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Literary studies: general
Drawing on a rich array of sources, including her father's striking account of his childhood in China, Tiger Writing not only illuminates Gish Jen's work but explores the aesthetic and psychic roots of the independent and interdependent self--each mode of selfhood yielding a distinct way of observing, remembering, and narrating the world. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 111 x 27. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072831
- ISBN
- 9780674072831
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Hardback. Offers an account of French writers and literary institutions from the beginning of the German Occupation through France's passage of amnesty laws in the early 1950s. To understand how the Occupation affected French literary production as a whole, this book uses Pierre Bourdieu's notion of the "literary field." Translator(s): Doriott Anderson, Vanessa; Cohn, Dorrit. Num Pages: 672 pages, 5 tables, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJH; 3JJPG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1125.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351788
- ISBN
- 9780822351788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.05
€ 156.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Brinker-Gabler, Gisela; Zisselberger, Markus. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411302
- ISBN
- 9781572411302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195699944
- ISBN
- 9780195699944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.60
€ 34.60
Hardcover. Uncovers the history of male homosexual and homosocial relations in the late imperial era. Drawing particularly on overlooked works of pornographic fiction, this title offers an exploration of the importance of same-sex love and eroticism to the evolution of masculinity in China. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226857923
- ISBN
- 9780226857923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.48€ 51.09
€ 59.48
€ 51.09
Paperback. Tells the story of the Malavoglia, a family of poor Sicilian fisherman. This book renders the theme of mankind's struggle for self-betterment, the dignity of the struggle in the face of poverty and hardship, and the tragedy that the struggle inevitably incurs. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340. 275 pages. Tells the story of the Malavoglia, a family of poor Sicilian fisherman. This book renders the theme of mankind's struggle for self-betterment, the dignity of the struggle in the face of poverty and hardship, and the tragedy that the struggle inevitably incurs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 18. Weight: 334. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520048508
- ISBN
- 9780520048508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. The stories of Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) are wonderful evocations of ordinary Italian life, focusing in particular on his native, Sicily. In an original and dynamic prose style, he portrays such eternal human themes as love, honour and adultery with rich and colourful language. Translator(s): McWilliam, G.H. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 2AHA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447415
- ISBN
- 9780140447415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Hardback. British excavations at the important archaeological site of Qasr Ibrim have yielded numerous written sources composed in Greek, Coptic, Old Nubian, and Arabic. However, only a small number of them have been published so far, among them some sixty Old Nubian texts, both literary and documents. They were edited between 1988 and 1991 by Gerald Michael Num Pages: 350 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The Journal of Juristic Papyrology Poland
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788393842513
- ISBN
- 9788393842513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.68
€ 130.68
Paperback. "If you want the true, mixed, fourteenth-century book that Boccaccio wrote, choose Rebhorn."-Joan Acocella, The New Yorker Editor(s): Rebhorn, Wayne A. Translator(s): Rebhorn, Wayne A. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393935622
- ISBN
- 9780393935622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.59
€ 23.59
Carlo Levi's Visual Poetics: The Painter as Writer (Italian and Italia...
Giovanna Faleschini Lerner
Hardcover. Carlo Levi's Visual Poetics explores the relation of word and image in Carlo Levi's literary works. Lerner investigates the ways in which the dialogue between verbal and iconic systems of representations becomes an instrument of literary and political subversion, and contributes to the definition of Levi's humanistic cultural program. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 212 pages, 11 colour illustrations, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230390645
- ISBN
- 9780230390645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardback. Series: Global Studies of the United States. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252039751
- ISBN
- 9780252039751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Hardback. "Originally published in Italian in 2014 under the title L'uso dei corpi." Translator(s): Kotsko, Adam. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 239 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804792349
- ISBN
- 9780804792349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben looks closely at the literature of the survivors of Auschwitz, probing the philosophical and ethical questions raised by their testimony. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; DNF; DSB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951177
- ISBN
- 9781890951177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
Hardback. As an investigation of new expressive processes and stylistic experiences, The Invention of Modern Italian Literature situates prominent Italian writers within the context of modern literature. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802091857
- ISBN
- 9780802091857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.70
€ 84.70
Hardback. The first major study of the profound impact of international communist politics and culture on Spanish letters Series: Hispanisms. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADS; DSB; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252034695
- ISBN
- 9780252034695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.18
€ 50.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Aarhus Univ Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771243505
- ISBN
- 9788771243505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.47
€ 35.47
Paperback. A collection of critical essays on black women's writing from Afro-American, African, South African, British and Caribbean novelists, poets, short story writers and a dramatist. Editor(s): Wisker, Gina. Series: Insights. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333522530
- ISBN
- 9780333522530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 192.82
€ 192.82
hardcover. A collection of critical essays on Black women's writing from Afro-American, African, South African, British and Caribbean novelists, poets, short story writers and a dramatist. Editor(s): Wisker, Gina. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333522523
- ISBN
- 9780333522523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.75
€ 193.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Gillman, Susan; Robinson, Forrest G. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822310464
- ISBN
- 9780822310464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.67
€ 37.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895260
- ISBN
- 9780226895260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.96
€ 34.99
€ 27.96
Hardcover. Philip Larkin, one of England's greatest and most popular twentieth-century poets, is nonetheless widely regarded as a misanthropic, provincial recluse. This volume re-examines that critical view and argues that Larkin's poetry, far from demonstrating his misanthropy, highlights his profound awareness of and concern for readers. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237780
- ISBN
- 9780230237780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardback. Spanning the period encompassing the rise, heyday and decline of sentimentalism, the book considers how the trajectory of the movement affected the sentimental novel's use of discourses of economics, sensibility and femininity and assesses the impact of the pressures of the post-Revolutionary 1790s on these areas. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333644775
- ISBN
- 9780333644775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Greenery blends current ecological concerns with informed analysis of medieval literature to arrive at new readings of late medieval English texts, some canonical (eg Malory's Morte D'Arthur, Piers Plowman, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Chaucer's Knight's and Franklin's Tales) some less frequently studied (lyrics, Patience, Sir Orfeo). Series Editor(s): Bernau, Anke. Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719072499
- ISBN
- 9780719072499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Prizing Literature is the first extended study of contemporary award winning Canadian literature and the ways in which we celebrate its authors. Series: Cultural Spaces. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442642713
- ISBN
- 9781442642713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12