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Literary studies: general

Paperback. A collection of the most significant and enduring works of the most important Japanese literary critic of the 20th century. The selections reflect the wide range of Kobayashi's early work, from meditations on the nature of literature and of criticism to studies of individual Japanese and Western writers. Editor(s): Anderer, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804741156
ISBN
9780804741156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.28

hardcover. "With polished prose and crisp wit, he has brought life to the history, development, and current status of the scientific literature." -JAMA Num Pages: 219 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810824324
ISBN
9780810824324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.48

Paperback. Series: Edinburgh History of Twentieth-century Literature in Britain. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380. Series: Edinburgh History of Twentieth-century Literature in Britain. 236 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: DSBH. Dimension: 152 x 233 x 14. Weight: 380.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
236
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748633951
ISBN
9780748633951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.07

Paperback. Offers a reading of the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation. This study focuses on the thematic preoccupations that emerged from writers' immersion in and resistance to the Second World War. It includes a detailed and theoretically informed case studies of canonical writers such as Bowen, Orwell, Greene and Waugh. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627455
ISBN
9780748627455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.66

Hardback. This new study rereads the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation. Instead of separating the 1940s into before and after the war, it focuses on the entire decade and the themes which emerged from writers' involvement in and resistance to, the conflict. It examines popular and middlebrow writers, as well as literary authors. Series: Edinburgh History of Twentieth-century Literature in Britain. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 B+W illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627448
ISBN
9780748627448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.48
€ 107.77

Hardback. While the exploration of outer space and cyberspace may now seem limitless, some planners and designers are reconsidering the importance of place. This book furthers this movement by retrieving some common threads of attachment to place in works by John Steinbeck, Willa Cather, Henry James, Robert Frost, Wallace Stegner, Jane Jacobs, and others. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925004
ISBN
9780813925004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.73

Paperback. Literature Now provides a thought-provoking argument as well as an authoritative exploration of the key terms of literary studies. It will appeal to anyone who wants to explore theoretical issues from a historically informed perspective. Editor(s): Bru, Sascha; De Bruyn, Ben; Delville, Michel. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748699254
ISBN
9780748699254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.66

Paperback. This text offers a unique combination of British, European, American and Post-Colonial perspectives on literary study from the 1920s to the present day. In the second edition, there is an increased focus on questions of gender and identity and on recent debates, such as 'Literature and Nation' and 'Literature and Value'. Editor(s): Walder, Dennis. Num Pages: 552 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 840.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199253012
ISBN
9780199253012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.90

Paperback. "Literature at the Barricades" provides an overview of the 1930s literary scene with reprints of such classic as James T. Farrell's "The End of a Literary Decade". Editor(s): Bogardus, Ralph Franklin; Hobson, Fred. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817300791
ISBN
9780817300791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.22

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647272
ISBN
9780691647272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 268.78

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691602943
ISBN
9780691602943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.20

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632391
ISBN
9780691632391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.30

Hardback. The work of a master critic writing at the peak of his powers, this magisterial book draws on speech act theory, as it originated with J. L. Austin and was further developed by Paul de Man and Jacques Derrida, to investigate the many dimensions of doing things with words in James's fiction. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 32. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225378
ISBN
9780823225378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.36

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638256
ISBN
9780691638256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.59

Focusing on the interplay between nature and culture in landscape representation, Literature and Painting in Quebec contends that both have reflected and fashioned the meaning of French-Canadian nationhood. Num Pages: 416 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; AFC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643987
ISBN
9781442643987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

Hardcover. Explores the interaction of literature and music in the Atlantic world in the age of Enlightenment and Romanticism. This study looks at the relationship of rhetoric and music in the era's intellectual discourses, texts and performance cultures principally in Europe and North America. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; AV; DSBF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748684618
ISBN
9780748684618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.48
€ 109.28

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474405607
ISBN
9781474405607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; APFR; DSB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157490
ISBN
9780231157490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JJP; APF; DSBH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157483
ISBN
9780231157483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.52

Paperback. Literature and Film is a cornucopia of vibrant essays that chart the history and confluence of literature and film. It explores in detail a wide and international spectrum of novels and adaptations, bringing together the very latest scholarship in the field. Editor(s): Stam, Robert; Raengo, Alessandra. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631230557
ISBN
9780631230557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.89

Hardcover. Literature and Film is a cornucopia of vibrant essays that chart the history and confluence of literature and film. It explores in detail a wide and international spectrum of novels and adaptations, bringing together the very latest scholarship in the field. Editor(s): Stam, Robert; Raengo, Alessandra. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 268 x 187 x 27. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631230540
ISBN
9780631230540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.26

Paperback. A collection of essays that explores subjects such as violence, eroticism, childhood, myth and transgression. Translator(s): Hamilton, Alastair. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195575
ISBN
9780141195575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Drawing on an eclectic range of sources Ostrowski analyses how authors as canonical as Nathaniel Hawthorne and as obscure as counterfeiter/poet/prison inmate Christian Meadows adapted, manipulated, or rejected prevailing narratives about criminality to serve their artistic and rhetorical ends. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; DSRC; JFC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625342386
ISBN
9781625342386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.19

hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 238 x 160. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780937073537
ISBN
9780937073537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.53

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