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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Demonstrates that Walter Benjamin articulates his conception of history through the language of photography. Focusing on Benjamin's discussions of the flashes and images of history, this title argues that the questions raised by this link between photography and history touch on issues that belong to the entire trajectory of his writings. Num Pages: 208 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: AJ; DSA; DSBH; HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002682
ISBN
9780691002682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Translator(s): Pinkus, Karen. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816649235
ISBN
9780816649235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. A collection of essays on the key texts that have shaped the Eco, the novelist and critic. After the opening essay on the general significance of literature, this book examines a number of major authors from the Western canon, such as French writer Nerval's masterpiece, "Sylvie", as well as the works of Cervantes, Swift, and Piero Camporesi. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099453949
ISBN
9780099453949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Cutting across many disciplines, narratology describes the language of narrative with its regularly recurring patterns, deeply established conventions for transmission, and interpretive codes, whether in novels, cartoons, or case studies. This book offers access to terms and concepts that are defined, illustrated, and cross-referenced. Num Pages: 126 pages, 9 diagrama. BIC Classification: CBW; DSB; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 208 x 8. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803287761
ISBN
9780803287761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. This book explores modern literature's responses to the tragic. It examines writers from the latter half of the nineteenth century through to the later twentieth century who respond to ideas about tragedy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748636730
ISBN
9780748636730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 102.99

Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474417716
ISBN
9781474417716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 107.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 131 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
131
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594549410
ISBN
9781594549410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.05
€ 46.56

Paperback. This is a concise handbook full of playwrighting experience. Spencer presents a coherent way of thinking about playwriting that addresses the important principles of structure, includes writing exercises that build upon one another, and trouble-shoots recurrent problems that playwrights face. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
374
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571199914
ISBN
9780571199914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
SparkNotes
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Study Guide, Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411469679
ISBN
9781411469679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801048876
ISBN
9780801048876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.98

Paperback. The once influential theory Neoanalysis held that motifs and episodes in the "Iliad" derive from the "Aethiopis. "Given its vast potential implications for the "Iliad" s origins, the recent revival of Neoanalysis in subtler form inspires this critical reappraisal by Malcolm Davies of that theory s more sophisticated reincarnation." Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088313
ISBN
9780674088313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.66

Paperback. Editor(s): Parsons, Mikeal; Talbert, Charles; Longenecker, Bruce. Series: Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801032752
ISBN
9780801032752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.41

Paperback. Walter Benjamin's essays on the great French lyric poet, Charles Baudelaire revolutionized not just the way we think about Baudelaire, but our understanding of modernity and modernism as well. This volume includes an introduction that presents each of Benjamin's essays on Baudelaire in chronological order. Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W. Translator(s): Eiland, Howard; Jephcott, Edmund; Livingstone, Rodney; Zohn, Harry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
n
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022874
ISBN
9780674022874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.79

Paperback. Series: Casebook S. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302. 8vo .Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
1978th Edition
SKU
KEX0293733
ISBN
9780333215142
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Collects Willis Barnstone's translations of Greek lyric poetry - including the most complete Sappho in English. This book includes a representative sampling of significant poets, from Archilochos, in the 7th century BCE, through Pindar and the other great singers of the classical age, down to the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods. Translator(s): Barnstone, Willis. Num Pages: 376 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DC; DSC; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221216
ISBN
9780253221216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801492044
ISBN
9780801492044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. The play script of Jonson's satirical farce, including an extensive introduction, with biographical notes and information about the staging of the play, as well as detailed notes beneath the text on each page. Editor(s): Cook, Elizabeth. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 224 pages, c 5 photographs/line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408110201
ISBN
9781408110201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.40

Paperback. Tracing the proliferation of forms of mourning and memorial across a century increasingly concerned with their historical and temporal significance, this work offers a different view of the aesthetic, social, and political implications of emotion. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 345 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814752234
ISBN
9780814752234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardcover. From the troubadours of the Middle Ages to the titans of modern poetry, from Rabelais and Ronsard to Jacques Reda and Yves Bonnefoy, French Poetry offers English-speaking, this is an introduction varied tradition. Editor(s): McGuinness, Patrick. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3H; 3J; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841598055
ISBN
9781841598055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Paperback. Introduces students to the study of Shakespeare and grounds their understandings of his work in theoretical discourses. By addressing what is primarily at stake in the major theoretical approaches to Shakespeare's works, the book breaks down both fears and preconceptions to offer students a map of the current critical practices of others. Series: Beginnings. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719064234
ISBN
9780719064234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.14

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