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Literary theory

Hardback. This collection brings together essays that reflect on the nature of narrative, literary criticism and history from a variety of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives, ranging from deconstruction, psychoanalysis and trauma theory, to narratology, technology, economics and aesthetics. Editor(s): Jacobs, Carol; Sussman, Henry. Num Pages: 296 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804746502
ISBN
9780804746502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.46

Hardback. Aesthetic Democracy argues that the possibility of social and political democracy depends primarily upon art and aesthetics, and that it is art which determines the possibilities of human freedom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751889
ISBN
9780804751889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.55

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635514
ISBN
9780691635514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.58

Hardback. Current date of publication from iPage.IngramContent.com. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635774
ISBN
9780691635774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.23

hardcover. Num Pages: 269 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072243
ISBN
9780231072243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.65

Hardback. A rigorous and many-layered study of the works of Blanchot and Adorno in terms of the relation between negativity and autonomy in the work of art with particular reference to literature, which yields a thinking of materiality in language as an ambiguous force of critique and innovation. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD2; DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269280
ISBN
9780823269280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.50

Hardcover. Offers an original approach to a number of nineteenth-century authors in terms of what are seen as the constitutive affective dynamics of their work. The author also draws on themes of ethical subjectivity in the work of Stanley Cavell and Gilles Deleuze to provide essential reading for those involved in nineteenth-century literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194420
ISBN
9781845194420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.82

Paperback. Documents the central texts and arguments in African American literary theory from the 1920s to now Editor(s): Napier, Winston. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758106
ISBN
9780814758106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSA; DSB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816631483
ISBN
9780816631483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.21

hardcover. This work investigates the interlocking histories of "cultural instruments", meaning normative forms of analysis and practice that are central to Western culture and in the course of their history came to be ways of understanding and controlling different cultures. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804743495
ISBN
9780804743495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.24

Paperback. Both a controversial account of the transgressive turn in critical thought characteristic of the moral turmoil of the Twentieth Century, and a provocative study of maternal transfiguration in the author's own turn from Transgression, Against Transgression poses an urgent question for the current generation of literary critics. . Series: Critical Quarterly Book Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 7. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405169899
ISBN
9781405169899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.56

Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458164
ISBN
9780916458164
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2ADF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300028454
ISBN
9780300028454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.51

Paperback. Revealing the immense richness of the allegorical tradition, this book demonstrates how allegory works in literature and art, as well as everyday speech, sales pitches, and religious and political appeals. It shows how allegor expresses fundamental emotional and cognitive drives, and relates it to a wide variety of aesthetic devices. Num Pages: 472 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
With a New afterword by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151809
ISBN
9780691151809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.77

Paperback. Editor(s): Gianquitto, Tina; Fisher, Lydia. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; GTC; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Univ of Georgia Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820346755
ISBN
9780820346755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, port. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300443
ISBN
9781896300443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 24 color illus. 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSA; DSB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 209 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173382
ISBN
9780691173382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.20

Paperback. Series: Flashpoints. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810131620
ISBN
9780810131620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.10

Paperback. This book is an essential resource for beginning students of literary criticism; it enables students to build a critical framework and write analytically. Michael Ryan offers a thorough introduction to literary theory and contemporary critical practice covering traditional approaches as well as more recent developments in criticism. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405182829
ISBN
9781405182829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.56

Paperback. A guide to narratological theory and terminology and its application to literature. It outlines the key concepts of style, metaphor and metonymy, and the history of narrative forms. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 12. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415450300
ISBN
9780415450300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.62

Paperback. A manifesto against systematic thinking, this text on literary theory, first published 70 years ago in 1928, is a difficult book by a famously difficult writer. Editor(s): Samuels, Lisa. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520213944
ISBN
9780520213944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Paperback. A comparative modernist study of the connections between Irish and Japanese literature, opening up uncharted avenues of cross-cultural exchange. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773546912
ISBN
9780773546912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

paperback. Editor(s): Donahue, William C.; Mein, Georg. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transcript Publishing Germany
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837634518
ISBN
9783837634518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.91
€ 42.52

Hardback. Representations of animality continue to proliferate in various kinds of literary and cultural texts. This pioneering volume explores the critical interface between animal and animality studies, marking out the terrain in relation to 20th-century literature and film. Editor(s): Lundblad, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474400022
ISBN
9781474400022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.61
€ 114.39

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