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Literary studies: general

paperback. This book offers the first sustained assessment of the ways in which recent contemporary philosophy and cultural theory - including the work of Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, Eric Santner, Slavoj Zizek, and Alenka Zupancic - can illuminate Early Modern literature and culture. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349537303
ISBN
9781349537303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403976697
ISBN
9781403976697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Paperback. This is the definitive edition (including drafts, notes, and ancillary materials) of Paul Celan's Meridian, the most important poetological manifesto of the second half of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Boschenstein, Bernhard; Schmull, Heino. Translator(s): Joris, Pierre. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739528
ISBN
9780804739528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. This broad and original study of the full range of John Clare's work is the first to take seriously his repeated appeals to the judgement of future readers. A series of close readings reveals Clare's sophisticated poetics: his covert quotations, his careful analysis of the history, and his fascination with literary success and posthumous fame. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230517639
ISBN
9780230517639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.92

Hardcover. What is the American thriller? Has it developed over time? What was it like in the past? This is a book about thrillers and gaining knowledge of what American thrillers were like in a specific period - the 1970s. Series: Crime File S. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 393.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333776681
ISBN
9780333776681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.92

Paperback. Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) instinctively turned to the epic mode to create archetypal narratives of loss, exile, and redemption. This title traces the development of Laurence's voice from its tentative beginnings in her African fiction to its culmination in the Manawaka Cycle. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644510
ISBN
9780888644510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.43

Hardcover. The first sustained study of the relationship between Anglo-American postmodernist fictionand the Second World War, Crosthwaite demonstrates that postmodernism has not abandoned history but has rather reformulated it in terms of trauma that is traceable, time and again, to the catastrophes of the 1940s." Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBJD1; HBWQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230202955
ISBN
9780230202955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.74

Hardcover. This is the first study to consider the relationship between private confessional rituals and memory across a range of early modern writers, including Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, and Robert Southwell. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3J; DSBD; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137558633
ISBN
9781137558633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.77

paperback. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780891303909
ISBN
9780891303909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.56

Hardback. Interests in the erotic in western culture act in counterpoint to its established humanistic infrastructure and pose questions about the significance of sexuality. This book proposes a "mythopoetics of sex" with which to explore Beckett's work as a whole. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333681626
ISBN
9780333681626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.88

Paperback. This last work by Paul de Man before his death in 1983 brings together what is essentially his complete work on the study of European Romanticism and post-Romanticism. Num Pages: 327 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452. 327 pages, Ill. This last work by Paul de Man before his death in 1983 brings together what is essentially his complete work on the study of European Romanticism and post-Romanticism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 18. Weight: 458.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
327
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231055277
ISBN
9780231055277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Hardback. This study of the effect of literature on readers, both as individuals and as members of social groups, focuses on Russia's national poet, Alexander Pushkin, as a model for investigating the aesthetic and social functions of literature. Num Pages: 300 pages, 9 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 615.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726627
ISBN
9780804726627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.67

Hardback. Spanning Stoppard's career from "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" (1967) to "Hapgood" (1988), this study shows the author's development from moral affirmation to moral application, from the assertion of moral principles to the enactment of moral practice. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 387.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333489789
ISBN
9780333489789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.90

Hardback. "Literature, Money and the Market" takes a fresh look at both the representation of money in English literature and the economic situation of writers. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333971352
ISBN
9780333971352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.89

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New Island Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904301400
ISBN
9781904301400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Editor(s): Szarmach, Paul E. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138883635
ISBN
9781138883635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

Paperback. Series: MIP Richard Rawlinson Center Series. Num Pages: 161 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; 2ADL; 2AF; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 252 x 18. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
161
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580441827
ISBN
9781580441827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Heimir Palsson. Translator(s): Faulkes, Anthony. Num Pages: 462 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Viking Society for Northern Research United Kingdom
Number of pages
462
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903521857
ISBN
9780903521857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Viking Society for Northern Research United Kingdom
Edition
First
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903521345
ISBN
9780903521345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.91

Hardcover. How did Byron become "Byron"? The author of this text locates one origin of the poet's personae in the dramatic recitations he performed at Harrow School, in this examination of the four critically formative years of Byron's public school experience. Throughout, the poet is recognized in the boy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801863431
ISBN
9780801863431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
386
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572411029
ISBN
9781572411029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Hardback. The first full-length study of the poetry of Wen Tingyun (ca. 812-ca. 866), a major writer of the late Tang, this book contains translations of more than 60 of Wen's poems, most of which appear in English for the first time. It also examines the world of other poets in his milieu. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721653
ISBN
9780804721653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.71

hardcover. Exemplarity and Mediocrity explores the strategies modern German literature employed to increasingly attune itself to quotidian life-common heroes, everyday life, non-extraordinary events-while at the same time avoiding all notions of mediocre quality. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758901
ISBN
9780804758901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Usa
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199971954
ISBN
9780199971954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.54

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