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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Donald Wesling offers an organized reading of Bakhtin's thought, to achieve an account of why Bakhtin scamped poetry; and an account of how a poetics of utterance is a major achievement, if we employ in the dialogic reading of poetry many of the powerful terms Bakhtin developed for the novel. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838755402
ISBN
9780838755402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.03

Hardback. This text presents an advanced introduction to the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, focusing on the concepts of carnival, dialogism and historicism. It examines the impact of the historical context in the Soviet Union and to the importance of his own dialogic mode of discourse. Series: Contributions to the Study of World Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSA; DSBH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313295263
ISBN
9780313295263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Bostad, Finn; Brandist, Craig; Evensen, Lars Sigfred; Faber, Hege Charlotte. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349513123
ISBN
9781349513123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.12

Hardback. Baldo is a descendant of French royalty who starts out as something of a juvenile delinquent. This poem narrates episodes that include imprisonment; battles with local authorities, pirates, shepherds, witches, and demons; and a journey to the underworld. It provides the English translation of this ancient epic and Renaissance chivalric romance. Translator(s): Mullaney, Ann E. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 480 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 143 x 34. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031241
ISBN
9780674031241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Hardcover. Editor(s): Milojkovic-Djuric, Jelena. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVW; DSB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336741
ISBN
9780880336741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.22

Hardcover. Just as the art of the table became a centrepiece of French mores, Balzac used it as a connecting thread in his novels, showing how food can evoke character, atmosphere, class, and social climbing. This title describes the ways food and the art of the table feature in Honore de Balzac's writings. Translator(s): Hunter, Adriana. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSRC; JFCV; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907973222
ISBN
9781907973222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638911
ISBN
9780691638911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.84

Paperback. This up-to-date account of the composition, structure, and achievement of Balzac's novel provides readers with the literary and historical knowledge needed to make sense of the text. Professor Bellos explains how Balzac challenged prevailing 19th-century expectations of what novels should be like. Series Editor(s): Stern, J. P. Series: Landmarks of World Literature. Num Pages: 116 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0003900
ISBN
9780521316347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644615
ISBN
9780691644615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.26

Paperback. Beautifully illustrated by James A. Owen, Bandersnatch offers an inside look at the Inklings of Oxford - and a seat at their table at The Eagle and Child pub. It shows how encouragement and criticism made all the difference in The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and dozens of other books written by the members of this literary circle. Illustrator(s): Owen, James A. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606352762
ISBN
9781606352762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.89

Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195809
ISBN
9781845195809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.45

Paperback. Did you know the Battle of Bannockburn had its own poet-in-residence? Starting in 1314 and coming right up to the present day, the author examines how writers have set out in poetry, fiction, plays and on film the ideal of Scottish independence. It also includes the most detailed consideration of what independence meant to Robert Burns. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748685844
ISBN
9780748685844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Gives a richly referenced and closely argued reading of J. K. Rowling s Harry Potter books, drawing out connections within the writing to illuminate Christian spiritual values in them. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hidden Spring
Condition
New
SKU
V9781587680588
ISBN
9781587680588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.97

Hardback. While many studies focus on Obama as a politician, few consider his literary merit. This collection of essays approaches Obama's writings as a negotiation of literary tradition, rhetorical modes, and historical narratives. Obama, in turn, emerges as a notable figure within a long tradition of American literary-political authorship. Editor(s): Purcell, Richard; Veggian, Henry. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137501523
ISBN
9781137501523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623564469
ISBN
9781623564469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816649655
ISBN
9780816649655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Fresh approaches to one of the most important poems from medieval Scotland. Editor(s): Boardman, Steve; Foran, Susan. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843573
ISBN
9781843843573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.41

Hardback. Barcelona's Vocation of Modernity is a study of the emergence and development of the cultural image of the Iberian peninsula's foremost modern city. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758321
ISBN
9780804758321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 527.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306437601
ISBN
9780306437601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.82

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
York Medieval Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153437
ISBN
9781903153437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

Paperback. Editor(s): Sanders, Andrew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 129 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537464
ISBN
9780199537464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

paperback. A collection of poems that find epiphanies of meaning in unexpected and even unpleasant experiences and emotions. It comments on the power of culture to interject itself into our desire for an idealized self, the way our inner and outer lives lack correspondence, harmony, and integration. Series: Illinois Poetry. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 203. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071201
ISBN
9780252071201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.22

Paperback. Roland Barthes was the leading figure of French Structuralism, the theoretical movement of the 1960s which revolutionized the study of literature and culture, as well as history and psychoanalysis. But Barthes was a man who disliked orthodoxies. This book surveys Barthes' work in prose. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 13 halftones and 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSB; GTE; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 115 x 9. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192801593
ISBN
9780192801593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. This edition has been updated with a new Introduction which examines Bartholmew Fair as a reading text, as a text for performance and as a play that questions theatre itself. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 224 pages, Approx. 5 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713674279
ISBN
9780713674279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.22

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