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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Series: Speculative Realism. BIC Classification: DSK; HPJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474422703
ISBN
9781474422703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. This book demonstrates the presence of literature within speech act theory and the utility of speech act theory in reading literary work. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804742160
ISBN
9780804742160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.11

Hardcover. Num Pages: 381 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 183 x 27. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772893525
ISBN
9788772893525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.02
€ 51.63

Paperback. Presents six short works from Bakhtin's "Esthetics of Creative Discourse". Translator(s): McGee, Vern W. Series: Slavic S. Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Number of pages
203
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292775602
ISBN
9780292775602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.95

Hardback. This volume explores the techniques by which classical Greek texts written primarily for public performance incorporate direct quotations (oratio recta) of 'other voices' - imagined or real. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847684496
ISBN
9780847684496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.16

Hardback. Drawing on the Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing, this volume provides a comprehensive survey of the spelling system of Older and Modern Scots, illustrating how this orthographic system has developed partly in response to historical shifts in pronunciation, and partly as a result of social and political change. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 black and white line art. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; CFF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643059
ISBN
9780748643059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 100.60

Hardback. For more information on similar titles, please visit www.lexingtonbooks.com Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471267
ISBN
9781611471267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.42

Hardback. Quitslund argues that Spenser sought authority for his poem by grounding its narrative in a divinely ordained natural order, intelligible in terms derived from the ancient sources of poetry and philosophy. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 695.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802035059
ISBN
9780802035059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.66

Paperback. Provides careful annotation of the text, detailed guidance to critical comment, and introductory material setting the poem - The Faerie Queene - in its historical and literary context. This book also includes additional original material, which includes a chronology, a letter to Raleigh, commendatory verses, and dedicatory sonnets. Editor(s): Hamilton, A. C. Series: Longman Annotated English Poets. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 189 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1542.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405832816
ISBN
9781405832816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.63

Hardback. This book is a study of Spenser's conception of the nature of heroism and the way it is embodied in the separate books of The Faerie Queene. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Weight in Grams: 461. Clean copy in original cloth covers with gilt title to spine. Covers showing light shelf wear. Previous owner's ex-libris stamp to FFEP. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0013919
ISBN
9780521076623
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This 1967 book was compiled by Alastair Fowler from notes left by C. S. Lewis at his death. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 21. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Previous owner's ex-libris stamp to FFEP. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0013582
ISBN
9780521292849
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. Spheres of Action examines the significant intersections between language and performance during the Romantic period. Editor(s): Dick, Alexander; Esterhammer, Angela. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802098030
ISBN
9780802098030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.80

Paperback. Series: Focus on. Num Pages: 63 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
63
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075088
ISBN
9781906075088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. With detailed analysis of the text, discussions on themes, historical backgrounds and author biographies, York Notes offers students the best insight into the world of English Literature. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UA) A / AS level; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 211 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405861830
ISBN
9781405861830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.30

Paperback. Designed to meet the requirements for students at IGCSE and A level, this guide offers detailed analyses of character, setting and theme; close examination of the novel's plot, structure and narrative techniques; and, key quotations and activities both for the student working alone and in the classroom. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 4KHT; 4KLR; DSK; YQEF; YQZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Education Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571335794
ISBN
9780571335794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. In Spill poet, independent scholar, and activist Alexis Pauline Gumbs presents a commanding collection of poetry inspired by Black feminist literary critic Hortense Spillers depicting scenes of fugitive Black women and girls seeking freedom from gendered violence and racism. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362722
ISBN
9780822362722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.21

Hardback. In Spill poet, independent scholar, and activist Alexis Pauline Gumbs presents a commanding collection of poetry inspired by Black feminist literary critic Hortense Spillers depicting scenes of fugitive Black women and girls seeking freedom from gendered violence and racism. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362562
ISBN
9780822362562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.12

Paperback. Conversations with Writers and Artists. 308 pages, black & white illustrations. Since the 1980s, a prolific "second wave" of Chicanolandia writers and artists has tremendously expanded the range of genres and subject matter in Chicanolandia literature and art. This book presents interviews with twenty-one "second wave" Chicanolandia poets, fiction writers, dramatists, documentary filmmakers, and playwrights. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSB; GTB; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 19. Weight: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292713123
ISBN
9780292713123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.26

Paperback. This book offers a detailed account of Spinozaa s influence on various schools of present--day critical thought. That influence extends from Althusserian Marxism to hermeneutics, deconstruction, narrative poetics, new historicism, and the unclassifiable writings of a thinker like Giles Deleuze. Num Pages: 330 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631175575
ISBN
9780631175575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 48.88

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 211 x 35. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153027
ISBN
9780231153027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.40

Hardback. Demonstrates the centrality of Gloria Anzaldua s concept of spiritual mestizaje to the queer feminist Chicana theorist s life and thought, and its utility as a framework for interpreting contemporary Chicana narratives. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822350293
ISBN
9780822350293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.90

Hardback. Offers several models of correct political behavior for the benefit of both Otto and the noblemen who constituted his base of power. In her stories and plays, the author demonstrates God's inexhaustible love and the infinite resources of forgiveness and reconciliation that are offered to even the most flagrant sinner, provided that person repents. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575911007
ISBN
9781575911007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.63

Paperback. Given the ways in which spirituality functions in the work of Black women writers and filmmakers, the author proposes that what these women embrace in their narrative construction and characterization is the responsibility of the priestess, bearing and distributing "life-force" to sustain the community of people who read and view their work. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813923703
ISBN
9780813923703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081927
ISBN
9780252081927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

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