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Literary studies: general

Hardback. This is a study of the author, illustrator, and radio personality, Daniel Pinkwater. It discusses nearly all of Pinkwater's books, and emphasises his young adult fiction. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810839946
ISBN
9780810839946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.49

Paperback / so. Series: Rheinisch-Westfalische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 91.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663000396
ISBN
9783663000396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.53

Paperback. A sensitive analysis of the spiritual significance of ancient Greek religion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253208910
ISBN
9780253208910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.72

Hardback. The first in-depth examination of Sinyavsky's satirical side,Literary Insinuations: Sorting out Sinyavsky's Irreverence not only discusses the relatively under-analysed area of playful and provocative writing, but also ties together a number of loose ends in the fascinating and often contentious field of Sinyavsky scholarship. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739104880
ISBN
9780739104880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.13

Paperback. Editor(s): Irvin, Eric. Series: Plays. Num Pages: 78 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
78
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868190242
ISBN
9780868190242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Hardback. Walter Cohen argues that the history of European literature and of each of its standard periods can be illuminated by comparative consideration of the different literary languages within Europe, and of the relationship of European literature to world literature. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1018.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198732679
ISBN
9780198732679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 218.72

Paperback. Discusses ways of creating value in turn-of-the-century American capitalism. Focusing on such topics as the alienation of property, the invention of masochism, and the battle over free silver, this title examines the participation of cultural forms in these phenomena. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 257 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520059825
ISBN
9780520059825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. Anatomizes what's fundamentally at stake when we think of literature in terms of the experience of the reader rather than the intention of the author, and when we substitute the question of who people are for the question of what they believe. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
234
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126180
ISBN
9780691126180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

paperback. Called "the most important critic of his time" by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has only become more influential over the years. Suitable for any scholar wrestling with Benjamin's work, this title offers a look at the man behind much of the twentieth century's most significant criticism. Editor(s): Scholen, Gershom; Adorno, Theodor W. Translator(s): Jacobson, Manfred R.; Jacobson, Evelyn M. Num Pages: 674 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226042381
ISBN
9780226042381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.67

Paperback. However insistently the idea of catastrophe hangs over Benjamin's writings in the final years of his life, the "victories wrested" in this period constitute some of the most remarkable 20th century analyses of the emergence of modern society. This volume ranges from studies of Baudelaire and Brecht to appraisals of photography, film, and poetry. Editor(s): Eiland, Howard; Jennings, Michael W. Num Pages: 496 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022294
ISBN
9780674022294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.97

Paperback. Presented in a new edition with expanded notes, this genre-defying meditation on the semiotics of late-1920s Weimar culture, composed of 60 short prose pieces that vary wildly in style and theme, offers a fresh opportunity to encounter Walter Benjamin at his most virtuosic and experimental, writing in a vein that anticipates later masterpieces. Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W. Translator(s): Jephcott, Edmund. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052291
ISBN
9780674052291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.63

Paperback. Offers a source of literary modernism in the twentieth century. Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Verso
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844673483
ISBN
9781844673483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.09

Paperback. Features 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction', 'The Task of the Translator' and 'Theses on the Philosophy of History', as well as essays on Kafka, storytelling, Baudelaire, Brecht's epic theatre, and Proust. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847923868
ISBN
9781847923868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. Walter Benjamin's essays on the great French lyric poet, Charles Baudelaire revolutionized not just the way we think about Baudelaire, but our understanding of modernity and modernism as well. This volume includes an introduction that presents each of Benjamin's essays on Baudelaire in chronological order. Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W. Translator(s): Eiland, Howard; Jephcott, Edmund; Livingstone, Rodney; Zohn, Harry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
n
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022874
ISBN
9780674022874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Provides an intimate portrait of Walter Benjamin, venturesome at the end of the Weimar Republic, and of his unique form of thought. This English-language edition features a section of supplementary materials - drawn from Benjamin's essays, letters and sketches - relating to hashish use, as well as a reminiscence by his friend Jean Selz. Editor(s): Eiland, Howard. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022218
ISBN
9780674022218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.87

Paperback. Presents the author's recollection of his childhood in an upper-middle-class Jewish home in Berlin's West End. This book focuses not on persons or events but on places and things, all seen from the perspective of a child, a collector, flaneur, and allegorist in one. It tells about the parks, streets, schoolrooms, and interiors of the metropolis. Translator(s): Eiland, Howard. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JJC; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022225
ISBN
9780674022225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.56

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650319
ISBN
9780691650319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.30

paperback. Gathers Whitman's autobiographical notes, his views on contemporary politics, and the writings he made as he educated himself in ancient history, religion and mythology, health (including phrenology), and word-study. Editor(s): Grier, Edward F. Series: The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 20. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794371
ISBN
9780814794371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.12

Paperback. Gathers Whitman's autobiographical notes, his views on contemporary politics, and the writings he made as he educated himself in ancient history, religion and mythology, health (including phrenology), and word-study. Editor(s): Grier, Edward F. Series: The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 26. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794364
ISBN
9780814794364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.38

Paperback. Discussing letter-writing, this collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman. It contains an insert featuring sketches and facsimile pages from the letters. Editor(s): Miller, Edwin Haviland. Series: The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. Num Pages: 995 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 159. Weight in Grams: 4377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794272
ISBN
9780814794272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 142.11
€ 140.90

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