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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Frye draws on the Aristotelian notion of reversal, or peripeteia, to analyse the three plays commonly known as the 'problem comedies': Measure for Measure, All's Well That Ends Well, and Troilus and Cressida, showing how they anticipate the romances of Shakespeare's final period." Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802077813
ISBN
9780802077813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

paperback. Calin develops a synthesis of medieval French and English literature that will be especially useful for classroom study. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 604 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
604
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802072023
ISBN
9780802072023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.50

paperback. First published in 1985, this volume of letters follows Susanna Moodie from her Suffolk girlhood and her experience as an aspiring young writer in London, through her emigration to Upper Canada and five decades of Canadian life. Editor(s): Hopkins, Elizabeth; Peterman, Michael. Num Pages: 590 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
590
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802071996
ISBN
9780802071996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.84

paperback. Originally delivered as the 1980 Larkin-Stuart Lectures, this book provides an intriguing and provocative insight into the notion of creation and of the relationship in creativity between the human and the divine. Num Pages: 76 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802064226
ISBN
9780802064226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

hardcover. As for Sinclair Ross is the story of a remarkable writer whose works continue to challenge us and are rightly considered classics of Canadian literature. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 350 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802043887
ISBN
9780802043887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.86

hardcover. This collection of essays begins the process of reassessing Frye's thought and writings in light of extraordinary, unpublished material contained in archives at the Victoria University Library, University of Toronto. Editor(s): Boyd, David V.; Salusinszky, Imre. Series: Frye Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
74th ed.
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802042521
ISBN
9780802042521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

hardcover. Italian Futurist Poetry contains more than 100 poems (both Italian and English versions) by sixty-one poets from across Italy. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802039484
ISBN
9780802039484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.64

hardcover. Viewing his plays as a series of responses to fundamental aesthetic and political questions within modernism, Begley argues that, collectively, they narrate a prehistory of the postmodern. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802038876
ISBN
9780802038876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

hardcover. Writing to Delight also serves as an instrument for a critical investigation of both the cultural productions of nineteenth-century Italy and the process of formation of modern Italian identities. Editor(s): Arslan, Antonia; Romani, Gabriella. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; DN; DSBF; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802038746
ISBN
9780802038746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.96

hardcover. In White Civility Daniel Coleman breaks the long silence in Canadian literary and cultural studies around Canadian whiteness and examines its roots as a literary project of early colonials and nation-builders. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802037077
ISBN
9780802037077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

hardcover. The first complete collection of all of E. Pauline Johnson's known poems, many painstakingly culled from newspapers, magazines, and archives, along with a selection of her prose, including fiction, journalism, and discussions of gender and race. Editor(s): Gerson, Carole; Strong-Boag, Veronica. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802036704
ISBN
9780802036704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

Hardcover. A special feature of this volume is the first fully annotated translation of Erasmus' Catalogues Iucubrationum (Ep 1341 A), an extremely important document for the study of Erasmus' life and works and of the controversies they aroused. Translator(s): Mynors, Sir R. A. B. Series: Collected Works of Erasmus. Num Pages: 495 pages, facsimiles, map, portraits. BIC Classification: DN; DSBB; HPCB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 181 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1136.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
495
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802026040
ISBN
9780802026040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.36

hardcover. An annotated bibliography describing editing and critical works on three of Chaucer's tales. The authors make extensive use of the standard bibliographies of English literature, medieval studies, and Chaucerian studies. Series: Chaucer Bibliographies. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802008749
ISBN
9780802008749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.04

paperback. Freccero enables us to see the "Divine Comedy" for the bold, poetic experiment that it is. Too many critics have domesticated Dante by separating his theology from his poetics. Freccero argues that to fail to see the convergence of the letter and the spirit, the pilgrim and the poet, is to fail to understand Dante's poetics of conversion. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674192263
ISBN
9780674192263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.10

hardcover. The Metaphor of Celebrity is an exploration of the significance of literary celebrity in Canadian poetry. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9781442646612
ISBN
9781442646612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.23

hardcover. The Art of Meditation and the French Renaissance Love Lyric examines the poetics of meditation in the French love lyric at the height of the Lyonnais Renaissance as illustrated by one of the country's most prominent writers. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
1056
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802099464
ISBN
9780802099464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.40

paperback. Revisits the work and place of eight scholars contemporary with Anglo-American New Criticism. This work considers the achievements of each critic, examining his methodology and basic presuppositions as well as the critiques marshalled against him. It also explores their relation to history, to canon-formation, and to our theoretical debates. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802094759
ISBN
9780802094759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.54

hardcover. This volume is the first sustained examination of the ways in which the diverse kinds of confinement intersect with Western ideologies of subjectivity, investigating the modern nation-state's reliance on captivity as a means of consolidating notions of individual and national sovereignty. Editor(s): Haslam, Jason; Wright, Dr. Julia M. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802089687
ISBN
9780802089687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.44

Hardcover. Drawing on extensive archival materials held in England, the United States, and Canada, Bernard Shaw and the BBC presents a vivid portrait of many contentious issues negotiated between Shaw and the public broadcaster. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802089205
ISBN
9780802089205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.96

Paperback. Governor General's Award-winning author George Elliott Clarke identifies African-Canadian literature's distinguishing characteristics, argues its relevance to both African Diasporic and Canadian Studies and critiques several of its key creators and texts. Num Pages: 504 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 946.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802081919
ISBN
9780802081919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 49.59

hardcover. The Records of Early English Drama volumes make available historical transcripts that provide evidence of early English drama. Editor(s): Douglas, Audrey; Greenfield, Peter. Series: Records of Early English Drama. Num Pages: 547 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1276.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
547
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780802056696
ISBN
9780802056696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.57
€ 113.72

hardcover. Laird sets Moletti's Dialogue within the historical background of medieval and Renaissance mechanics, sketches the life and works of Moletti, and analyses the arguments and the geometrical theorems of the Dialogue. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBD; DSK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802046994
ISBN
9780802046994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.97

hardcover. Treating poverty not simply as a theme in literature but as a force that in fact shapes the texts themselves, Rimstead adopts the notion of a common culture to include ordinary voices in national culture, in this case the national culture of Canada. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSK; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802044945
ISBN
9780802044945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.61

hardcover. In this book, Albert W. Halsall presents the first complete treatment in English of Hugo's plays - a history, plot summary, and detailed analysis of all the dramas, from Cromwel and Torquemada to the juvenilia and the epic melodrama Les Burgraves. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802043221
ISBN
9780802043221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.54

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