Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry. Editor(s): Konstan, David; Raaflaub, Kurt A. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: DSC; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 174 x 31. Weight in Grams: 956.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405193078
- ISBN
- 9781405193078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.95
€ 163.95
Paperback. Explores the political context and meanings of key works in Western literature. This book covers Virgilian epics of conquest and empire that take the victors' side (the "Aeneid" itself, Camoes's "Lusiadas", Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata") and the countervailing epic of the defeated and of republican liberty. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 fig. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015200
- ISBN
- 9780691015200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.94
€ 64.68
€ 49.94
Hardcover. The images of Southern Africans as portrayed in British travel literature, geography books and text books from 1591 Num Pages: 289 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874137385
- ISBN
- 9780874137385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.36
€ 133.36
Paperback. Presents a portrait of "The Tale of Genji's" reception and reproduction, taking into consideration a wide variety of genres from no plays to Genji paintings to the modern novel. This volume explores the popularization of the Genji, considering parody, pastiche, and re-creation in various popular and mass media. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Num Pages: 416 pages, 80 illus. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592. Media, Gender, and Cultural Production. 416 pages, ill. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Presents a portrait of "The Tale of Genji's" reception and reproduction, taking into consideration a wide variety of genres from no plays to Genji paintings to the modern novel. This volume explores the popularization of the Genji, considering parody, pastiche, and re-creation in various popular and mass media. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142373
- ISBN
- 9780231142373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.39
€ 42.99
€ 30.39
Hardcover. Explores how contemporary German-language literary, dramatic, filmic, musical, and street artists are grappling in their works with social-justice issues that affect Germany and the wider world. Editor(s): Twark, Jill E.; Hildebrandt, Axel. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 334 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135698
- ISBN
- 9781571135698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.96
€ 113.96
Paperback. Brings literary and environmental studies into a robust interdisciplinary dialogue, challenging dominant ideas about nature, conservation, and development in Africa and exploring alternative narratives offered by writers and environmental thinkers. Editor(s): Caminero-Santangelo, Byron; Myers, Garth Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821419786
- ISBN
- 9780821419786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.99
€ 38.99
€ 37.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Reeser, Todd W.; Seifert, Lewis C. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611490909
- ISBN
- 9781611490909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.66
€ 146.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JMM; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138654211
- ISBN
- 9781138654211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
Hardcover. Together, O'Quinn's two books offer a dramatic account of the global shifts in British imperial culture that will be of interest to scholars in theater and performance studies, eighteenth-century studies, Romanticism, and trans-Atlantic studies. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780801899317
- ISBN
- 9780801899317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.75
€ 29.99
€ 6.75
Hardback. Num Pages: 219 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874137552
- ISBN
- 9780874137552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.02
€ 111.02
Paperback. Traces the rich legacy of stories and images of the Amazon that reflects the influence of different groups of people - conquistadors, corporate executives, subsistence farmers - over the centuries. This book argues that we cannot defend the Amazon's array of plants and animals without comprehending its astonishing human and cultural diversity. Num Pages: 332 pages, 41 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; DSB; GTB; HBJK; RGBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520226425
- ISBN
- 9780520226425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Enchanted Lion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592701711
- ISBN
- 9781592701711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.64
€ 17.99
€ 13.64
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. 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
- V9780691609546
- ISBN
- 9780691609546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.18
€ 52.99
€ 37.18
Paperback. Reveals how "Oriental" tales, pseudo-ethnographies, sexual fantasies, and political satires took Europe by storm during the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226024493
- ISBN
- 9780226024493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.90
€ 41.99
€ 31.90
Hardcover. Reveals how Oriental tales, pseudo-ethnographies, sexual fantasies, and political satires took Europe by storm during the eighteenth century. Naming this body of fiction Enlightenment Orientalism, this title poses a range of questions that uncovers the interdependence of Oriental tales and domestic fiction. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 176 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226024486
- ISBN
- 9780226024486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.02€ 87.52
€ 107.02
€ 87.52
Hardback. Editor(s): Manning, Susan; France, Peter. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482324
- ISBN
- 9781611482324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.00
€ 94.00
Hardback. Reassesses the Enlightenment's liberal legacies by revisiting the wide-ranging development of eighteenth-century letters known as "sentimentalism" Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823240074
- ISBN
- 9780823240074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Paperback. Draws on literature, law, and psychoanalysis to examine important aspects of the emergence of identity as a peculiarly modern preoccupation. This book addresses the social, legal, and personal anxieties provoked by the rise of individualism and selfhood in modern culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 color illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JMAF; JMS; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159539
- ISBN
- 9780691159539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.04
€ 29.99
€ 22.04
Hardback. Draws on literature, law, and psychoanalysis to examine important aspects of the emergence of identity as a peculiarly modern preoccupation. This book addresses the social, legal, and personal anxieties provoked by the rise of individualism and selfhood in modern culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 color illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HPM; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151588
- ISBN
- 9780691151588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Sheen, B.A. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590332603
- ISBN
- 9781590332603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.90€ 70.71
€ 92.90
€ 70.71