Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Hardcover. Asks how stories affect the way we think about time and, in particular, how they condition thinking about the future. Focusing on surprise and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories are mechanisms that reconcile what is taking place with what can have been. It provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748676293
- ISBN
- 9780748676293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.53€ 107.24
€ 112.53
€ 107.24
Paperback. Explores the relationship between unexpected events in narrative and life. Focusing on surprise, spontaneous eruption and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories help us to reconcile what we expect with what we experience. It also provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474402354
- ISBN
- 9781474402354
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Paperback. A funny memoir of John Carey, best known for his provocative stance on the arts and the academic establishment. It shows his journey from an ordinary background to Oxford's oldest literary professorship. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571310937
- ISBN
- 9780571310937
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 384
- SKU
- KRA0006680
- ISBN
- 9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 384
- SKU
- KKD0009969
- ISBN
- 9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KIN0036482
- ISBN
- 9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Melek Ortabasi reassesses the influence of Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962), a folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, in shaping modern Japan's cultural identity. Only the second book-length English-language study of Yanagita, this book moves beyond his pioneering work in folk studies to reveal the full range of his contributions as a public intellectual. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGL; DSB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674492004
- ISBN
- 9780674492004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.97
€ 54.99
€ 45.97
The Undiscover'd Country: W.G. Sebald and the Poetics of Travel (Studi...
Markus Zisselsberger (Ed.)
Paperback. W.G. Sebald and the Poetics of Travel. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 406 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Zisselsberger, Markus. The first sustained interrogation of travel in Sebald's literary and essayistic work, employing multivalent and new critical perspectives. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight: 560.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Number of pages
- 404
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135667
- ISBN
- 9781571135667
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.08
€ 44.99
€ 42.08
Paperback. The topic of 'the unconscious' has figured largely in literary studies for some time. Antony Easthope approaches this controversial subject not in terms of the body but as meanings. It shows the existence of the unconscious in a variety of ways Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415192095
- ISBN
- 9780415192095
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Condition: New
€ 36.27
€ 36.27
Paperback. Irish writers who were considered Irish by the English, and English by the Irish are discussed here - including Maria Edgeworth, W.B. Yeats, J.M. Synge, Sheridan le Fanu, Elizabeth Bowen and James Joyce. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530 Paperback, white spine. Keywords: 20th Century Ireland. 280pp
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KON0819945
- ISBN
- 9781900621076
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 28.00€ 22.00
€ 28.00
€ 22.00
hardcover. The publishers of Ulysses by James Joyce were brought to trial and convicted of obscenity in the USA in 1921. The Ulysses Trials chronicles the progress of the trials and adds not only to the understanding of Joyce but also to the history of the laws of obscenity, censorship and freedom of speech. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 454. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Signed and inscribed to Ivor. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031535
- ISBN
- 9781843516682
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Hardback. This publication presents facsimilies of two contrasting originals of Blake's Songs, together with a background narrative taking the reader from 1700 through the 1790s. Illustrated. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, facsims.(some col.),map,plan. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838635667
- ISBN
- 9780838635667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.96
€ 128.96
Paperback. Challenges the commonly held notion that post-World War II American fiction eschewed the economic for the psychological or the spiritual. This title shows how both the form and content of postwar fiction responded to the transformation of the American middle class from small property owners to white-collar employees. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 243 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121468
- ISBN
- 9780691121468
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
Paperback. Offers the analytical and critical overview of the Spanish American novel in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 color and 65 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 154 x 330. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292706705
- ISBN
- 9780292706705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.37
€ 30.99
€ 27.37
Hardback. This student-friendly handbook provides an engaging overview of American fiction over the twentieth century, with entries on the important historical contexts and central issues, as well as the major texts and writers. Series: Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 38. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405160230
- ISBN
- 9781405160230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.05
€ 105.05
Paperback. In his thoughtful introduction, Novikoff explores the term "twelfth-century renaissance" and whether or not it should be applied to a range of thinkers with differing outlooks and attitudes. Series: Readings in Medieval Civilizations & Cultures. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442605466
- ISBN
- 9781442605466
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.13
€ 52.99
€ 47.13
Paperback. Offers a timely account of Native American literature and the critical writings that have grown up around it. Arnold Krupat considers racial and cultural "essentialism", the ambiguous position of non-Native critics in the field, cultural "sovereignty" and "property", and the place of Native American culture in a so-called multicultural era. Num Pages: 149 pages, Index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2JN; DSA; DSB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 9. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803277861
- ISBN
- 9780803277861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.38
€ 17.99
€ 17.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Lustig, T. J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536177
- ISBN
- 9780199536177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.11
€ 10.11
Hardback. An analysis of the cultural role played by the printed word in Turkish-ruled Egypt Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2FMC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Har/Cdr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774163975
- ISBN
- 9789774163975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.61
€ 97.61
paperback. Anne Garland, who lives with her widowed mother in a mill owned by Miller Loveday, has three suitors. While Festus' aggressive pursuit deters the young woman from considering him as a husband, the indecisive Anne wavers between light-hearted Bob and gentle, steadfast John. This is a tale of love and desire. Num Pages: 416 pages, facsim., map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435405
- ISBN
- 9780140435405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
€ 17.99
€ 14.28
Hardback. These three authors address the problems of female authority and authorship by reworking the myths of Phaedra, Ariadne, Hippolytus, and Theseus in plays intended for reading rather than performance. By rewriting Greek tragedy they enact their own displacement within a masculine literary tradition and struggle to define themselves as women writers. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910352
- ISBN
- 9781575910352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.07
€ 117.07
Paperback. A general introduction for students to the world of troubadours: poets, poetry, music and culture. Editor(s): Gaunt, Simon; Kay, Sarah. Num Pages: 348 pages, 2 b/w illus. 1 map 7 music examples. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521574730
- ISBN
- 9780521574730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.57
€ 44.99
€ 44.57
Paperback. A new translation of a long-neglected Greek drama that has become increasingly popular in classrooms and on the stage. The two editors, Alan Shapiro and Peter Burian, a poet and classicist, collaborated previously on The Oresteia. This is the final volume of the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series. Editor(s): Burian, Peter. Translator(s): Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and previous owners name written in pen on title page
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEA0000122
- ISBN
- 9780195179101
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.72
€ 12.72
Hardback. First full-length treatment of the Trojan legend in medieval Scottish literature, showing the various uses for, and the ways in, which it was deployed. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843641
- ISBN
- 9781843843641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.07
€ 97.07