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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. A study of autobiographies as sources for Jewish history. Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295984162
ISBN
9780295984162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Presents a new approach to the classics of Asian American literature. Editor(s): Zhou, Xiaojing; Najmi, Samina. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 427.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985046
ISBN
9780295985046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.02

Paperback. A facsimile edition of fourteen autograph letters of John Donne. It features letters dating from February and March 1602, which relate to Donne's clandestine marriage to Anne More and are addressed to his father-in-law, Sir George More, and to Sir Thomas Egerton, the lord keeper, who was also Donne's employer. Editor(s): Hester, M. Thomas; Sorlien, Robert Parker; Flynn, Dennis. Num Pages: 112 pages, 45 color illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; HBG; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 228 x 9. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985107
ISBN
9780295985107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Expectation is an integral part of the reading experience. Drama is a particularly rich and rewarding field for studying the complex ways in which such expectations are created. This book explores these expectations through the lens of twentieth-century Russian drama. Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986470
ISBN
9780295986470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.54

paperback. Investigates the discourses of aesthetics and philosophy alongside economic thought, arguing that their domains are not mutually exclusive. This book documents the extent to which economics influenced literature and philosophy and the surprising degree to which literature and philosophy participated in the creation of modern economic paradigms. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; HPCD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295988375
ISBN
9780295988375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.84

Hardback. Essayist Michel de Montaigne is one of the widely read authors from the sixteenth century. This title pursues the idea that theory has altered the scholarly understanding of Montaigne, while Montaigne's ideas have simultaneously challenged the authority of the various interpretive doxa collectively known as 'theory'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988900
ISBN
9780295988900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.27

Paperback. Essayist Michel de Montaigne is one of the widely read authors from the sixteenth century. This title pursues the idea that theory has altered the scholarly understanding of Montaigne, while Montaigne's ideas have simultaneously challenged the authority of the various interpretive doxa collectively known as 'theory'. Editor(s): Zalloua, Zahi. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988917
ISBN
9780295988917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.25

Paperback. Aims to probe beyond the perception of 'love and death' as a constant theme of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russian literature, examining what underlies the stereotype about the destructive power of romantic love and why Russian writers so willingly employ this cliche. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988962
ISBN
9780295988962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.25

hardcover. Includes essays that engage questions that are central to the development of literature, music, and the arts in the period from Romanticism at the end of the eighteenth century to the avant-garde movements of the early twentieth, a period in which modern evolution of the arts is coupled with a rise in the significance of music as artistic form. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 illus., musical examples. BIC Classification: AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 30. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295990057
ISBN
9780295990057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.51

Hardback. Details how this marginalized region has gradually become part of modern Europe Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DN; DSB; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990835
ISBN
9780295990835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.91

Hardback. Explores the diverse theories and assessments of the dialectic between reason and imagination in a collection of essays by philosophers and literary and cultural critics Editor(s): Gray, Richard T.; Halmi, Nicholas; Handwerk, Gary J.; Rosenthal, Michael A.; Vieweg, Klaus. Series: Robert B Heilman Books. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990989
ISBN
9780295990989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.24

Hardcover. Examines what happens when poetry, a central pillar of traditional Chinese culture, encounters an era of digital media and unabashed consumerism in the early twenty-first century. This book sets out to unravel a paradox surrounding modern Chinese poetry. Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSC; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993690
ISBN
9780295993690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.53

Hardback. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DC; DS; HRAX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295994994
ISBN
9780295994994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.43

Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Knopf Canada
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345810250
ISBN
9780345810250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780389205975
ISBN
9780389205975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780389208822
ISBN
9780389208822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.65

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780389209386
ISBN
9780389209386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780389209775
ISBN
9780389209775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780389209881
ISBN
9780389209881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.22

Hardback. Series: Shakespearean Originals - First Editions S. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780389209980
ISBN
9780389209980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.76

Hardback. This book aims to increase the pleasure of studying Shakespeare, working with the plays as the craftsman-dramatist himself worked by concentrating on poetic detail and dramatic moments. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780389210092
ISBN
9780389210092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.98

Hardback. Verse is a seminal introduction to prosody for any student learning to read or write poetry, from secondary to graduate school. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470656006
ISBN
9780470656006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.11

Hardback. Offering a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the field, A Companion to Modernist Poetry provides readers with detailed discussions of individual poets, schools and movements within modernist poetry, and the cultural and historical context of the modernist period. Editor(s): McDonald, Gail; Chinitz, David E. Num Pages: 620 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 175 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
620
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470659816
ISBN
9780470659816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.49

Hardback. Provides fresh insights into both famous and little-known episodes in Thomas Mann's life and into his writing - the only realm in which he ever felt free. This book shows how love, death, religion, and politics were not merely themes in "Buddenbrooks", "The Magic Mountain", and other works, but were woven into the fabric of his existence. Translator(s): Willson, Leslie. Num Pages: 752 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 999.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University Press Group Ltd United States
Number of pages
752
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070698
ISBN
9780691070698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.76

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