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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691616025
ISBN
9780691616025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.85
€ 42.10

This study considers both such well-known works as Roth's "Portnoy's Complaint", Plath's "The Bell Jar" and Lodge's "Therapy", and lesser-known works to discuss how patients react to psychotherapy as a cure for mental and emotional disorders. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; MMJT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 331.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813121130
ISBN
9780813121130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.11

Hardback. The detective figure in contemporary American crime fiction increasingly relies on revenge to bring about justice in a society where there has been a sharp decline in moral values. This study demonstrates how the notion of the detective as a moral exemplar or heroic ideal breaks down in the works of writers such as James Ellroy and Sara Paretsky. Num Pages: 139 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
139
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137469656
ISBN
9781137469656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.05

Hardback. Canuel draws interesting connections between the debate about beauty and justice and issues in cosmopolitanism, queer theory, and animal studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405872
ISBN
9781421405872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.44
€ 49.70

Hardback. Editor(s): Majeske, Andrew; Detmer-Goebel, Emily. Num Pages: 193 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611473834
ISBN
9781611473834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.49

Paperback. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HRC; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349242856
ISBN
9781349242856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

Paperback. Examines the human desire to be rich, famous, attractive and powerful and dismisses all these goals as not worth striving for - we are in fact happier as we are. This book seeks to explain both the factual background to the poems and also the literary qualities which make this poetry exciting and moving to a modern audience. Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 206 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910572337
ISBN
9781910572337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.29

Paperback. The first commentary to adopt an integrated approach to Satire 6 by drawing together a multiplicity of different perspectives. Editor(s): Watson, Lindsay; Watson, Patricia. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521671101
ISBN
9780521671101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.12

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSC; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640457
ISBN
9780691640457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 202.73

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 492 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1057.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642130
ISBN
9780691642130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 252.84

Paperback. In this Very Short Introduction, Ritchie Robertson provides the newcomer with an up-to-date and accessible examination of this fascinating author. Beginning with an examination of Kafka's life, he then goes on to discuss some of the major themes that emerge in Kafka's work, using his short story Metamorphosis as a recurring example. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, numerous halftones & text boxes. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 114 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192804556
ISBN
9780192804556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Hardcover. A biography that provides a meticulously researched insight into the author's family background, his education and employment, his attitude to his native city, his literary influences, and his relationships with women. Series: Literary Traveller. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 116 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906598884
ISBN
9781906598884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. * First general biography in UK for twenty years of one of the defining writers of the 20th century - Franz Kafka. Num Pages: 448 pages, Integrated: 16, int b/w. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Time Warner Books Uk
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349115931
ISBN
9780349115931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1992
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349218622
ISBN
9781349218622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 193.25

Hardcover. In a series of readings of Kafka's works from "The Judgment" to "The Trial" and other works from late 1914, a narrative unfolds of Dostoyevsky being used both as a guide and a foil. Kafka's appropriations of the Dostoyevskian world are traced in this book by W.J. Dodd. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 2ACG; 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333558652
ISBN
9780333558652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.20

Hardback. This study explores the affinity between the Kafka and Pinter. The author offers an interpretation of Kafka's portrayal of the struggle between father and son in "The Judgment" and "The Metamorphosis" and examines the extent to which Pinter's treatment of the theme was influenced. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333631164
ISBN
9780333631164
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.54

hardcover. Kafka's Creatures: Animals, Hybrids, and Other Fantastic Beings is an interdisciplinary collection of essays on Franz Kafka's use of non-human creatures in his writings. It is written from a variety of interpretive perspectives and highlights diverse ways of understanding how Kafka's use of these creatures illuminate his work in general. Editor(s): Lucht, Marc; Yarri, Donna. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739143940
ISBN
9780739143940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.51

Hardcover. Shows how The Trial provides an uncanny lens through which to consider flaws in the American criminal justice system today. The author begins with the story, at once funny and grim, of Josef K, caught in the Law's grip and then crushed by it. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; DSBH; DSK; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167473
ISBN
9780226167473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ACZ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 389.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403967671
ISBN
9781403967671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312232818
ISBN
9780312232818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.37

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