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Literary theory

Hardcover. The Edinburgh Companion to Critical Theory provides a comprehensive analysis of the changing role of critical theory in the new century. Taking note of new theoretical and socio-political developments, this volume demonstrates critical theory's continuing relevance across disciplines ranging from the arts through to the hard sciences. Editor(s): Sim, Professor Stuart. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748693399
ISBN
9780748693399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.25
€ 196.15

Hardback. Editor(s): Turner, Lynn (Emerson College); Sellbach, Undine; Broglio, Ron. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Literature. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474418416
ISBN
9781474418416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.25
€ 197.27

Hardcover. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998992
ISBN
9780295998992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

Paperback. At the start of the 18th century, literary "characters" referred as much to letters and typefaces as it did to persons in books. However, this text shows how, by the 19th century, readers used transactions with characters to accommodate themselves to newly-commmercialized social relations. Num Pages: 326 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK; JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226498201
ISBN
9780226498201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

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

€ 57.53

hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers, Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781536102819
ISBN
9781536102819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 241.58
€ 179.91

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

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823232994
ISBN
9780823232994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.44

Paperback. How has literature become established as a separate domain within the university? Demonstrating that these questions of division are intricately related, Peggy Kamuf explores in this text, the space that the university devotes to the study of literature. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226423241
ISBN
9780226423241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Nuruddin Farah is widely regarded as one of the most sophisticated voices in contemporary world literature. Michel Foucault is revered as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, with his discursive legacy providing inspiration for scholars working in a range of interdisciplinary fields. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145706
ISBN
9781868145706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623561710
ISBN
9781623561710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSA; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801477850
ISBN
9780801477850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.75

Paperback. Contains essays that reveal Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) - known in the West largely through his studies of Rabelais and Dostoevsky - as a philosopher of language, a cultural historian, and a major theoretician of the novel. This work features four selections from "Voprosy literatury i estetiki", published in Moscow in 1975. Editor(s): Holquist, Michael. Translator(s): Emerson, Caryl. Series: University of Texas Press Slavic Series. Num Pages: 477 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Number of pages
477
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292715349
ISBN
9780292715349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.34

Hardback. This juxtaposition of Virginia Woolf and Christa Wolf, writers of two distinct cultures, countries and generations, focuses on the strategies the two authors share in creating their female characters. Hermann looks at each author within the social and historical conditions that produced them, employ Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231066426
ISBN
9780231066426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.74
€ 72.48

Paperback. American historical writing has traditionally been a form of moral reflection. However this study argues that, in the disillusionment following the 1960s, history abandoned its redemptive potential, and adopted the methodology of the social sciences. It describes the reasons for this change. Num Pages: 318 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; HBA; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Paperback Printing
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226316178
ISBN
9780226316178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 1 charts, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801454219
ISBN
9780801454219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.56

Hardback. Through close readings of Barthes, Derrida, Sedgwick, and Spivak, Jane Gallop connects the theoretical death of the author to the writer s literal death, as well as other authorial deaths, such as obsolescence. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350637
ISBN
9780822350637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.77

Hardcover. The nine essays in this volume debate issues arising from contemporary literary theory in relation to drama of the modern period. They address the questions of power, subjectivity, sexuality, psychoanalysis and the nature of the dramatic text. Editor(s): Page, Adrian. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1992nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333513156
ISBN
9780333513156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.11

Hardcover. Editor(s): Arseneau, Mary; Harrison, Antony H.; Kooistra, Lorraine Janzen. Num Pages: 373 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
373
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821412435
ISBN
9780821412435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Baumbach, Nico; Young, Damon R.; Yue, Genevieve. Num Pages: 140 pages, 17. BIC Classification: DSA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822368472
ISBN
9780822368472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Williams, Jeffrey J.; Steffen, Heather. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231161152
ISBN
9780231161152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Hardback. Editor(s): Williams, Jeffrey J.; Steffen, Heather. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231161145
ISBN
9780231161145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.22
€ 79.73

Paperback. This anthology brings together material from 38 well-known writers, artists and scientists who attempt to describe the process by which original ideas come to them. Editor(s): Ghiselin, Brewster. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
F First Paperback Edition Used
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520054530
ISBN
9780520054530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 72 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226750279
ISBN
9780226750279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

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