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Literary studies: general
Hardback. The youngest member of the Paris-based experimental collective Oulipo, Levin Becker tells the story of one of literature's quirkiest movements--and the personal quest that led him to seek out like-minded writers, artists, and scientists who are obsessed with language and games, and who embrace formal constraints to achieve literature's potential. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065772
- ISBN
- 9780674065772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. "A Map of the Island" is an extended poetic meditation upon a boy's youth in Trinidad. In these verses we hear the cadences of the West Indies spoken from the distance of the Canadian prairies. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 70
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888643711
- ISBN
- 9780888643711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.29
€ 19.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903039694
- ISBN
- 9781903039694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.78
€ 21.99
€ 18.78
Hardcover. This volume offers an empirical and diachronic investigation of the foundations and nature of metaphor in English, based on evidence from The Historical Thesaurus of English. It offers case studies of a number of semantic domains and provides a significant step forward in the data-driven understanding of metaphor. Editor(s): Anderson, Wendy; Bramwell, Ellen; Hough, Carole. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFGA; CFM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198744573
- ISBN
- 9780198744573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.90
€ 177.90
Paperback. Series: Arthurian and Courtly Cultures. Num Pages: 244 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349442010
- ISBN
- 9781349442010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Mapping Malory: Regional Identities and National Geographies in Le Mor...
Kenneth Hodges Dorsey Armstrong
Hardcover. Medievalists are increasingly grappling with spatial studies. This timely book argues that geography is a crucial element in Sir Thomas Malory's M orte Darthur and contributors shine a light on questions of politics and genre to help readers better understand Malory's world. Series: Arthurian and Courtly Cultures. Num Pages: 244 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034854
- ISBN
- 9781137034854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardcover. Analyzes Wolf's, Drewitz's, and Weil's views of individual responsibility in history, with reference to theories of memory and feminist ethics. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134431
- ISBN
- 9781571134431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
hardcover. Editor(s): Watts, Edward; Holt, Keri; Funchion, John. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black & white photograph, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348223
- ISBN
- 9780820348223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.45
€ 72.45
Paperback. Traces the evolution of Russia's onetime capital from a 'conceptual hierarchy' to a living cultural system. This book seeks to revise the literary monumentalization of St Petersburg - with Pushkin and Dostoevsky representing two traditional albeit opposing perspectives - to offer a view of an urban landscape. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130323
- ISBN
- 9780691130323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
paperback. A companion for undergraduates studying Welsh fiction in English, specially commissioned to accompany the Library of Wales series. It includes 15 essays both by well-known academics and experts of the field and cutting-edge young researchers at the outset of their careers. Editor(s): Gramich, Katie. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Parthian
- Edition
- First Edition - Soft Cover
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905762989
- ISBN
- 9781905762989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.48
€ 13.99
€ 13.48
Hardcover. This study traces the impact of cartography on the changing cultural meanings of space. It examines the construction of social and political space in maps, cosmography and geography, historical and political writing, and in the literary works of Marlowe, Shakespeare, Spenser and Drayton. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; JFCX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333779330
- ISBN
- 9780333779330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.29
€ 194.29
Paperback. Traces the history of maps, from their initial decorative and religious purposes to their later instructional applications. This book describes how maps rely on projections in order to portray a three-dimensional world on the two-dimensional flat surface of paper. Num Pages: 246 pages, with colour & b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595340412
- ISBN
- 9781595340412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.79
€ 24.99
€ 21.79
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739181621
- ISBN
- 9780739181621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.14
€ 138.14
Paperback. Although William James was a significant presence in Paris in the early 20th century, the role he played in the creation of Marcel Proust's ground-breaking novel A la recherche du temps perdu has been neglected by scholars. Much of what made Proust's novel so original stems from James's writings, which were available to Proust in translation. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498556316
- ISBN
- 9781498556316
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Condition: New
€ 62.72
€ 62.72
Paperback. With "A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu" Marcel Proust achieved a perfect rendering of life in art, of the past created through memory. It is both a portrait of the artist and a discovery of the aesthetic by which the portrait is painted, and it was to have a seminal influence on 20th-century literature. This title presents the life of this writer. Num Pages: 816 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712674799
- ISBN
- 9780712674799
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.45
€ 25.99
€ 19.45
Editor(s): Monte-Proust, Patricia. Translator(s): Bacon, Josephine; Naturel, Mireile. Num Pages: 192 pages, 350 photos & illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 345 x 302 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2078.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Edition Olms Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783283012182
- ISBN
- 9783283012182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 42.49
€ 53.00
€ 42.49
Hardback. The first book in English to examine one of the most important and influential texts from a literary perspective. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843528
- ISBN
- 9781843843528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.57
€ 97.57
Paperback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Editor(s): Hillway, Tyrus. Series: Masterworks of Literature. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780808400172
- ISBN
- 9780808400172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.45
€ 52.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 189 x 32. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810859043
- ISBN
- 9780810859043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.74
€ 187.74
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746309841
- ISBN
- 9780746309841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.99
€ 25.99
€ 23.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780544245617
- ISBN
- 9780544245617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.35
€ 27.99
€ 23.35
Paperback. Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) instinctively turned to the epic mode to create archetypal narratives of loss, exile, and redemption. This title traces the development of Laurence's voice from its tentative beginnings in her African fiction to its culmination in the Manawaka Cycle. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644510
- ISBN
- 9780888644510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.43
€ 40.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. In prose and poetry the selections contained here reveal the personal experiences, feelings and angst of three English writers who lived through World War I. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349081394
- ISBN
- 9781349081394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.05
€ 38.05
paperback. An examination of all varieties of marginalia, from casual scribbles to lengthy arguments. It introduces us to annotators, both celebrated and unknown, whose jottings in book margins reveal much about themselves, their relationships with other readers, and their involvement with books. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300097207
- ISBN
- 9780300097207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.76
€ 33.99
€ 24.76