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Literary theory

Hardcover. Suitable for students taking English literature courses, this textbook guides the reader through the rudiments of literary investigation: collecting materials, evaluating evidence, drawing conclusions, taking notes in a scholarly manner and composing one's own prose. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate; (XO) Open University set text. Dimension: 215 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Fourth Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393962406
ISBN
9780393962406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.60

Paperback. Probes the nature of linguistic or symbolic action as it relates to specific novels, plays, and poems. Num Pages: 463 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520024830
ISBN
9780520024830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.29

Paperback. The act of translation is a political action. This title draws on Benjamin, Derrida, and de Man to show that translation has long been a site for perpetuating the unequal power relations among people, races, and languages. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; CFP; CJ; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520074514
ISBN
9780520074514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.60

Paperback. Featuring contemporary feminist theory, this book argues for a feminism that transcends national borders and ethnic identities. It analysis the novels and short stories of three Chicana writers - Gloria Anzaldua, Sandra Cisneros, and Helena Maria Viramontes and a range of Chicana feminist writing from several disciplines. Num Pages: 226 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADSL; DSA; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520207332
ISBN
9780520207332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.79

Paperback. This collection of essays showcases the work of some of the most influential theorists of the late-20th century as they grapple with the question of how literature should be treated in contemporary theory. Editor(s): Clark, Michael P. Num Pages: 259 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220041
ISBN
9780520220041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. This study of Benjamin's "The Origin of German Tragic Drama" views it as a critique of anthropocentric historical thinking, which introduces an ethico-theological dimension. It reconstructs this dimension by analyzing the stones, animals and angels that are scattered throughout his writings. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520226845
ISBN
9780520226845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. * Introduces complex arguments in lively accessible form. * Deals with key contemporary theorists and historicizes postmodernism, back from Heidegger to Hobbes, and to its eighteenth--century origins. * Discusses postmodern fiction by such authors as Acker, Auster, Barth, and Pynchon. . Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631200017
ISBN
9780631200017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.67

Paperback. This reader provides the student with a comprehensive selection, charting Terry Eagleton's distinctive intellectual development. It includes a chronological arrangement of key materials from Eagleton's major books, including selections from the output of a prolific journalistic career. Editor(s): Regan, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 464 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631202493
ISBN
9780631202493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.85

Hardback. This volume offers an insight into the formative influence of the 20th century's most distinguished oppositional public intellectuals, Raymond Williams. This reader presents a survey of the whole body of Williams' existing work, Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631213109
ISBN
9780631213109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.79

Paperback. This work explores the interweaving of the child-hero and the fortunes of a nation, as these are portrayed in a wide selection of novels and national narratives in the French and English traditions. Series: Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002630
ISBN
9780674002630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.47

Hardcover. This text maps the aesthetic and semantic meanings associated with gender in the Ming-Qing vernacular novel through close readings of five long narratives, including "Dream of the Red Chamber" and "A Tale of Heroic Lovers". Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005129
ISBN
9780674005129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.23

Hardcover. The goal of this volume is to consider the relationship of writing to materiality in China's literary history and to ponder the physical aspects of the production and circulation of writing. Editor(s): Zeitlin, Judith T.; Liu, Lydia H. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 620 pages, 94 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSA; DSB; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
620
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010987
ISBN
9780674010987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.70
€ 55.84

Paperback. Gregory Nagy analyzes metonymy as a mental process that complements metaphor. If metaphor is a substitution of something unfamilar for something familiar, metonymy connects something familiar with something else already familiar. Nagy offers close readings of over one hundred examples of metonymy in the arts of Greek and other cultures. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088320
ISBN
9780674088320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Hardback. Although literary theories describe a world of strategies, what is missing is the strategist. Hjort's proposed account of strategic action brings the strategist back into the picture. She shows how proposed conceptions of strategy are contradictory, underdeveloped and at odds with its actual use. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674840522
ISBN
9780674840522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.53

Paperback. Presents current thinking on some of the theoretical issues and dilemmas in the conception and writing of literary history, by scholars from Europe, Australia and North America. Topics covered include the role of literary history in "new" societies and the problem of literary classification. Series: English Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674879133
ISBN
9780674879133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.88

Paperback. Includes essays that extend the author's investigations of the instability of the physical text. This title shows how various texts enters the world under socio-historical conditions that set the stage for a ceaseless process of textual development and mutation. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015187
ISBN
9780691015187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.61
€ 42.52

Hardback. The simple yet grand language of the King James Bible has pervaded American culture from the beginning. This book traces the ways that American novelists ranging from Melville, and Faulkner to Marilynne Robinson, and Cormac McCarthy - have drawn on the resources of the canonical English Bible to fashion their own styles and visions of reality. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128818
ISBN
9780691128818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.01

Paperback. Offers a portrait of academic life in the nineties. This title presents an exploration of the uses and abuses of literary and cultural criticism that offers a running commentary on identity politics and poses serious questions about the state and future of the academy. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149387
ISBN
9780691149387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163376
ISBN
9780691163376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.27

Hardback. The works of Walter Benjamin (1892--1940) are widely acclaimed as being among the most original and provocative writings of twentieth--century critical thought, and have become required reading for scholars and students in a range of academic disciplines. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745610078
ISBN
9780745610078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.69

Paperback. A timely book which makes an important intervention in contemporary feminist theory. It uses an original methodology in "stealing" four figures from ancient Greek texts and reinterpreting them using theories of sexual difference. It will be welcomed by students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines. Translator(s): Anderlini-D'Onofrio, Serena; O'Healy, Aine; D'Onofrio, S.A-.; Onofrio, Serena Anderlini-D'. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745615721
ISBN
9780745615721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.74

Hardback. aeo An exciting new book by one of the leading social and feminist theorists writing today. aeo Brings together Barretta s work on key issues in the social sciences and humanities. aeo Highly original and interdisciplinary. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745616667
ISBN
9780745616667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Paperback. aeo An exciting new book by one of the leading social and feminist theorists writing today. aeo Brings together Barretta s work on key issues in the social sciences and humanities. aeo Highly original and interdisciplinary. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745616674
ISBN
9780745616674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.80

Hardback. What is psychoanalytic criticism and how can it be justified as a type of criticism in its own right? In this new and thoroughly revised edition of her classic textbook, Elizabeth Wright provides a cogent answer to this question and a wide--ranging introduction to psychoanalytic criticism from Freud to the present day. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745619651
ISBN
9780745619651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.04

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