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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. By looking at the precedents, circumstances and artistry of the first perfect poems composed by John Milton, John Keats, T.S. Eliot and Sylvia Plath, this title offers insight into the mysterious process of coming of age as a poet. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013834
ISBN
9780674013834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.53

hardcover. By analysing the works of specific prison writers but not being limited to a single locale or narrow time span, Fitting Sentences offers a significant historical and global overview of a unique genre in literature. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 555.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802038333
ISBN
9780802038333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.63

Hardback. A facing-page edition of a seventeenth-century mother's advice book, giving insights both into female Protestant religious devotion, authorship and spirituality, and into how women's words were altered in the transmission by male editors. Editor(s): Metcalfe, Jean LeDrew. Num Pages: 152 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802046949
ISBN
9780802046949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

paperback. Challenging the dismissive view of Frye's work as closed and outdated, Cotrupi explores the implications of his proposition that the history of criticism may be seen as having two main approaches?literature as "product" and literature as "process." Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 255.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802081414
ISBN
9780802081414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

hardcover. Despite the many challenges besetting it, Shneidman argues convincingly that literary activity in Russia continues to be dynamic and vibrant. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802087249
ISBN
9780802087249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

hardcover. Here, Tim Conley explores the unsettling question of what constitutes an "error" in a work of art. Using the works of James Joyce as central exploratory fields, he argues that an "aesthetic of error" permeates Joyce's literary productions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802087553
ISBN
9780802087553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.01

hardcover. This study outlines and reiterates the relationship of theatre to casuistry, the Jesuit contributions to Spanish literary theory and practice, and the importance of casuistry for the study of early modern subjectivity.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802092298
ISBN
9780802092298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.43

Paperback. Hecuba, in slavery after Troy's fall, fails to dissuade Odysseus, whose life she once saved, from sacrificing her daughter to honour his dead friend, Achilles; but the girl dies proudly, true to her royal blood in surmounting degradation. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856682377
ISBN
9780856682377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.26

paperback. Hyperides was ranked in antiquity as second in greatness only to Demosthenes amongst the Ten Attic Orators. His execution in 322 BC for opposition to Macedonian rule left Dinarchus as the last of the Ten to survive. Editor(s): Worthington, Ian. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages, text, translation and commentary. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856683077
ISBN
9780856683077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.72

Paperback. Terence's Phormio , based on a Greek original by Apollodorus of Carystus, was produced towards the end of his short dramatic career in 161 BC. With its lively action, based on the traditional elements of love, deception and mistaken identity, the play provides an ideal introduction to the genre of New Comedy. Editor(s): Maltby, Robert. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856686078
ISBN
9780856686078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.01

Paperback. Carol Shields and the Writer-Critic contributes to the scholarship on life writing and autobiography, literary criticism, and feminist and critical theory. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442613959
ISBN
9781442613959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

hardcover. Drawing on a wide range of scholarship, from environmental economics to psychology, Glenn Willmott examines modern and post-modern allegories of the environment, the animal, and economics, highlighting the enduring and seductive appeal of the modern primitive in an age when living with less remains a powerful cultural wish. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643178
ISBN
9781442643178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.24

hardcover. Analysing works by Lessing, Goethe, and Karamzin, among others, Literature on Trial brings a fresh theoretical perspective to the links between genre as a discursive strategy and socio-political life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AGP; 2AGR; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643567
ISBN
9781442643567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.19

Hardback. Series: Postmillennial Pop. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; DSBH; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479890439
ISBN
9781479890439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.14

paperback. Discusses developments in new historicism, containing essays on the emergence of the Third World as a signifier, the relationship of feminism and new historicism, and the loss of the category "class" in new historicism. This work should be of interest to students of literature and history. Editor(s): Veeser, Harold. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBA; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415900706
ISBN
9780415900706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.72

Hardback. Series: The Cornell Wordsworth. Num Pages: 392 pages, 92 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 35. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801419461
ISBN
9780801419461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.04

hardcover. Editor(s): Goldsmith, Elizabeth C.; Goodman, Dena. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801429514
ISBN
9780801429514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.27

hardcover. Editor(s): Graver, Bruce E. Series: The Cornell Wordsworth. Num Pages: 606 pages, 143. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1090.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
606
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780801434525
ISBN
9780801434525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 222.72

hardcover. Editor(s): Shapiro, Gavriel. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AGR; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780801439094
ISBN
9780801439094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.51

Hardback. Editor(s): Doezema, Marianne. Num Pages: 84 pages, 67. BIC Classification: AC; AGC; DSB; RGBS; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801441196
ISBN
9780801441196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.65

hardcover. Series: The Cornell Yeats. Num Pages: 432 pages, 175. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 175 x 35. Weight in Grams: 864.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801442933
ISBN
9780801442933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.33

Hardback. Editor(s): Curtis, Jared; Guinness, Selina. Series: The Cornell Yeats. Num Pages: 632 pages, 117. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 168 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1114.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450136
ISBN
9780801450136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 220.71

hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452840
ISBN
9780801452840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.23

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 1 charts, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801454219
ISBN
9780801454219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.56

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