Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. This work provides a study of the novels and short stories about the lives of zhiqing, Chinese urban youth who were dispatched to the backward rural area to live the peasants' life during the second phase of the Cultural Revolution. It overs zhiqing writing from the late 1970s to the late 1990s. Num Pages: 252 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739105061
- ISBN
- 9780739105061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.77
€ 133.77
Hardback. The first in-depth examination of Sinyavsky's satirical side,Literary Insinuations: Sorting out Sinyavsky's Irreverence not only discusses the relatively under-analysed area of playful and provocative writing, but also ties together a number of loose ends in the fascinating and often contentious field of Sinyavsky scholarship. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739104880
- ISBN
- 9780739104880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.13
€ 138.13
Hardback. This is a collection of essays that address some of the most fundamental human questions through the lenses of philosophy, literature, religion, politics and theology. Editor(s): Lawler, Peter A.; McConkey, Dale D. Series: Applications of Political Theory. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DS; HPS; HR; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102220
- ISBN
- 9780739102220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.97
€ 146.97
Paperback. This text explores the shifting history of European attitudes towards America, utilizing British and French writing from the late 18th century to the middle of the 19th century. Thomas Murphy studies a variety of literary, philosophical and political writing by Europeans in this era. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; DSB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102206
- ISBN
- 9780739102206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.91
€ 61.91
Hardback. This text explores the shifting history of European attitudes towards America, utilizing British and French writing from the late 18th century to the middle of the 19th century. Thomas Murphy studies a variety of literary, philosophical and political writing by Europeans in this era. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; DSB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102190
- ISBN
- 9780739102190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.10
€ 165.10
Hardback. The human soul is for pre-modern philosophers the cause of both thinking and life. This double aspect of the soul, which makes man a rational animal, expresses itself above all in human action. Deadly Thought: 'Hamlet' and the Human Soul traces Hamlet's famous inability to act to his inability to hold together these twin aspects of the soul. Series: Applications of Political Theory. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102145
- ISBN
- 9780739102145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.73
€ 169.73
Hardback. This study comprises an introduction, translation, and commentary to a 17th-century Russian account of the spiritual development and inspired resistance of a prominent female dissident. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; DSBD; HRAX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739101773
- ISBN
- 9780739101773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.51
€ 116.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739101520
- ISBN
- 9780739101520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.18
€ 116.18
Paperback. This is a collection of essays on the subject of fatherhood: its enduring power, its secret ruses, and unsettling provocations. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739100929
- ISBN
- 9780739100929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Paperback. Fanny Trollope set sail for America with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, taking with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her son Anthony, growing debts, and a husband going slowly mad from mercury poisoning. This book describes her misfortunes, and is a satirical account of a nation. Editor(s): Neville-Singleton, Pamela. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACD; 3JF; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435610
- ISBN
- 9780140435610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.30
€ 20.99
€ 18.30
Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780064902847
- ISBN
- 9780064902847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.80
€ 95.80
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AGR; DSB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 127.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rayo United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061140037
- ISBN
- 9780061140037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.10
€ 13.99
€ 12.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060653187
- ISBN
- 9780060653187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.86
€ 17.99
€ 14.86
hardcover. This is an authoritative and timely guide to some of the most inventive and challenging fiction to emerge from Ireland in the last quarter century. Meticulously researched and lucidly written, it presents detailed interpretations of novels by some of the country s most critically celebrated and successful writers. Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781444336191
- ISBN
- 9781444336191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.47
€ 96.47
Paperback. The Mother of All Booklists: The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103 is written for parents, grandparents, and teachers unfamiliar with the bewildering array of award and recommended reading lists. This book offers, not the opinion of one book critic, but the aggregate opinion of an army of critics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: CB; DSB; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442271869
- ISBN
- 9781442271869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.13
€ 17.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: CB; DSB; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442229402
- ISBN
- 9781442229402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.43
€ 16.99
€ 16.43
Hardback. A clear, theoretically-grounded, chronological study of Maturin's six novels. A new critical paradigm by which to view and read Irish Romantic fiction. Offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of Maturin and his fiction available today. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085321
- ISBN
- 9780719085321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.08
€ 149.08
Hardback. Suitable for those concerned with contemporary writing on D H Lawrence, modernism and English radical cultures, this work includes such chapters as: Andrew Harrison on the marketing of "Sons and Lovers"; Howard J Booth on "The Rainbow"; Holly A Laird on ethics and suicide in "Women in Love"; and Hugh Stevens on psychoanalysis in "Women in Love". Editor(s): Booth, Howard J. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078361
- ISBN
- 9780719078361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.11
€ 160.11
Hardback. Reading, Writing and the Influence of Harold Bloom takes the work of the greatest living literary critic and discovers what it is like to read 'with', 'against' and 'beyond' his work. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077012
- ISBN
- 9780719077012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.69
€ 160.69
The New Pornographies. Explicit Sex in Recent French Fiction and Film....
Best, Victoria; Crowley, Martin
Hardback. Why do many of the most prominent books and films of the last decade return obsessively to the themes and imagery of pornography? Discussing many of France's most successful and scandalous contemporary writers and directors, this book is the first to address this important trend. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; APF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719073984
- ISBN
- 9780719073984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.37
€ 149.37
Paperback. In this comprehensive and lucid critical study, Andrew Teverson examines the intellectual, biographical, literary and cultural contexts from which Rushdie's fiction springs in order to help the reader make sense of the often complex debates that surround the life and work of this major contemporary figure. Series Editor(s): Thieme, John. Series: Contemporary World Writers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719070518
- ISBN
- 9780719070518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.93
€ 37.93
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Lea, Daniel. Series: Contemporary British Novelists. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069123
- ISBN
- 9780719069123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.17
€ 138.17
Hardback. This book examines the depiction of physically ugly characters in a striking range of early modern literary and visual texts, offering fascinating insights into the ways in which ugliness and deformity were perceived and represented in the era, particularly with regard to gender and the construction of identity. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719068744
- ISBN
- 9780719068744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.28
€ 150.28
Hardback. Translator(s): Lockert, Lacy. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3H; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653785
- ISBN
- 9780691653785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.29
€ 132.29