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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Focuses on the problematic faith in the works of Kafka, Celan, and Jabs to reevaluate the notions of God and covenant in light of Nietzsche's death of Godhypothesis, the divine-human relation. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823222018
ISBN
9780823222018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Hardcover. Lisa Hopkins analyzes eight film adaptations which have taken either Shakespeare or Jane Austen - icons of Englishness - out of their original geographical or cultural context and transposed them to a new location, allowing for a powerful interrogation both of what these texts mean in the modern world, and of Englishness itself. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; DSBF; DSGS; DSK; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230579552
ISBN
9780230579552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

Paperback. Arthur F. Marotti analyzes some of the means by which the Catholic minority and the Protestant majority defined themselves and their religious and political antagonists in early modern England. In the period between the arrival of the first Jesuit missionaries in England in 1580 and the climax of ongoing religious conflict in the Restoration-era. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268034801
ISBN
9780268034801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardcover. Investigates how culture in the Age of Goethe shaped and was shaped by a sustained and multifaceted debate about the place of religion in politics, philosophy, and culture. Editor(s): Krimmer, Elisabeth; Simpson, Patricia Anne. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JF; DSBD; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135612
ISBN
9781571135612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Hardcover. This book provides an engaging, systematic introduction to religion in the Roman empire. Covers both mainstream Graeco-Roman religion and regional religious traditions, from Egypt to Western Europe. Examines the shared assumptions and underlying dynamics that characterized religious life as a whole. Series: Blackwell Ancient Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405106559
ISBN
9781405106559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.87

Paperback. This book provides an engaging, systematic introduction to religion in the Roman empire. Covers both mainstream Graeco-Roman religion and regional religious traditions, from Egypt to Western Europe. Examines the shared assumptions and underlying dynamics that characterized religious life as a whole. Series: Blackwell Ancient Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405106566
ISBN
9781405106566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.87

Hardcover. Investigates German religious drama since the 1970s, asking the question whether it develops religious themes or only exploits religious motifs, and exploring how it reflects the changing place of religion and spirituality in the world. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135490
ISBN
9781571135490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.02

Hardcover. This monograph is based on archival research and close readings of James Joyce's and W. B. Yeats's poetics and political aesthetics. Georges Sorel's theory of social myth is used as a starting point for exploring the ways in which the experience of art can be seen as a form of religious experience. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; HPN; HRA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137434760
ISBN
9781137434760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Hardback. This biographical work traces the life and career of Ademar of Chabannes (989-1034 AD), a monk, historian, liturgist and hagiographer. Utilizing the collection of over 1000 folios of manuscript that Ademar left behind, this text examines the development of Ademar's career and the events of his day. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: BG; DSBB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674755307
ISBN
9780674755307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.87
€ 90.07

Relics and Writing in Late Medieval England uses the literary study of relics to address issues of clerical and lay cultures, orthodoxy and heterodoxy, and writing and reform. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645639
ISBN
9781442645639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Paperback. This book examines how one aspect of the social and technological situation of literature--namely, the postal system as a mode of transmission--determined how literature was produced and what was produced within literature. Translator(s): Repp, Kevin. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 340 pages, 13 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732383
ISBN
9780804732383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929497051
ISBN
9780929497051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; DSB; GTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349352210
ISBN
9781349352210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. A major new work by the philosopher and feminist thinker Adriana Cavarero, this is a fascinating and challenging account of the relationship between the structure of the self and the structure of narrative. Translator(s): Kottman, Paul. Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HPCF5; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415200585
ISBN
9780415200585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.66

Hardcover. The plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries has inspired interpretations in every genre and medium. This book offers perspectives on the ways in which practitioners have used Renaissance drama to address contemporary concerns and reach new audiences. It provides a resource for those interested in the creative reception of Renaissance drama. Editor(s): Brown, Sarah; Lublin, Robert I.; McCulloch, Lynsey. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230313859
ISBN
9780230313859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.76

Paperback. The plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries has inspired interpretations in every genre and medium. This book offers perspectives on the ways in which practitioners have used Renaissance drama to address contemporary concerns and reach new audiences. It provides a resource for those interested in the creative reception of Renaissance drama. Editor(s): Brown, S.; McCulloch, L. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DSA; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
337
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339365
ISBN
9781349339365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBJD1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474426077
ISBN
9781474426077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402965
ISBN
9781474402965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.88
€ 103.50

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
York Medieval Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153451
ISBN
9781903153451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.57

Paperback. Ambivalent about the disruption, perplexity, and variety apparent in the London of his day, Johnson was committed to the conventions of moral reflection and troubled by the pressure to adopt the perspective of the crowd and the language of social theory. This work explores the consequences of his ambivalence and his attempt to order the chaos. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HPQ; JFSG; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822317173
ISBN
9780822317173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Corta, Daniel la; McMillan, Douglas J. Series: MIP Monastic Life. Num Pages: 177 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 1174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580440790
ISBN
9781580440790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.71

Paperback. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduces students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408217252
ISBN
9781408217252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1DDB; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Legenda
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909662308
ISBN
9781909662308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.45

Paperback. Through an analysis of Dante's story of Paolo and Francesco, this book combines contemporary ethical theory, literary interpretation, and historical narrative to defend the humanities as a source of moral guidance. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349383368
ISBN
9781349383368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

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