Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Features fifty essays that focus on a period in which modernization and republicanism coexisted within classical Chinese culture. This work provides an introduction that supplies critical literary and historical background on the relationship between xiaopin wen and the May Fourth movement. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629964238
- ISBN
- 9789629964238
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Condition: New
€ 27.21
€ 27.21
Paperback. A wide-ranging and intelligent examination of one of the most important poets in the Western tradition, this book will be of interest to scholars and poetry-lovers alike. Editor(s): Barolini, Teodolinda. Translator(s): Lansing, Richard. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626195
- ISBN
- 9781442626195
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.03
€ 46.99
€ 42.03
Paperback. The first book-length examination of this subject, Modernism in Kyiv is a breakthrough accomplishment that will become a standard volume in the field. Num Pages: 666 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVU; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 174 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 666
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442629004
- ISBN
- 9781442629004
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 48.68
€ 53.99
€ 48.68
Paperback. This new edition has been brought up to date with the latest Shakespearian scholarship. Num Pages: 416 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195051612
- ISBN
- 9780195051612
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Condition: New
€ 32.50
€ 32.50
Paperback. William Empson is one of the foremost writers and critics of the twentieth century. This correspondence shows him working out his ideas and gives the fullest possible picture of his robust interactions with many other prominent writers, including the likes of F. R. Leavis, Helen Gardner, Frank Kermode, Christopher Norris, and I. A. Richards. Editor(s): Haffenden, John. Num Pages: 800 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199539864
- ISBN
- 9780199539864
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Condition: New
€ 74.36
€ 74.36
Paperback. Volume four of this translation of the wonderful tales of the Arabian nights. Editor(s): Mardrus, J. C.; Mathers, E. P. Translator(s): Mardrus, J. C. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415045421
- ISBN
- 9780415045421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.73
€ 53.73
The Making of a Cultural Landscape. The English Lake District as Touri...
. Ed(S): Wood, Professor Jason (Nottingham Tr...
Paperback. Editor(s): Wood, Professor Jason (Nottingham Trent University); Walton, John K (University of California). Series: Heritage, Culture and Identity. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTM; KNSG; RGC; TQ; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138246256
- ISBN
- 9781138246256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138261129
- ISBN
- 9781138261129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.61
€ 65.61
Virginia Woolf described fictions as 'grossly material things', rooted in their physical and economic contexts. This book takes Woolf's hint as its starting point, asking who made the books of the English Renaissance. It recovering the ways in which women participated as co-authors, editors, translators, patrons, printers, booksellers, and readers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFCD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199651580
- ISBN
- 9780199651580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 199.46
€ 199.46
Featuring original and intriguing insights as well as references to material hitherto inaccessible to English readers, this study presents a form of 'history from below' with emphasis on the individual reader and writer, and his or her experiences and perceptions. Series: Studies in Book & Print Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; CFC; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802093578
- ISBN
- 9780802093578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.88
€ 67.88
Represents one of the earliest complete works on Islamic law, one that is centrally important for the formation of Islamic legal thought and the Islamic legal tradition Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 36. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814769980
- ISBN
- 9780814769980
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 47.57
€ 47.99
€ 47.57
The Barbara Johnson Reader. The Surprise of Otherness.
Johnson, Barbara. Ed(S): Gonzalez, Bill Johns...
Offers a historical guide through the metamorphoses and tumultuous debates that have defined literary study in recent decades, as viewed by one of critical theory's most astute thinkers. Editor(s): Gonzalez, Bill Johnson; Feuerstein, Melissa; Valens, Keja; Porten, Lili; Valens, Keja L. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354031
- ISBN
- 9780822354031
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Condition: New
€ 128.79
€ 128.79
Drawing on educational materials, textbooks, adventure tales, plays, and Sunday-school papers, Boys and Girls in No Man's Land explores the role of children in the nation's war effort. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442642249
- ISBN
- 9781442642249
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Condition: New
€ 74.23
€ 74.23
Prizing Literature is the first extended study of contemporary award winning Canadian literature and the ways in which we celebrate its authors. Series: Cultural Spaces. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442642713
- ISBN
- 9781442642713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.92
€ 53.92
The Emblematics of the Self breaks new ground in understanding hegemonic and cosmopolitan European conceptions of the 'other,' as well as new possibilities for early modern identities, in an increasingly global Renaissance. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643468
- ISBN
- 9781442643468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.23
€ 74.23
This collection of 171 letters, most never before published, finally makes the fascinating Shaw/Murray correspondence available. Editor(s): Carpenter, Charles A. Series: Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643826
- ISBN
- 9781442643826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.30
€ 79.30
Relics and Writing in Late Medieval England uses the literary study of relics to address issues of clerical and lay cultures, orthodoxy and heterodoxy, and writing and reform. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442645639
- ISBN
- 9781442645639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.76
€ 76.76
Italian Women Writers looks at the work of three of the most significant women in late nineteenth century Italy whose domestic fiction and journalism addressed a growing female readership. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 232 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646414
- ISBN
- 9781442646414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.42
€ 70.42
Jeanette Beer's work bridges the divide between the study of vernacular and Latin writing, providing new evidence that the linguistic cultures were not isolated from each other. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647541
- ISBN
- 9781442647541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.19
€ 55.19
In Shakespeare in Quebec, Jennifer Drouin analyses representations of nation and gender in Shakespearean adaptations written in Quebec since the Quiet Revolution. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBD; DSGS; JFSJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 2. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647978
- ISBN
- 9781442647978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.42
€ 70.42
In Mannerist Fiction, William Donoghue re-conceptualizes the history of formalism in western literature. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442648012
- ISBN
- 9781442648012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.27
€ 60.27
"Hereford Cathedral is proud of its four stained-glass windows commemorating Traherne, but these volumes are as glorious a memorial." Christopher Howse, DAILY TELEGRAPH Editor(s): Ross, Jan. Series: Works of Thomas Traherne. Num Pages: 373 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843825
- ISBN
- 9781843843825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.50€ 116.18
€ 133.50
€ 116.18
With its wide-ranging discussion of texts and rhetorical figures, this book can serve as an introduction to Old English poetic composition and style. Verse and Virtuosity, will be of considerable interest to Anglo-Saxonists, linguists, and those studying rhetorical traditions. Series: Toronto Old English Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802091574
- ISBN
- 9780802091574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.92
€ 86.92
The Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought presents an authoritative, coherent, and wide-ranging guide to the afterlife of Greco-Roman antiquity in later Western cultures and a ground-breaking reinterpretation of large aspects of Western culture as a whole from a classical perspective. Num Pages: 530 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1QDA; 2ADL; 2AHA; AC; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 30. Weight in Grams: 988.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405155496
- ISBN
- 9781405155496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 135.08
€ 135.08