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Paperback. Explores stories across a wide range of time that narrate spatial jumps, from Walter Benjamin's tangential take on the cityscape, the experimentalism of Futurist theatricality, the multiple and potential atlases narrated by Italo Calvino and Georges Perec, and the posturban thought and practice of Bernard Tschumi and Rem Koolhaas/OMA. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810133457
ISBN
9780810133457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.33

Paperback. Divided into four sections, this collection of essays traces the interpretive, pedagogic and theoretical concerns inherent in the study of literature, ethics and modes of criticism. The book is a cohesive introduction to a reading paradigm that continues to affect the ways we think and feel. Editor(s): Davis, Todd F.; Womack, Kenneth. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920566
ISBN
9780813920566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.08

Hardcover. There is a preoccupation with religion in the work of Northrop Frye. This book shows that it played a greater role than assumed - religion was central to practically everything Frye wrote. It focuses on the works with which Frye began and ended his career - "Fearful Symmetry" and, 50 years on, his two studies of the Bible and "The Double Vision". Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922997
ISBN
9780813922997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.92

Hardcover. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813934839
ISBN
9780813934839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.62

Hardcover. In Being Apart , LaRose Parris draws on traditional and radical Western theory to emphasize how nineteenth- and twentieth-century Africana thinkers explored the two principal existential themes of being and freedom prior to existentialism's rise to prominence in postwar European thought. Series: Modern Language Initiative. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938127
ISBN
9780813938127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.20

Paperback. Adapting the discontinuous and multitonal critical procedures of works like Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus" and Laura Riding's "Anarchism Is Not Enough", this book subjects literary studies to a patacritical investigation. It argues that aesthetics is a science of exceptions, and that any given critical practice is also an exception from itself. Num Pages: 113 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 178 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC United States
Number of pages
113
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979405761
ISBN
9780979405761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.84

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

€ 54.08

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

hardcover. Insightful look at the interactions between German and migrant Jewish writers and the creative spectrum of Jewish identity Series: Michigan Studies in Comparative Jewish Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472130092
ISBN
9780472130092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.50

Paperback. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816635573
ISBN
9780816635573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536549
ISBN
9781557536549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.97

Paperback. "Among the multiple approaches to be taken on an author as multifaceted and prolific as the recent Nobel Laureate Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, Guadalupe Marti-Pena." Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536907
ISBN
9781557536907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.04

hardcover. Series: Modern Literature Initiative. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSA; DSB; HBTQ; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813939223
ISBN
9780813939223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.18

Paperback. Series: Modern Literature Initiative. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSA; DSB; HBTQ; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813939230
ISBN
9780813939230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.07

hardcover. Babe examines the writings of ten major thinkers in the context of their physical and cultural environments and finds that there is indeed a mode of theorizing that is quintessentially Canadian. Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSA; GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 38. Weight in Grams: 795.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
74th ed.
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802040985
ISBN
9780802040985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Paperback. Unique and rewarding in both its scope and approach, The Future of the Page is a collection of essays that presents the best of recent critical theory on the history and future of the page and its enormous influence on Western thought and culture. Editor(s): Stoicheff, Peter; Taylor, Andrew. Series: Studies in Book & Print Culture. Num Pages: 330 pages, 58 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 16. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802085849
ISBN
9780802085849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.67

paperback. Revisits the work and place of eight scholars contemporary with Anglo-American New Criticism. This work considers the achievements of each critic, examining his methodology and basic presuppositions as well as the critiques marshalled against him. It also explores their relation to history, to canon-formation, and to our theoretical debates. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802094759
ISBN
9780802094759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.00

hardcover. This collection of essays begins the process of reassessing Frye's thought and writings in light of extraordinary, unpublished material contained in archives at the Victoria University Library, University of Toronto. Editor(s): Boyd, David V.; Salusinszky, Imre. Series: Frye Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
74th ed.
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802042521
ISBN
9780802042521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.03

hardcover. The Twentieth-Century Humanist Critics brings together humanist critical traditions from Europe, the United Kingdom, and North America and reveals the surprising extent to which, in various languages and academic systems, critics were posing similar questions and offering a gamut of similar responses. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802092830
ISBN
9780802092830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.05

paperback. The papers throw light on the nature and history of the evolution of the atlas as a book, and also on the atlas as a 'text' of contemporary times. Editor(s): Winearls, Joan. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442615076
ISBN
9781442615076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.97

By linking Frye's classic studies to exciting recent approaches in the humanities and the cognitive revolution of the past few decades, Body of Vision casts Frye's achievements in a fascinating new light. Series: Frye Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643918
ISBN
9781442643918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810105898
ISBN
9780810105898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. This collection of essays provides a portrait of the intellectual relationship between these two men. It addresses several points of contact and covers themes of the debate from the different periods in their shared history. Editor(s): Stewart, Dr. Jon. Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 38. Weight in Grams: 920.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810115323
ISBN
9780810115323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.21

Paperback. The goal of this book is to overcome some of the misunderstandings about the meaning of a Darwinian approach to the human mind generally, and literature specifically. It attempts to show how the human propensity for literature and art can be properly framed as a true evolutionary problem. Editor(s): Gottschall, Jonathan; Wilson, David Sloan. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 375 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810122871
ISBN
9780810122871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.87

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