Literary theory
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Literary theory
Paperback. Revealing the immense richness of the allegorical tradition, this book demonstrates how allegory works in literature and art, as well as everyday speech, sales pitches, and religious and political appeals. It shows how allegor expresses fundamental emotional and cognitive drives, and relates it to a wide variety of aesthetic devices. Num Pages: 472 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- With a New afterword by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151809
- ISBN
- 9780691151809
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. After recovering these lost chapters of our democratic past, Comic Democracies concludes with a draft for the future, using the old methods of comedy to envision a modern democracy rooted in the diversity, ingenuity, and power of popular art. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; HBJK; HBLA1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419343
- ISBN
- 9781421419343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.92€ 47.39
€ 50.92
€ 47.39
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138807181
- ISBN
- 9781138807181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.65
€ 38.99
€ 37.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPCF; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- International Scholars Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573093071
- ISBN
- 9781573093071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.38
€ 104.38
Hardback. With an investigation of the anthropologico-ontopoietic sources of the life-significance of literature by unravelling the function of imaginatio creatrix in man's self interpretation-in-existence, this collection seeks to bring forth the royal role of allegory in the fostering of culture. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323129
- ISBN
- 9780792323129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.01
€ 243.01
Hardback. Poetry of life in literature and through literature, and the vast territory in between - as vast as human life itself - where they interact and influence each other, is the nerve of human existence. This collection focuses on the creative imagination at work in literature and aesthetics. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792364085
- ISBN
- 9780792364085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.32
€ 128.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801440014
- ISBN
- 9780801440014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.27
€ 139.27
Hardback. A theoretical, historical, and critical inquiry, this book looks at the assumptions anthologies are predicated on, how they are put together, the treatment of the poems in them, and the effects their presentations have on their readers. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742351
- ISBN
- 9780804742351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.76
€ 81.76
Hardback. This juxtaposition of Virginia Woolf and Christa Wolf, writers of two distinct cultures, countries and generations, focuses on the strategies the two authors share in creating their female characters. Hermann looks at each author within the social and historical conditions that produced them, employ Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231066426
- ISBN
- 9780231066426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 72.48
€ 94.74
€ 72.48
Hardcover. This book makes sense of the social, political, and conceptual consequences of the 2008 credit crisis by looking at the ways that our culture has sought to formally represent and politically respond to it. Series: Post*45. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JMG; DSA; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 289 x 2. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804799058
- ISBN
- 9780804799058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814735190
- ISBN
- 9780814735190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Hardback. An investigation into the art of "Lit Ed-ing". Describing the qualities needed to run the literary pages of the broadsheets, this book recalls the work of literary editors and reviewers over the past 100 years. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 33. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857541496
- ISBN
- 9781857541496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.24
€ 47.99
€ 40.24
Paperback. The topic of 'the unconscious' has figured largely in literary studies for some time. Antony Easthope approaches this controversial subject not in terms of the body but as meanings. It shows the existence of the unconscious in a variety of ways Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415192095
- ISBN
- 9780415192095
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.07
€ 34.99
€ 34.07
Paperback. A comparative modernist study of the connections between Irish and Japanese literature, opening up uncharted avenues of cross-cultural exchange. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773546912
- ISBN
- 9780773546912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.06
€ 46.99
€ 42.06
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSA; DSB; HPCD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652405
- ISBN
- 9780691652405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.89
€ 138.89
Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 237 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628924091
- ISBN
- 9781628924091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. This title situates itself in a region beyond criticism but this side of literature, characterized by forgetting and finitude, and investigating important yet seemingly inaccessible gray areas in texts as old as those of Homer, and as recent as those of Beckett. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735384
- ISBN
- 9780804735384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DCF; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 163 x 7. Weight in Grams: 58.
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486295770
- ISBN
- 9780486295770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.88
€ 5.88
Paperback. Suitable for all students of Greek theatre and literature, this book examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Editor(s): Heath, Malcolm. Translator(s): Heath, Malcolm. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446364
- ISBN
- 9780140446364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. "Originally published as Preasens: Poetik eines Tempus, 2012 Diaphanes, Zurich" -- Verso title page. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628927641
- ISBN
- 9781628927641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.01
€ 38.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. Offers a timely account of Native American literature and the critical writings that have grown up around it. Arnold Krupat considers racial and cultural "essentialism", the ambiguous position of non-Native critics in the field, cultural "sovereignty" and "property", and the place of Native American culture in a so-called multicultural era. Num Pages: 149 pages, Index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2JN; DSA; DSB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 9. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803277861
- ISBN
- 9780803277861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.47
€ 17.99
€ 17.47
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642741
- ISBN
- 9780691642741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.26
€ 150.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611490022
- ISBN
- 9781611490022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.50
€ 150.50