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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Reading and the Reader defends the value of reading serious literature, investigating the role of the reader in the human search for meaning outside as well as inside of books. Series: The Literary Agenda. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JNAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199683185
ISBN
9780199683185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.50

Hardback. An investigation into the connections between military and literary culture in the late medieval period, and how warfare shaped such texts as Malory's Morte. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843245
ISBN
9781843843245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.65

Hardback. The book will be of interest to students and academic in Literature, cultural studies, material culture and the history of medicine Editor(s): DiMeo, Michelle; Pennell, Sara. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087271
ISBN
9780719087271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.80

Paperback. Discusses how the writers or editors of Arab women's autobiographies have written, documented, presented, and organized their texts. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 2CSR; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780292705456
ISBN
9780292705456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardback. In Reading as the Angels Read, Ardizzone reconstructs the cultural and socio-political background that provided the motivation for the Banquet and offers a bold new reading of this ambitious work. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442637061
ISBN
9781442637061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.90

Paperback. How is the growing body of Asian American works to be read? What holds them together to constitute a tradition? What distinguishes this tradition from the 'mainstream' canon and other 'minority' literatures? This book explores their implications for the multiculturalist agenda. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015415
ISBN
9780691015415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 41.45

Hardback. Arguing that Poe is exemplary in his ambivalent relationship to mass culture, the author offers a new theorization of mass culture and ideology. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725415
ISBN
9780804725415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.03

Paperback. This volume examines how gender, social class and ethnicity colour the storylines of those who experienced the horrors of Auschwitz, and asks whether we can or should make sense of Auschwitz. Series: Ethnographic Alternatives. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761991878
ISBN
9780761991878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611473308
ISBN
9781611473308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.81

Paperback. First book of essays on a maverick figure in late 20th century British poetry. Editor(s): Batchelor, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249885
ISBN
9781852249885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. Drawing attention to the interplay between writing and vision, this book is stuffed with more than 200 images. It is a meditation on the threads that unite mothers and sons and the ways that certain writers and photographers take up those threads and create art that captures an irretrievable past. Num Pages: 536 pages, 215 illustrations (32 in color). BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 199 x 47. Weight in Grams: 952.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339625
ISBN
9780822339625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.90

Hardcover. Series: Anthem Scholarship in the Digital Age. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30+ tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Anthem Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857284549
ISBN
9780857284549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137565440
ISBN
9781137565440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 11.05

Hardback. The author is rightly regarded as the Father of English Literature. His observant wit, his narrative skill and characterization, his linguistic invention, have been a well from which the language's greatest writers have drawn: Shakespeare, Pope, Austen, Dickens among them. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 211 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230655
ISBN
9780571230655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. 'Reading Chekhov is a literary pilgrimage, homage, travelogue, biography, literary criticism and a restrained love letter all rolled into one .. It is the work of an iridescent and sympathetic imagination' The Times Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGL; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847085368
ISBN
9781847085368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Cicero was a prolific writer and a major political figure. The author argues that our understanding both of Cicero's oeuvre and of the practice and theory of public life is transformed if his writings are read as a unified whole in the context of Roman politics. Series: Duckworth Classical Essays. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715632796
ISBN
9780715632796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.90

Paperback. A towering figure in world literature, Dante wrote his great epic poem the Commedia in the early fourteenth century. The work gained universal acclaim and came to be known as La Divina Commedia, or The Divine Comedy. This title brings Dante and his masterpiece to life in this exploration of the man, his cultural milieu, and his unendingly works. Series: The Open Yale Courses. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300191356
ISBN
9780300191356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.15

Paperback. The best and most eloquent introduction to Dante for our time. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631490064
ISBN
9781631490064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.64

Hardback. Vittorio Montemaggi offers a detailed theological reading of Dante's Commedia, examining the theme of human interaction, both as it is represented in the poem-the narrator Dante's interaction with other characters-and by the relationship between author and reader. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190495466
ISBN
9780190495466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813101651
ISBN
9780813101651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486357
ISBN
9780801486357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. Series: Mediaeval Cultures S. Num Pages: 296 pages, with 17 illus. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSK; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816622474
ISBN
9780816622474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

paperback. This anthology assembles 144 primary texts and documents written by women between 1550 and 1700, and reveals an unprecedented view of the intellectual and literary lives of women in early modern England. Editor(s): Ostovich, Dr. Helen; Sauer, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 255 x 37. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415966467
ISBN
9780415966467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.52

Paperback. Umberto Eco is, quite simply, a genius. He is a renowned medievalist, philosopher, novelist, a popular journalist, and linguist. This anthology intends to examine his ideas of literary semiotics and interpretation as evidenced both in his scholarly work and in his fiction. Editor(s): Capozzi, Rocco; Eco, Umberto. Series: Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 38. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253211163
ISBN
9780253211163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

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