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Literary studies: general

Hardcover. Examines the interaction between power and poetry in creating the imperial image of Catherine the Great, providing an analysis of a wide range of Russian literary works from the period, particularly the main Classical myths associated with Catherine as well as how these Classical subjects affirmed imperial ideology and the monarch's power. Series: Ars Rossika. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235506
ISBN
9781936235506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.04

paperback. Originally delivered as the 1980 Larkin-Stuart Lectures, this book provides an intriguing and provocative insight into the notion of creation and of the relationship in creativity between the human and the divine. Num Pages: 76 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802064226
ISBN
9780802064226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.02

Hardcover. Examining Albert's reading of "The Book of Causes", this text asks: how does he view the relation between faith and reason to identify creation with emanation from God; and how does he understand Platonism and Aristotelianism to find in a 5th-century Neoplatonist the key to Aristotle's meaning. Series: Publications in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCB; HPJ; HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268023515
ISBN
9780268023515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.52

Hardcover. This multidisciplinary study focuses on the creative state as the nucleus of the work of numerous poets, artists, and philosophers from twentieth-century Spain. Beginning with cognitive science, Gala explores the mental processes and structures that underline creative thinking, for poets like Jose Maria Hinojosa, Clara Janes, and Jorge Guillen. Num Pages: 266 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; ACX; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137512260
ISBN
9781137512260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 169 x 243 x 23. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763540612
ISBN
9788763540612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.61
€ 39.99

Hardcover. In this sparkling collection edited by Robert Phillips, Shapiro's most trenchant writings on poetry, poets, and cultural matters are once again available. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 144 x 33. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566635561
ISBN
9781566635561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.47

Hardcover. The book focuses on a philosophical trajectory that not only had a profound impact on critical thought of the 20th and now 21th centuries, but on cosmopolitan, contemporary culture more broadly and on artistic experiment and expression in particular. Series: Journal of Beckett Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSG; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748697328
ISBN
9780748697328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.94
€ 101.00

Hardback. Set in Germany, northern France, Italy, Poland, and Spain, the essays in this book focus on leading rabbinic scholars and their writings, as well as important issues of Jewish intellectual history, such as the nature of halakhah and aggadah, kabbalah and spirituality, childhood and popular religion. Series: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023932
ISBN
9780674023932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.29

Hardback. Examining how ideas about species, sexuality, and gender link to 20th- and 21st-century literary texts, this wide-ranging collection of essays explores the complicated yet evocative relationship between animals and humans within a literary context. Contributors discuss writers like Franz Kafka, J. R. Ackerley, and Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi. Editor(s): Herman, David. Series: Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137520661
ISBN
9781137520661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147873
ISBN
9780231147873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.36

Paperback. To find out more about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 99 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
99
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556128059
ISBN
9781556128059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665266
ISBN
9780816665266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.00

Paperback. This study of John Jacob Thomas (1841-1889) looks at the work of this leading member of the newly emergent intelligentsia in 19th century Trinidad. It puts his texts in context with other narratives by local and international Pan-Africanists and Victorian intellectuals. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ABM; 3JH; BG; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921433
ISBN
9780813921433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.79

Paperback. Creolization describes the cultural adaptations that occur when a community moves to a new geographic setting. Exploring the consciousness of peoples defined as 'creoles' who moved from the Old World to the New World, this work investigates the creolization of literary forms and genres in the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries. Editor(s): Bauer, Ralph; Mazzotti, Jose Antonio. Num Pages: 520 pages, 13 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KL; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807859681
ISBN
9780807859681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.54

Paperback. Analyses the relationships among the socio-historical contexts, generic forms, and rhetorical strategies of British West Indian slave narratives. Grounded by the syncretic theories of creolisation and testimonio it breaks new ground by reading these dictated and fragmentary narratives on their own terms as examples of 'creole testimony'. Series: The New Urban Atlantic. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349341108
ISBN
9781349341108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 139.70

Hardcover. Analyses the relationships among the socio-historical contexts, generic forms, and rhetorical strategies of British West Indian slave narratives. Grounded by the syncretic theories of creolisation and testimonio it breaks new ground by reading these dictated and fragmentary narratives on their own terms as examples of 'creole testimony'. Series: The New Urban Atlantic. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230338104
ISBN
9780230338104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.26

Hardback. Stephen Knight's book is a full analytic survey of the popular genre of crime fiction, from its origins right up to the present day. This expanded second edition has been thoroughly updated in the light of new developments and recent research, and also explores a number of fictional works which have been published in the last few years. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230580732
ISBN
9780230580732
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.83
€ 99.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910170052
ISBN
9781910170052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816641352
ISBN
9780816641352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.15

Paperback. What kinds of stories win cases, and why? Drawing on trial transcripts and appellate court opinions in civil adultery cases, and on literary examples from Mark Twain, E.D.E.N Southworth, Harriet Beecher Stowe and others, Laura Korobkin sheds new light on the intersections of gender, genre, law and story. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Casebook ed
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231105095
ISBN
9780231105095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.07

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