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Literary theory
Paperback. Often lost in the debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what is being constructed. Ian Hacking looks at the issue of child abuse, and examines the ways in which advanced research on new weapons influences not the content but the form of science. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674004122
- ISBN
- 9780674004122
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€ 38.99€ 32.77
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Paperback. This revised edition provides a broad analysis of the term 'discourse' and a thorough examination of the many theoretical assumptions surrounding it. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415290142
- ISBN
- 9780415290142
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€ 26.99€ 26.55
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Paperback. .". not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile." The Review of Metaphysics.". essential reading for anyone interesting in.. the new reader-centered forms of criticism." Library JournalIn this erudite and imaginative book, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between open and closed texts." Series: Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- Midland Book ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253203182
- ISBN
- 9780253203182
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€ 25.99€ 23.90
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Paperback. Oft-neglected Personalist writers of 1930s-40s comprise a missing link between modernist and postmodernist literatures. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120011
- ISBN
- 9781772120011
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.91
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Paperback. Rethinking digital literary criticism by situating computational work within the broader context of the humanities Num Pages: 128 pages, 2 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: DSA; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078200
- ISBN
- 9780252078200
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€ 27.99€ 26.28
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Paperback. A collection of 15 essays by celebrated authors in Shakespeare studies and in continental philosophy that develops different aspects of the interface between continental thinking and Shakespeare's plays. Editor(s): Bates, Jennifer; Wilson, Richard. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSG; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748695591
- ISBN
- 9780748695591
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€ 42.99€ 37.63
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Paperback. S/Z is the linguistic distillation of Barthesa s system of semiology, a science of signs and symbols, in which Balzaca s novella, Sarrasine, is dissected semantically to uncover layers of hidden meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631176077
- ISBN
- 9780631176077
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€ 37.09
€ 37.09
Paperback. 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: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361565
- ISBN
- 9780822361565
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
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Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486746
- ISBN
- 9780801486746
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.62
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Paperback. Translator(s): Hardt, Michael. Series: Theory Out of Bounds. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- University Of Minnesota Press
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816622351
- ISBN
- 9780816622351
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.97
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Paperback. Editor(s): Behdad, Ali; Thomas, Dominic. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118917350
- ISBN
- 9781118917350
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Condition: New
€ 53.18
€ 53.18
Hardcover. An exploration of the possibilities of letting go of our inner desire for control. It provides a challenge and an alternative to 'masterful' or technical approaches to theory. It draws on the power of poetry and fiction to help us think and puts this to work in the book's own practice of creative critical writing. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748669974
- ISBN
- 9780748669974
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€ 152.37
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Paperback. Drawing from ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary sources, this textbook offers a comprehensive and systematic historical overview of aesthetic theory. Editor(s): McQuillan, Colin; Tanke, Joseph J. Num Pages: 720 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1068. 720 pages, ill. Editor(s): McQuillan, Colin; Tanke, Joseph J. Drawing from ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary sources, this textbook offers a comprehensive and systematic historical overview of aesthetic theory. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 46. Weight: 1070.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441138262
- ISBN
- 9781441138262
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Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816691982
- ISBN
- 9780816691982
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.86
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Paperback. Kay Jamison draws on her work as a psychiatrist and researcher in mood disorders to explore connections between manic-depressive illness and artistic activity. She applies what is known about the illness to the lives and works of artists including Byron, Van Gogh, Schumann and Woolf. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations facsim., genealogy, port. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JMAL; MBP; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 213 x 24. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780684831831
- ISBN
- 9780684831831
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.16
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Paperback. Series: Walter Benjamin Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474251235
- ISBN
- 9781474251235
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.41
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Paperback. Many courses in literary or cultural studies include some discussion of psychoanalysis, structuralism, post-modernism, linguistics and semiotics. This dictionary should bring the reader information on the wide variety of interdisciplinary topics in critical theory. Num Pages: 496 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSA; GBC; HP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140513691
- ISBN
- 9780140513691
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138654631
- ISBN
- 9781138654631
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.27
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Paperback. Amorous jealousy is not a monster, as Shakespeare's venomous Iago claims. It is neither prickly and bitter fancy, nor a cruel and mean passion, nor a symptom of feeble self-esteem. All those who have experienced its wounds are well aware that it is not callous, nasty, delusional and ridiculous. It is just painful. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509511853
- ISBN
- 9781509511853
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Condition: New
€ 25.68
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719083242
- ISBN
- 9780719083242
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€ 26.99€ 26.75
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Hardback. A study of 'texture', a key feature of literary reading. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625819
- ISBN
- 9780748625819
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Condition: New
€ 111.95€ 103.24
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Paperback. Provides useful discussions of the main areas of literary, critical and cultural theory. This title presents the student of literary and critical studies with a range of accessible, precise and definitions of the significant terms and concepts used in psychoanalytic, poststructuralist, Marxist, feminist, and postcolonial literary studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748668397
- ISBN
- 9780748668397
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
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Hardback. Ten times, an elderly grey-haired man gets up on the stage. Ten times puffing and sighing. Ten times slowly tracing out strange multi-coloured arabesques that interweave, curling with the meanders of his speech, by turns fluid and uneasy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509510009
- ISBN
- 9781509510009
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Condition: New
€ 72.38
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Hardback. This concise companion explores the history of psychoanalytic theory and its impact on contemporary literary criticism by tracing its movement across disciplinary and cultural boundaries. Editor(s): Marcus, Laura; Mukherjee, Ankhi. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 232 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405188609
- ISBN
- 9781405188609
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Condition: New
€ 122.67
€ 122.67