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Literary studies: general

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198704850
ISBN
9780198704850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. Explores the relationships among art, theology, exegesis, and literature - issues central to the study of medieval art. This book examines the illustration of theological commentaries, the use of images to expound or disseminate doctrine, the role of images within theological discourse, the development of doctrine in response to images, and more. Editor(s): Hamburger, Jeffrey F.; Bouche, Anne-Marie. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 464 pages, 198 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR; DSBB; HRCX6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1292.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691124766
ISBN
9780691124766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 45.86

Hardback. Reconnecting Cleland's writing to its literary and social milieu, this study offers new insights into the history of authorship and the literary marketplace and contributes to contemporary debates on pornography, censorship, the history of sexuality, and the contested role of literature in eighteenth-century culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421404905
ISBN
9781421404905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 53.45

Paperback. An engagingly written critical genealogy of "love" in modern Chinese literature, thought, and popular culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 figure, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804773270
ISBN
9780804773270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.45

Paperback. Translator(s): Ladinsky, Daniel. Num Pages: 67 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 213 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
67
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140196238
ISBN
9780140196238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415610193
ISBN
9780415610193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.14

Hardback. A study that investigates the poetics and thematics of the Silla sequence, uncovering what is known about the actual historical event and the assumptions and concerns that guided its re-creation as a literary artifact and then helped shape its reception among contemporary readers. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 550 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CJB; DCF; DSB; HRAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053304
ISBN
9780674053304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.74
€ 53.65

Hardcover. Contains readings of nineteenth-century Irish women's prose works by various international scholars. This book looks at writers who have been ignored in Irish Studies and they draw attention to women's contributions to literary genres commonly associated with male writers. It examines prose writing that does not fit the usual categories. Editor(s): Hansson, Heidi. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184165
ISBN
9781859184165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Hardcover. Investigates the connections between German writers H.G. Adler and W.G. Sebald and reveals a new hybrid paradigm of writing about the Holocaust in light of the wider literary-political implications of Holocaust representation since 1945. Editor(s): Finch, Helen; Wolff, Lynn L. Series: Dialogue and Disjunction: Studies in Jewish German Literature, Culture & Thought. Num Pages: 332 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Camden House
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135896
ISBN
9781571135896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.41

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Routledge
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907975578
ISBN
9781907975578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.20
€ 56.04

Drawing on the disciplines of book history, translation studies, comparative literature, and visual studies, the author focuses on the book as an object, examining how specific copies of manuscripts and printed books were presented to an English readership by a variety of translators. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 900.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646032
ISBN
9781442646032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.74

Hardcover. Culture, Northern Ireland, and the Second World War presents a new cultural history of Northern Ireland during and after the Second World War, examining the often-neglected period before the onset of the Troubles and exploring work by the generation of artists and writers that preceded Seamus Heaney and his contemporaries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198716853
ISBN
9780198716853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.27

Paperback. Takes readers on a geographic journey through Dante's underworld circle by circle - from the Dark Wood down to the ninth circle of Hell - in much the same way Dante and Virgil proceed in their infernal descent. Each chapter of this book begins with a summary of the action, followed by entries, significant verses, and useful study questions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 map, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 212 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226702681
ISBN
9780226702681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.63

Paperback. A guide to the "Divine Comedy" that provides readers with a map of the entire poem, from the lowest circle of Hell to the highest sphere of Paradise. It charts a simultaneously geographical and textual journey, canto by canto, region by region, adhering closely to the path taken by Dante himself through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 177 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
35878th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226702704
ISBN
9780226702704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.40

Paperback. Explores Willa Cather's iconic status and its problems within popular and literary culture. This work states that not only are Cather's own life and work subject to enshrinement, but as a writer, she herself often returned to the motifs of canonization and to the complex relationship between the onlooker and the idealized object. Editor(s): Reynolds, Guy J. Series: Cather Studies. Num Pages: 366 pages, 2 photographs, index. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260115
ISBN
9780803260115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.01

Hardcover. When Edward Thomas died in the First World War, very few of his poems had been published, but he was recognised as one of the finest and most influential poets. This work captures the range of Thomas' achievement, not least by combining poetry with prose. It also includes an introduction, and four critical essays. Editor(s): Newlyn, Lucy; Cuthbertson, Guy. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904634355
ISBN
9781904634355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.82

Paperback. In San Diego, a group of Chicana women participated in a political theatre group whose plays addressed social, gender, and political issues of the working class and the Chicano Movement. This memoir tells the story of this troupe through chapters featuring the history and story of each of the main actors and writers. Editor(s): Garcia, Laura E.; Gutierrez, Sandra M.; Nunez, Felicitas. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 34 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; AN; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292717442
ISBN
9780292717442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. Discusses Flaubert's life, the writing of "Madame Bovary", the world in which the novel is set, and its publication and reception. Translator(s): MacKenzie, Raymond N. Num Pages: 346 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841238
ISBN
9781603841238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811219501
ISBN
9780811219501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.74

Hardback. This book deals with narratives of cultural legitimation in nineteenth-century US literature, in a transatlantic context. Editor(s): Manning, Susan; Taylor, Andrew. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635740
ISBN
9780748635740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.61
€ 112.54

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