Literary theory
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Literary theory
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DST; 2ADF; 2ADT; DSA; DSBD; DSC; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632155
- ISBN
- 9780691632155
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Condition: New
€ 109.43
€ 109.43
Paperback. .". not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile." The Review of Metaphysics.". essential reading for anyone interesting in.. the new reader-centered forms of criticism." Library JournalIn this erudite and imaginative book, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between open and closed texts." Series: Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- Midland Book ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253203182
- ISBN
- 9780253203182
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.49
€ 24.99
€ 23.49
Paperback. Umberto Eco explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. With a series of examples, ranging from fairy tales to Mickey Spillane, Eco draws his readers in by making them collaborators in the creation of text, and in the investigation of some of fiction's most basic mechanisms. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 line illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674810518
- ISBN
- 9780674810518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.14
€ 44.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253208699
- ISBN
- 9780253208699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.85
€ 45.85
paperback. The extraordinary historical consequences of errors and fictional inventions. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8Col.ill. BIC Classification: CFB; DSA; JFCX; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174. The extraordinary historical consequences of errors and fictional inventions. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8Col.ill. BIC Classification: CFB; DSA; JFCX; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174. Very good clean copy showing light age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- W&N
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025142
- ISBN
- 9780753808788
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 458 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551118970
- ISBN
- 9781551118970
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Condition: New
€ 56.16€ 45.09
€ 56.16
€ 45.09
Paperback. This text contends that Helen of Troy, and in particular the use of her image, is a crucial emblem for much of Western thought and literature and suggests that it has been stolen, appropriated, imitated, extorted and coveted throughout the course of history. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299171247
- ISBN
- 9780299171247
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Condition: New
€ 32.04
€ 32.04
Paperback. This anthology is a guide to the Modernist movement in literature providing students, researchers and teachers of Modernism with a comprehensive documentary resource. Covering a wide range of intellectual concerns of the period 1850-1940 in Britain, Europe and America the anthology brings together contemporary essays, reviews, articles and manifestos of the political and aesthetic avant-garde. Editor(s): Kolocotroni, Vassiliki; Goldman, Jane A.; Taxidou, Olga. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748609734
- ISBN
- 9780748609734
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.34
€ 38.99
€ 35.34
Paperback. Editor(s): Mudimbe, V. Y. Num Pages: 490 pages, 1 graph, 1 table, 4 figures. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226545073
- ISBN
- 9780226545073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Paperback. * Asks what literary criticism should do in the post--theory era. * Articulates the case for a theoretically aware but textually centred literary studies. * Controversial in its privileging of texts over readings and in its insistence on the rehumanisation of literary studies. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631221685
- ISBN
- 9780631221685
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Condition: New
€ 56.30
€ 56.30
Hardback. This study of models of action seeks to respond to the loss of faith in political action that seems to predominate in Western societies, to the sense that there is nothing we can do to change the course of events, or that political action is ultimately useless, without effect in a world governed by independent political and economic laws. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733304
- ISBN
- 9780804733304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.26
€ 85.26
Paperback. Edward Said is one of the foremost thinkers writing today. His work as a literary and cultural critic, a political commentator, and the champion of the cause of Palestinian rights has given him a unique position in western intellectual life. This new book is a major exploration and assessment of his writings in all these main areas. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745620190
- ISBN
- 9780745620190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.98
€ 29.98
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846317545
- ISBN
- 9781846317545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.16
€ 176.16
Paperback. Drawing deeply from the well of Brombert's own experience, Musings on Mortality is more than mere literary criticism: it is a moving and elegant book for all to learn and live by. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226323824
- ISBN
- 9780226323824
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Condition: New
€ 25.97
€ 25.97
Paperback. Modernism, Fashion and Women's Writing deliberately works against conventional notions of historical periodisation and challenges conceptions that pit modernist elitism against middlebrow consumerism as mutually defining opposites. It draws on material from writers personal and professional archives to tell the stories of five women novelists. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474427425
- ISBN
- 9781474427425
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.34
€ 38.99
€ 35.34
In a clear and readable style, Living with Theory maps out contemporary theory, tracing its complex configurations, its political preoccupations, and its relations with literature. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405175296
- ISBN
- 9781405175296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.92
€ 126.92
hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789637326578
- ISBN
- 9789637326578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.70
€ 157.70
Paperback. Designed for students, teachers, scholars, poets, and readers with a general interest in poetics, this book presents an intellectual history of the theory of lyric reading that has circulated both within and beyond the classroom, wherever poetry is taught, read, discussed, and debated today. Editor(s): Jackson, Virginia; Prins, Yopie. Num Pages: 680 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 181 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412009
- ISBN
- 9781421412009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.10
€ 65.10
hardcover. The author of the widely acclaimed Morphology of the Folktale has written an original, comprehensive, and exciting study on how humour works, and on everything you wanted to know about the genre, in a clear, approachable, and insightful manner. Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics & Communication. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802099266
- ISBN
- 9780802099266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
hardcover. "Essays .. originally presented at a conference on Chinese literary criticism held in St. Croix, Virgin Islands in December 1970." Editor(s): Rickett, W. Allyn. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630748
- ISBN
- 9780691630748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.61
€ 133.61