Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642468
- ISBN
- 9780691642468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.75
€ 205.75
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691614885
- ISBN
- 9780691614885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.04€ 54.08
€ 71.04
€ 54.08
Paperback. is subjects range from close self-analysis to abstract considerations of time and place, but essentially he is interested in adapting traditional poetics to fit contemporary situations. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 167.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of New Orleans Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780972814348
- ISBN
- 9780972814348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.23
€ 13.99
€ 13.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119249429
- ISBN
- 9781119249429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.18
€ 17.99
€ 15.18
Hardback. This pioneering study applies game theory to a selection of minoritarian texts from the American canon. Concentrating on rational decision making, the discussion introduces the most common social dilemmas such as the Stag Hunt and the Prisoner's Dilemma as a means of interpreting works by writers such as Douglass, Hurston, and Morrison. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590558
- ISBN
- 9781137590558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
Hardback. Reading iconic postwar novels such as Fahrenheit 451, In Cold Blood, and Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye together with the rational decision-making of game theory, Wainwright demonstrates the contribution of mathematical models to literary interpretation. The interdisciplinary approach of this book elucidates our understanding of postwar American literature. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590541
- ISBN
- 9781137590541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. The first-of-its-kind, Games and Gaming in Medieval Literature explores the depth and breadth of games in medieval literature and culture. Chapters span from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries, and cover England, France, Denmark, Poland, and Spain, re-examining medieval games in diverse social settings such as the church, court, and household. Editor(s): Patterson, Serina. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311030
- ISBN
- 9781137311030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.39
€ 129.39
Hardback. In the seventeen dramatic texts examined in this study, women writers from Spanish America have self-consciously incorporated games into their plays' structures to highlight from a woman's perspective the idea that life, as well as the theater, is a game. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611481976
- ISBN
- 9781611481976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.33
€ 114.33
Paperback. Garcilaso Inca de la Vega, a Peruvian mestizo and historian, envisioned Latin America as a multiethnic continent and advanced a humanist interpretation of New World history. In this collection of articles, central aspects of Garcilaso's life and work are reviewed. Editor(s): Anadon, Jose. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; BGH; DSBD; HBAH; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268010379
- ISBN
- 9780268010379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.59
€ 37.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. This book offers an examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. It shows how the garden has served as a check against the destruction and losses of history. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317908
- ISBN
- 9780226317908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.18
€ 19.99
€ 17.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509812356
- ISBN
- 9781509812356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.48
€ 26.99
€ 18.48
Paperback. Focuses on the turbulent years of the 1970s, when the United States emerged from the Vietnam War into an economic crisis. This title explores how the traditional science-fiction magazines coped with this crisis, ranging from the death of John W Campbell Jr, to the start of the science magazine "Omni", and the first dreams of the internet. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 528 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FL; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846310034
- ISBN
- 9781846310034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.61
€ 44.61
Hardcover. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) has been acknowledged by writers as diverse as Harold Bloom, Adrienne Rich and R.S. Thomas as one of the central poets of the 20th century. Justin Quinn offers a fundamental reassessment of Stevens's work and the connections it makes between nature, community and art. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004410
- ISBN
- 9781900621663
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) has been acknowledged by writers as diverse as Harold Bloom, Adrienne Rich and R.S. Thomas as one of the central poets of the 20th century. Justin Quinn offers a fundamental reassessment of Stevens's work and the connections it makes between nature, community and art. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621670
- ISBN
- 9781900621670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.37
€ 30.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Born in 1931, the illegitimate child of an abandoned mother, Thomas Bernhard was brought up by an eccentric grandmother and adored grandfather. He ran away from home at 15 and at 18, was put in a hospital ward for the old and terminally ill when he caught pneumonia. This volume tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099442530
- ISBN
- 9780099442530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.70
€ 15.99
€ 11.70
Hardback. This book gathers together twelve essays on Faulkner's "Intruder in the Dust", which he termed "a mystery-murder." These essays provide resources to teachers who wish to assign this text, as well as food for thought and discussion to individual readers and scholars of Faulkner. Editor(s): Gresset, Michel. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916101466
- ISBN
- 9780916101466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.29
€ 61.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADS; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739149041
- ISBN
- 9780739149041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.40
€ 135.40
Hardback. Documents the explosion of contemporary gay and lesbian theater, and provides a single reference for American gay and lesbian plays, playwrights, and companies. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSG; GBCR; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810826892
- ISBN
- 9780810826892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.34
€ 106.34
Paperback. The first extensive study of gay and lesbian historical fiction, this book demonstrates how the highly popular sub-genre helps us understand gay and lesbian history. It shows not only why the sub-genre should be taken more seriously by historians but also how it implicitly works to ameliorate divisions between Christianity and homosexuality. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537242
- ISBN
- 9781349537242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.59
€ 61.59
hardcover. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 5S; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- SKU
- V9781403976550
- ISBN
- 9781403976550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.34
€ 62.34