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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. S/Z is the linguistic distillation of Barthesa s system of semiology, a science of signs and symbols, in which Balzaca s novella, Sarrasine, is dissected semantically to uncover layers of hidden meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631176077
ISBN
9780631176077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; AJ; DSB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226356402
ISBN
9780226356402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. Series: Writers & Their Work S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746311417
ISBN
9780746311417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.19

Paperback. Translator(s): Murphy-Judy, Kathy; Judy, K.M. Series: Theory of history & literature. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816617258
ISBN
9780816617258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Hardcover. Explores the literary culture of the Ottoman Empire's Sephardic Jews Series: Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 175 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253356727
ISBN
9780253356727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171694
ISBN
9780231171694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

Paperback. German writers, be it Goethe, Nietzsche, Marx, Brecht or Mann, have had a profound influence on the modern world. This Very Short Introduction illuminates the particular character and power of German literature, and examines its impact on the wider cultural world. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 15 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 114 x 11. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199206599
ISBN
9780199206599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Gerard Manley Hopkins spent five unhappy years in Ireland before his death in 1889, during which time he wrote perhaps the most interesting group of all his poems. Working outwards from Hopkins's most intimate creations, author Norman White examines the poet's complicated and troubled personality. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w plates, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 192 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621724
ISBN
9781900621724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.60

Hardback. Examines the ways in which five great modern American poets, writing their final books, try to find a style that does justice to life and death alike. This title focuses on the books: "The Rock", "Ariel", "Day by Day", "Geography III" and "A Scattering of Salts". Series: The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145341
ISBN
9780691145341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Debjani Ganguly theorizes the contemporary global novel and the social and historical conditions that shaped it, showing how in 1989 the consolidation of the information age, the perpetual state of war, and the focus on humanitarianism transformed the novel into a form that addresses contemporary social, technological, and political upheavals. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361565
ISBN
9780822361565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Hardcover. Of War and War's Alarms is a unique study of war and revolution and their impact on the writing lives of Irish poets and novelists from WW1 and the Easter Rising through the War of Independence to the Spanish Civil War, WWII and the Northern 'Troubles'. Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051763
ISBN
9781782051763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

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

Hardback. Provides an analysis of Western culture during the Second World War that won the Pulitzer Prize and inspired a symphony by Leonard Bernstein as well as a ballet by Jerome Robbins. Editor(s): Jacobs, Alan. Series: W. H. Auden: Critical Editions. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Ant Cri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138152
ISBN
9780691138152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603842884
ISBN
9781603842884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.74

Paperback. Translator(s): Hardt, Michael. Series: Theory Out of Bounds. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
University Of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816622351
ISBN
9780816622351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Hardback. Giovanni Pontano, the dominant literary figure of quattrocento Naples, wrote two brilliantly original poetical cycles. On Married Love is the first sustained exploration of married love in first-person poetry. Eridanus combines familiar motifs of courtly love with an allusive matrix of classical elegy and Pontano's distinctive vision. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728660
ISBN
9780674728660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.72

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; AN; DSBD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172264
ISBN
9780231172264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.27
€ 50.63

Paperback. Provides careful annotation of the text, detailed guidance to critical comment, and introductory material setting the poem - The Faerie Queene - in its historical and literary context. This book also includes additional original material, which includes a chronology, a letter to Raleigh, commendatory verses, and dedicatory sonnets. Editor(s): Hamilton, A. C. Series: Longman Annotated English Poets. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 189 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1542.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405832816
ISBN
9781405832816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.24

Hardback. This book presents a provocative and timely reconsideration of modern Scottish literature in the light of ecological thought. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748633111
ISBN
9780748633111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.80
€ 102.03

Paperback. "York Notes Advanced" aim to help make the study of literature more fulfilling and lead to exam success. They should also be of interest to the general reader, as they cover the widest range of popular literature titles. This title covers "The Whitsun Weddings" and selected poetry by Philip Larkin. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 213 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582772298
ISBN
9780582772298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.36

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