Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. A comprehensive look at the life and poetry of Sa'di - the poet of life, love and compassion. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851684731
- ISBN
- 9781851684731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.41
€ 34.41
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
€ 36.47
€ 36.47
Paperback. Presenting ten essays, the author addresses the Russian minds of the nineteenth century: Herzen, Bakunin, Turgenev, Belinsky and Tolstoy, as well as exploring the political and social revolutions they inspired and responded to. He describes this as 'the largest single Russian contribution to social change in the world'. Editor(s): Hardy, Henry. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JH; DSBF; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141442204
- ISBN
- 9780141442204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JH; AB; AFC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807386
- ISBN
- 9780875807386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Ranging in extremes from the melting tenderness of unrequited love to the bitter comedy of political chaos, this collection of poems covering two centuries includes work by Lermontov, Tyutchev, Fet, Annensky,Mayakovsky, Bely, Mandelstam, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Pasternak, Brodsky and others less celebrated but no less extraordinary. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841597805
- ISBN
- 9781841597805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. For most English-speaking readers, Russian literature consists of a small number of individual writers - nineteenth-century masters such as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Turgenev - or a few well-known works - Chekhov's plays, Brodsky's poems, and perhaps Master and Margarita and Doctor Zhivago from the twentieth century. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 330 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636863
- ISBN
- 9780745636863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.90
€ 31.90
Paperback. Explores the place and importance of literature in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped its creation? How have the Russians regarded their literary language? This book uses the figure of Pushkin, 'the Russian Shakespeare', as an example. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 20 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192801449
- ISBN
- 9780192801449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
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
€ 21.74
€ 21.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 3JJP; 3JMC; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477256
- ISBN
- 9780801477256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.62
€ 36.99
€ 35.62
Paperback. Augusten Burroughs's jaw-dropping memoir, out now in paperback: 'Adrian Mole scripted by Hieronymous Bosch' Fiona Hook, The Times Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843541516
- ISBN
- 9781843541516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.32
€ 14.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. Considered one of the greatest works of Persian literature, this title is written by a medieval Sufi mystic who also happens to be the most popular poet in America. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061905834
- ISBN
- 9780061905834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.06
€ 16.99
€ 12.06
Hardcover. It is often said that Rumi (aka Jalal al-Din, 1207-73) is the most popular poet in the United States. The main key to Rumi's success is the spiritual appeal of his work. It combines lyrical beauty with philosophical profundity, a sense of rapture and an acute awareness of human suffering in ways which speak directly to contemporary audiences. Editor(s): Washington, Peter. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 116 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841597690
- ISBN
- 9781841597690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.48
€ 16.99
€ 12.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497674
- ISBN
- 9780801497674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.57
€ 34.99
€ 31.57
Hardcover. Provides an reading of Kipling's fiction using the feminist psychoanalytic methodology of Julia Kristeva and Helene Cixous, focusing particularly on ideas of the abjected maternal feminine. This book examines Kipling's ambivalent relationship to the India of his childhood and the 'loss' of his mother figures. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748698554
- ISBN
- 9780748698554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.53€ 101.00
€ 105.53
€ 101.00
Paperback. One of the finest British poets of this century, Roy Fuller was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, the C.B.E., and was elected to the Oxford Professorship of Poetry. The achievements of the late poet, novelist, critic and autobiographer are honoured here in essays and poems by writers who were his friends. Editor(s): Tolley, A.T. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230. . Keywords: "Special Features - Used Books - Biography - Novelists, Poets & Playwrights - Poets,Special Features - Used Books - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Poetry & Poets,Subjects - Biography"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Carleton University Press,Canada U.S.A.
- Number of pages
- 137
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- SKU
- KHS0038618
- ISBN
- 9780886292102
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 19.99€ 17.52
€ 19.99
€ 17.52
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140431490
- ISBN
- 9780140431490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415780094
- ISBN
- 9780415780094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.19
€ 43.99
€ 42.19
Paperback. Providing coverage of structuralist models and of the frameworks developed for the study of literary narratives, this reference also seeks to give an overview of paradigms for analyzing stories across a variety of media and genres - from film, television, opera, and digital environments, to gossip, sports broadcasts, and comics and graphic novels. Editor(s): Herman, David; Jahn, Manfred; Ryan, Marie-Laure. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 175 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1330.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415775120
- ISBN
- 9780415775120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.10
€ 77.10
Paperback. Tom Stoppard's reputation as a playwright was made when his dazzling debut, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, opened at the National Theatre. Fifty years later, the play's wit, stagecraft and verbal verve remain as exhilarating as they were in 1967. This edition aims to coincide with a fiftieth anniversary production at The Old Vic, London. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main - Faber Modern Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571333721
- ISBN
- 9780571333721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.41
€ 14.99
€ 11.41
Paperback. Explores a specific site - the Reading Room of the British Museum - as a space of imaginative potential in relation to the emergence of modern women writers in Victorian and early 20th-century London. This book challenges an assessment of the Reading Room of the British Museum as a bastion of class and gender privilege. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697946
- ISBN
- 9780748697946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.10
€ 27.99
€ 26.10