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Paperback. Shirane and Suzuki examine how the Japanese canon of "classics" (The Tale of Genji, The Tale of the Heike, Noh drama, Saikaku, Chikamatsu, and Basho) was constructed as part of the creation of Japan as a modern nation-state and as a result of Western influence. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo; Suzuki, Tomi. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741057
ISBN
9780804741057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Explores the diverse theories and assessments of the dialectic between reason and imagination in a collection of essays by philosophers and literary and cultural critics Editor(s): Gray, Richard T.; Halmi, Nicholas; Handwerk, Gary J.; Rosenthal, Michael A.; Vieweg, Klaus. Series: Robert B Heilman Books. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990996
ISBN
9780295990996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.27

Hardback. Explores the diverse theories and assessments of the dialectic between reason and imagination in a collection of essays by philosophers and literary and cultural critics Editor(s): Gray, Richard T.; Halmi, Nicholas; Handwerk, Gary J.; Rosenthal, Michael A.; Vieweg, Klaus. Series: Robert B Heilman Books. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990989
ISBN
9780295990989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.29

Paperback. This text explores the perceived discrepancy between outward appearance and inward disposition which, it argues, influenced the work of many English Renaissance dramatists and poets. The author examines various connections between religious, legal, sexual and theatrical ideas of inward truth. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511245
ISBN
9780226511245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.85

Hardback. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 261 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137567833
ISBN
9781137567833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.24

Paperback. This collection is based on the idea that irony now extends beyond its classification as a figure of speech and is increasingly recognized as one of the major modes of human experience. The essays cover the limits to irony's liberating qualities as well as irony's more positive dimensions. Num Pages: 284 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244235
ISBN
9780226244235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Hardback. Before Gertrude Stein became the 20th century's preeminent experimental writer, she spent a decade conducting research in a psychological laboratory and medical school in the US. This book unearths the turn-of-the-century scientific and philosophical worlds in which the young Stein was immersed. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733281
ISBN
9780804733281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.46

Paperback. Before Gertrude Stein became the 20th century's preeminent experimental writer, she spent a decade conducting research in a psychological laboratory and medical school in the US. This book unearths the turn-of-the-century scientific and philosophical worlds in which the young Stein was immersed. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 480 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749305
ISBN
9780804749305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.45

Hardback. This book traces the complexity and richness of Merchant's Jewish aspect, spanning encounters with Jews and the Hebrew Bible in the early modern world as well as modern adaptations of Shakespeare's play on the Yiddish stage. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474418386
ISBN
9781474418386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 102.41

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691639758
ISBN
9780691639758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.37

Paperback. Major Lacanian theorists and practitioners provide an introduction to and critique of Jacques Lacan's influential Seminar XVII Editor(s): Clemens, Justin; Grigg, Russell. Series: [SIC] Series. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337195
ISBN
9780822337195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. "No Plays" are a major contribution to Japanese theatre. These lyric dramas evolved in the 14th century from ritual dances associated with Shinto worship, and their form became fixed in the 17th century. This book looks at this Japanese art form and its influences on Western writers. Translator(s): Tyler, Royall. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliog. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2ADT; 2GJ; 3H; 3J; DSA; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140445398
ISBN
9780140445398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.62

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Hardback. 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
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509511846
ISBN
9781509511846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

paperback. Presents Baudrillard's key concepts and examines his contribution to the analysis of specific domains, such as postmodernism, feminism, technology, art, war, time and politics. Series: Modern European Thinkers. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745316352
ISBN
9780745316352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

paperback. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442612983
ISBN
9781442612983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Traces the reception of "Judges" through the ages, not only by scholars and theologians, but also by preachers, teachers, politicians, poets, essayists and artists. This book discloses a long history of debate over the roles of women and the use of force, as well as Christian prejudice against Jews and 'Orientals'. Series: Blackwell Bible Commentaries. Num Pages: 344 pages, 35. BIC Classification: DSA; HRCG9; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631222514
ISBN
9780631222514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.23

Paperback. Traces the reception of "Judges" through the ages, not only by scholars and theologians, but also by preachers, teachers, politicians, poets, essayists and artists. This book discloses a long history of debate over the roles of women and the use of force, as well as Christian prejudice against Jews and 'Orientals'. Series: Blackwell Bible Commentaries. Num Pages: 344 pages, 35. BIC Classification: DSA; HRCG9; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631222521
ISBN
9780631222521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.98

Hardback. This book appraises the relationship between contemporary feminism and Julia Kristeva, a major figure in Continental thought. It addresses the conflicting range of feminist responses to Kristeva's key ideas and Kristeva's equally conflicting as well as ambiguous position vis-a-vis feminism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748640898
ISBN
9780748640898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43
€ 114.08

Hardback. Is academic writing, particularly in the disciplines of literary theory and cultural studies, needlessly obscure? "Just Being Difficult?" provides learned and thoughtful analyses of the entire question of how critical writing relates to its intended publics and to audiences beyond them. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747097
ISBN
9780804747097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Paperback. Is academic writing, particularly in the disciplines of literary theory and cultural studies, needlessly obscure? "Just Being Difficult?" provides learned and thoughtful analyses of the entire question of how critical writing relates to its intended publics and to audiences beyond them. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliog references, index. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747103
ISBN
9780804747103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Hardback. Canuel draws interesting connections between the debate about beauty and justice and issues in cosmopolitanism, queer theory, and animal studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405872
ISBN
9781421405872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.88
€ 49.96

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.33

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Berg, Henk De; Prangel, Matthias. Num Pages: 253 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: AB; DSA; GTC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531124117
ISBN
9783531124117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.41

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