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Literary theory

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSA; DSBD; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650197
ISBN
9780691650197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.69

Paperback. A study of the main elements of fiction, such as narrative, detail, characterization, dialogue, realism, and style. It takes the machinery of story-telling apart to ask a series of fundamental questions: What do we mean when we say we 'know' a fictional character? What constitutes a 'telling' detail? And, when is a metaphor successful? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845950934
ISBN
9781845950934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.90

Hardback. Editor(s): Weinstein, Jami; Colebrook, Claire. Series: Critical Life Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCB; HPCF7; JFFR; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172141
ISBN
9780231172141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.61
€ 90.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810110380
ISBN
9780810110380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.60

Hardback. Argues that theory, far from being dead, has undergone major shifts in order to come to terms with the most urgent cultural and political questions. Offering an overview of theory's directions, this collection includes essays on affect, biopolitics, biophilosophy, the aesthetic, and neoliberalism. Editor(s): Attridge, Derek; Elliott, Jane. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415484183
ISBN
9780415484183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.93

Paperback. Through close readings of Barthes, Derrida, Sedgwick, and Spivak, Jane Gallop connects the theoretical death of the author to the writer s literal death, as well as other authorial deaths, such as obsolescence. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 244. Reading and Writing in Time. 192 pages. Considers not only the abstract theoretical death of the author but also the writer's literal death, as well as other authorial "deaths," such as obsolescence. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 26. Weight: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350811
ISBN
9780822350811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.81

Hardback. Through close readings of Barthes, Derrida, Sedgwick, and Spivak, Jane Gallop connects the theoretical death of the author to the writer s literal death, as well as other authorial deaths, such as obsolescence. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350637
ISBN
9780822350637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.76

Hardback. Editor(s): Harris, Jane Gary. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 3JM; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637679
ISBN
9780691637679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.68

Hardcover. This book explores the impossible dilemma facing Francophone intellectuals writing in the lead-up to decolonisation: How could they redefine their culture, and the 'humanity' they felt had been denied by the colonial project, in terms that did not replicate the French thinking by which they were formed? Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781380321
ISBN
9781781380321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.20

Paperback. Postcolonialism offers challenging and provocative ways of thinking about colonial and neocolonial power, about self and other, and about the discourses that perpetuate postcolonial inequality and violence. This book examines the philosophy of postcolonialism in order to reveal the often conflicting systems of thought which underpin it. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; HPD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844651610
ISBN
9781844651610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.86

Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476594
ISBN
9780801476594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.87

Paperback. Holland, Wolfgang Iser, Walter Benn Michaels, Georges Poulet, Gerald Prince, and Michael Riffaterre. Editor(s): Tompkins, Jane P. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801824012
ISBN
9780801824012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.35

Paperback. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) index. Series: The Spatial Humanities. Num Pages: 238 pages, 11 b&w illus., 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1M; DSA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 309.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253018458
ISBN
9780253018458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSA; JFD; UD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Edition
updated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262533485
ISBN
9780262533485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 24.18

Paperback. This forward-thinking and revealing investigation offers scholars and ardent fans of Jane Austen a wealth of historical facts, while shedding an interpretive light on a new aspect of the beloved writer's work. Num Pages: 334 pages, 48, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411910
ISBN
9781421411910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.74

Paperback. Uses comparative narratives to explore the dualism between marginalization and the desire for roots within a rooted identity Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTG; JFSK; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472053162
ISBN
9780472053162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90

Hardback. Uses comparative narratives to explore the dualism between marginalization and the desire for roots within a rooted identity Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTG; JFSK; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472073160
ISBN
9780472073160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.88

Paperback. Moving subtly through a diverse range of thinkers and topics - aesthetics, affect, animation and film studies, bibliography, cognitive science, this book shows that a more sustained, less apocalyptic attention to ideas might lead to a richer discussion of our intellectual landscapes and the place of the humanities and social sciences in it. Editor(s): Potts, Jason; Stout, Daniel. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; HP; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356813
ISBN
9780822356813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. The Art of Reading is the first-long overdue-collection of essays by the French classical philologist and humanist Jean Bollack to be published in English. As the scope of the collection shows, Bollack felt equally at home thinking in depth about both the classics of Greek poetry and philosophy and modern, including contemporary, poetry. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Center for Hellenic Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674660199
ISBN
9780674660199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. In his exhibition and accompanying essay for the "Taking Sides" programme at the Louvre, Jean Starobinski explores the theme of largesse in its broadest sense. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 220 pages, 30 colour plates, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 298 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226771366
ISBN
9780226771366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 50.90

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