Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. This book deals with the role that World War I played in the life and literary imagination of the Italian author and solider Gabriele D'Annunzio. D'Annunzio believed war would not only solve the mystery of death, it would also provide him with a means of redemption. Num Pages: 176 pages, 14 ill. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB; HBG; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838635872
- ISBN
- 9780838635872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.22
€ 116.22
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652306
- ISBN
- 9780691652306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.51
€ 150.51
Hardcover. Examines the modernist forces within nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe that helped shape both Czech nationalism and artistic interaction among ethnic and social groups - Czechs and Germans, men and women, gays and straights. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 2AGZ; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299222802
- ISBN
- 9780299222802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.95
€ 84.95
Hardcover. A city of immense literary mystique, Prague has inspired writers across the centuries with its beauty, cosmopolitanism, and tragic history. This interdisciplinary study helps to explain why Prague - more than any other major European city - has haunted the cultural and political imagination of the West. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; DSB; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226795409
- ISBN
- 9780226795409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.36
€ 52.99
€ 41.36
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134981
- ISBN
- 9781571134981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.21
€ 133.21
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- D.S.Brewer
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859915632
- ISBN
- 9780859915632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.30
€ 133.30
Hardcover. A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama offers a series of original essays that represent a comprehensive overview of the global reception of ancient Greek tragedies and comedies from antiquity to the present day. Editor(s): Van Zyl Smit, Betine. Series: HCRZ - Wiley Blackwell Handbooks to Classical Reception. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118347751
- ISBN
- 9781118347751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.82
€ 217.82
Hardback. Argues that the discipline of comparative literature should be expanded to include all of the world, not only a favored segment, and that translation represents a legitimate and indispensable tool for readers. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874132779
- ISBN
- 9780874132779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.96
€ 121.96
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641805
- ISBN
- 9780691641805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.81
€ 162.81
Hardcover. A master of the lyric, Alfred Corn is also adept at working in forms, and has published several books featuring long poetic sequences, including a book-length narrative poem modeled on Dante's "Divine Comedy". This book features the poet/critic's personal, epistolary encounter with Flannery O'Connor. Series: Poets on Poetry. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472070503
- ISBN
- 9780472070503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.11
€ 104.11
Paperback. A master of the lyric, Alfred Corn is also adept at working in forms, and has published several books featuring long poetic sequences, including a book-length narrative poem modeled on Dante's "Divine Comedy". This book features the poet/critic's personal, epistolary encounter with Flannery O'Connor. Series: Poets on Poetry. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472050505
- ISBN
- 9780472050505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.78
€ 34.78
Hardcover. A Companion to the American Short Story traces the development of this versatile literary genre over the past two centuries. Written by leading critics in the field, it explores a wide range of writers, from Edgar Allen Poe and Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, and Charles Chesnutt at the end of the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Bendixen, Alfred; Nagel, James. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 536
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405115438
- ISBN
- 9781405115438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.34
€ 52.34
Paperback. A comprehensive guide to William Langland's fourteenth-century masterpiece, "Piers Plowman". Editor(s): Alford, John A. Num Pages: 298 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520060074
- ISBN
- 9780520060074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.80
€ 35.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. An exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions. The author draws on his own fieldwork and analyzes how the oral tradition of the south Indian cult of the goddess Draupadi and five regional martial oral epics compare with one another and tie in with the Sanskrit epics. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 576 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBB; HRG; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226340517
- ISBN
- 9780226340517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.32€ 70.00
€ 82.32
€ 70.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Pate, Alexs D.; Fletcher, Pamela R.; Powell, Otis J. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873519731
- ISBN
- 9780873519731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.17
€ 20.17
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
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
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
€ 27.99€ 26.53
€ 27.99
€ 26.53
Hardback. Bringing together scholars from diverse periods and disciplines of Hellenic and Byzantine studies, this volume explores the shifting shapes and functions of laughter and tears, with consideration given to visual, performative and musical arts, as well as to written records. Editor(s): Alexiou, Margaret; Cairns, Douglas. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; DSB; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474403795
- ISBN
- 9781474403795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.25€ 131.07
€ 135.25
€ 131.07
Paperback. Translator(s): Laatsch, David (Louisiana State University, USA). Num Pages: 259 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816637256
- ISBN
- 9780816637256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537259
- ISBN
- 9780199537259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86