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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Ranging from the novels of James Fenimore Cooper to Louis L'Amour, and from such classic films as "Stagecoach" to spaghetti Westerns like "A Fistful of Dollars", this book shows how Westerns helped assuage a series of crises in American culture. Num Pages: 348 pages, 30 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532356
ISBN
9780226532356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.88

hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449406
ISBN
9780801449406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.03

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452970
ISBN
9780801452970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.01

Hardback. Examines the residual influence of the Eurocentric literary canon in the age of postcolonial and world literature and looks at emergent formations of canons and classics at large. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785211
ISBN
9780804785211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.48

Paperback. In What Is a World? Pheng Cheah draws on accounts of the world as a temporal process from Hegel, Marx, Heidegger, Arendt, and Derrida, and analyzes several postcolonial novels to articulate a normative theory of world literature's capacity to open up new possibilities for remaking the world. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360926
ISBN
9780822360926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardback. In What Is a World? Pheng Cheah draws on accounts of the world as a temporal process from Hegel, Marx, Heidegger, Arendt, and Derrida, and analyzes several postcolonial novels to articulate a normative theory of world literature's capacity to open up new possibilities for remaking the world. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360780
ISBN
9780822360780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.40

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474265096
ISBN
9781474265096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.68

Paperback. In What is Literature? sartre the novelist and Sartre the philosopher combine to address the phenomenon of literature, exploring why we read, and why we write. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 194 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415254045
ISBN
9780415254045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781405182942
ISBN
9781405182942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.42

Paperback. This work argues that pastoral is based upon a fundamental fiction - that the lives of shepherds or other socially humble figures represent the lives of human beings in general. It explores texts ranging from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Hardy and Frost. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
444
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226015170
ISBN
9780226015170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. Probes the uses and abuses of world literature in a changing world. This book looks at the ways works change as they move from national to global contexts. It argues that world literature is work that gains in translation. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049861
ISBN
9780691049861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.54

Paperback. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue. The novel traces the course of her education and ends with the death of her childhood. It is one of James's finest studies of lost innocence. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538591
ISBN
9780199538591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.72

Paperback. A unique book, from the incomparable Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Among Others, Jo Walton: What Makes This Book So Great: Re-Reading the Classics of Fantasy and SF is a collection of brilliant reassessments of the classics - and the forgotten gems - of modern fantasy and SF. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472111616
ISBN
9781472111616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.79

Paperback. From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244. Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved. 352 pages. From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight: 244.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408831694
ISBN
9781408831694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.25

Paperback. Most widely known as the controversial OFSTED Chief, Chris Woodhead held forthright views that turned up the volume of the national education debate. As journalism, education is at the core of this book, but it also reflects his passions for literature and climbing, and concludes with his courageous thoughts on assisted dying. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JHBZ; JNL; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The University of Buckingham Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908684820
ISBN
9781908684820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.22

Hardback. The art and craft of playwriting as explored in candid conversations with some of the most important contemporary dramatists Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300211443
ISBN
9780300211443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.82

hardcover. Shows how W H Auden can speak to us throughout life, suggesting how, despite difficulties and change, we can celebrate understanding, acceptance, and love for others. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 123 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Princeton University Press London
Number of pages
152
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144733
ISBN
9780691144733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Hardcover. Aims to encourage a deeper appreciation of ancient Greek poetry and prose by showing where a nod of the head or a wave of the hand can complete meaning in epic poetry and in tragedy, comedy, oratory, and in works of history and philosophy. This book helps to explain some persistently confusing syntaxes and to make translations more accurate. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black and white illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002637
ISBN
9780691002637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.20
€ 79.73

Paperback. The sixth of the Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies presents the short shorts, stories, and poetry by Teegarden, a deaf teacher in late 19th and early 20th century Pennsylvania." Editor(s): Luczak, Raymond. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563683480
ISBN
9781563683480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.54

Hardback. The displacement in science of positivist notions of observation by a realist model of knowledge provided inspiration for Japanese writers. This work looks at the ideological incarnations of scientific realism in modernist works. It focuses on the struggle of science and art to reclaim the invisible as an object of representation and belief. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027947
ISBN
9780674027947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

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