Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Considered an important figure in medieval French literature, Chretien de Troyes is credited with inventing the modern novel. This work demonstrates that Chretien learned the importance of translation from the Mediterranean-centered classical tradition. It examines how Irish monastic scholarship influenced the cultural identity of medieval Europe. Series: Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631606
- ISBN
- 9780815631606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.54
€ 39.54
Hardcover. Assesses fixed notions of Arab womanhood by exploring the complexities of Arab women's lives as portrayed in literature. Covering women writers and critics from Arab, French, and English traditions, this book aims to create a transnational Arab feminist consciousness. It examines the significance of memory rituals in women's writings. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 2CSR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631354
- ISBN
- 9780815631354
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Condition: New
€ 60.96
€ 60.96
Hardcover. Dvora Baron (1887-1956) has been called "the founding mother of Hebrew women's literature." This work reveals how Baron viewed her own singularity and what this teaches us about the contours of the Modern Hebrew Renaissance - its imperatives and assumptions, its successes and failures. It is an English language treatment of Baron's Hebrew corpus. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 176 pages, 11 black-&-white photographs, index, notes. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631309
- ISBN
- 9780815631309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.54
€ 36.54
Paperback. Beginning with its antecedents in the melodrama and farces of the Victorian era, the subject of his latest Reader's Guide continues the discussion of the maturation of British drama into a theater of ideas and on to the vital feminist drama that is currently energizing the present London theater. Series: Reader's Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630760
- ISBN
- 9780815630760
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Condition: New
€ 29.69
€ 29.69
Hardcover. Rebecca Pelan analyzes religion, region, class, and national and ethnic identity as crucial contexts in shaping feminist consciousness in the two Irelands, and compares the divergence of feminist perspectives to be found North and South of the border. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630593
- ISBN
- 9780815630593
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Condition: New
€ 42.46
€ 42.46
Hardcover. As Zionism took root in Palestine, European Yiddish was employed within a dominant Hebrew context. A complex relationship between cultural politics and Jewish writing ensued that paved the way for modern Israeli culture. This volume reveals a previously unrecognized, alternative literature. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 254 pages, 10 b/w photographs, glossary, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2ACY; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630500
- ISBN
- 9780815630500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.85
€ 38.85
Paperback. Autobiography exists in a mutually influential relationship with the literature history, private writings, and domestic practices of a society. This book illuminates the ways evolving class and gender identities interact with these inherited forms of narrative to produce the testimony of a culture confronting its own demise. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB; JFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 277.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630418
- ISBN
- 9780815630418
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Condition: New
€ 28.96
€ 28.96
Paperback. This work brings together in one volume the diverse and articulate voices of 17 Irish women writers from a variety of backgrounds and geographic locations. It examines the complicated maps of experience that these women's public, private, and literary lives represent. Editor(s): Moloney, Caitriona; Thompson, Helen. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DNF; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630258
- ISBN
- 9780815630258
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Condition: New
€ 27.39
€ 27.39
Paperback. This anthology offers the best new plays from Ireland's Abbey Theatre. Plays covered include Hugh Leonard's "Love in the Title", Frank McGuinness's "Dolly West's Kitchen", and Jimmie Murphy's "The Muesli Belt". Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPR; 3JM; DD; DSBH; DSG; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629870
- ISBN
- 9780815629870
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Condition: New
€ 26.64
€ 26.64
Hardcover. Popular notion has it that Polish Jewish writers, unlike their counterparts in Western, Northern and Central Europe, wrote solely in Yiddish or Hebrew. Yet between the two wars, Poland produces an elite group of assimilated Jews writing exclusively in Polish. This text explores their emergence. Translator(s): Shenitzer, Abe. Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AGP; 3JJG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629849
- ISBN
- 9780815629849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.00
€ 34.00
Paperback. Arthur Waldhorn discusses Hemingway's sense of the world as well as his writing style. He also analyses, in chronological order, the writings - beginning with the early stories and sketches - tracing major patterns that recur throughout Hemingway's career. Series: Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 304 pages, index, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629504
- ISBN
- 9780815629504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.93
€ 26.93
Hardcover. In this text Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. He examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary anecdote, as well as such themes as memorization, plagiarism and forgery and the dream visions of the dead. Translator(s): Cooperson, Michael. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 21 cm. BIC Classification: 1HB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629368
- ISBN
- 9780815629368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.21
€ 47.21
Paperback. A compilation of essays by authorities on Black Elk. The introduction explores his life and texts, and the essays demonstrate Black Elk's relevance to today's scholarly discussions, and consider his work from postcolonial, anthropological and cultural perspectives. Editor(s): Holler, Clyde. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSK; HRKT; HRQ; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628361
- ISBN
- 9780815628361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.77
€ 33.77
Hardcover. This study emphasizes the pattern of literary change in Iran, as it focuses on the relationship between the constructive elements of literary creativity, literary movement, ideology, and metaphorical language of modern Persian authors. Num Pages: 232 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2BXF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628187
- ISBN
- 9780815628187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815623793
- ISBN
- 9780815623793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.79
€ 26.79
Paperback. Michael Pearson here writes about his travels to American places of literary import, including: William Faulkner's Mississippi; Ernest Hemingway's Key West; John Steinbeck's California; Mark Twain's Missouri; and Flannery O'Connor's Georgia. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606604
- ISBN
- 9780815606604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.47
€ 20.47
Paperback. There is perhaps no other person who has been so often and obsessively featured in any writer's canon as Jamaica Kincaid's mother, Annie Drew. In this provocative new book, Daryl Dance argues that everything Kincaid has written, regardless of its apparent theme, actually relates to Kincaid's efforts to free herself from her mother. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938462
- ISBN
- 9780813938462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.03
€ 41.03
Paperback. Examining the figure of Aesop and the traditions surrounding him, this title offers a portrait of what Greek popular culture might have looked like in the ancient world. This book explores the anonymous Life of Aesop and offers a different set of perspectives. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 504 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144580
- ISBN
- 9780691144580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.80
€ 52.92
€ 41.80
Paperback. This introductory guide to one of Ford's most read and performed plays offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key performances and productions, a survey of film and TV adaptations, and a wide sampling of critical opinion and further reading. Series: Shakespeare Handbooks. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242999
- ISBN
- 9780230242999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.79
€ 36.79
A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance since 1991: Volume 3, USA an...
Goodland, Katharine, O'Connor, John
Hardcover. Includes detailed listings of all major Shakespeare plays on stage and screen, this book covers performances in North America since 1991. It uniquely explores each plays' performance history, as well as including reviews and useful information about staging. An engaging reference guide for academics and students alike. Series: A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance. Num Pages: 2175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJPR; 3JMC; AN; DSGS; GBCT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 1. Weight in Grams: 2580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 2192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223974
- ISBN
- 9780230223974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 417.23
€ 417.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DS; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US) United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205616886
- ISBN
- 9780205616886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.78
€ 136.78
Num Pages: 256 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRAC; HRAX; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199948611
- ISBN
- 9780199948611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.84
€ 93.84
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199928033
- ISBN
- 9780199928033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 112.25
€ 112.25
Drawing on novels, film, and photographs, Living Oil offers a literary and cultural history of modern environmentalism and petroleum in America. Series: Oxford Studies in American Literary History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJK; JFD; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199899425
- ISBN
- 9780199899425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.23
€ 116.23