Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Series: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469626178
- ISBN
- 9781469626178
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€ 76.71
€ 76.71
Paperback. Has Chilean author Roberto Bolano (1953-2003) written the final word on Latin America's insufferable modernity? This investigation asserts that Bolano's novels, short stories, poetry and essays examine to a point of exhaustion the most important aspects of Latin America's modern literary tradition. Series: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469627151
- ISBN
- 9781469627151
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€ 76.68
€ 76.68
Paperback. Series: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469627168
- ISBN
- 9781469627168
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Condition: New
€ 77.33
€ 77.33
Hardcover. Editor(s): Jasper, David; Youzhuang, Geng; Wang, Hai. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDC; CFP; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781481304184
- ISBN
- 9781481304184
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€ 97.57
€ 97.57
Paperback. Divided into two major parts, this book presents selections that explore major themes in classical Sanskrit traditions in the first section. The second part includes selections that highlight the sectarian and devotional movements related to major deities such as Vishnu, Shiva, Krishna, Rama, Sant, Tantra, and the goddess figures. Editor(s): Olson, Carl. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSB; HRG; HRLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 835.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813540702
- ISBN
- 9780813540702
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Condition: New
€ 48.12
€ 48.12
Paperback. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816637751
- ISBN
- 9780816637751
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.24
€ 27.99
€ 26.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816644544
- ISBN
- 9780816644544
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€ 31.99€ 30.18
€ 31.99
€ 30.18
Hardcover. Between 1585 and 1631, the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega wrote numerous plays dealing with the theme of conjugal honor. Drawing on recent feminist theories and touching on literary, social, and anthropological aspects, Yarbro-Bejarano (Spanish, Stanford U.) demonstrates that hierarchical relations Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
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- New
- SKU
- V9781557530448
- ISBN
- 9781557530448
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Condition: New
€ 43.61
€ 43.61
Hardcover. Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681) is generally acknowledged to be the master author of autos sacramentales, one-act pageant plays that usually dramatize the myths of the Fall and Redemption. Since the auto was supervised by both the church and the st Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557530981
- ISBN
- 9781557530981
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Condition: New
€ 42.79
€ 42.79
Hardcover. Under the patronage of two south German nobles, Johann Lorenz Schmidt published an annotated translation of the Bible opening books in 1735. This work focuses on the controversy it aroused and of its eventual suppression, and sheds light on aspects of the 18th century and issues of censorship. Num Pages: 312 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRA; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 594.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531162
- ISBN
- 9781557531162
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Condition: New
€ 30.98
€ 30.98
Hardcover. According to the author, the 19th century was incapable of managing the feminine question and prefered to mythicize it. Everything that was related to it, especially feminine sexuality, was transformed into fiction. Thus women were saddled with the role of scapegoat. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531230
- ISBN
- 9781557531230
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Condition: New
€ 43.33
€ 43.33
Hardcover. Looking at six Spanish novels, from the 1940s through the 1990s, this book proposes a new concept of the novel of feminine development. It emphasizes the importance of voicing women's sentiments previously unexpressed in Spanish literature. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JJP; DSBD; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531643
- ISBN
- 9781557531643
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Condition: New
€ 42.51
€ 42.51
The Pleasure of Writing Critical Essays on Dacia Maraini (Advances in ...
Diaconescu-Blumenfeld, Rodica, Testaferri, Ad...
Hardcover. Opening with Maraini's own analysis of women's writing, this collection of essays by an international selection of Italianists uses various interpretive perspectives, ranging from semiotics to psychoanalysis, to explore the range of her production as a novelist, playwright, poet and film maker. Editor(s): Diaconescu-Blumenfeld, Rodica; Testaferri, Ada. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531971
- ISBN
- 9781557531971
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€ 42.91
€ 42.91
Hardcover. Anamorphic devices challenge viewers to experience different forms of perceptual oscillation and uncertainty. This title seeks to demonstrate that much of the literature of the Spanish Golden Age is susceptible, and indeed requires, oblique readings. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532275
- ISBN
- 9781557532275
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€ 69.00
€ 69.00
Hardcover. In this comparative study of Honore d'Urfe's "L'Astree" and Charles Sorel's "Le Berger extravagant", the author examines the historical transition from the idealist, pastoral romance to the more realist anti-romance. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations24 cm. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532350
- ISBN
- 9781557532350
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Condition: New
€ 72.34
€ 72.34
Hardcover. In a world of increasing conformity, the modern eccentric can be seen as a contemporary hero and guardian of individualism. This study defines the modern eccentric in 20th-century French literature and compares the notions of the eccentric by tracing its relation to time, space and society. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532510
- ISBN
- 9781557532510
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Condition: New
€ 42.06
€ 42.06
Paperback. This is the second annual of "CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture", a thematic volume with selected papers from material published in the journal in volumes 3.1-4 (2001) and 4.1-4 (2002). Editor(s): Fitz, Earl E.; McClennen, Sophia. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSB; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557533586
- ISBN
- 9781557533586
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Condition: New
€ 48.31
€ 48.31
Paperback. Based on the belief that a substantial and innovative discussion of the philosophical notions of immanence and potentiality is not only overdue but also necessary to address the social, political, cultural, and ethical aporia confronting us. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557533685
- ISBN
- 9781557533685
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Condition: New
€ 47.15
€ 47.15
Paperback. Presents a comparative analysis of the theoretical prose by two major Latin American vanguardist contemporaries, Mario de Andrade (Brazil, 1893-1945) and Vicente Huidobro (Chile, 1893-1948). This title offers a comparative study of two allegorical texts, Huidobro's "Non serviam" and Mario's "Parabola d'A escrava que nao e Isaura". Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AD; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 228 x 7. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534224
- ISBN
- 9781557534224
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Condition: New
€ 58.84
€ 58.84
Paperback. Maps the presence, position and use in the narrative of a variety of material objects in Marguerite de Navarre's "Heptameron". This work includes a selection of objects, ranging from tapestries with scripture passages woven into the borders, fine arts paintings, chalices incised with proverbs, emblems, table linens, and more. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534491
- ISBN
- 9781557534491
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Condition: New
€ 59.73
€ 59.73
Paperback. Analyzes contemporary texts that bond together two seemingly antithetical sensibilities: the sentimental and the postmodern. This book presents case studies of audience responses to "The Piano", "Kiss of the Spider Woman", and "Northern Exposure". It argues that sentimental postmodernism deepened leftist political engagement. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534798
- ISBN
- 9781557534798
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Condition: New
€ 58.13
€ 58.13
Paperback. The Mexican government's brutal repression of the Student Movement of 1968 in the infamous Massacre of Tlatelolco exposed and exacerbated a serious crisis of political legitimacy. This study examines the cultural impact of this watershed event through historically contextualized readings of five paradigmatic novels. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534873
- ISBN
- 9781557534873
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Condition: New
€ 58.43
€ 58.43
Paperback. Several canonical works of literary fiction have provided their readers with verbal maps that in their depictions of boundary spaces construct indirect images of national territory and geography. This book analyzes fictional texts as a discursive territoriality that shape readers' notions of (and ambivalence about) national and regional belonging. Editor(s): Beebee, Thomas O. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534989
- ISBN
- 9781557534989
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Condition: New
€ 45.06
€ 45.06
Paperback. Presents a brief history about the Jews in Babylon (Iraq), and their Hebrew creativity. This book focuses on the years 1735-1950 and presents the secular Hebrew poetry written in Babylon at that time, the folktales, journalistic articles, and epistles, research of Hebrew literature, a story and a play. Num Pages: 247 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2CSJ; DSB; HBJF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535146
- ISBN
- 9781557535146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.47
€ 53.47