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Literary theory

Paperback. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction offers insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, human identity, and the power of language. Fully updated for 2011 and including a new chapter on 'Ethics and aesthetics', it steers a clear and lucid path through an often impenetrable subject. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 5 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199691340
ISBN
9780199691340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. The new edition of this bestselling literary theory anthology has been thoroughly updated to include influential texts from innovative new areas, including disability studies, eco-criticism, and ethics. Editor(s): Rivkin, Julie; Ryan, Michael. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 1640 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 244 x 2. Weight in Grams: 2210.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118707852
ISBN
9781118707852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.31

Paperback. Series: The Basics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415538077
ISBN
9780415538077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472592743
ISBN
9781472592743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.85

Paperback. This brilliant guide provides an introductory overview of the history of 'literature' as a cultural concept, reflecting on its contemporary nature, place and function, and what the literary might mean for us today. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0008010
ISBN
9780415169141
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The first and still one of the best critiques of post-1960s cultural radicalism, analyzing why and how the defenders of literature have gone wrong. "A wonderfully trenchant and illuminating inquiry.-Virginia Quarterly Review. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566630979
ISBN
9781566630979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.25

This book represents the first anthropological study of fiction reading and the first ethnography of British literary culture. It is the outcome of long-term engagement with a set of solitary readers who belong to a single literary society. Series Editor(s): Smith, Alexander. Series: New Ethnographies. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK; JHM. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719084546
ISBN
9780719084546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 156.80

Paperback. Literature and Feminism is an exemplary new introduction to feminist literary criticism and theory which assumes no previous knowledge of the field. Clear, informative and carefully structured, it provides a thorough guide to, and path through, one of the most important, but also most difficult, areas of contemporary literary studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631184218
ISBN
9780631184218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.34

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638256
ISBN
9780691638256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.71

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199654390
ISBN
9780199654390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.01

Paperback. These stories of trauma cannot be limited to the catastrophes they name, and the theory of catastrophic history may ultimately be written in a language that already lingers in a time that comes to us from the other side of the disaster. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411552
ISBN
9781421411552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.63

These stories of trauma cannot be limited to the catastrophes they name, and the theory of catastrophic history may ultimately be written in a language that already lingers in a time that comes to us from the other side of the disaster. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411545
ISBN
9781421411545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.08

Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144544
ISBN
9780231144544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.27
€ 51.34

Hardback. Covering definitions of key terms, important debates about literature and the world and the many forms of literature today, this is a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of literature, criticism and theory. Editor(s): Thomsen, Mads Rosendahl; Kjaeldgaard, Lasse Home; Moller, Lis; Ringgaard, Dan; Rosing, Lilian Munk; Simonsen, Peter. Num Pages: 464 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 927.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474271974
ISBN
9781474271974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.17

Paperback. Language is our key to imagining the world, others, and ourselves. Yet sometimes our ways of talking dehumanize others and trivialize human experience. In war other people are imagined as enemies to be killed. This book examines the ethics of human expression - in the law and in the rest of life. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; DSA; JPVH2; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138374
ISBN
9780691138374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

In a clear and readable style, Living with Theory maps out contemporary theory, tracing its complex configurations, its political preoccupations, and its relations with literature. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405175296
ISBN
9781405175296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.34

Hardback. Using the events of May '68 as a historical touchstone, this book examines the political ramifications of the literary, philosophical, and psychoanalytic work known as French theory. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724456
ISBN
9780804724456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; DSA; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823271108
ISBN
9780823271108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816619542
ISBN
9780816619542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.28

Hardback. This volume offers a new kind of reading and thinking experience as it tells the life and travel stories of fascinating women and examines women's physical mobility in a culture of gendered, postcolonial space that restricts their movement. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 400 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 665.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732925
ISBN
9780804732925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.01

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