Literature: history & criticism
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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
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Condition: New
€ 52.85€ 42.10
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 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
€ 53.44
€ 49.70
Justice, Women, and Power in English Renaissance Drama
. Ed(S): Majeske, Andrew; Detmer-Goebel, Emil...
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 67.37