Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Paperback. A thorough examination of the manner in which three of the most unsettling modern writers-Aragon, Sartre, and Barthes-affirm their personal rebellion followed by Kristeva's own ideas on the future of rebellion. Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTV; JFC; JMAF; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114158
- ISBN
- 9780231114158
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. Not only a meditation on Proust, this is a commentary on how the experience of literature is manifested in time and sensation. Kristeva uses Proust as a starting point to reflect upon broader notions of character, time, sensation, metaphor, and history. Translator(s): Guberman, Ross. Series: European Perspectives. Num Pages: 432 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102513
- ISBN
- 9780231102513
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.89
€ 43.99
€ 30.89
Paperback. Her analysis deals with the role of narcissism and idealization in the formation of a love object. She accounts for the role of the death drive by coining the term "love/hate." Translator(s): Roudiez, Leon S. Series: European Perspectives. Num Pages: 414 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594. Series: European Perspectives. 414 pages, Ill.
Her analysis deals with the role of narcissism and idealization in the formation of a love object. She accounts for the role of the death drive by coining the term "love/hate.". Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 22. Weight: 582. Translator(s): Roudiez, Leon S.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 414
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Reprinted Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231060257
- ISBN
- 9780231060257
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Hardback. "A series of dialogues and exchanges between Julia Kristeva and Philippe Sollers on their marriage" -- Translator(s): Scott-Fox, Lorna. Num Pages: 128 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; JFFK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231180108
- ISBN
- 9780231180108
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.28
€ 30.99
€ 22.28
Paperback. Powers of Horror is an excellent introduction to an aspect of contemporary French literature which has been allowed to become somewhat neglected in the current emphasis on para-philosophical modes of discourse." Translator(s): Roudiez, Leon S. Num Pages: 219 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318. An Essay on Abjection. 219 pages, Ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight: 318. Translator(s): Roudiez, Leon S.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 219
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- Reprinted Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231053471
- ISBN
- 9780231053471
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Condition: New
€ 45.93
€ 45.93
Hardcover. Catullus is one of the liveliest and most appealing Roman poets. His emotion, charm, and apparent spontaneity resonate with readers as strongly today as in antiquity. This sophisticated literary and historical introduction brings Catullus to life for the modern reader and presents his poetry in all its variety of emotions, subjects, and styles. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405118897
- ISBN
- 9781405118897
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Condition: New
€ 118.59
€ 118.59
Hardback. "The Golden Ass" tells of a young man changed into an ass by magic. This book follows Apuleius' tale from antiquity through the sixteenth century, tracing its journey from roll to codex in fourth-century Rome, into the medieval library of Monte Cassino, into the hands of Italian humanists, into print, and, finally, over the Alps. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 408 pages, 20 color illus. 6 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131368
- ISBN
- 9780691131368
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Condition: New
€ 89.13€ 67.89
€ 89.13
€ 67.89
Paperback. Highlights the long history of African American-Asian American relations Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814752562
- ISBN
- 9780814752562
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€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardcover. The Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins was a practitioner of strict asceticism, and his commentators have often approved or disapproved of his rigorous self-discipline. This study uses Lacanian theories of sublimation and courtly love to reconfigure this rift in the field of Hopkins criticism. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919409
- ISBN
- 9780813919409
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Condition: New
€ 67.32
€ 67.32
Hardback. This book focuses on the meaning and function of George Herbert's poetic form from a psychohistorical perspective, demonstrating what close attention to prosody can contribute to critical discussions about the devices of self-representation, the dynamics of the self-other relation, and the depths of self-transformation in The Temple. Num Pages: 270 pages, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874136791
- ISBN
- 9780874136791
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Condition: New
€ 137.46
€ 137.46
Hardcover. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634003
- ISBN
- 9780815634003
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Condition: New
€ 49.66
€ 49.66
Paperback. This collection of seventeen original essays by leading authorities offers, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the significant authors and important aspects of fifteenth-century English poetry. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844303
- ISBN
- 9781843844303
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.68
€ 33.99
€ 32.68
Hardcover. Surveys the thought and literary work of a towering figure in twentieth-century Spanish cultural and political life. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855663008
- ISBN
- 9781855663008
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Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Paperback. This study shows that sentimental, melodramatic and gothic novels written in the wake of the American Revolution can be read as an emotional history of the early Republic, reflecting the hate, fear and grief which tormented the federalist era, and giving voice to a collective mourning process. Num Pages: 306 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226773117
- ISBN
- 9780226773117
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
€ 43.99
€ 33.29
paperback. Editor(s): Julavits, Heidi; Leland, Andrew; Vida, Vendela. Num Pages: 80 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Believer Magazine
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781940450117
- ISBN
- 9781940450117
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Paperback. Given the ways in which spirituality functions in the work of Black women writers and filmmakers, the author proposes that what these women embrace in their narrative construction and characterization is the responsibility of the priestess, bearing and distributing "life-force" to sustain the community of people who read and view their work. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923703
- ISBN
- 9780813923703
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Condition: New
€ 29.46
€ 29.46
Paperback. Assessing existing traditions of autobiography and biography, this study seeks a method capable of conveying the distinctive content of women's lives while retaining the tenor of feminine subjectivity. The author draws on recent feminist research methodologies as well as anthropology and sociology. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814750759
- ISBN
- 9780814750759
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. This anthology offers the best new plays from Ireland's Abbey Theatre. Plays covered include Hugh Leonard's "Love in the Title", Frank McGuinness's "Dolly West's Kitchen", and Jimmie Murphy's "The Muesli Belt". Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPR; 3JM; DD; DSBH; DSG; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629870
- ISBN
- 9780815629870
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Condition: New
€ 26.99
€ 26.99
Hardcover. This anthology - a companion volume to "New Plays From the Abbey Theatre, 1993-1995" - takes up where the first volume left off, with the best new plays from Ireland's Abbey Theatre. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; AN; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629283
- ISBN
- 9780815629283
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Condition: New
€ 55.91
€ 55.91
Hardback. Focuses on the intersection and the cross-fertilization between the travel narrative, literary discourse, and the New Philosophy in the early modern to early eighteenth-century historical periods. This title examines how science and the literary discourse of the travel narrative become intrinsically linked. Editor(s): Hayden, Prof. Judy A. Num Pages: 256 pages, Includes 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 602. 220 pages, includes 13 b&w illustrations. Focuses on the intersection and the cross-fertilization between the travel narrative, literary discourse, and the New Philosophy in the early modern to early eighteenth-century historical periods. This title examines how science and the literary discourse of the travel narrative become intrinsically linked. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSBD; WTL. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 21. Weight: 602.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409420422
- ISBN
- 9781409420422
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Condition: New
€ 166.37€ 102.37
€ 166.37
€ 102.37
Hardback. Advances in astronomy such as the theories of Copernicus and the development of the telescope sparked a strong response within Early Modern literature. The essays in this collection show this discourse went on to develop a political context to discuss topics like New World exploration and even kingship and regicide, well into the 18th century. Editor(s): Hayden, Judy A. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HPCB; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2090
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137583451
- ISBN
- 9781137583451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Paperback. A history of the Circe myth. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252063565
- ISBN
- 9780252063565
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardcover. A definitive study of an author who in celebrating one era helped usher in the next. In this critical examination, the author sees Mary Arnold Ward as being "behind her times" in two senses - in her tireless defense of her evolving era's achievements and intentions, but also in her wariness of the advance of time and of the violence of change. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923673
- ISBN
- 9780813923673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.40
€ 60.40
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643106
- ISBN
- 9780691643106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.47
€ 163.47