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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This text explores the desire, suffering, exultation, spiritual rapture and dedication to art that characterizes the poetry of Emily Dickinson, and attempts to decipher their many complex and witty references to texts and paintings of her time. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 color illustrations in an 8 page insert plus 9 halftones scattered throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674656666
ISBN
9780674656666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.08

Hardcover. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674656765
ISBN
9780674656765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.70
€ 72.42

Hardback. In dialogue with a diverse group of thinkers, from Erich Auerbach and Aby Warburg to Alain Badiou and Jacques Lacan, The Pathos of the Real advances an innovative new framework for rethinking the aesthetics of violence in the twentieth century. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897566
ISBN
9780801897566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.29
€ 58.57

Hardback. Hardback, shrinkwrapped as new. With dustjacket.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KRF0026860
ISBN
9780813011059
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FC; DS; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253017604
ISBN
9780253017604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.33

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843344
ISBN
9781843843344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.58

Paperback. Many courses in literary or cultural studies include some discussion of psychoanalysis, structuralism, post-modernism, linguistics and semiotics. This dictionary should bring the reader information on the wide variety of interdisciplinary topics in critical theory. Num Pages: 496 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSA; GBC; HP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140513691
ISBN
9780140513691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.48

paperback. Gives definitions of technical terms (hamartia, iamb, zeugma) and critical jargon (aporia, binary opposition, intertextuality). This book explores literary movements (neoclassism, romanticism, vorticism) and schools of literary theory. It covers genres (elegy, fabliau, pastoral) and literary forms (haiku, ottava rima, sonnet). Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: DSR; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141047157
ISBN
9780141047157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; DSB; DSRC; ELHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 188 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141985169
ISBN
9780141985169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Hardback. The first full commentary on Piers Plowman since the late nineteenth century is inaugurated with the publication of the first two of its five projected volumes. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812239225
ISBN
9780812239225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.94

Hardcover. The first full commentary on Piers Plowman since the late nineteenth century is inaugurated with the publication of the first two of its five projected volumes. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812239218
ISBN
9780812239218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.74

Hardcover. The Penn Commentary on Piers Plowman, Volume 2, by Ralph Hanna, deliberately addresses the question of the poem's perceived "difficulty," by indicating the legitimate areas of unresolved dilemmas, while offering often original explanations of a variety of textual loci. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248913
ISBN
9780812248913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.97

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816646173
ISBN
9780816646173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.41

Paperback. London's masterpiece of investigative journalism reveals the poverty of the East End of London -- a critique of capitalism that still rings true today. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BG; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFFA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 136 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Second Edition, Centenary Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745318028
ISBN
9780745318028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
September Publishing
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910463291
ISBN
9781910463291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.53

Paperback. Applies and brings up to date the methods of interpretation Berger has developed during the past half-century in his studies of literature, drama, philosophy, social and cultural studies, and the visual arts Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 148 x 14. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823245178
ISBN
9780823245178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Hardback. Explores the tension in European drama between allegory and neoclassicism from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century. This work reveals the allegorical survivals in the works of major figures such as Shakespeare, Calderon, Racine, Vondel, Metastasio, Goethe, and Wagner and reads tragedy, comedy, masque, opera, and school drama. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812239669
ISBN
9780812239669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.04

Paperback. Editor(s): Wythoff, Grant. Series: Electronic Mediations (Paperback). BIC Classification: DNF; DSK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 862.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517900854
ISBN
9781517900854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.93

Paperback. Previously published in German, under the title Der philosophische Dialog: eine Poetik und Hermeneutik. Meunchen: Beck, c2006. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268030971
ISBN
9780268030971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.08

Hardcover. Ancient biographies were more than accounts of the deeds of past heroes and guides for moral living. They were also arenas for debating pressing philosophical questions and establishing intellectual credentials, as Arthur P. Urbano argues in this study of biographies composed in Late Antiquity. Series: Patristic Monograph Series (Naps). Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813221625
ISBN
9780813221625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 57. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226267920
ISBN
9780226267920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226267890
ISBN
9780226267890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.24
€ 78.93

Paperback. Probes the nature of linguistic or symbolic action as it relates to specific novels, plays, and poems. Num Pages: 463 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520024830
ISBN
9780520024830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.29

Paperback. By exploring central issues in the philosophy of literature, illustrated by a wide range of novels, poems, and plays, Philosophy of Literature gets to the heart of why literature matters to us and sheds new light on the nature and interpretation of literary works. Series: Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405121989
ISBN
9781405121989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.25

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