Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. This is a study of male fantasy, representation anxiety, and narratorial authority in two 16th-century books, Baldassare Castiglione's "Il libro del Cortegiano" (1528) and "Giovanni Della Casas Galateo" (1558). Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; 3JB; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ2; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739054
- ISBN
- 9780804739054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Hardback. Shakespeare used the word 'animal' only eight times in his work - which was typical for the sixteenth century, when the word was rarely used. The author reveals that the animal-human divide first came strongly into play in the seventeenth century, with Descartes' formulation that reason sets humans above other species: 'I think, therefore I am'. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 colour plates, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226924168
- ISBN
- 9780226924168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 79.17
€ 94.74
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Paperback. Shakespeare used the word 'animal' only eight times in his work - which was typical for the sixteenth century, when the word was rarely used. The author reveals that the animal-human divide first came strongly into play in the seventeenth century, with Descartes' formulation that reason sets humans above other species: 'I think, therefore I am'. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 colour plates, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226924175
- ISBN
- 9780226924175
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.93
€ 34.99
€ 27.93
Paperback. A Modern Classic edition of this First World War play with supporting notes for students including a full introduction exploring the work's themes, context and history, classroom activities and a chronology. Series: Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408137109
- ISBN
- 9781408137109
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
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Paperback. In this journey into the sound-worlds of Shakespeare's contemporaries, the text explores the physical aspects of human speech (ears, lungs, tongue) and the surrounding environment (buildings, landscape, climate), as well as social and political structures. Num Pages: 392 pages, 32 halftones, 2 tables, 25 musical notations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press Chicago, IL
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763774
- ISBN
- 9780226763774
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
The Added Dimension. Art and Mind of Flannery O'Connor.
. Ed(S): Friedman, Melvin J.; Lawson, Lewis A...
Paperback. In such selections as The Search for Redemption, The Novelist as Prophet, An American Girl, and Flannery O'Connor's Clarity of Vision, ten critics examine the fiction of the modern American writer. Editor(s): Friedman, Melvin J.; Lawson, Lewis A. Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823207114
- ISBN
- 9780823207114
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Hardback. This work focuses on reportorial writers in the French Eighteenth and earl Nineteenth Century who wrote in the Addisonian tradition-a tradition that had to do with dispassionate observation of individuals and society. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611470918
- ISBN
- 9781611470918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.61
€ 124.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 20 black & white line drawings, 40 black & white photographs (16pp). BIC Classification: BGL; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 34. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Golden Duck (UK) Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899262014
- ISBN
- 9781899262014
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. Perella's translation and introductory essay capture the wit, irony, anmbiguity, and social satire of the original nineteenth-century text. satire of the original nineteenth-century text. Translator(s): Perella, Nicolas J. Series: Biblioteca Italiana S. Num Pages: 506 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 538. The Complete Text in a Bilingual Edition with the Original Illustrations. Series: Biblioteca Italiana S. 506 pages, illustrations. Perella's translation and introductory essay capture the wit, irony, anmbiguity, and social satire of the original nineteenth-century text. satire of the original nineteenth-century text. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DS. Dimension: 205 x 134 x 30. Weight: 506.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 506
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246867
- ISBN
- 9780520246867
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
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Paperback. Contains a selection of the author's letters and notes expressing his opinions on the publication of "Tom Sawyer". Illustrator(s): Williams, True W. Editor(s): Baender, Paul. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 163 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 135 Anv
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266124
- ISBN
- 9780520266124
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
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Paperback. Building on the formula of York Notes, this series introduces students to more sophisticated analysis and wider critical perspectives. This enbables students to appreciate contrasting interpretations of the text and to develop critical thinking. This text covers "The Aeneid" by Virgil. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; 4KL; DSBB; DSC; DSK; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 7. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Canada
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582431546
- ISBN
- 9780582431546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
paperback. A story of arms and heroism that follows the adventures of Aeneas, who flees the ashes of Troy to embark upon a tortuous course that brings him to Italy and fulfills his destiny as founder of the Roman people. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 33. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143105138
- ISBN
- 9780143105138
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
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Paperback. Tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Cathage, descends to the world of the dead - all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods - and finally reaches Italy, where he will fulfil his destiny: to found the Roman people. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 352 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 195 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106296
- ISBN
- 9780143106296
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
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Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319421704
- ISBN
- 9783319421704
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Condition: New
€ 113.49
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Hardback. Offers a study of Japanese cultural expression. This title reveals how a particular, often seemingly innocent aesthetic sensibility - present in novels, essays, popular songs, film, and political writings - helped create an 'aesthetic of fascism' in the years leading up to World War II. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; HBJF; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245051
- ISBN
- 9780520245051
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Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 64.99
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Paperback. Features chapters that focus on the following questions: In which literary projects can we discover a new quality of literariness? What are the terminological and methodological means to examine these literatures? How can we productively link the logics of the play of literary texts and their reception in the reading process? Editor(s): Gendolla, Peter; Schafer, Jorgen. Num Pages: 394 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783899424935
- ISBN
- 9783899424935
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 35.95
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€ 35.95
Paperback. Aesthetics of Nostalgia reads Anglo-Saxon historical verse in terms of how its aesthetic form interacted with the culture and politics of the period. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487521530
- ISBN
- 9781487521530
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
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Paperback. Regarded by many as one of the leading works of this century, this novel documents the resistance to fascism in Europe (and within Germany) during WWII. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Series: Aesthetics of Resistance S. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1572.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335467
- ISBN
- 9780822335467
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
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Hardback. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611490848
- ISBN
- 9781611490848
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Condition: New
€ 120.52
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Paperback. A full-length study of the visual poetry of the early twentieth century. Bohn illuminates the works of Apollinaire, Josep-Maria Junow, Guillermo de Torre, and others. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11ill.48figs. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226063256
- ISBN
- 9780226063256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
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Paperback. The once influential theory Neoanalysis held that motifs and episodes in the "Iliad" derive from the "Aethiopis. "Given its vast potential implications for the "Iliad" s origins, the recent revival of Neoanalysis in subtler form inspires this critical reappraisal by Malcolm Davies of that theory s more sophisticated reincarnation." Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088313
- ISBN
- 9780674088313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.50
€ 25.99
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Hardback. Through readings of literary works, legal opinions, and treatises, The Affective Life of Law demonstrates that both law and literature are necessary complements in the efforts to take responsibility for the loss and damage inflicted by the first and second World Wars. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761666
- ISBN
- 9780804761666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.18
€ 72.18
Hardback. Series: Afro-Latin@ Diasporas. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; DSBH; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 259 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319319209
- ISBN
- 9783319319209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.95
€ 63.95
Hardback. Written in an accessible narrative style, The Afterlife of Little Women speaks to scholars, librarians, and devoted Alcott fans. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12, 2 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415581
- ISBN
- 9781421415581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 42.94
€ 51.99
€ 42.94