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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program United States
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885445308
ISBN
9781885445308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. Presents studies of authors who can be visualized as the islands that constitute an unknown, fragile and trembling literary and cultural Francophone archipelago. This book argues that they repair trauma through writing. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846312212
ISBN
9781846312212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

hardcover. Features the essays that investigate both contemporary and historical practices of representing sexualities and genders in science fiction literature. This title includes discussions about sextrapolation in New Wave science fiction, stray penetration in William Gibson's cyberpunk fiction, and the queering of nature in ecofeminist science fiction. Editor(s): Pearson, Wendy Gay; Hollinger, Veronica; Gordon, Joan. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846311352
ISBN
9781846311352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.46

Hardback. Investigates H G Wells' interest in cinema and related media technologies, by placing it back into the contemporary cultural and scientific contexts giving rise to them. This book accounts for the specifically (proto)cinematic techniques and concerns of Wells' texts. It focuses on contemporary film-making in dialogue with his ideas. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846310591
ISBN
9781846310591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.46

paperback. Series: Routledge Revivals. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415573153
ISBN
9780415573153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.53

Hardback. The second of the University of Toronto Press's interpretive guides to Boccaccio's Decameron, this collection forms part of an ambitious project to examine the entire Decameron, Day by Day. Editor(s): Ciabattoni, Francesco; Forni, Pier Massimo. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442648241
ISBN
9781442648241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.36

hardcover. Stephenson explores the autobiographical form by analysing seven works by Canadian playwrights written and performed between 1999 and 2009, including Judith Thompson's Perfect Pie, Daniel MacIvor's In On It, and Timothy Findley's Shadows. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644465
ISBN
9781442644465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.56

hardcover. By bridging close textual readings with book and publishing history, economic and sociological analysis, and original archival research, Writing Unemployment offers new ideas on work by many of Canada's most important writers. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644335
ISBN
9781442644335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.43

hardcover. Beautifully written and deeply engaging, Colonial Virtue also models an expansive methodology for literary studies through its close readings and rhetorical analyses. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781442643598
ISBN
9781442643598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.03

hardcover. Shakespeare/Adaptation/Modern Drama is the first book-length international study to examine the critical and theatrical connections among these fields, including the motivations, methods, and limits of adaptation in modern performance media. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 655.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781442641747
ISBN
9781442641747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.09

Hardback. In Reading as the Angels Read, Ardizzone reconstructs the cultural and socio-political background that provided the motivation for the Banquet and offers a bold new reading of this ambitious work. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442637061
ISBN
9781442637061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.90

hardcover. Kathleen Gallagher and Barry Freeman bring together nineteen playwrights, actors, directors, scholars, and educators who discuss the role that theatre can - and must - play in professional, community, and educational venues. Editor(s): Gallagher, Kathleen; Freeman, Barry. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; AN; DSG; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442630796
ISBN
9781442630796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.63

paperback. With this scholarly translation, Minnette Gaudet and Constance B. Hieatt made this long-neglected narrative poem, the Dit de l'alerion - a treatise on love and falconry - available to students of medieval literature. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781442626065
ISBN
9781442626065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.38

Paperback. Taken together, these essays enter into an ongoing, fruitful debate about the terms 'modern' and 'drama' and build a much-needed bridge between literary studies and performance studies. Editor(s): Ackerman, Alan L. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442612815
ISBN
9781442612815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

hardcover. Northrop Frye's Canadian Literary Criticism examines the impact of Frye's criticism on Canadian literary scholarship as well as the response of Frye's peers to his articulation of a 'Canadian' criticism. Editor(s): Gorjup, Branko. Series: Frye Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802099389
ISBN
9780802099389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

paperback. 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, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802096425
ISBN
9780802096425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.62

paperback. Lavishly illustrated, this new edition includes family photographs and original graphics by both Helen Kemp and her father, S.H.F. Kemp, mostly dating from his own student days at the University of Toronto. Editor(s): Burgess, Margaret. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802094766
ISBN
9780802094766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.17

hardcover. Literary Celebrity in Canada explores that space, drawing on current theories of celebrity and questioning their tendency to view fame as an empty phenomenon. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSK; JFCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802092823
ISBN
9780802092823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.03

hardcover. This study sets out to help restore Persiles to pride of place within Cervantes's corpus by reading it as the author's summa, as a boldly new kind of prose epic that casts an original light on the major political, religious, social, and literary debates of its era. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780802090850
ISBN
9780802090850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.90

hardcover. Through close readings grounded in the socio-historical context of each work, Ty studies the techniques of various authors and filmmakers in their meeting of the gaze of dominant culture and their response to the assumptions and meanings commonly associated with Orientalized, visible bodies. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 244 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802088314
ISBN
9780802088314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.64

paperback. This wide-ranging examination of the genres of early modern women's writing embraces translation in the fields of theological discourse, romance and classical tragedy, original meditations and prayers, letters and diaries, poetry, closet drama, advice manuals, and prophecies and polemics. Series: Women's Writing in English. Num Pages: 480 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802086648
ISBN
9780802086648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

paperback. Drawing on postcolonial, feminist, poststructuralist, and First Nations theory, Hoy raises and addresses questions around 'difference' in relation to texts by contemporary Native women prose writers in Canada. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First Soft Cover Edition
SKU
V9780802084019
ISBN
9780802084019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. Calin explores the 20th-century renaissance of literature in the minority languages of Scots, Breton, and Occitan, and demonstrates that all three literatures have evolved in a like manner, repudiating their romantic folk heritage. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802083654
ISBN
9780802083654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.40

hardcover. Analyses three important Latin American novels in an attempt to redefine the nature of the picaresque, especially in regard to the roles of spontaneous play and carnivalesque laughter. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802047045
ISBN
9780802047045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.37

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