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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. On Demand shows that consumers in early modern England were a powerful force in transforming the economy of the time and that their "demand" was a powerful, though contradictory, force in shaping its literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738569
- ISBN
- 9780804738569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.55
€ 81.55
Hardback. This is a work of unprecedented scope that traces the origins of Jewish autobiographical writing from the early-modern period to the early twentieth century. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; 2CSJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751575
- ISBN
- 9780804751575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.62
€ 96.62
Hardback. The first analysis in any language of China's recent epic novels about official corruption, this book explores how Chinese authors treat the theme of official malfeasance in mass-market thrillers, how those works reflect modern life, and how they approach the taboo subject of regime change. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754859
- ISBN
- 9780804754859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.61
€ 86.61
Hardback. The book provides a lucid and systematic theory of the work of literature and its major aspects. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 tables, 22 figures. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755146
- ISBN
- 9780804755146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.28
€ 113.28
Hardback. This book examines Chinese culture under the condition of postsocialist modernity, in which market reforms have fundamentally altered the fields of film, literature, and cultural debate. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 table, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758741
- ISBN
- 9780804758741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.86
€ 139.86
Paperback. "Lori Landay tells a powerful story about woman's place and women's power during the sexual desegregation of American society."-ScreenSite Series: Feminist Cultural Studies, the Media, & Political Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 76 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216516
- ISBN
- 9780812216516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.12
€ 37.99
€ 34.12
Hardback. Provides a feminist inquiry into the Hebrew poetry and prose forms cultivated in Muslim and Christian Spain, Italy, and Provence in the eleventh through fourteenth centuries. This book considers the positions and positioning of female figures and female voices within Jewish male discourse. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237108
- ISBN
- 9780812237108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.45
€ 81.45
Hardback. In late medieval and early modern Spain, physicians began to translate and refashion medical information for lay readers. This book explores the concept of the sickly reader, a highly motivated individual whom medical writers encouraged to seek out useful remedies and efficacious hygienic practices in various vernacular health guides. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812242553
- ISBN
- 9780812242553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Hardback. Focusing on the body as a site of rupture and signification, this book shifts the paradigm for the study of modernity in the Arab context from questions of representation, translation, and cultural exchange to an engagement with a genealogy of symptoms and affects embodied in texts from the nineteenth-century onward. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251711
- ISBN
- 9780823251711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.23
€ 85.23
Hardback. Analyzes texts and art objects from the 15th to the late 16th centuries to show that Renaissance theories of emulating classical heroes generated a deep skepticism about representation, as these theories forced men to construct a public image that seemed fixed but could adapt to changing circumstances. Num Pages: 372 pages, 24 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; DSBD; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251742
- ISBN
- 9780823251742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.60
€ 96.60
Paperback. Explores the embodied aspects of ownership and private property as these emerge in a range of American literary texts across the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 b/w Illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267460
- ISBN
- 9780823267460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. An examination of the ways major modernist novels use the physical book to track the passing of time in which reading necessarily unfolds, this study explores the sense of finitude and transience that the works of Marcel Proust, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf share with and transmit to their readers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823270972
- ISBN
- 9780823270972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.70
€ 106.70
Hardback. A comprehensive collection of 20th century research on Joseph Conrad, this volume outlines the shift from a humanist and anthropological interest in Conrad as a 'metaphysical' author to the appreciation of Conrad as a nihilist and skeptic of the modernist epoch. Editor(s): Seeber, Ulrich; Windisch, Martin; Goebel, Walter. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336178
- ISBN
- 9780880336178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.30
€ 29.30
Hardback. Cherchi offers an innovative interpretation and a close reading of selected poems. He traces the history of Proven al lyric poetry, highlighting some of the significant personalities and movements. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802005779
- ISBN
- 9780802005779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.45
€ 72.45
Hardback. This collection of 266 letters, cards, and telegrams that Helen Kemp and Northrop Frye wrote to each other forms a compelling narrative of their early relationship. The letters reveal Frye's early talent as a writer. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations, facsimiles.,ports. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 44. Weight in Grams: 935.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802007728
- ISBN
- 9780802007728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.39
€ 96.39
The Correspondence of Northrop Frye and Helen Kemp, 1932-1939: Volume ...
Frye, Northrop. Ed(S): Denham, Robert D.
hardcover. This collection of 266 letters, cards, and telegrams that Helen Kemp and Northrop Frye wrote to each other forms a compelling narrative of their early relationship. The letters reveal Frye's early talent as a writer. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 505 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, ports. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 43. Weight in Grams: 935.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 505
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802007735
- ISBN
- 9780802007735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.39
€ 96.39
hardcover. In the Belly of a Laughing God examines how eight contemporary Native women poets in Canada and the United States employ humour and irony to address the intricacies of race, gender, and nationality. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802035677
- ISBN
- 9780802035677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
hardcover. With extracts from Rusyn texts never before available in English, Rusinko's study creates an entirely new perspective on Rusyn literature that rescues it from the cliches of Soviet dominated critical theory. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DV; 2AG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 42. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802037114
- ISBN
- 9780802037114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.94
€ 166.94
Paperback. This volume has become an essential text for instructors, and twenty years later, is now being republished as part of the Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching (MART) series with a new preface that discusses more recent contributions to the field. Editor(s): Clover, Carol J.; Lindow, John. Series: MART: The Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802038234
- ISBN
- 9780802038234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.36
€ 51.99
€ 46.36
hardcover. The Chaucer Bibliography series aims to provide annotated bibliographies for all of Chaucer's work. This book summarizes 20th-century commentaries on Chaucer's "Pardoner's Prologue" and "Tale." Editor(s): Sutton, Marilyn. Series: Chaucer Bibliographies. Num Pages: 517 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC; GBCR; GBCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 41. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 517
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802047441
- ISBN
- 9780802047441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.74
€ 129.74
paperback. The only collection in English of the major medieval versions of the story of "Troilus and Criseyde" - from Benoit de Sainte-Maure, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Henryson. Reprinted from the 1964 edition. First published in 1934. Translator(s): Gordon, R. K. Series: MART: The Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching. Num Pages: 383 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802063687
- ISBN
- 9780802063687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.81
€ 34.99
€ 31.81
paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802071552
- ISBN
- 9780802071552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. This collection of essays begins the process of reassessing Frye's thought and writings in light of extraordinary, unpublished material contained in archives at the Victoria University Library, University of Toronto. Editor(s): Boyd, David V.; Salusinszky, Imre; Epperly, Elizabeth Rollins. Series: Frye Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802080943
- ISBN
- 9780802080943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
paperback. The first complete collection of all of E. Pauline Johnson's known poems, many painstakingly culled from newspapers, magazines, and archives, along with a selection of her prose, including fiction, journalism, and discussions of gender and race. Editor(s): Gerson, Carole; Strong-Boag, Veronica. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802084972
- ISBN
- 9780802084972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.70
€ 44.99
€ 39.70