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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. A sumptuous illustrated journey through Terry Pratchett's DISCWORLD; a companion volume to THE LAST HERO Illustrator(s): Kidby, Paul. Series: Gollancz S.F. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 237 x 9. Weight in Grams: 682.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Gollancz
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575077126
ISBN
9780575077126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.10

Paperback. A collection that considers the art of fiction under a wide range of headings, drawing on writers as diverse as Henry James, Martin Amis, Jane Austen and James Joyce. It looks at ideas such as the Intrusive Author, Suspense, the Epistolary Novel, Magic Realism and Symbolism, illustrating topics with passages taken from classics or modern novels. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554240
ISBN
9780099554240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardcover. "Kapnick Foundation Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Lectures for 2014." Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813939056
ISBN
9780813939056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.18

Paperback. For much of its history, philosophy was not merely a theoretical discipline but a way of life, an 'art of living'. This title provides an incisive reevaluation of Socrates' place in the Western philosophical tradition and shows the importance of Socrates for Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428. Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. 294 pages. For much of its history, philosophy was not merely a theoretical discipline but a way of life, an 'art of living'. This title provides an incisive reevaluation of Socrates' place in the Western philosophical tradition and shows the importance of Socrates for Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSBB; HPC. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight: 406.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224902
ISBN
9780520224902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 204 x 29. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062223074
ISBN
9780062223074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Baker, John H. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Intellect Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841506272
ISBN
9781841506272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195371185
ISBN
9780195371185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.55

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. .
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911344186
ISBN
9781911344186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. The Art of Reading is the first-long overdue-collection of essays by the French classical philologist and humanist Jean Bollack to be published in English. As the scope of the collection shows, Bollack felt equally at home thinking in depth about both the classics of Greek poetry and philosophy and modern, including contemporary, poetry. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Center for Hellenic Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674660199
ISBN
9780674660199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555975623
ISBN
9781555975623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.11

Hardback. The Art of Subtraction is the first full-length study on the CD-ROM as a creative platform. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2, 2 figures. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442631915
ISBN
9781442631915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.76

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHM; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637310
ISBN
9780691637310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.30

Paperback. In this study, Linda M. Grasso demonstrates that using anger as a mode of analysis and the basis of an aesthetic transforms our understanding of American women's literary history. She explores how black and white 19th-century women writers defined, expressed and dramatized anger. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0228137
ISBN
9780807853481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. Presents two complementary medieval anthologies containing lyrics by two outstanding Latin poets of the second half of the twelfth century. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055575
ISBN
9780674055575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.07

Paperback. In this text Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. He examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary anecdote, as well as such themes as memorization, plagiarism and forgery and the dream visions of the dead. Translator(s): Cooperson, Michael. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 21 cm. BIC Classification: 1HB; 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 195.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629313
ISBN
9780815629313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.37

Paperback. For Gertrude Stein and her wife Alice B Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope slowly turning'. Audacious, sardonic and characteristically self-confident, this title offers a definitive account by an American in Paris. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185361
ISBN
9780141185361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The Norton Critical Edition of this influential Harlem Renaissance novel includes related materials available in no other edition. Editor(s): Goldsby, Jacqueline. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 512 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 212 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393972863
ISBN
9780393972863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.47

Hardcover. A collection of Pollmann's previously-published essays on early Christian poetry, most newly-translated from German and all updated and corrected. It is a genre that has tended to be overlooked by both Classicists and Patristics scholars and this collection will rectify that. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; HRAX; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198726487
ISBN
9780198726487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.99

Hardback. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; APW; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319321172
ISBN
9783319321172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.86

Paperback. This absorbing guide introduces the work of 'the Beats', assessing the lives which inspired their semi-autobiographical writing, and examining their monumental influence upon modern popular culture. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851685424
ISBN
9781851685424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.54

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