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hardcover. Helene Cixous has dreamed for years of "The Book-I-Don't-Write," but each time she approaches it, it withdraws. The-Book-I-Don't-Write is always just out of reach. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509500543
- ISBN
- 9781509500543
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Condition: New
€ 47.61
€ 47.61
Paperback. Terry Eagleton is one of the most influential contemporary literary theorists and critics. His diverse body of work has been crucial to developments in cultural theory and literary critical practice in modern times, and for a generation of humanities students his writing has been a source of both provocation and enjoyment. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 312.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636108
- ISBN
- 9780745636108
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Condition: New
€ 24.57
€ 24.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLC; 1KLS; DSA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816622498
- ISBN
- 9780816622498
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.26
€ 25.99
€ 24.26
paperback. Num Pages: 406 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 28. Weight in Grams: 556.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823234356
- ISBN
- 9780823234356
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.95
€ 46.99
€ 41.95
paperback. Num Pages: 124 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 193 x 8. Weight in Grams: 252.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226650258
- ISBN
- 9780226650258
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.62
€ 15.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. An examination of the relationship between romanticism, theory and gender. Series: News from Nowhere S. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7ill. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340. Series: News from Nowhere S. 192 pages, 7ill. An examination of the relationship between romanticism, theory and gender. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853310898
- ISBN
- 9781853310898
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.75
€ 33.99
€ 28.75
paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780801477119
- ISBN
- 9780801477119
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
hardcover. Building upon Nietzsche's fatal confrontation "The Wanderer and His Shadow" and Jacques Derrida's initiation of the era in critical theory with the formulation "The outside is the inside," the author pursues the vicussitudes of the dimensional frontier in a range of artifacts and authors. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823227693
- ISBN
- 9780823227693
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Condition: New
€ 91.75
€ 91.75
hardcover. This collection reflects on developments in criticism which bear on a debate between different modes of knowledge: a science model and its place in the university versus other ways of conceiving knowledge for which the arts have traditionally been seen as vehicles. Editor(s): Fuller, David; Waugh, Patricia. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198186397
- ISBN
- 9780198186397
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Condition: New
€ 68.17
€ 68.17
Paperback. In this text, Eric Jager traces the history and psychology of the self-as-text concept from antiquity to the late 20th century. He focuses on the Middle Ages, when the metaphor of a "book of the heart" modelled on the manuscript codex attained its most vivid expressions in literature and art. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226391175
- ISBN
- 9780226391175
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.72
€ 34.99
€ 27.72
paperback. Editor(s): Hays, Michael. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816620227
- ISBN
- 9780816620227
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.26
€ 25.99
€ 24.26
paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349509706
- ISBN
- 9781349509706
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Condition: New
€ 63.73
€ 63.73
Paperback. This book presents a critical analysis of Portuguese Nobel Laureate Jos Saramagos three novels, Baltasar and Blimunda (1982), The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (1984), and The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1989). Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536976
- ISBN
- 9781557536976
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Condition: New
€ 58.38
€ 58.38
hardcover. "Originally published in German under the title Die Kreatur, das Heilige, die Bilder." Translator(s): Smith, Chadwick, Principal Chief Cherokee Nation. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804780599
- ISBN
- 9780804780599
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Condition: New
€ 139.97
€ 139.97
paperback. Num Pages: 455 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 455
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231061650
- ISBN
- 9780231061650
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Condition: New
€ 60.91
€ 60.91
paperback. This is the first book of its kind to look across disciplines at this vital aspect of British art, literature and culture. It brings the various intertwined histories of social realism into historical perspective, and argues that this sometimes marginalized genre is still an important reference point for creativity in Britain. Editor(s): Tucker, D. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; DSA; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349317868
- ISBN
- 9781349317868
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Condition: New
€ 54.19
€ 54.19
hardcover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) index. Series: The Spatial Humanities. Num Pages: 236 pages, 11 b&w illus., 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1M; DSA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018380
- ISBN
- 9780253018380
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Condition: New
€ 92.06
€ 92.06
paperback. The contributors to this volume explore the impact of D.W. Winnicott's psychoanalytical theories, focusing on the relevance of his independent version of object relations theory to psychoanalytical literary criticism. Series: Psychoanalysis & Culture. Num Pages: 315 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075732
- ISBN
- 9780231075732
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
paperback. Robert Eaglestone argues that postmodernism is a response to the Holocaust. He offers a range of new perspectives, including new ways of looking at testimony and at recent Holocaust fiction; explores controversies in Holocaust history; looks at the importance of the Holocaust for recent philosophy; and asks what the Holocaust means for reason, ethics, and for being human. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBG; HBLW3; HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199239375
- ISBN
- 9780199239375
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Condition: New
€ 62.42
€ 62.42
Series: Wellek Library Lectures S. Num Pages: 125 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231070065
- ISBN
- 9780231070065
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Condition: New
€ 121.09
€ 121.09
This monograph argues for the use of poststructural theory in cultural criticism. The author maintains that deconstruction remains crucial for a truly critical approach to cultural studies. Num Pages: 186 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231079709
- ISBN
- 9780231079709
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Condition: New
€ 129.59
€ 129.59
Paperback. What might a self-conscious turn to formal analysis look like in Renaissance literary studies today? The essays collected here address this question from a variety of critical perspectives, as part of a renewed willingness within literary and cultural studies to engage questions of form. Editor(s): Rasmussen, Mark David. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSA; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293604
- ISBN
- 9780312293604
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Condition: New
€ 65.41
€ 65.41
Hardback. This deals with the "doppelganger" as a dominant theme in the fiction of the Romantic period, and its relation to evil. It suggests that the literary double flourished when psychological and religious understandings of human dividedness were in harmony and declined when they began to grow apart. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Culture & Society. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333490242
- ISBN
- 9780333490242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.72
€ 121.72
Hardback. Adopts a varied approach to the study of the "material world" in the French literature, thought and visual arts of the 19th century. The book moves from purely philosphical definitions to a more general treatment of materialism, examining the repercussions of the emergence of a consumer society. Editor(s): Rigby, Brian. Series: Warwick Studies in the European Humanities. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; DSA; DSB; HBTB; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532669
- ISBN
- 9780333532669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.56
€ 185.56