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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Anesko reveals the remarkable social, political, and sexual intrigue that inspired--and influenced--the deliberate construction of the Legend of Henry James. Num Pages: 272 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 493.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804769327
ISBN
9780804769327
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.76

This book chronicles the demise of the so-called leftist Italian cultural establishment during the long 1980s. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 1120. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804781497
ISBN
9780804781497
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Series: Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne S. Num Pages: 475 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813005997
ISBN
9780813005997
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Publisher
United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821419069
ISBN
9780821419069
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318446
ISBN
9780822318446
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

A collection of classic statements in criticism and theoretical work. It represents various schools and methods that make up the field of literary theory, from Formalism to Postcolonialism. It enables students to familiarise themselves with the developments in literary theory and with the traditions from which these theories derive. Editor(s): Rivkin, Julie; Ryan, Michael. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 1336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 251 x 62. Weight in Grams: 2122.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
1336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405106955
ISBN
9781405106955
Condition: New

€ 179.43

A Future for Criticism offers an original approach to the pleasures of fiction, and puts forward an explanation for the neglect of these pleasures in contemporary criticism. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405169578
ISBN
9781405169578
Condition: New

€ 96.11

The book will appeal to readers interested in the vital connection between literature and moral philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407081
ISBN
9781421407081
Condition: New

€ 59.45
€ 54.92

The work explores the ways in which providentialism infiltrates various kinds of discourse, ranging from military to medical, and from political to philosophical. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643420
ISBN
9781442643420
Condition: New

€ 74.51

Avant-Garde Canadian Literature offers an entrance into the vocabulary of the ongoing and primarily international debate surrounding the idea of avant-gardism, providing readers with a functional vocabulary for discussing some of the most hermetic and yet energetic literature ever produced in this country. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; ACXD; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 24. .
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643772
ISBN
9781442643772
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Focusing on the interplay between nature and culture in landscape representation, Literature and Painting in Quebec contends that both have reflected and fashioned the meaning of French-Canadian nationhood. Num Pages: 416 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; AFC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643987
ISBN
9781442643987
Condition: New

€ 87.25

The final volume of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, A Legacy in Review examines a long overlooked portion of Montgomery's critical reception: reviews of her books. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 864.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644939
ISBN
9781442644939
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Fact and Fiction explores the intersection between literature and the sciences, focusing on German and British culture between the eighteenth century and today. Editor(s): Lehleiter, Christine. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JF; DSB; HBJD; HBTB; HPCD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645981
ISBN
9781442645981
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Garcilaso de la Vega and the Material Culture of Renaissance Europe examines the role of cultural objects in the lyric poetry of Garcilaso de la Vega, the premier poet of sixteenth-century Spain. Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 248 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADS; 3JB; ACND; DSBD; DSC; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647558
ISBN
9781442647558
Condition: New

€ 75.79

Claude Le Fustec presents insightful readings of the presence of transcendence and biblical imagination in canonical novels by American writers ranging from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Toni Morrison. Series: Frye Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647695
ISBN
9781442647695
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Focusing on the work of black, diasporic writers in Canada, Blackening Canada investigates the manner in which literature can transform conceptions of nation and diaspora. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647701
ISBN
9781442647701
Condition: New

€ 70.69

The Sacred Flesh. Num Pages: 336 pages. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442648067
ISBN
9781442648067
Condition: New

€ 70.69

Combining close textual readings with a broad theoretical perspective, this book is a study of the ways in which gender shapes the characters and narratives of seven important Italian novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649224
ISBN
9781442649224
Condition: New

€ 70.69

Dimension: 238 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649927
ISBN
9781442649927
Condition: New

€ 75.79

The Transformation of a Classical Concept. Num Pages: 296 pages. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442650596
ISBN
9781442650596
Condition: New

€ 79.61

Discusses Flaubert's life, the writing of "Madame Bovary", the world in which the novel is set, and its publication and reception. Translator(s): MacKenzie, Raymond N. Num Pages: 346 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841245
ISBN
9781603841245
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.68

A unique and stylish contribution to the social history of African cities and Zimbabwean cultural life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15, 10 black and white, 5 line drawing. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 778. The Social History of a Southern African City, 1893-1960. 272 pages, 15, 10 black and white, 5 line drawing. A unique and stylish contribution to the social history of African cities and Zimbabwean cultural life. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 25. Weight: 778.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010209
ISBN
9781847010209
Condition: New

€ 98.73

From 1837 to 1861 Thoreau kept a Journal that began as a conventional record of ideas, grew into a writer's notebook, and eventually became the principal imaginative work of his career. This volume presents nearly eight hundred manuscript pages of this Journal. Editor(s): Neufeldt, Leonard N.; Simmons, Nancy Craig. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 800 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 215 x 52. Weight in Grams: 924.
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691065359
ISBN
9780691065359
Condition: New

€ 145.07
€ 110.03

The Fiction of Narrative traces the arc and evolution of White's field-defining thought and will become standard reading for students and scholars of historiography, the theory of history, and literary studies. Editor(s): Doran, Robert. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894794
ISBN
9780801894794
Condition: New

€ 65.99
€ 60.63

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