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Literary studies: general

Hardback. Through a subtle reading of the writings of Homer, Virgil, and Hannah Arendt, Barbara Cassin produces an in-depth analysis, at once scholarly and personal, of nostalgia. Where does nostalgia come from? Where do we truly feel at home? Cassin explores the notion that nostalgia has less to do with place and more to do with language. Translator(s): Brault, Pascale-Anne. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269501
ISBN
9780823269501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.95

Paperback. Through a subtle reading of the writings of Homer, Virgil, and Hannah Arendt, Barbara Cassin produces an in-depth analysis, at once scholarly and personal, of nostalgia. Where does nostalgia come from? Where do we truly feel at home? Cassin explores the notion that nostalgia has less to do with place and more to do with language. Translator(s): Brault, Pascale-Anne. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269518
ISBN
9780823269518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.72

Hardcover. Filling the gap of critical study on McCorkle, Barbara Bennett analyzes the widely read and admired output of this prolific southern woman writer. Bennett identifies and discusses the diverse characters, thematic concerns and keen sense of language that distinguish McCorkle's work. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570033506
ISBN
9781570033506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.50

Hardback. The Mirage of America in Contemporary Italian Literature and Film explores the use of images associated with the United States in Italian novels and films released between the 1980s and the 2000s. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; 2ADT; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644052
ISBN
9781442644052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.41

Hardback. Representing Imperial Rivalry in the Early Modern Mediterranean explores representations of national, racial, and religious identities within a region dominated by the clash of empires. Series: UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DS; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649026
ISBN
9781442649026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.59

Hardback. This collection presents a retrospective and comprehensive guide to the work of Ireland's greatest living writer, John Banville. Selections are drawn from all of his novels, up to and including 2012's 'Ancient Light'. There are radio plays, as well as a selection of his essays and reviews. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 242 x 46. Weight in Grams: 812.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447214724
ISBN
9781447214724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and students in further education. This title covers three novels by Iain Banks. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; YQC. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 211 x 154 x 5. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948877483
ISBN
9780948877483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.27

Paperback. Since the 1960 publication of her first novel, "The Country Girls", award-winning Irish writer Edna O'Brien has been both celebrated and maligned. This book situates her in Irish contexts that allow for an appraisal of her contribution to Irish women's literary tradition while attesting to the potency of writing against patriarchal conventions. Editor(s): Colletta, Lisa; O'Connor, Maureen. Series: Irish Studies in Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299216344
ISBN
9780299216344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Kirca, Mustafa. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838201320
ISBN
9783838201320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.19

This is the first book-length study on the Anglo-Jewish writer Bernard Kops, who became famous as part of the new wave of British drama with the production of his play The Hamlet of Stepney Green in 1958. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611476569
ISBN
9781611476569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.27

Num Pages: 351 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; DSBD; DSG; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
351
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810824188
ISBN
9780810824188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 141.14

The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing 1660-1789 features coverage of the lives and works of almost 500 notable writers based in the British Isles from the return of the British monarchy in 1660 until the French Revolution of 1789. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 180 x 31. Weight in Grams: 924.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405156691
ISBN
9781405156691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.81

Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575911366
ISBN
9781575911366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.64

Paperback. Using interviews, letters, notebooks, and their published texts, Powe offers a new alchemy of their thought, in which he combines the philosophical hallmarks of McLuhan's "The medium is the message" and Frye's "the great code." Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442616165
ISBN
9781442616165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 13. Weight in Grams: 205.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Ltd United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811209540
ISBN
9780811209540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.10

Paperback. Essays experimenting with structure, style, and subject matter, and accompanied by the writer's personal reflection on the work itself Editor(s): Hollars, B. J. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803236486
ISBN
9780803236486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 753.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780902561977
ISBN
9780902561977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Paperback. This is a revised and enlarged edition. It is designed to help the reader of Eliot's "Selected Poems" by identifying and explaining the wide and often baffling range of quotations, allusions and references, literary, factual and historical. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
6th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571170821
ISBN
9780571170821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. From the current vantage point of the transformation of books and libraries, B. Venkat Mani presents a historical account of world literature. By locating translation, publication, and circulation along routes of GCGBPbibliomigrancy,GC[yen] Mani narrates how world Num Pages: 360 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; GLC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 2. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823273416
ISBN
9780823273416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.87

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 2AHA; DSA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633695
ISBN
9780691633695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.43

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