Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Hardcover. More than any other art form, literature defined Eastern Europe as a cultural and political entity in the second half of the twentieth century. Although often persecuted by the state, East European writers' voices were heard and revered inside and outside their countries. This study considers the effects of the end of communism on such writers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 tables, 8halftones. BIC Classification: 1DV; DSB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226867663
- ISBN
- 9780226867663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.41
€ 42.99
€ 33.41
Paperback. Expectation is an integral part of the reading experience. Drama is a particularly rich and rewarding field for studying the complex ways in which such expectations are created. This book explores these expectations through the lens of twentieth-century Russian drama. Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986470
- ISBN
- 9780295986470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.68
€ 35.68
Paperback. Providing a theoretical paradigm for understanding the relationship of history and literature in Russia, this book traces how major Russian writers of the past 200 years defined the nation's past through creating fictional and non-fictional works on historical themes. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 347.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780804725941
- ISBN
- 9780804725941
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. For most English-speaking readers, Russian literature consists of a small number of individual writers - nineteenth-century masters such as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Turgenev - or a few well-known works - Chekhov's plays, Brodsky's poems, and perhaps Master and Margarita and Doctor Zhivago from the twentieth century. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 330 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636856
- ISBN
- 9780745636856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.17
€ 79.17
Paperback. For most English-speaking readers, Russian literature consists of a small number of individual writers - nineteenth-century masters such as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Turgenev - or a few well-known works - Chekhov's plays, Brodsky's poems, and perhaps Master and Margarita and Doctor Zhivago from the twentieth century. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 330 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636863
- ISBN
- 9780745636863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.13
€ 32.13
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135315
- ISBN
- 9781571135315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.17
€ 98.17
Hardcover. First critical study of prize-winning French author Marie NDiaye. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319464
- ISBN
- 9781846319464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.07
€ 68.07
Hardback. The birth of cinema coincided with the heyday of the short story. This book studies the relationship between popular magazine short stories and the very early British films. Editor(s): Shail, Andrew. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; DSK; FYB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898539
- ISBN
- 9780859898539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.62
€ 138.62
Hardback. The Edinburgh Companion to the Victorian Gothic is an essential resource for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture, and critical theory. Editor(s): Hughes, William. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642496
- ISBN
- 9780748642496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.69€ 108.53
€ 111.69
€ 108.53
Paperback. The birth of cinema coincided with the heyday of the short story. This book studies the relationship between popular magazine short stories and the very early British films. Editor(s): Shail, Andrew. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; DSK; FYB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898546
- ISBN
- 9780859898546
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Condition: New
€ 45.10
€ 45.10
Hardcover. The German Gothic and Its International Reception, 1800-2000. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 318 pages. Editor(s): Cusack, Andrew; Murnane, Barry. The first book in English on the German Gothic in over thirty years, consisting of new essays investigating the internationality of the Gothic mode. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; DSK. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 30. Weight: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135193
- ISBN
- 9781571135193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.77
€ 115.77
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134806
- ISBN
- 9781571134806
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.77
€ 40.99
€ 38.77
Hardback. Translator(s): Yastremski, Slava I. Series: Russian Library. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231180801
- ISBN
- 9780231180801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
Paperback. Translator(s): Yastremski, Slava I. Series: Russian Library. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231180818
- ISBN
- 9780231180818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.90
€ 21.99
€ 17.90
Hardcover. Roman Historiography presents a comprehensive introduction to the development of Roman historical writings in the ancient world. Rooting his survey in the context of its Greek predecessors, and within the broader framework of Roman literature and society, Mehl discusses every historical writer of significance in the ancient Roman era. Translator(s): Mueller, Hans-Friedrich. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405121835
- ISBN
- 9781405121835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.07
€ 132.07
Hardback. Traces the impact of the French Revolution on Enlightenment thought in Germany as evidenced in the work of three major figures around the turn of the nineteenth century: Immanuel Kant, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Heinrich von Kleist. This book examines the philosophical and literary reception of the French Revolution. Editor(s): Gailus, Andreas. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBD; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801882777
- ISBN
- 9780801882777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42€ 61.00
€ 66.42
€ 61.00
Paperback. Inscribed after 264 BCE, the Parian Marble gives a chronological list of events, emphasizing literary matters. It has not been the subject of a comprehensive study for almost a century. Andrea Rotstein offers new analysis and updated information about the inscription, including a revision of Felix Jacoby's Greek text and a complete translation. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674417236
- ISBN
- 9780674417236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.71
€ 25.99
€ 22.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages of B&W photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pegasus
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605986173
- ISBN
- 9781605986173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.30
€ 17.99
€ 17.30
Hardback. The earliest complete morality play in English, The Castle of Perseverance depicts the culture of medieval East Anglia, a region once known for its production of artistic objects. Discussing the spectator experience of this famed play, Young argues that vision is the organizing principle that informs this play's staging, structure, and narrative. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137465597
- ISBN
- 9781137465597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.95
€ 63.95
Hardcover. Examines the impact of the royal politics of amnesia on tragedy and national historiography in France. This study argues that the political and legislative process of forgetting internal differences, undertaken in France after the civil wars of the 16th century. It deals with historiography and tragedy in the era of the French Wars of Religion. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748694396
- ISBN
- 9780748694396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.81€ 102.99
€ 105.81
€ 102.99