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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. The most important literary dispute of the Renaissance pitted those writers of Neo-Latin who favoured imitation of Cicero alone, as the single best exemplar of Latin prose, against those who preferred to follow an eclectic array of literary models. This work talks about this Ciceronian controversy. Editor(s): DellaNeva, JoAnn. Translator(s): Duvick, Brian. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025202
ISBN
9780674025202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.07

Paperback. This study revolutionises our understanding of both literary modernism and early cinema. Trotter draws on the most recent scholarship in English and film studies to demonstrate how central cinema as a recording medium was to Joyce, Eliot and Woolf, and how modernist were the concerns of Chaplin and Griffith. Series: Critical Quarterly Book Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159821
ISBN
9781405159821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.18

hardcover. This is an extraordinarily imaginative analysis of the relations between literature and technique in Brazil from the 1880's to the 1920's. Translator(s): Britto, Paulo. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 148 pages, Illustrations, facsims.,port. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; 2ADS; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804729130
ISBN
9780804729130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.89

Paperback. This is an extraordinarily imaginative analysis of the relations between literature and technique in Brazil from the 1880's to the 1920's. Translator(s): Britto, Paulo. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 148 pages, Illustrations, facsims.,port. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; 2ADS; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730631
ISBN
9780804730631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

mass_market. Takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. This title features stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Condition
New
SKU
9780141398617
ISBN
9780141398617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.70

Hardback. Centred on the relationship between the personal lives of the writers John Middleton Murry, Katherine Mansfield, and D. H. Lawrence and the works they produced this intriguing study develops a portrait of a circle of writers who significantly influenced the development of modernism in Britain. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780748641482
ISBN
9780748641482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 108.53

Paperback. Studies the relationship between the personal lives of writers and the works they produce. In particular, this book reconsiders the place of John Middleton Murry (1889-1957) in the development of literary modernism in Britain. It rewrites standard assumptions about John Middleton Murry's relationships with Katherine Mansfield and D H Lawrence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362. John Middleton Murray, Katherine Mansfield and D. H. Lawrence. 240 pages. Studies the relationship between the personal lives of writers and the works they produce. In particular, this book reconsiders the place of John Middleton Murry (1889-1957) in the development of literary modernism in Britain. It rewrites standard assumptions about John Middleton Murry's relationships with Katherine Mansfield and D H Lawrence. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight: 362.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748664863
ISBN
9780748664863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. A study of the links among literature, rhetoric, and democracy that explores the public debate generated by amateur and professional readers about four controversial literary works: two that were censored in the United States and two that created conflict because they were not censored. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252068676
ISBN
9780252068676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Who is a citizen? What is a person? Who is my neighbor? Turning to the potent idea of political theology to recover the strange mix of political and religious thinking during the Renaissance, the author unveils the figure of the citizensaint, who represents at once divine messenger and civil servant, both norm and exception. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS; HRLB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226143521
ISBN
9780226143521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.79

Hardback. Num Pages: 214 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801436406
ISBN
9780801436406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.91

Paperback. Jazz is born of collaboration, improvisation, and listening. This book weaves an argument about how individuals can preserve and improve civic life in a democratic culture. It will appeal to scholars across disciplines as diverse as political science, performance studies, musicology, and literary criticism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVC; AVGJ; CFG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226218212
ISBN
9780226218212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Hardback. Above all, Goodman shows that novels of manners are central to American literature, and that these novels speak in a large cultural way about who and what composes America. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801868245
ISBN
9780801868245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.87
€ 47.17

Paperback. Editor(s): Hart, Kevin. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268030926
ISBN
9780268030926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. Poet, novelist, essayist, editor, anthologist, lexicographer and painter, Clarence Major is a challenging yet underappreciated contemporary African- American artist. This collection combines poetry, prose and art by Major with critical essays that showcase his aesthetic movement across boundaries. Editor(s): Bell, Bernard W. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; ACXJ8; AGB; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227726
ISBN
9780807848999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young Clarissa Harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair Robert Lovelace and places herself under his protection. Lovelace, however, proves himself to be an untrustworthy rake whose vague promises of marriage are accompanied by unwelcome sexual advances. Editor(s): Ross, Angus. Num Pages: 1536 pages, music. BIC Classification: 2BMH; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 146 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140432152
ISBN
9780140432152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 20.83

Hardback. Translator(s): Fiaccadori, Elisa. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127. .
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857424372
ISBN
9780857424372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.28

paperback. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press Books United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315421
ISBN
9780822315421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Good Irish short stories will always be a delight. In this selection by Frank O'Connor, himself a distinguished short-story writer, the richly varied Irish tradition of spinning a yarn is triumphantly displayed. Editor(s): O'Connor, Frank. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260 334pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780192819185
ISBN
9780192819185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Bekker-Nielsen, Tonnes; Pad, Marianne. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
353
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763536707
ISBN
9788763536707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.42
€ 52.64

Paperback. Editor(s): Carlsen, Jesper; Friis-Jensen, Karsten; Gabrielsen, Vincent; Pad, Marianne; Jensen, Minna Skafte; Olsen, Birger Munk; Bekker-Nielsen, Tonnes. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763504928
ISBN
9788763504928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.42
€ 52.64

Paperback. Series: Classica et Mediaevalia - Revue Danoise de Philologie et D'Histoire. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772894935
ISBN
9788772894935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.42
€ 52.64

Paperback. Series: Classica et Mediaevalia - Revue Danoise de Philologie et D'Histoire. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772896052
ISBN
9788772896052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.42
€ 52.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772893655
ISBN
9788772893655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.42
€ 52.64

Paperback. Editor(s): Hinge, George. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1; HPCA; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 283 x 27. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763543958
ISBN
9788763543958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.42
€ 52.64

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