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Literary studies: general

hardcover. Considers fifteen South Asian literary traditions - including Hindi, Indian-English, Persian, Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Urdu - in their full historical and cultural variety. This title makes a contribution to historical cultural studies and to literary theory in addition to the new perspectives it offers on what literature has meant in South Asia. Editor(s): Pollock, Sheldon. Num Pages: 1105 pages, 6 maps, 2 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
1105
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228214
ISBN
9780520228214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.69
€ 76.55

Hardcover. Presents a multimedia, interdisciplinary study of Chinese modernity in the context of globalization since the late nineteenth century. This book draws on Chinese literature, film, art, photography, and video to broadly map the emergence of modern China in relation to the capitalist world-system in the economic, social, and political realms. Num Pages: 264 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; AB; DSBH; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824831110
ISBN
9780824831110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.56

Paperback. Explores the rise and fall of Sanskrit, India's ancient language, as a vehicle of poetry and polity. Num Pages: 706 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BBA; DSB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 41. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
706
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260030
ISBN
9780520260030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.92

Hardback. Exploring the rise and fall of Sanskrit as a vehicle of poetry and polity, this title traces the two great moments of its transformation. Drawing parallels with the rise of Latin literature and the Roman empire, it asks whether these very different histories challenge theories of culture and power and suggest possibilities for practice. Num Pages: 703 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BBA; DSB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
703
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245006
ISBN
9780520245006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.26
€ 65.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Sacks, Sheldon. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
University of Chicago Press Journals
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226733340
ISBN
9780226733340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.55

Paperback. Brings together American writings in diverse languages from Arabic and Spanish to Swedish and Yiddish, among others Editor(s): Sollors, Werner; Shell, Marc. Num Pages: 784 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; CFDM; DQ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797532
ISBN
9780814797532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 202 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062394620
ISBN
9780062394620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. Previously out of print, Shelley's long poem explores issues of sexuality, revolution, art, and the nature of love. Editor(s): Nersessian, Anahid. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554811946
ISBN
9781554811946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.04

Paperback. Brivic argues that James Joyce's fiction anticipated Jacques Lacan's idea that the perceivable world is made of language and that Joyce, Lacan, and i ek all carry forward a psychological and linguistic groundwork for social reform." Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 282 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349371648
ISBN
9781349371648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Brivic argues that James Joyce's fiction anticipated Jacques Lacan's idea that the perceivable world is made of language and that Joyce, Lacan, and A iA ek all carry forward a psychological and linguistic groundwork for social reform. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 282 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFD; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230603301
ISBN
9780230603301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 231 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816634187
ISBN
9780816634187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. After the 1911 fall of the Qing dynasty, many declared the classical Chinese poetic tradition dead. In this book, the author draws on extensive archival research into the poetry collections and literary journals of two generations of writers to challenge this claim and demonstrate the continuing significance of the classical form. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
488
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674726673
ISBN
9780674726673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Paperback. Contrary to the widespread view that women exercised economic autonomy only in widowhood, Hutton argues that marital status was not the chief determinant of women's economic activities in the mid-fourteenth century andthat women managed their own wealth to a far greater extent than previously recognized." Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349289400
ISBN
9781349289400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Comprehensive study of Canadian literature, theatre, art (1977-2007) depicting memories of the two world wars. Num Pages: 636 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 920.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772120004
ISBN
9781772120004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02
€ 40.81

Paperback. A study of the lives and accomplishments of five women dramatists of the Progressive Era: Martha Morton, Madeleine Lucette Ryley, Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, Beulah Marie Dix, and Rida Johnson Young. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349534432
ISBN
9781349534432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

Paperback. From the author of Winesburg, Ohio, an autobiography of Midwestern life and culture by one of the leading figures of 20th-century American letters. Series: Sweetwater Fiction: Reintroductions S. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472030835
ISBN
9780472030835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.07

Hardback. Jane Austen and the State of the Nation explores Jane Austen's references to politics and to political economics and concludes that Austen was a liberal Tory who remained consistent in her political agenda throughout her career as a novelist. Read with this historical background, Austen's books emerge as state-of-the-nation or political novels. Num Pages: 196 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137544544
ISBN
9781137544544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.22

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463898
ISBN
9781580463898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. A play that chronicles the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Oriole and Student Zhang. It is suitable for students of Chinese cultural and literary traditions. Num Pages: 300 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201842
ISBN
9780520201842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Chang, Shi-Kuo. Series: Languages and Information Systems. Num Pages: 460 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSB; JMR; UMZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461290100
ISBN
9781461290100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 195.64

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