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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. Leslie Garis' grandparents, Howard and Lillian Garis, were, from the turn of the century to the 1950s, authors of books for children. This book tells how in a large romantic house in Amherst, Massachusetts, she and her two brothers, her parents and grandparents aimed to live a life that mirrored the idyllic world the elder Garises created. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 33. Weight in Grams: 488. 352 pages, Illustrations. Leslie Garis' grandparents, Howard and Lillian Garis, were, from the turn of the century to the 1950s, authors of books for children. This book tells how in a large romantic house in Amherst, Massachusetts, she and her two brothers, her parents and grandparents aimed to live a life that mirrored the idyllic world the elder Garises created. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 33. Weight: 488.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224082402
ISBN
9780224082402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 6.12

Paperback. Focusing on the way Jewish history - particularly the Holocaust - and tradition inform postwar Canadian and American Jewish literature, this text highlights their concerns and work in the context of the broader traditions of mulitculturalism, postcolonial writing, and critical theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773516656
ISBN
9780773516656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.95

Hardback. Talks about the Reizei poets as participants in a collective institution devoted more to the continuity of family poetic practices and ideals than to the concept of individual expression that is central to modern poetic culture. This book features an appendix of 100 poems from over the centuries, by poets who were affiliated with the Reizei house. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 7 charts, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; DSC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 236 x 42. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024533
ISBN
9780674024533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.04
€ 49.38

Hardback. Housing Problems provides fresh readings of major writers, Goethe, Walpole, Freud, Heidegger, Poe, H.D., and Oppen, by bringing together the fields of literature, philosophy and architecture. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: AM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758543
ISBN
9780804758543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.10

Paperback. Housing Problems provides fresh readings of major writers, Goethe, Walpole, Freud, Heidegger, Poe, H.D., and Oppen, by bringing together the fields of literature, philosophy and architecture. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: AM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758550
ISBN
9780804758550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.05

Paperback. A thoughtful and fascinating portrait of England, told through the story of A. E. Housman and his much-loved poetry collection, A Shropshire Lad. Num Pages: 624 pages, b/w pics. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMP; 2AB; DSC; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349140681
ISBN
9780349140681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.87

Paperback. Literary history meets economic policy in this entertaining polemic on the ethical and potentially destructive power of terrible literature. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 376 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501313110
ISBN
9781501313110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.59

Hardback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, Color insert and 62 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; FZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172745
ISBN
9780231172745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.49
€ 78.42

Paperback. Conversation is very often spontaneous, natural and informal. But even at its most casual it is governed by rules and principles of language and behaviour. This book lays bare the structure of conversation, describing what happens when people talk to each other and explaining why they say what they say in a wide variety of circumstances. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631139393
ISBN
9780631139393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.31

Paperback. A wide-ranging and lively exploration of the questions raised by the classics of children's fiction, both in the texts themselves and in their cultural reception. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 9. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718893101
ISBN
9780718893101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.96

Paperback. A study of the main elements of fiction, such as narrative, detail, characterization, dialogue, realism, and style. It takes the machinery of story-telling apart to ask a series of fundamental questions: What do we mean when we say we 'know' a fictional character? What constitutes a 'telling' detail? And, when is a metaphor successful? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845950934
ISBN
9781845950934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Examines the parallels between certain features of literary experience and functions of the brain. For the neuroscientific community, this book suggests that different areas of research - the neurobiology of vision and reading, the brain-body interactions underlying emotions - may be connected to a variety of aesthetic and literary phenomena. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; GTR; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415765
ISBN
9781421415765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.06

Paperback. For Milton the value of a poem or of any other production derives from the inner worth of its author and not from any external measures. This text explores the radical effect of Milton's theological convictions on his poetry and prose. Num Pages: 640 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 38. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012332
ISBN
9780674012332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.69
€ 47.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130585
ISBN
9780231130585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.20
€ 82.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130592
ISBN
9780231130592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.08

Paperback. This book draws on the author's column in The Guardian, 'Elements of Fiction'. Using examples from well-known recent novels, it examines the techniques by which fiction works. It will widen the vocabulary of anyone interested in contemporary fiction, not least by showing where it has elements in common with classic novels of the past. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199281787
ISBN
9780199281787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280. Making Selves. 224 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight: 280.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485985
ISBN
9780801485985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.47

Paperback. Looks at the interplay between text and image in picturebooks. This book explores picturebooks as a specific medium or genre in literature and culture, one that prepares children for other media of communication, and argues that picturebooks may be the most influential media of all in the socialization and representation of children. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 308 pages, 75 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415979689
ISBN
9780415979689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 84.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226278001
ISBN
9780226278001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.52

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226277950
ISBN
9780226277950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 77.34

Paperback. Asserts that poetry, like music, is based on sound and so close attention should be paid to its rhythms and metrical patterns. This book illustrates the author's points with examples ranging from nursery rhymes and limericks to experimental forms as well as familiar pieces from over the centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001792
ISBN
9780140285376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Asserts that poetry, like music, is based on sound and so close attention should be paid to its rhythms and metrical patterns. This book illustrates the author's points with examples ranging from nursery rhymes and limericks to experimental forms as well as familiar pieces from over the centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0021016
ISBN
9780140285376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KKD0006315
ISBN
9780330354912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KSS0004963
ISBN
9780330354912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

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