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Literary theory

Paperback. Discusses the fundamental role played by such authors as Benjamin, Bloch and Lukacs in the shaping of Critical Theory. This book addresses more practical issues related to critical theory. It looks at elements in Benjamin's aesthetics and then in Adorno. Editor(s): Ludovisi, Stefano Giacchetti. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 208 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874130720
ISBN
9780874130720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.92

Hardback. A brilliant collection of short essays on literary subjects e.g. Beckett, Balzac, Proust, Thomas Mann, Dickens, Goethe, Heine, the lyric, realism, the essay, and the contemporary novel by the great social theorist (1903-1969), originally published in 1958 as Noten zur literature (Suhrkamp Verlag, F Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Translator(s): Nicholson, S.W. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 350 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231063326
ISBN
9780231063326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.33
€ 82.56

Paperback. The author, a noted literary critic, presents a selection of his thought on Balzac, Valery, Dickens, Goethe, Heine, Hoelderlin, lyric poetry, realism, the essay and the contemporary novel. Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Translator(s): Nicholson, S.W. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 350 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231063333
ISBN
9780231063333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. Using a unique four-dimensional lens to frame questions of diaspora in the writings of women from Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, Mehta expands notions of Caribbean identity. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230618817
ISBN
9780230618817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2012
SKU
V9781349350537
ISBN
9781349350537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.97
€ 105.49

Hardback. Drawing on an eclectic range of texts and figures, from the Greek Cynics to Tori Amos, Nick Salvato finds that embarrassment, laziness, slowness, cynicism, and digressiveness can paradoxically enable alternative modes of intellectual production. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360841
ISBN
9780822360841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.87

Paperback. Drawing on an eclectic range of texts and figures, from the Greek Cynics to Tori Amos, Nick Salvato finds that embarrassment, laziness, slowness, cynicism, and digressiveness can paradoxically enable alternative modes of intellectual production. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360988
ISBN
9780822360988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. This new release of Of Grammatology makes one of contemporary criticism's most indispensable works even more accessible and usable. Translator(s): Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
40th Anniversary edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419954
ISBN
9781421419954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.57

Paperback. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight: 334.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643172
ISBN
9780748643172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.87

Hardback. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AGH; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748640539
ISBN
9780748640539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.69
€ 129.49

Hardback. This book aligns ancient and early modern European travel narratives and historical surveys of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and Russia with texts that contributed to English ideas about those regions: Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and Love's Labour's Lost, Milton's Paradise Lost and Muscovia, and Dryden's Aureng-Zebe. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 2AB; 3J; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804743372
ISBN
9780804743372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.50

Hardback. .
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611487916
ISBN
9781611487916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.78

Paperback. This book presents a critical analysis of Portuguese Nobel Laureate Jos Saramagos three novels, Baltasar and Blimunda (1982), The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (1984), and The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1989). Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536976
ISBN
9781557536976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.38

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350016804
ISBN
9781350016804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.10

Paperback. On Literary Worlds develops new strategies and perspectives for understanding aesthetic worlds by developing a vocabulary for the description of aesthetic worlds,using that vocabulary to rewrite the history of literature of the last 400 years. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190278274
ISBN
9780190278274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.72

Paperback. Beginning with the nature of literature, this also asks the questions of why we should read literature and why literature has such authority over us.This will be essential reading for any interested in the future of literature. Series: Thinking in Action. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415261258
ISBN
9780415261258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.50

Paperback. An analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392. Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection. 232 pages, illustrations. An analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HP. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight: 390.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
10th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313663
ISBN
9780822313663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Paperback. Series: Heritage of Sociology S. Num Pages: 342 pages, 1Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226080789
ISBN
9780226080789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

hardcover. The author of the widely acclaimed Morphology of the Folktale has written an original, comprehensive, and exciting study on how humour works, and on everything you wanted to know about the genre, in a clear, approachable, and insightful manner. Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics & Communication. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802099266
ISBN
9780802099266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.96

Paperback. This volume presents three essays by the French philosopher and theorist Jacques Derrida on the ethical, political and linguistic issues posed by the act of "naming" Translator(s): Dutoit, Thomas. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725552
ISBN
9780804725552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

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