Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. The Art of Reading is the first-long overdue-collection of essays by the French classical philologist and humanist Jean Bollack to be published in English. As the scope of the collection shows, Bollack felt equally at home thinking in depth about both the classics of Greek poetry and philosophy and modern, including contemporary, poetry. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674660199
- ISBN
- 9780674660199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.95
€ 33.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555975623
- ISBN
- 9781555975623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.74
€ 16.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. This text aims to provide a guide to the sonnets of Shakespeare. Commentaries, presented alongside the original text and a modernized version, offer perspectives on individual poems, stylistic features and ironic capacity. Num Pages: 696 pages, 154 facsimiles, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSBD; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 167 x 35. Weight in Grams: 994.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674637122
- ISBN
- 9780674637122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.05
€ 38.99
€ 33.05
Hardback. The Art of Subtraction is the first full-length study on the CD-ROM as a creative platform. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2, 2 figures. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442631915
- ISBN
- 9781442631915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555975319
- ISBN
- 9781555975319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.80
€ 16.99
€ 14.80
Paperback. In seven independent, but closely related chapters, the author presents his personal conception of the European novel, which he describes as 'an art born of the laughter of God'. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571227495
- ISBN
- 9780571227495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.59
€ 12.99
€ 10.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492767
- ISBN
- 9781611492767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.13
€ 142.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555974893
- ISBN
- 9781555974893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.23
€ 15.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. Addresses the problems defined by writers and artists during the post-dictatorship years in Argentina and Chile, years in which both countries aggressively adopted neo-liberal market-driven economies. This work is suitable for Latin Americanists, literary and political theorists and those involved with the study of postmodernism and globalisation. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSH; 3JJP; A; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JHM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822328186
- ISBN
- 9780822328186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.42
€ 41.99
€ 37.42
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHM; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637310
- ISBN
- 9780691637310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.46
€ 186.46
Paperback. In this study, Linda M. Grasso demonstrates that using anger as a mode of analysis and the basis of an aesthetic transforms our understanding of American women's literary history. She explores how black and white 19th-century women writers defined, expressed and dramatized anger. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228137
- ISBN
- 9780807853481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Presents two complementary medieval anthologies containing lyrics by two outstanding Latin poets of the second half of the twelfth century. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055575
- ISBN
- 9780674055575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.09
€ 40.99
€ 34.09
Paperback. Series: Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016620
- ISBN
- 9780674016620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.89
€ 31.99
€ 26.89
Hardback. Series: Asian American History & Culture. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781439912263
- ISBN
- 9781439912263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.49
€ 93.49
Paperback. Series: Asian American History & Culture. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781439912270
- ISBN
- 9781439912270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.75
€ 31.99
€ 28.75
paperback. Beautifully illustrated, The Authentic Shakespeare is about how the modern constructs the past, how the texts that were performed on the Elizabethan stage became the books and editions that are, for our time, Renaissance drama. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 line drawings, 75 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415912136
- ISBN
- 9780415912136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.97
€ 53.97
Paperback. In this text Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. He examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary anecdote, as well as such themes as memorization, plagiarism and forgery and the dream visions of the dead. Translator(s): Cooperson, Michael. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 21 cm. BIC Classification: 1HB; 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629313
- ISBN
- 9780815629313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.61
€ 27.61
Hardcover. In this text Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. He examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary anecdote, as well as such themes as memorization, plagiarism and forgery and the dream visions of the dead. Translator(s): Cooperson, Michael. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 21 cm. BIC Classification: 1HB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629368
- ISBN
- 9780815629368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.22
€ 50.22
Hardcover. * This is a major new work from one of the world s leading historians of print culture and the book. * Chartier shows that, in the early history of the book, the roles played by the printer and the typesetter were just as important as the role played by the author: they were often invisible but they were crucial. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; DSBD; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745656014
- ISBN
- 9780745656014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Paperback. This sombre biography of an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's slave society, is presented in both Spanish and English. There is an introduction which sets the text in its historical and cultural context. Translator(s): Garfield, Evelyn Picon. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; BGA; DSBD; HBTS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual Ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814325384
- ISBN
- 9780814325384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.30
€ 39.30
Paperback. For Gertrude Stein and her wife Alice B Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope slowly turning'. Audacious, sardonic and characteristically self-confident, this title offers a definitive account by an American in Paris. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185361
- ISBN
- 9780141185361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. The Norton Critical Edition of this influential Harlem Renaissance novel includes related materials available in no other edition. Editor(s): Goldsby, Jacqueline. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 512 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 212 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393972863
- ISBN
- 9780393972863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.59
€ 18.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- A Cappella Books
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556522314
- ISBN
- 9781556522314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.08
€ 26.99
€ 26.08
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642192
- ISBN
- 9780691642192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.83
€ 183.83