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Literature: history & criticism

hardcover. This study of the Chinese novel in the eighteenth century focuses on the autobiographical features of three important works: The Dream of the Red Chamber, or The Story of the Stone (Honglou meng), The Scholars (Rulin waishi), and the relatively neglected The Humble Words of an Old Rustic (Yesou puyan). Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804724623
ISBN
9780804724623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.63

hardcover. These essays-which consider a wide variety of cultures from ancient Egypt to contemporary Japan- describe the conditions under which cultures that do not dominate each other may yet achieve a limited translatability of cultures. Editor(s): Budick, Sanford; Iser, Wolfgang. Series: Irvine Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 364 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804724845
ISBN
9780804724845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.11

hardcover. This book is a history of the shaping of the reader of Soviet literature, for in Soviet culture the reader was never a "consumer of books" in the Western sense. According to the doctrine of Socialist Realism, the reader was a subject of education, to be reforged and molded. Translator(s): Savage, Jesse M. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728546
ISBN
9780804728546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.35

Paperback. Looks closely at three outstanding poets of the past half-century - Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell - through the lens of their relation to their two predecessors in genius, T S Eliot and Ezra Pound. Series: The Anthony Hecht Lectures in Humanities Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300171464
ISBN
9780300171464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.80

Hardcover. The 9th-century essayist, theologian and encyclopedist 'Amr b Bahr al-Jahiz has long been acknowledged as a master of early Arabic prose writing. This book looks at letters from one of the most unique minds of the Abbasid era that cover sectarian and ethnic rivalries, ethical questions, intoxicating beverages and daily life. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748692743
ISBN
9780748692743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.99

Hardcover. The Edinburgh Companion to Critical Theory provides a comprehensive analysis of the changing role of critical theory in the new century. Taking note of new theoretical and socio-political developments, this volume demonstrates critical theory's continuing relevance across disciplines ranging from the arts through to the hard sciences. Editor(s): Sim, Professor Stuart. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748693399
ISBN
9780748693399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.96
€ 196.15

paperback. Based on a comprehensive reading of eighteenth-century Chinese novels and a theoretical approach grounded in poststructuralist, psychoanalytic, and feminist criticism, this title examines how such privilege functions in these novels and provides the first full account of literary representations of sexuality and gender in pre-modern China. Num Pages: 392 pages, 6 drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822315667
ISBN
9780822315667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. The issue of a woman's place - and the possibility that she might stray from it - was one of early modern Italy's most persistent social concerns. This book takes as its starting point the vast literature of this era devoted to the proper conduct and education of women. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBD; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822321675
ISBN
9780822321675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

paperback. A translation (from the original Portuguese) of the author's study of Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis (1839-1908). It focuses on Machado's "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas". It investigates how social structure gets internalized as literary form, arguing that Machado's style reveals the embedded class divisions of 19th-century Brazil. Translator(s): Gledson, John. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 2ADP; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322399
ISBN
9780822322399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JF; DSB; HBTB; HBTQ; HPCD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 264 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270682
ISBN
9780823270682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

paperback. Editor(s): Shapiro, Norman R. Translator(s): Shapiro, Norman R. Num Pages: 410 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 208 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226750521
ISBN
9780226750521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.92

Paperback. Provides a representation of French poet Paul Verlaine's oeuvre. This selection includes a number of Verlaine's early works; poems from his middle period, which reflect his on-again, off-again conversion to Catholicism; and poems from his late period, when he fell prey to poverty and disease. Translator(s): Shapiro, Norman R. Num Pages: 292 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226853451
ISBN
9780226853451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.22

Paperback. How is it that biographies of Shakespeare can continue to appear when so little is known about him, and what is known has been in the public domain for so long? Why is it that a majority of the biographies published in the last decade have been written by distinguished Shakespeareans who ought to know better? This book aims to solve this puzzle. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748646678
ISBN
9780748646678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

hardcover. Through innovative readings of Sophocles, the Marquis de Sade and Mario Vargas Llosa, Binding Violence examines literary visions of the constitution of autonomous polities in the context of historical emergences of democracy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804763301
ISBN
9780804763301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.25

Hardback. A study of the representation of astrology and celestial portents in the medieval and later literature of Ireland and Wales, Fiery Shapes examines the mysterious figure of the druid, who was allegedly able to read the future from rainclouds; Taliesin and Merlin; and the Welsh gentleman poet of the later Middle Ages and beyond. Num Pages: 256 pages, Six black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; DSBB; DSBD; HBLC1; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780199571840
ISBN
9780199571840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.47

Hardback. Shows how Renaissance writers and artists struggled to reconcile past traditions with experiences of 'discovery'. Series: Postcolonial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780748636839
ISBN
9780748636839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 91.90

Hardback. Introduces Tennyson's famous elegy to first-time readers, students and teachers of the poem. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780748641352
ISBN
9780748641352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.18
€ 80.80

Hardback. Centred on the relationship between the personal lives of the writers John Middleton Murry, Katherine Mansfield, and D. H. Lawrence and the works they produced this intriguing study develops a portrait of a circle of writers who significantly influenced the development of modernism in Britain. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780748641482
ISBN
9780748641482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.89
€ 108.53

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32. BIC Classification: ACXD7; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 30. Weight in Grams: 799.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780801446740
ISBN
9780801446740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.69

Hardback. This study of four major poets - Mallarme, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, and Holderlin - examines the self-reflexivity of modern poetry, exploring questions concerning what it means for a poem to be "about" its own process of saying. Translator(s): Whobrey, William. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2ADF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780804724692
ISBN
9780804724692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

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