Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Presents biographical sketches and analytical overviews of 145 of the best-known American and Canadian writers of long fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries, arranged alphabetically by name. This volume surveys the novelists, whose works are included in core curricula of high school and undergraduate literature studies. Num Pages: 1536 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; DSR; GBC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 184 x 140. Weight in Grams: 2910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Salem Press Inc
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587653933
- ISBN
- 9781587653933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 349.53
€ 349.53
Hardback. Paolo Giovio's dialogue provides an informed perspective on the sack of Rome in 1527, from a friend of Pope Clement VII. The work discusses literary style and whether the vernacular could surpass Latin as a vehicle for literary expression. This volume includes a fresh edition of the Latin text and the first translation into English. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 668 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 52. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 668
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055056
- ISBN
- 9780674055056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.93
€ 40.99
€ 33.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486813707
- ISBN
- 9780486813707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.79
€ 16.99
€ 13.79
Paperback. The text for this edition of Notes from Underground is Michael Katz's acclaimed translation of the 1863 novel, which is introduced and annotated specifically for English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Katz, Michael R. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 272 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393976120
- ISBN
- 9780393976120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.49
€ 19.99
€ 18.49
Hardcover. Editor(s): Collister, Peter. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 44. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Critical ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813930831
- ISBN
- 9780813930831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.55
€ 114.55
Hardback. Editor(s): English, Karen Ann. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611473490
- ISBN
- 9781611473490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.78
€ 137.78
Paperback. Now back in print with a new preface and two new essays--the essential guide and companion to Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy's acclaimed novel of the Old West that has been compared to the work of Dante, Homer, Melville, and Faulkner. Series: Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292718210
- ISBN
- 9780292718210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Hardback. Setting out from middle-class California to invent herself as a European-style intellectual, Sontag raised the bar of critical discourse and offered up a model of a freethinking, imaginative, and sensual woman. This book offers a reflection on the work, influence, and personality of Sontag. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135700
- ISBN
- 9780691135700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.82
€ 23.99
€ 17.82
Paperback. Available in English for the first time, this is a collection of essays by social philosopher and critic, T.W. Adorno, on such writers as Mann, Bloch, Holderlin, Kare Kraust, Sigfried Kracauer, Goethe, Benjamin and Stefan George. It includes Adorno's reflections on a variety of literary subjects. Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Translator(s): Nicholsen, Shierry Weber. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 372 pages. Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Available in English for the first time, this is a collection of essays by social philosopher and critic, T.W. Adorno, on such writers as Mann, Bloch, Holderlin, Kare Kraust, Sigfried Kracauer, Goethe, Benjamin and Stefan George. It includes Adorno's reflections on a variety of literary subjects. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight: 522. Translator(s): Nicholsen, Shierry Weber.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 372
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231069137
- ISBN
- 9780231069137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. A brilliant collection of short essays on literary subjects e.g. Beckett, Balzac, Proust, Thomas Mann, Dickens, Goethe, Heine, the lyric, realism, the essay, and the contemporary novel by the great social theorist (1903-1969), originally published in 1958 as Noten zur literature (Suhrkamp Verlag, F Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Translator(s): Nicholson, S.W. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 350 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231063326
- ISBN
- 9780231063326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.33€ 82.56
€ 109.33
€ 82.56
Paperback. The author, a noted literary critic, presents a selection of his thought on Balzac, Valery, Dickens, Goethe, Heine, Hoelderlin, lyric poetry, realism, the essay and the contemporary novel. Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Translator(s): Nicholson, S.W. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 350 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231063333
- ISBN
- 9780231063333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. This text looks at Euripides' "Hippolytus" and offers an examination of the ancient preference for the implicit style, and suugests a possible reading of Euripides' first treatment of the myth which would account for The Athenian audience's reservations about his "Hippoytus Veiled". Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; AN; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690923
- ISBN
- 9780847690923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.03
€ 163.03
Paperback. Includes essays that intend to restore the social context of ancient Greek drama. This title considers how individual plays and groups of dramas pertained to the concerns of the body politic and how these issues were presented in the convention of the stage and as centerpieces of civic ceremonies. Editor(s): Winkler, John J.; Zeitlin, Froma I. Num Pages: 440 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015255
- ISBN
- 9780691015255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 55.15
€ 71.30
€ 55.15
Hardback. Using a unique four-dimensional lens to frame questions of diaspora in the writings of women from Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, Mehta expands notions of Caribbean identity. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618817
- ISBN
- 9780230618817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.15
€ 65.15
Paperback. An examination of how the films we see and the books we read affect our faith and our view of the world. With the Apostles' Creed as his foundation, author May interprets popular works such as The Grapes of Wrath, Cool Hand Luke, Slaughterhouse-Five, and Saving Private Ryan through the lens of religious faith. Series: Communication, Culture, and Religion. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580511063
- ISBN
- 9781580511063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.52
€ 39.52
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714526218
- ISBN
- 9780714526218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28
Hardback. Contains over 600 entries describing novels that have theatrical settings or in which characters work in the theatre. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810832510
- ISBN
- 9780810832510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.98
€ 139.98
Hardcover. The surprising influence of fictional preachers and their sermons--and why actual preachers should care Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602586826
- ISBN
- 9781602586826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.62
€ 49.62
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252079047
- ISBN
- 9780252079047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Nixon, Cheryl L, Dr. Num Pages: 435 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 435
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551116464
- ISBN
- 9781551116464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.37€ 42.94
€ 54.37
€ 42.94