Literary theory
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Literary theory
Paperback. Drawing on an eclectic range of texts and figures, from the Greek Cynics to Tori Amos, Nick Salvato finds that embarrassment, laziness, slowness, cynicism, and digressiveness can paradoxically enable alternative modes of intellectual production. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360988
- ISBN
- 9780822360988
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€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. Debjani Ganguly theorizes the contemporary global novel and the social and historical conditions that shaped it, showing how in 1989 the consolidation of the information age, the perpetual state of war, and the focus on humanitarianism transformed the novel into a form that addresses contemporary social, technological, and political upheavals. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361374
- ISBN
- 9780822361374
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€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Hardback. Ranjan Ghosh and J. Hillis Miller-two thinkers from different continents, cultures, training, and critical perspectives-debate and reflect upon what literature is, can be, and do in variety of contexts ranging from Victorian literature and Chinese literary criticism to Sanskrit Poetics and Continental philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361541
- ISBN
- 9780822361541
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€ 115.29
€ 115.29
Paperback. Ranjan Ghosh and J. Hillis Miller-two thinkers from different continents, cultures, training, and critical perspectives-debate and reflect upon what literature is, can be, and do in variety of contexts ranging from Victorian literature and Chinese literary criticism to Sanskrit Poetics and Continental philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 252 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362449
- ISBN
- 9780822362449
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€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Shoshana Felman ranks as one of the most influential literary critics of the past five decades. Her work has inspired and shaped such divergent fields as psychoanalytic criticism, deconstruction, speech-act theory and performance studies, feminist and gender studies, and critical legal studies. This title presents essays from Felman's oeuvre. Editor(s): Sun, Emily. Num Pages: 538 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 734.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823227136
- ISBN
- 9780823227136
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€ 59.21€ 58.42
€ 59.21
€ 58.42
Hardback. From Dr Moreau's "Beast People" to David Cronenberg's "Brundle fly", Stanislaw Lem's robot constructors in the "Cyberiad" to Octavia Butler's human/alien constructs in the "Xenogenesis" trilogy, this work examines stories of corporeal transformation through interlocking frames of posthumanism, narratology, and second-order systems theory. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 471.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228508
- ISBN
- 9780823228508
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€ 102.72
€ 102.72
Paperback. The Doppelganger presents literature as the double of philosophy. This title studies the Doppelganger's influence on philosophical thought. It shows how the Doppelganger emerges as a hidden and unexplored element both in conceptions of subjectivity and in philosophy's relation to literature. Series: Modern Language Initiative. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232994
- ISBN
- 9780823232994
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€ 42.99€ 38.44
€ 42.99
€ 38.44
Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, Michael B. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 284 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267156
- ISBN
- 9780823267156
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€ 41.99€ 41.76
€ 41.99
€ 41.76
Hardback. This book mounts a critique of persistently romantic assumptions in contemporary literary criticism and advances an original theory of literary production. Along the way, it offers new readings of major modernist novels of Samuel Beckett, Marcel Proust, and Gertrude Stein. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823270057
- ISBN
- 9780823270057
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€ 92.06
€ 92.06
Hardback. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 274 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823270460
- ISBN
- 9780823270460
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Condition: New
€ 108.57
€ 108.57
Hardback. Num Pages: 314 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPCF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823270521
- ISBN
- 9780823270521
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€ 132.97
€ 132.97
Hardback. This book investigates the form of spirituality given shape in the intersection of poetics and theological-philosophical reflection, concerned especially with matters of representation and failure. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSC; HPCF3; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272839
- ISBN
- 9780823272839
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€ 97.15
€ 97.15
Hardback. Series: Idiom: Inventing Writing Theory. Num Pages: 312 pages, 61 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSC; GPFC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823272990
- ISBN
- 9780823272990
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Condition: New
€ 47.36
€ 47.36
Hardback. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPM; JFSJ; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Translation
- SKU
- V9780823273461
- ISBN
- 9780823273461
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Condition: New
€ 81.31
€ 81.31
Paperback. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPM; JFSJ; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 172.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273478
- ISBN
- 9780823273478
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€ 25.99€ 24.18
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€ 24.18
Hardback. The scenes of Babel and Pentecost, the original confusion of tongues and their redemption through translation, haunt German Romanticism and Idealism. This book begins by retracing the ways in which the task of translation, so crucial to Romantic writing, Series: Lit Z. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JH; DSA; DSBF; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823274017
- ISBN
- 9780823274017
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€ 133.98
€ 133.98
Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458164
- ISBN
- 9780916458164
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€ 24.99€ 21.68
€ 24.99
€ 21.68
Paperback. The thoroughly revised Women in Culture 2/e explores the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, gender identity, and spirituality from the perspectives of diverse global locations. Its strong humanities content, including illustrations and creative writing, uniquely embraces the creative aspects of the field. Editor(s): Cayleff, Susan E.; Donadey, Anne; Scott, Bonnie Kime; Lara, Irene. Num Pages: 562 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 948.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 562
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118541128
- ISBN
- 9781118541128
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€ 44.99€ 44.69
€ 44.99
€ 44.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781405182942
- ISBN
- 9781405182942
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Condition: New
€ 43.42
€ 43.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; DSK; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479884711
- ISBN
- 9781479884711
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; DSK; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479890941
- ISBN
- 9781479890941
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Condition: New
€ 97.15
€ 97.15
Hardback. Death Shall Be Dethroned is the shadow book of Los, a Chapter, Helene Cixous tells us. It came along after Los, but it was always there "hidden" in her notebooks, in the Beethoven notebook, say, the one Jacques Derrida gave her. But when it tapped at the window, she ignored it until the day she had to let it in. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509500642
- ISBN
- 9781509500642
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Condition: New
€ 47.61
€ 47.61
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803244818
- ISBN
- 9780803244818
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. A manifesto for literary studies that intends to remind us of the specificity of what it means to ask literary questions, and the pleasure of thinking through and with literature. Series: Short Studies from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983448
- ISBN
- 9780295983448
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.92
€ 20.99
€ 20.92