Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Old Books and New Histories is also an engaged statement of the historical perspective of the book. In the final analysis, the lesson of studies in book and print culture is that texts change, books are mutable, and readers ultimately make of books what they need. Series: Studies in Book & Print Culture. Num Pages: 128 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: DSB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802094384
- ISBN
- 9780802094384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. What does it mean to come after Blanchot? Three things, at least. First, it is to recognise that it is no longer possible to believe in an essentialist determination of literary discourse or of aesthetic experience. Second, there is the question of history. Here, a third meaning to the phrase "after Blanchot" comes into view. Editor(s): Hill, Leslie; Nelson, Brian; Vardoulakis, Dimitris. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874139464
- ISBN
- 9780874139464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.37
€ 61.37
Hardcover. Leslie Garis' grandparents, Howard and Lillian Garis, were, from the turn of the century to the 1950s, authors of books for children. This book tells how in a large romantic house in Amherst, Massachusetts, she and her two brothers, her parents and grandparents aimed to live a life that mirrored the idyllic world the elder Garises created. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 33. Weight in Grams: 488. 352 pages, Illustrations. Leslie Garis' grandparents, Howard and Lillian Garis, were, from the turn of the century to the 1950s, authors of books for children. This book tells how in a large romantic house in Amherst, Massachusetts, she and her two brothers, her parents and grandparents aimed to live a life that mirrored the idyllic world the elder Garises created. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 33. Weight: 488.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224082402
- ISBN
- 9780224082402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 6.15
€ 25.99
€ 6.15
Hardcover. By looking beyond the works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Grace Greenwood, Margaret Fuller and Frederick Douglass to their public commentaries in lectures, reviews, and newspaper columns, this study uncovers their startling contributions to transatlantic culture. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748669370
- ISBN
- 9780748669370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.98€ 102.99
€ 106.98
€ 102.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 303 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474422
- ISBN
- 9780801474422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Hardback. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253017581
- ISBN
- 9780253017581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.25
€ 86.25
Paperback. The story of a fascinating, bohemian - and, at times outrageous - life that spanned the twentieth century - the perfect book for fans of the Mitfords. Num Pages: 464 pages, 25 b/w photos integrated. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DN; DSBH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 333 x 31. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349005461
- ISBN
- 9780349005461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd Ireland
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716531173
- ISBN
- 9780716531173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.86
€ 99.86
Paperback. Written by a prominent member of the Bloomsbury group, this novel of colonial Ceylon (Sri Lanka) includes a biographical afterword by Sir Christopher Ondaatje, author of "Woolf in Ceylon", and a short story, "Pearls before Swine", which vividly draws on Woolf's experience as a young District Commissioner. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272. 216 pages. Written by a prominent member of the Bloomsbury group, this novel of colonial Ceylon (Sri Lanka) includes a biographical afterword by Sir Christopher Ondaatje, author of "Woolf in Ceylon", and a short story, "Pearls before Swine", which vividly draws on Woolf's experience as a young District Commissioner. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FKS; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight: 278.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871293
- ISBN
- 9780907871293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171272
- ISBN
- 9780691171272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501705113
- ISBN
- 9781501705113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.52
€ 62.52
Hardback. Why do painters sometimes wish they were poets - and why do poets sometimes wish they were painters? What happens when Rembrandt spells out Hebrew in the sky or Poussin spells out Latin on a tombstone? What happens when Virgil, Ovid, or Shakespeare suspend their plots to describe a fictitious painting? This title answers these questions. Series: Essays in the Arts. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141831
- ISBN
- 9780691141831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Hardback. The Business of Letters is a broad-ranging study of authorial economics in antebellum America that describes writers' exchange practices as profoundly rooted in, and constitutive of, social bonds. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757058
- ISBN
- 9780804757058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
Paperback. The essays collected in "Persecution and the Art of Writing" all deal with one problem-the relation between philosophy and politics. Here, Strauss sets forth the thesis that many philosophers, especially political philosophers, have reacted to the threat of persecution by disguising their most controversial and heterodox ideas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JPVH2; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226777115
- ISBN
- 9780226777115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. "Nowadays, most readers take the intersection between fiction and fact for granted. We've developed a faculty for pretending that even the most bizarre literary inventions are, for the nonce, real. . . . The value of Davis's book is that it explores the h Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216103
- ISBN
- 9780812216103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588140623
- ISBN
- 9781588140623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.86€ 89.80
€ 118.86
€ 89.80
Hardcover. Leland de la Durantaye helps us understand Beckett s strangeness and notorious difficulty by arguing that Beckett s lifelong campaign was to mismake on purpose not to denigrate himself, or his audience, or reconnect with the child or savage within, but because he believed that such mismaking is in the interest of art and will shape its future." Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504851
- ISBN
- 9780674504851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.93
€ 47.99
€ 39.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476648
- ISBN
- 9780801476648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Hardcover. In this thoughtful study, Leilei Chen embraces travel writing as a means of understanding Chinese "otherness" and discovering one's self in a globalized world. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; DSBH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889774407
- ISBN
- 9780889774407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.38€ 59.66
€ 65.38
€ 59.66
Hardcover. Seneca Epistulae Vol. II Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198146490
- ISBN
- 9780198146490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.30
€ 51.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486746
- ISBN
- 9780801486746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801437991
- ISBN
- 9780801437991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.47
€ 132.47
Hardcover. With sections on "England at the Margins," "Researching the Renaissance," "The Human Figure on the Stage," and "Artificial Persons," this collection makes interventions in historiography as well as history, literary interpretation, and also literary criticism. Editor(s): Orlin, Lena Cowen. Num Pages: 318 pages, 17 black-&-whites, 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Susquehanna University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910987
- ISBN
- 9781575910987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Paperback. Set a course for literary studies that led to Prague structuralism, French semiotics, and postmodern poetics. Editor(s): Lemon, Lee T.; Reis, Marion J. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Secondtion ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803239982
- ISBN
- 9780803239982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.79
€ 21.99
€ 20.79