Literature: history & criticism
Results 1061 - 1080 of 4819
Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Through a close-reading of the work of five prominent American postmodernist writers, this book re-evaluates the role of the past in recent American fiction, outlines the development of the postmodernist historical novel and considers the waning influence of postmodernism in contemporary American literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298347
- ISBN
- 9780230298347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.26
€ 65.26
Paperback. The extraordinary history of news and its dissemination, from medieval pilgrim tales to the birth of the newspaper Num Pages: 456 pages, 64 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212761
- ISBN
- 9780300212761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.82
€ 23.99
€ 17.82
Hardback. Is there a moment in history when a work receives its ideal interpretation? Or is perpetual negotiation required to preserve the past and accommodate the present? The freedom of interpretation, Charles Rosen suggests in these sparkling explorations, exists in a delicate balance with fidelity to the identity of the original work. Num Pages: 448 pages, 51 music examples. BIC Classification: AV; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047525
- ISBN
- 9780674047525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Hardcover. Homer Vol. II. Iliad (Books XIII-XXIV) Editor(s): Allen, T. W. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 196 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1920
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145295
- ISBN
- 9780198145295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.95
€ 84.95
Hardcover. These new essays explore central aspects of the ethical content of literature: character, its formation, and its role in moral discernment; poetic vision in the context of ethical understanding; self-identity and self-understanding; literature's role in moral growth and change; and the historical background of the ethical dimension of literature. Editor(s): Hagberg, Garry L. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198715719
- ISBN
- 9780198715719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.05
€ 153.05
Paperback. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue. The novel traces the course of her education and ends with the death of her childhood. It is one of James's finest studies of lost innocence. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538591
- ISBN
- 9780199538591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.72
€ 12.72
Paperback. Presents an overview of some of the central texts of literary Modernism. This work includes discussion of major authors, including T S Eliot, Virginia Woolf, D H Lawrence, Wallace Stevens and H D. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405108539
- ISBN
- 9781405108539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.02
€ 42.02
Paperback. Contemporary African Literature in English explores the contours of representation in contemporary Anglophone African literature, drawing on a wide range of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aminatta Forna, Brian Chikwava, Ngug? wa Thiong'o, Nuruddin Farah and Chris Abani. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349478286
- ISBN
- 9781349478286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.15
€ 65.15
Hardcover. Plato's Republic concerns righteousness both in individuals and in communities, and proposes an ideal state organized and governed on philosophical principles. This edition, which replaces Shorey's, offers text, translation, and annotation that are fully current with modern scholarship. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Plato is in 12 volumes. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 114 x 34. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996502
- ISBN
- 9780674996502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.80
€ 33.99
€ 28.80
Hardback. Editor(s): Teverson, Andrew (Kingston University, UK Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University, UK Kingston University, UK Kingston University, UK Kingston University); Warwick, Alexandra (University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster University of Westminster University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster); Wilson, Leigh (University of Westminster University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK). Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 234 x 30. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474400237
- ISBN
- 9781474400237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.81€ 119.62
€ 124.81
€ 119.62
Hardcover. An advanced introduction for students and a re-orientation for Nietzsche scholars and intellectual historians on the development of his thought and the aesthetic construction of his identity as a philosopher. Editor(s): Bishop, Paul. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 32. Weight in Grams: 852. Life and Works. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 462 pages. Editor(s): Bishop, Paul. An advanced introduction for students and a re-orientation for Nietzsche scholars and intellectual historians on the development of his thought and the aesthetic construction of his identity as a philosopher. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; HPCD. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 32. Weight: 852.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Number of pages
- 462
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571133274
- ISBN
- 9781571133274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.88
€ 184.88
Hardcover. Stunning two-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien's life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer, who's who and chronology. Num Pages: 2752 pages, Index. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Revised and expanded edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008214548
- ISBN
- 9780008214548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.60€ 94.02
€ 142.60
€ 94.02
Hardcover. With sections on "England at the Margins," "Researching the Renaissance," "The Human Figure on the Stage," and "Artificial Persons," this collection makes interventions in historiography as well as history, literary interpretation, and also literary criticism. Editor(s): Orlin, Lena Cowen. Num Pages: 318 pages, 17 black-&-whites, 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Susquehanna University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910987
- ISBN
- 9781575910987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Paperback. A unique book, from the incomparable Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Among Others, Jo Walton: What Makes This Book So Great: Re-Reading the Classics of Fantasy and SF is a collection of brilliant reassessments of the classics - and the forgotten gems - of modern fantasy and SF. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472111616
- ISBN
- 9781472111616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135353
- ISBN
- 9781571135353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.58
€ 97.58
Paperback. Translator(s): Frisch, Shelley Laura. Num Pages: 552 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147413
- ISBN
- 9780691147413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.36
€ 30.99
€ 22.36
Paperback. Talks about culture and comparison. This book inquires into the idea of comparison in a postcolonial world. It argues that inclusiveness is not a sufficient response to postcolonial and multiculturalist challenges because it leaves the basis of equivalence unquestioned. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731980
- ISBN
- 9780804731980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 72 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; DSBH; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 289 x 14. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652298904
- ISBN
- 9789652298904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.17
€ 25.99
€ 18.17
Paperback. Easily adaptable as both an anthology and an insightful guide to reading and understanding Romantic Poetry, this text discusses the important elements in the works from poets such as Smith, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey, Barbauld, Byron, Shelley, Hemans, Keats and Landon. Editor(s): O'Neill, Michael; Mahoney, Charles. Series: Blackwell Annotated Anthologies. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 29. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631213178
- ISBN
- 9780631213178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 49.18
€ 50.99
€ 49.18
Hardcover. Iris Murdoch: A Writer at War is a fascinating private memoir of one of the great women writers and thinkers of the 20th century and a remarkable historical document of life behind the scenes during the Second World War. Num Pages: 303 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; BJ; DSK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition - Later Print Run
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906021221
- ISBN
- 9781906021221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.53
€ 23.99
€ 16.53