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Literary studies: general
Hardback. Not only a meditation on Proust, this is a commentary on how the experience of literature is manifested in time and sensation. Kristeva uses Proust as a starting point to reflect upon broader notions of character, time, sensation, metaphor, and history. Translator(s): Guberman, Ross. Series: European Perspectives. Num Pages: 432 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102506
- ISBN
- 9780231102506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.21
€ 141.21
Drawing on a rich array of sources, including her father's striking account of his childhood in China, Tiger Writing not only illuminates Gish Jen's work but explores the aesthetic and psychic roots of the independent and interdependent self--each mode of selfhood yielding a distinct way of observing, remembering, and narrating the world. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 111 x 27. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072831
- ISBN
- 9780674072831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557283146
- ISBN
- 9781557283146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.86
€ 35.86
Hardcover. Editor(s): Brokoph-Mauch, Gudrun. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572410435
- ISBN
- 9781572410435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.27
€ 41.99
€ 30.27
Hardcover. Offers a better way to read Thucydides through the explanation of grammar and a glimpse into the history of classical scholarship Num Pages: 148 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472098477
- ISBN
- 9780472098477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.46
€ 98.46
Paperback. Offers a better way to read Thucydides through the explanation of grammar and a glimpse into the history of classical scholarship Num Pages: 148 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472068470
- ISBN
- 9780472068470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.60
€ 39.60
Hardcover. Thucydides Historiae Vol. II: Books V-VIII Editor(s): Powell, J. E. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1942
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145516
- ISBN
- 9780198145516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardcover. Thucydides Historiae Vol. I: Books I-IV Editor(s): Powell, J. E.; Jones, Sir H. Stuart. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1942
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145509
- ISBN
- 9780198145509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.68
€ 42.68
Mabel Lang's long career as a scholar and teacher has given her a unique perspective on one of the most important authors in western literature. This book brings together several of her most thoughtful papers on figures and issues including the 400, Cleon, and Alcibiades, and joins them with new material on narrative technique. Editor(s): Hamilton, Richard; Dickey, Eleanor; Rusten, Jeffrey S. Series: Cultural Legacies. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBAH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Michigan Classical Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979971341
- ISBN
- 9780979971341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.94
€ 35.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816622634
- ISBN
- 9780816622634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.61
€ 36.61
Hardcover. This English-language study of Francois Mauriac's "Bloc-notes", presents these poignant, incisive editorials on social justice, war, and human rights in postwar France as both symptomatic of a culture imbued with the past and emblematic of a Christian humanist's ethical approach to history and memory. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813213804
- ISBN
- 9780813213804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.39
€ 88.39
Hardcover. Brings together a group of women interested in, even consumed by, the region they inhabit physically or mentally. This volume contains self-narratives that propel themselves and their authors to the centre of critical debates concerning the status of the subject, the nature of self-representation, the globalisation of the regional, and more. Num Pages: 278 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778387110
- ISBN
- 9788778387110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.21
€ 25.99
€ 20.21
Hardback. Liu Yuan's "Lingyan ge", a woodblock-printed book from 1669, re-creates a portrait gallery that memorialized 24 vassals of the early Tang court. This book presents a study that examines the dialogues created among the texts and images in "Lingyan ge" from multiple perspectives. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 218 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JD; AKLB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032804
- ISBN
- 9780674032804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.92€ 55.18
€ 59.92
€ 55.18
Hardback. Through a series of literary and cultural analyses, this book examines current theories of resistance and their impact on contemporary Latin American cultural discourse, developing a cultural theory of "illiteracy" Series: Just Ideas. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257096
- ISBN
- 9780823257096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.22
€ 92.22
Paperback. Presents a collection of three "Turk" plays namely "Selimus, Emperor of the Turks"; "A Christian Turned Turk"; and "The Renegado". It represents Islamic power and wealth in scenes of piracy on the high seas, on-stage execution by strangulation, and rites of religious conversion. It is useful for understanding the English identity. Editor(s): Vitkus, Daniel J. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illus; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110297
- ISBN
- 9780231110297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. Presents a collection of three "Turk" plays namely "Selimus, Emperor of the Turks"; "A Christian Turned Turk"; and "The Renegado". It represents Islamic power and wealth in scenes of piracy on the high seas, on-stage execution by strangulation, and rites of religious conversion. It is useful for understanding the English identity. Editor(s): Vitkus, Daniel J. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illus; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110280
- ISBN
- 9780231110280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.98
€ 152.98
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRCF2; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650784
- ISBN
- 9780691650784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.14
€ 168.14
Paperback. Franz Kafka was a self-conscious writer whose texts were highly if mysteriously autobiographical. Three giants of contemporary fiction - J M Coetzee, Philip Roth, and W G Sebald - have acknowledged their debt to the work of Kafka. This work shows that the use of Kafka by Coetzee, Roth, and Sebald is similarly self-reflexive and autobiographical. Series Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Rumold, Rainer. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810125681
- ISBN
- 9780810125681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Hardback. Both comical and horrific, 'The Three Perils of Woman' is essentially a combination of two stories on similar themes. One is set in the Highlands following the Battle of Culloden and the other in Hogg's Edinburgh. Daring in its subject matter, the novel touches on such delicate topics as prostitution and venereal disease. Editor(s): Groves, Colin; Mack, Douglas S.; Hasler, Antony J. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 42. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748604777
- ISBN
- 9780748604777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 114.51
€ 117.61
€ 114.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664724
- ISBN
- 9781624664724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.56€ 40.77
€ 50.56
€ 40.77
Paperback. The three plays in this volume reflect the variety of belief in witches and practice of witchcraft in the Jacobean period. Jacobean understanding of witchcraft is illuminated by the close study of these contrasting texts in relation to each other, and other contemporary works. Editor(s): Sedge, Douglas. Num Pages: 260 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719019531
- ISBN
- 9780719019531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.53
€ 30.53
Paperback. A unique edition of three early modern utopian texts, using a contemporary translation of More's Utopia and examining the Renaissance world view as shown by these writers. The edition includes the illustrative material that accompanied early editions of Utopia, full chronologies of the authors, notes, and glossary. Editor(s): Bruce, Susan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537990
- ISBN
- 9780199537990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.78
€ 11.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, Peter L. Series: Masters of Latin Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DD; DSB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801495946
- ISBN
- 9780801495946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.12
€ 34.99
€ 32.12
Hardcover. It has been said that the difference between a language and a dialect is that a language is a dialect with an army. This title explores the tension between dynamics of literary influence and canon formation within the Arabic literary tradition. It challenges the reader to re-examine notions of translation, bilingualism, and postcoloniality. Translator(s): Hassan, Wail S. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 144 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFP; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631910
- ISBN
- 9780815631910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.49
€ 24.49