of theoretical and historical approaches. Editor(s): Crow, Charles L. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 624 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 191 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226314
ISBN
9780631226314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 228.62

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