Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, diagrams, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSBH; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- International Scholars Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573093279
- ISBN
- 9781573093279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.82
€ 69.82
Paperback. Drawing on interviews with Nigeria's writers, publishers, booksellers, and readers, surveys, and a reading of close to 500 Nigerian novels - from lightweight romances to literary masterpieces - this work explores how global cultural flows and local conflicts meet in the production and reception of fiction. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 map, 2 line illus., 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 2AB; DSB; DSK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058290
- ISBN
- 9780691058290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.52€ 55.72
€ 70.52
€ 55.72
Hardback. This collection of 13 essays, published in association with the Children's Literature Association, celebrates the centennial of the publication of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", by Beatrix Potter. It explores how contemporary American children respond to the timeless appeal of Peter's antics. Editor(s): Mackey, Margaret. Series: Children's Literature Association Centennial Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810841970
- ISBN
- 9780810841970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.18
€ 119.18
Hardback. A fascinating look at the gardens that helped inspire the settings for Beatrix Potter's stories. Num Pages: 339 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; DSY; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604693638
- ISBN
- 9781604693638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.07
€ 33.99
€ 23.07
Paperback. Series: Trent books. 245 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSC. Dimension: 208 x 148 x 17. Weight: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Nottingham Trent University
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905488578
- ISBN
- 9780905488578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.45
€ 12.45
Paperback. Tells about the soul-sapping three-minutes when men become gods and gods, mere men. This book is also about the second when the guard drops, that moment when the eyes blink and miss the incoming hammer blow. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571300204
- ISBN
- 9780571300204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.56
€ 14.99
€ 11.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146708
- ISBN
- 9780231146708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.94
€ 86.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 charts/graphs, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: DSBB; HP; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801440878
- ISBN
- 9780801440878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Hardback. The studies in this book examine a long-neglected corpus of Hebrew poetry, martyrological laments written over the 12th and 13th centuries for the victims of judicial violence in northern France. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; 3H; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090535
- ISBN
- 9780691090535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.47
€ 117.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC9; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813939032
- ISBN
- 9780813939032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Hardcover. Explores the intersection of beauty and violence by examining university lectures and course materials on aesthetics along with riots, acts of domestic terrorism, and magic lantern exhibitions. This work suggests that the distance separating academic thinking and popular wisdom about social transformation is narrower than we generally suppose. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226096285
- ISBN
- 9780226096285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 79.61
€ 94.03
€ 79.61
Paperback. Explores the intersection of beauty and violence by examining university lectures and course materials on aesthetics along with riots, acts of domestic terrorism, and magic lantern exhibitions. This work suggests that the distance separating academic thinking and popular wisdom about social transformation is narrower than we generally suppose. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226096292
- ISBN
- 9780226096292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
hardcover. To explore the early-eighteenth-century view of the 'sublime Milton', the author analyzes the work of five readers of Paradise Lost during the years 1701-34: Joseph Addison, the only writer of the five who attained any lasting fame; and John Dennis, by far the most important - and overlooked - of the early Miltonists. Num Pages: 252 pages, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804716321
- ISBN
- 9780804716321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.93
€ 92.93
Hardback. An original reconciliation of Christianity and feminism Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRC; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602583214
- ISBN
- 9781602583214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.71
€ 64.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283972
- ISBN
- 9781349283972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. This new book situates Beckett in a philosophical and literary tradition that has argued for the creative value of stupidity, a key concept in the thinking of philosophers such as Wittgenstein. It investigates the relationship between verbal cliche, revealing the strategies he used to challenge intellectual and social authority in his works. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008335
- ISBN
- 9780230008335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardback. Interests in the erotic in western culture act in counterpoint to its established humanistic infrastructure and pose questions about the significance of sexuality. This book proposes a "mythopoetics of sex" with which to explore Beckett's work as a whole. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333681626
- ISBN
- 9780333681626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardcover. This text examines and interrogates the relationships between Samuel Beckett's works and contemporary French and German thought. The collection takes a look as issues such as postmodern and poststructuralist thought in relation to Beckett studies. Editor(s): Lane, Richard. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918791
- ISBN
- 9780333918791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474414401
- ISBN
- 9781474414401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.66€ 103.50
€ 111.66
€ 103.50
Hardcover. Leland de la Durantaye helps us understand Beckett s strangeness and notorious difficulty by arguing that Beckett s lifelong campaign was to mismake on purpose not to denigrate himself, or his audience, or reconnect with the child or savage within, but because he believed that such mismaking is in the interest of art and will shape its future." Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504851
- ISBN
- 9780674504851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Hardback. This title is a study of Samuel Beckett's affinity with the British 18th century and of the influence of such writers as Swift, Pope, Defoe, Fielding, Sterne, and Johnson on his work. It demonstrates how Becket was not only influenced by them but how he interprets them for us in a quite modern way. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333925393
- ISBN
- 9780333925393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Hardcover. This is the first book to focus on masculinity in Samuel Beckett's work as a way to understand his historical and national context, the difficulty of reading and interpreting his texts, and his ruthless disintegration of sexual and gendered norms throughout his oeuvre. Series: New Interpretations of Beckett in 21st C. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615281
- ISBN
- 9780230615281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. An encounter between Deleuze the philosopher, Proust the novelist, and Beckett the writer creating interdisciplinary and inter-aesthetic bridges between them, covering textual, visual, sonic and performative phenomena, including provocative speculation about how Proust might have responded to Deleuze and Beckett. Editor(s): Bryden, Mary; Topping, Margaret. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201415
- ISBN
- 9780230201415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Paperback. An expressive dialogue between Deleuze's philosophical writings on cinema and Beckett's innovative film and television work, the book explores the relationship between the birth of the event itself a simultaneous invention and erasure - and Beckett's attempts to create an incommensurable space within the interstices of language as a (W)hole." Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DS; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349436811
- ISBN
- 9781349436811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05