Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Hardcover. Combining literary analysis with a practical introduction to interdisciplinary literary geography, Literary Geographies examines key elements of Colum McCann's 2009 novel, Let the Great World Spin. Hones examines concepts such as narrative space, literary and academic collaboration, and the geographies of creation, production, and reception. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137413123
- ISBN
- 9781137413123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardcover. Dvora Baron (1887-1956) has been called "the founding mother of Hebrew women's literature." This work reveals how Baron viewed her own singularity and what this teaches us about the contours of the Modern Hebrew Renaissance - its imperatives and assumptions, its successes and failures. It is an English language treatment of Baron's Hebrew corpus. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 176 pages, 11 black-&-white photographs, index, notes. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631309
- ISBN
- 9780815631309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.54
€ 36.54
Paperback. Placing texts of Chicana/o indigenism and nationalism alongside European and Euro-American ethnographic, travel, and journalistic writing, this is the first comprehensive, comparative literary study of its kind Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292717978
- ISBN
- 9780292717978
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.82
€ 24.99
€ 22.82
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
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Condition: New
€ 99.46€ 75.35
€ 99.46
€ 75.35
Hardcover. Presents a study of the English Renaissance translations of Virgil's Aeneid. This volume covers the period from the beginning of Elizabeth's reign to the start of the English Civil War, during which time there were thirteen authors who composed substantial translations of Virgil's epic. It offers original readings of influential texts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADL; CFP; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 248 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699087
- ISBN
- 9780748699087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.56€ 100.28
€ 106.56
€ 100.28
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
€ 84.94
€ 84.94
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€ 38.05
€ 53.99
€ 38.05
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
€ 84.06€ 64.09
€ 84.06
€ 64.09
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
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.35
€ 17.99
€ 15.35
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
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
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
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.06
€ 16.99
€ 15.06
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
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
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
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
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
€ 28.03
€ 28.03
Paperback. Drawing from Anglo-American, Asian American, and Asian literature as well as J-horror and manga, Chinese cinema and Internet, and the Korean Wave, Sheng-mei Ma's Asian Diaspora and East-West Modernity probes into the conjoinedness of West and East, of modernity's illusion and nothing's infinitude. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536112
- ISBN
- 9781557536112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.29
€ 59.29
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€ 45.57
€ 54.99
€ 45.57
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
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
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
€ 50.90€ 39.93
€ 50.90
€ 39.93
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
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
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
€ 118.65
€ 118.65