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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. The earliest anthology of Chinese poetry, the Book of Poems, has served as an ideal of literary perfection and also a major subject of literary criticism since imperial times. Rusk unravels the competitive, mutually influential relationship through which classical and literary scholarship on the poems co-evolved from the Han dynasty to the Qing. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 325 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
325
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674067011
ISBN
9780674067011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.93

Paperback. Interviews with leading cultural critics including: K. Anthony Appiah, Lauren Berlant, Cathy Davidson, Morris Dickstein, Stanley Fish, Barbara Foley, Nancy Fraser, Gerald Graff, Alice Kaplan, E. Ann Kaplan, Robin Kelley, Paul Lauter, Louis Menand, Richard Ohmann, Andrew Ross, Eve Sedgwick, Jane Tompkins, Marianna Torgovnick, and Alan Wald. Editor(s): Williams, Jeffrey. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 317 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814793909
ISBN
9780814793909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. The contributors to Critique and Postcritique evaluate literary critique's structural, methodological, and political potentials and limitations while assessing the merits of the post-critical turn and exploring a range of alternate methods of literary criticism that may be better suited to the intellectual and political challenges of the present. Editor(s): Anker, Elizabeth S.; Felski, Rita. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363767
ISBN
9780822363767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.70

Hardback. The contributors to Critique and Postcritique evaluate literary critique's structural, methodological, and political potentials and limitations while assessing the merits of the post-critical turn and exploring a range of alternate methods of literary criticism that may be better suited to the intellectual and political challenges of the present. Editor(s): Anker, Elizabeth S.; Felski, Rita. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363613
ISBN
9780822363613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.89

paperback. Num Pages: 455 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
455
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231061650
ISBN
9780231061650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.91

Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 587 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 774.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
587
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816615865
ISBN
9780816615865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. It ain't easy being green: Croak is a poetic negotiation between a species in crisis and its many cultural markers. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 157.
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452509
ISBN
9781552452509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 8.27

Paperback. "This book investigates male writers' use of female voices and female writers' use of male voices in literature and theatre from the 1850s to the present, examining where, how and why such gendered crossings occur and what connections may be found between these crossings and specific psychological, social, historical and political contexts"-- Editor(s): Kim, R.; Westall, C. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 238 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349335534
ISBN
9781349335534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.70

Paperback. The only anthology of classic and contemporary readings in children's literature to combine primary texts with critical selections. Num Pages: 1080 pages, 99 halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 193 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
1080
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195134933
ISBN
9780195134933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 276.48

Hardback. Crossing Borders explores cross-cultural representations of gender and sexual practices in the medieval French and Arabic traditions. Amer demonstrates that the medieval Arabic tradition on eroticism played a determining role in French literary writings on gender and sexuality in the Middle Ages. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812240870
ISBN
9780812240870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

Hardback. Crossing Central Europe is a pioneering volume that focuses on the complex networks of transcultural interrelations in Central Europe from 1900 to 2000. Editor(s): Smith-Prei, Carrie. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ACG; AS; DSB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649149
ISBN
9781442649149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.60

Paperback. Marianna De Marco Torgovnick's unflinching account of crossing cultural boundaries in American life, of what it means to be an Italian American woman who became a scholar and literary critic. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226808307
ISBN
9780226808307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Examines constructions of racial identity through the exploration of passing narratives including forties jazz musician Mezz Mezzrow's memoir Really the Blues Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822325154
ISBN
9780822325154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816669905
ISBN
9780816669905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardcover. Explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readership, the status of authors, the publishing industry, and bookselling practices. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 589.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
New
SKU
KSS0007772
ISBN
9780415980333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. This book traces several of the most recent trends in both the Italian and the American critical traditions, exploring the points at which the two traditions intersect or for specific reasons fail to intersect. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADT; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728294
ISBN
9780804728294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.00

Paperback. This book traces several of the most recent trends in both the Italian and the American critical traditions, exploring the points at which the two traditions intersect or for specific reasons fail to intersect. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADT; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
No Earlier Edition Stated
SKU
V9780804728300
ISBN
9780804728300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816638918
ISBN
9780816638918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816638925
ISBN
9780816638925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Philip Whalen was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and key figure in the literary and artistic scene that unfolded in San Francisco in the 1950s and '60s. When the Beat writers came West, Whalen became a revered, much-loved member of the group. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; DSBH; DSC; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247468
ISBN
9780520247468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

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