Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. From William Faulkner's famous reply, 'The writer's only responsibility is to his art,' to James Salter's confession 'What is the ultimate impulse to write? Because all this is going to vanish', the Paris Review has elicited many of the most arresting, illuminating, and revealing discussions of life and craft from the greatest writers of our age. Series: The Paris Review. Num Pages: 524 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 35. Weight in Grams: 562. 448 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Gourevitch, Philip. For more than half a century, the "Paris Review" magazine has spoken with most of the leading novelists, poets and playwrights, and the interviews themselves have come to be recognised as an essential record of the writing life. This book contains an original selection of sixteen of these most celebrated interviews. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 35. Weight: 562.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 524
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841959252
- ISBN
- 9781841959252
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
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Paperback. Brings together another rich, varied crop of literary voices, comprising: Graham Greene, James Thurber, William Faulkner, Robert Lowell, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Eudora Welty, John Gardner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Philip Larkin, James Baldwin, William Gaddis, Harold Bloom, Toni Morrison, Alice Munro, Peter Carey and Stephen King. Editor(s): Gourevitch, Philip. Series: The Paris Review. Num Pages: 528 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 552. 448 pages, facsims. Editor(s): Gourevitch, Philip. Includes interviews from one of the world's best literary magazines. This volume is suitable for reading for those who cares about writers and writing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 27. Weight: 640.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 524
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847670335
- ISBN
- 9781847670335
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.51
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Paperback. Suitable for all writers and readers, this volume builds on the success and acclaim of the first two editions. Series: The Paris Review. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847671134
- ISBN
- 9781847671134
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488436
- ISBN
- 9780801488436
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.28
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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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.68
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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
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Condition: New
€ 79.38€ 70.50
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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
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Condition: New
€ 64.03€ 58.25
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€ 58.25
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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
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Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843344
- ISBN
- 9781843843344
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Condition: New
€ 97.32
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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
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
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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
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.68
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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€ 15.04
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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
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Condition: New
€ 130.12
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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
€ 118.10
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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
€ 107.64
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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
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
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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€ 22.83
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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
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.93
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Paperback. This book looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland. On subjects as varied as the vogue for fairy plays to the representation of economics to the work of a parliamentary committee in regulating theatres, the authors redefine what theatre and performance in the Nineteenth century might be. Editor(s): Davis, T.; Holland, P. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364305
- ISBN
- 9781349364305
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Condition: New
€ 64.07
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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€ 33.91
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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
€ 89.80
€ 89.80
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€ 38.60
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€ 38.60
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
€ 81.97
€ 81.97