Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
paperback. In this collection, Anne Carson contemplates 'decreation', an activity described by Simone Weil as 'undoing the creature in us', an undoing of self. But how can we undo self without moving through self, to the very inside of its definitions? Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224079266
- ISBN
- 9780224079266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.57
€ 23.99
€ 16.57
Hardcover. This collection of 12 specially-commissioned essays focuses on the work of Felicia Hemans. It offers close readings of Heman's poetry, research on her reception, and analyses of her cultural significance. Editor(s): Sweet, Nanora; Melnyk, Julie. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- AIAA
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333801093
- ISBN
- 9780333801093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.51
€ 123.51
Paperback. This is a collection of essays that sets out to make and break the links between psychoanalysis and literature. It gives insights into anorexia and cloning, the work of Tom Stoppard and A.E. Housman, the effect of the Blitz on Londoners, Nijinsky's diary and Martin Amis's "Night Train". Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DS; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571209736
- ISBN
- 9780571209736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.46
€ 19.99
€ 14.46
Hardback. Editor(s): Haslam, Associate Professor Jason (Dalhousie University). Series: Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474425551
- ISBN
- 9781474425551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
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
Hardback. Hardback, shrinkwrapped as new. With dustjacket.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KRF0026860
- ISBN
- 9780813011059
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A compelling account of the Narnia novels, unlocking their Christian symbolism and exploring the moral and spiritual wisdom that C. S. Lewis intended to convey. Answers contemporary critics of Lewis (such as Philip Pullman) over charges of sexism, violence and racial stereotyping. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 176 x 14. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Spck
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281068951
- ISBN
- 9780281068951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. For the first time, Guy Debord's pivotal work Society of the Spectacle appears in a definitive and authoritative English translation. Translator(s): Nicholson-Smith, Donald; Smith, Donald Nicholson-. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Number of pages
- 154
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299793
- ISBN
- 9780942299793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.55
€ 26.99
€ 20.55
Hardcover. Pioneering study offering a 'new comparatism' - a new world-systems' approach to the 'world' in 'world literature'. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381892
- ISBN
- 9781781381892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.92€ 85.68
€ 112.92
€ 85.68
Paperback. In an essay of prophetic vision, Lukacs defines a critical realism: 'anyone who wants to become more intimately acquainted with the prehistory of the important ideologies of the [nineteen-] twenties and thirties .. will be helped by a critical reading of this book.' Translator(s): Bostock, A. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 164
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850362367
- ISBN
- 9780850362367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.47
€ 17.99
€ 16.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Schaberg, Christopher (Loyola University New Orleans USA); Bogost, Professor Ian (Loyola University New Orleans USA). Series: Object Lessons. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628922653
- ISBN
- 9781628922653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. This new edition of Shakespeare's tragic history, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors Michael Boyd and Claus Peymann and the director/actress Fiona Shaw, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and features a completely new introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272200
- ISBN
- 9780230272200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.23
€ 15.23
Hardback. Editor(s): Palmer, R. Barton; Conner, Marc C. Series: Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture. Num Pages: 266 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 18 colour illustrations, 27 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; APFA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319409276
- ISBN
- 9783319409276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.15
€ 136.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 119 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750959643
- ISBN
- 9780750959643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.14
€ 19.99
€ 18.14
Paperback. Quentin is a successful lawyer in New York, but inside his head he is struggling with his own sense of guilt and the shadows of his past relationships. One of these an ill-fated marriage to the charming and beautiful Maggie, who went from operating a switchboard to become a self-destructive star - a singer everyone wanted a piece of. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189994
- ISBN
- 9780141189994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Hardcover. MawlanaJalal al-Din Rumi's poem, the Mathnawi, is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest known manuscript, including the earliest, dated 1278, and preserved in the Mawlana Museum at Qonya. Editor(s): Nicholson, Reynold A. Num Pages: 373 pages, 373 & 474 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; HRH; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1397.
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094280
- ISBN
- 9780906094280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.26€ 74.81
€ 77.26
€ 74.81
Hardback. Modernist Melancholia explores modernism's melancholic roots through the detailed discussion of writings by Freud, Conrad and Ford. Melancholia ties modernism to the 19th-century obsession with loss and continuity and, at the same time, constitutes a formative moment in the history of 20th-century literature, modern subjectivity and critical theory Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137444318
- ISBN
- 9781137444318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.50
€ 64.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107655768
- ISBN
- 9781107655768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.50
€ 32.99
€ 31.50
Hardback. A masterful, highly engaging analysis of how Shakespeare's plays intersected with the politics and culture of Elizabethan England Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 242 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1208.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300222715
- ISBN
- 9780300222715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; AN; DSB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166508
- ISBN
- 9780231166508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35