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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Tells the story of how Flaubert's admiration for Cervantes' Don Quijote unfolded, and how profoundly it shaped and influenced Flaubert's ambition and his approach to all his major works, beginning with his breakthrough novel "Madame Bovary". Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845192570
ISBN
9781845192570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.08

Paperback. Tells the story of how Flaubert's admiration for Cervantes' Don Quijote unfolded, and how profoundly it shaped and influenced Flaubert's ambition and his approach to all his major works, beginning with his breakthrough novel "Madame Bovary". Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193973
ISBN
9781845193973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.50

paperback. A work that poses provocative questions about perception and reality. It is a parody of Victorian society where all existence is limited to length and breadth - its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. It provides an overview of this world - its physics and metaphysics, its history, customs and religious beliefs. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435313
ISBN
9780140435313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.39

Hardback. Employing a wide range of critical perspectives and new comparative contexts, Flann O'Brien: Contesting Legacies breaks new ground in O'Brien scholarship by testing a number of popular commonplaces about this Irish (post-) Modernist author. Editor(s): Borg, Ruben; Fagan, Paul; Werner, Huber. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782050766
ISBN
9781782050766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Hardcover. Recent years have witnessed a series of shifts in the reception of Brian O'Nolan's work, with the publication of collected short stories and dramatic texts and a systematic critical reappraisal of once marginal titles in the author's canon. Editor(s): Borg, Ruben; Fagan, Paul. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DS; DSRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782052302
ISBN
9781782052302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. This groundbreaking study, first published in 1995 and now substantially revised, reconfigures O'Brien as a highly subversive writer within a rich and fertile literary landscape: indisputably Irish yet distinctly post-modern. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
new ed of 2nd revised ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184875
ISBN
9781859184875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192277
ISBN
9780141192277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148177
ISBN
9780231148177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Parsons, Mikeal; Talbert, Charles. Series: Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801033421
ISBN
9780801033421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Rawlinson, Mark. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472529893
ISBN
9781472529893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. One of the greatest artistic works of the twentieth century, Finnegans Wake is both an outrageous epic and a wildly inventive comedy that rewards its readers with never-ending layers of meaning. This edition helps readers get past its reputation for difficulty in order to enjoy its astonishing originality and imaginative achievement. Editor(s): Henkes, Robbert-Jan; Bindervoet, Erik; Fordham, Finn. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJG; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199695157
ISBN
9780199695157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

Paperback. Tolkien's famous translations and lectures on the story of two fifth-century heroes in northern Europe. Editor(s): Bliss, Alan. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780261103559
ISBN
9780261103559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Michel, Paulette; Dupuis, Michel. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Dangaroo Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871049619
ISBN
9781871049619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.23

Paperback. A gathering of Seamus Heaney's prose of three decades. Whether autobiographical, topical or specifically literary, these essays and lectures circle the central preoccupying questions: How should a poet live and write? What is his relationship to be to his own voice and place? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
422
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571210916
ISBN
9780571210916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. Editor(s): Corrigan, Timothy. Num Pages: 488 pages, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 886.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
502
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415560108
ISBN
9780415560108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.31

Paperback. * Jacques Ranciere is a leading French philosopher, particularly well known for his work in aesthetics and political philosophy * In this concise and brilliant text, Ranciere presents a thoughtful analysis of the way in which artworks and films represent historical events and those who were involved. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 126 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745679570
ISBN
9780745679570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.52

Hardback. A bold new vision of the modern English novel Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784781910
ISBN
9781784781910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.47

Hardback. This book makes an important contribution to cultural analysis by opening up the work of two canonical authors to issues of exile and migration. Straumann's close reading of selected films and literary texts focuses on Speak, Memory, Lolita, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Suspicion, North by Northwest and Shadow of a Doubt. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: APF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748636464
ISBN
9780748636464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.61
€ 112.54

Paperback. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415525848
ISBN
9780415525848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 43.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 coloUr. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837637045
ISBN
9783837637045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 34.80

Hardback. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088375
ISBN
9780674088375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501705588
ISBN
9781501705588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138827141
ISBN
9781138827141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. Suggests that readers understand novels primarily by following the functioning of the minds of characters in the novel storyworlds. This work analyzes constructions of characters' minds in the fictional texts of a wide range of authors, from Aphra Behn and Henry Fielding to Evelyn Waugh and Thomas Pynchon. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218352
ISBN
9780803218352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.97

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