Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Paperback. Investigates why key Chicana/o writers, including Americo Paredes, Rolando Hinojosa, Oscar Acosta, Miguel Mendez, and Virginia Grise, from the 1950s to the present day, have persistently referenced Asian people and places in the course of articulating their political ideas. Series: Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States. Num Pages: 168 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813577166
- ISBN
- 9780813577166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10
Hardback. An anthology of modern Arabic fictional arts, featuring more than one hundred and forty writers from Oman to Mauritania. It features selections ranging from the work of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century authors, such as the historical epics of the Christian Lebanese writer Jurji Zaydan, to the novels of Naguib Mahfouz. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 1064 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DQ; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1816.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1064
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132541
- ISBN
- 9780231132541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.79€ 107.60
€ 143.79
€ 107.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DQ; DSBB; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149235
- ISBN
- 9780231149235
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Antoine-Dunne, Jean. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845232207
- ISBN
- 9781845232207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.00€ 29.42
€ 31.00
€ 29.42
Paperback. Features prose translations that remain close to the original French, giving us the speech of the characters in a language that echoes the effect created by Moliere's verse. This title discusses Moliere's life; Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, and the comic tradition; and, the setting, casting, and style of the plays. Translator(s): Steiner, Prudence L. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841276
- ISBN
- 9781603841276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.28
€ 18.99
€ 15.28
Features prose translations that remain close to the original French, giving us the speech of the characters in a language that echoes the effect created by Moliere's verse. This title discusses Moliere's life; Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, and the comic tradition; and, the setting, casting, and style of the plays. Translator(s): Steiner, Prudence L. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841283
- ISBN
- 9781603841283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.68
€ 53.99
€ 38.68
hardcover. Born in 1877 on the British Columbia frontier, Constance Lindsay Skinner died in New York City in 1939, a successful and prolific writer. In contrast to her reputation in the United States, she remains virtually unknown in the country of her birth. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 701.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802036780
- ISBN
- 9780802036780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
Paperback. The Art of Reading is the first-long overdue-collection of essays by the French classical philologist and humanist Jean Bollack to be published in English. As the scope of the collection shows, Bollack felt equally at home thinking in depth about both the classics of Greek poetry and philosophy and modern, including contemporary, poetry. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674660199
- ISBN
- 9780674660199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.62
€ 33.99
€ 28.62
Hardback. Connects the woman healer and the go between in early Iberian literature to the concurrent professionalisation of medicine Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754528
- ISBN
- 9780838754528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.44
€ 116.44
Paperback. La Soeur (1645) is one of the liveliest and most successful comedies by Jean Rotrou. The introduction to this new edition assesses the originality of Rotrou's adaptation. The notes are devoted above all to linguistic questions and to the many exotic allusions found in the text. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 156 pages, bibliography, 2 b&w half-tones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859893985
- ISBN
- 9780859893985
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Condition: New
€ 39.77
€ 39.77
Paperback. A key participant in all the major debates in Latin American studies - beginning with the "boom" period of the 1960s and continuing through debates on ideology and discourse, Marxism, mass culture, and postmodernism - the author is recognised for her feminist critique of Latin American writing. This book offers a selection of her essays. Editor(s): Newman, Kathleen M.; Pratt, Mary Louise. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSB; JFC; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322481
- ISBN
- 9780822322481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.80
€ 36.99
€ 32.80
paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1; KNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474125
- ISBN
- 9780801474125
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. First full-length biography for 30 years of the great First World War poet. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 38. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825778
- ISBN
- 9780753825778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Retaining the first edition's literal and respectful translations of Rimbaud's complex and nontraditional verse - after correcting errors and reordering poems - this edition also contains a foreword that considers the heritage of the first edition and adds a bibliography that acknowledges relevant books. Translator(s): Fowlie, Wallace. Num Pages: 496 pages, 6halftones, 7line drawings. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226719771
- ISBN
- 9780226719771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.16
€ 25.99
€ 21.16
Paperback. In this new edition, John Flower provides a full contextualising introduction of Jean Paulhan's Lettre aux directeurs de la Resistance. The volume makes an important contribution to our understanding of this turbulent period and provides a documentary history of the post-war political and literary debates in Paris. Series: Exeter Textes Litteraires. Num Pages: 192 pages, halftones, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897242
- ISBN
- 9780859897242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.32
€ 40.32
Hardback. Translator(s): Lockert, Lacy. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JD; 3JF; DD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652801
- ISBN
- 9780691652801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.78
€ 191.78
Paperback. Born into the oppressive, colonialist society of 1930s Jamaica, white Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent beauty and sensuality. After their marriage, however, disturbing rumours begin to circulate which poison her husband against her. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141182858
- ISBN
- 9780141182858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.97
€ 10.99
€ 8.97
Paperback. "A breakthrough in prose and poetical writing.. This book should be on all readers' and writers' desks and in their minds."-Maya Angelou Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871402103
- ISBN
- 9780871402103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. A masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance and a canonical work in both the American and the African American literary traditions, Cane is now available in a revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition. Editor(s): Byrd, Rudolph P.; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393931686
- ISBN
- 9780393931686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.53
€ 18.99
€ 17.53
Paperback. These days it is impossible to get away from discussions of whether the book will survive the digital revolution. This book presents conversations in which Jean-Claude Carriere and Umberto Eco discuss everything from how to define the first book to what is happening to knowledge now that infinite amounts of digital information is available. Translator(s): McLean, Polly. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 195 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099552451
- ISBN
- 9780099552451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47