Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. A collection of essays on the key texts that have shaped the Eco, the novelist and critic. After the opening essay on the general significance of literature, this book examines a number of major authors from the Western canon, such as French writer Nerval's masterpiece, "Sylvie", as well as the works of Cervantes, Swift, and Piero Camporesi. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099453949
- ISBN
- 9780099453949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Beginning with the nature of literature, this also asks the questions of why we should read literature and why literature has such authority over us.This will be essential reading for any interested in the future of literature. Series: Thinking in Action. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415261258
- ISBN
- 9780415261258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.35
€ 31.99
€ 30.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Gingko Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909942776
- ISBN
- 9781909942776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.94
€ 37.94
Paperback. An analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392. Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection. 232 pages, illustrations. An analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HP. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight: 390.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 10th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313663
- ISBN
- 9780822313663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99
€ 27.99
Hardcover. An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; HPCB; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 126 x 184 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871407054
- ISBN
- 9780871407054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.18
€ 15.99
€ 15.18
hardcover. This book examines the contributions of queer writers and artists of color to contemporary social theory. Series: Stanford Studies in Comparative Race and Ethnicity. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804783392
- ISBN
- 9780804783392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.37
€ 119.37
Paperback. This book examines the contributions of queer writers and artists of color to contemporary social theory. Series: Stanford Studies in Comparative Race and Ethnicity. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804783408
- ISBN
- 9780804783408
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
Hardback. Giovanni Pontano, the dominant literary figure of quattrocento Naples, wrote two brilliantly original poetical cycles. On Married Love is the first sustained exploration of married love in first-person poetry. Eridanus combines familiar motifs of courtly love with an allusive matrix of classical elegy and Pontano's distinctive vision. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728660
- ISBN
- 9780674728660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.29
€ 40.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. Editor(s): Sacks, Sheldon. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press Journals
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226733340
- ISBN
- 9780226733340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.35
€ 17.99
€ 15.35
paperback. Essays examine the way stories are told, understood, and used to represent and make sense of the world. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226532172
- ISBN
- 9780226532172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.66
€ 21.99
€ 18.66
Paperback. The Cold War that has so often been linked to Orwell's novel ended with more of a whimper than a bang, but most of the issues of concern to him remain alive in some form today: censorship, scientific surveillance, power worship, the autonomy of art, the meaning of democracy, relations between men and women, and many others. Editor(s): Gleason, Prof. Abbott; Goldsmith, Jack L.; Nussbaum, Martha C. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113616
- ISBN
- 9780691113616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
Paperback. A revision of George Kennedy's translation of, introdution to, and commentary on Aristotle's On Rhetoric. His translation is most accurate, his general introduction is the most thorough and insightful, and his brief introductions to sections of the work, along with his explanatory footnotes, are the most useful available. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195305098
- ISBN
- 9780195305098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.82
€ 129.82
Hardback. Editor(s): Bourdeau, Debra Taylor; Kraft, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 301 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611493146
- ISBN
- 9781611493146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.42
€ 145.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Morgan, Barbara; Perez, Maya. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; APFB; DSG; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477310908
- ISBN
- 9781477310908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.66
€ 21.66
Paperback. Series: Heritage of Sociology S. Num Pages: 342 pages, 1Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226080789
- ISBN
- 9780226080789
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23
On the Aesthetic Education of Man in a Series of Letters (English and ...
Schiller, Friedrich; Wilkinson, Elizabeth M. ...
paperback. Parallel-text edition. Edited and translated by E. M. Wilkinson and L. A. Willoughby. Editor(s): Wilkinson, E. M.; Willoughby, L. A. Num Pages: 572 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 35. Weight in Grams: 724. Good copy showing minor age and shelf wear. Sunning to spine. Light scoring to interior. Page edges well-defined
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025198
- ISBN
- 9780198157861
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
hardcover. The author of the widely acclaimed Morphology of the Folktale has written an original, comprehensive, and exciting study on how humour works, and on everything you wanted to know about the genre, in a clear, approachable, and insightful manner. Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics & Communication. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802099266
- ISBN
- 9780802099266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.91
€ 56.91
Paperback. Based on the belief that a substantial and innovative discussion of the philosophical notions of immanence and potentiality is not only overdue but also necessary to address the social, political, cultural, and ethical aporia confronting us. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557533685
- ISBN
- 9781557533685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.15
€ 47.15
Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483314
- ISBN
- 9781611483314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Paperback. Sheds new light on the views and attitudes of Latin American writers during the Nazi era Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBH; HBTZ1; JFSL4. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688566
- ISBN
- 9781611688566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.82
€ 42.99
€ 32.82
Hardcover. A literary study of the borderlands between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Series: American Tropics: Towards a Literary Geography. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJD; 1KJH; DSBH5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381601
- ISBN
- 9781781381601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.65
€ 188.65
Hardcover. This book introduces and analyzes the fiction of Xu Xu and Wumingshi and shows their importance during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) until 1949. It makes the wider argument that their short stories and novels in this period, and popular Chinese literature more broadly, was indebted to the Shanghai modernist writers of the 1930s (Xinganjue Pai). Series: Edinburgh East Asian Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748696369
- ISBN
- 9780748696369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.56
€ 105.84
€ 101.56
Hardback. Editor(s): Travalini, Billie; Brown, Fleda. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611490954
- ISBN
- 9781611490954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.78
€ 137.78
Paperback. This volume presents three essays by the French philosopher and theorist Jacques Derrida on the ethical, political and linguistic issues posed by the act of "naming" Translator(s): Dutoit, Thomas. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725552
- ISBN
- 9780804725552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97