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Literary theory

Hardback. Ten times, an elderly grey-haired man gets up on the stage. Ten times puffing and sighing. Ten times slowly tracing out strange multi-coloured arabesques that interweave, curling with the meanders of his speech, by turns fluid and uneasy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509510009
ISBN
9781509510009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 231 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226424309
ISBN
9780226424309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.66

Paperback. Often lost in the debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what is being constructed. Ian Hacking looks at the issue of child abuse, and examines the ways in which advanced research on new weapons influences not the content but the form of science. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004122
ISBN
9780674004122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.24

hardcover. This book elaborates the social-psychological concept of schema while championing the literary critical practice of close reading to show how literature reflects, promotes, and contests pervasive sociocultural ideas like race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804795708
ISBN
9780804795708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.77

Paperback. For the first time, Guy Debord's pivotal work Society of the Spectacle appears in a definitive and authoritative English translation. Translator(s): Nicholson-Smith, Donald; Smith, Donald Nicholson-. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
154
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299793
ISBN
9780942299793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. Explores the process of reading as well as the nature of artistic creativity, all the while considering the relation of the literary work to time, to history, and to death. This work reflects on literature and the unique demand it makes upon our attention. Translator(s): Smock, A. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260924
ISBN
9780803260924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.77

paperback. Series: AAR Academy Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AGR; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781555409753
ISBN
9781555409753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.15

Hardback. Series: Irvine Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 316 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231070867
ISBN
9780231070867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.08
€ 62.74

paperback. Num Pages: 406 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 28. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823234356
ISBN
9780823234356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.39

Hardback. Although literary theories describe a world of strategies, what is missing is the strategist. Hjort's proposed account of strategic action brings the strategist back into the picture. She shows how proposed conceptions of strategy are contradictory, underdeveloped and at odds with its actual use. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674840522
ISBN
9780674840522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.29

Hardback. With a foreword by well-known neuroscientist Alain Berthoz, The Style of Gestures convincingly makes the case that embodied cognition is essential to the reception, understanding, and enjoyment of art and literature. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405186
ISBN
9781421405186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.01
€ 61.71

Paperback. Includes essays that extend the author's investigations of the instability of the physical text. This title shows how various texts enters the world under socio-historical conditions that set the stage for a ceaseless process of textual development and mutation. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015187
ISBN
9780691015187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.77
€ 41.98

Paperback. Andrew Parker undertakes a critical reconsideration of the frequently absent, or troubled, figure of the mother in theorists including Marx, Freud, Lacan, and Derrida. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352327
ISBN
9780822352327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.09

Hardback. A clarifying account of the general landscape of critical theory in the United States over the last 30 years ending with the current eclipse of deconstruction. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121347
ISBN
9780231121347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.19
€ 78.05

Paperback. A clarifying account of the general landscape of critical theory in the United States over the last 30 years ending with the current eclipse of deconstruction. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121354
ISBN
9780231121354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.11

Paperback. What, exactly, is knowledge of music? And what does it tell us about humanistic knowledge in general? In this book, the author assesses musical scholarship in the aftermath of critical musicology and musical hermeneutics and in view of concerns with embodiment, affect, and performance. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC; DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288805
ISBN
9780520288805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; ACX; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450235
ISBN
9780801450235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 48.66

Paperback. Series: New Directions in German Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HPC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628927894
ISBN
9781628927894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.60

hardcover. These essays-which consider a wide variety of cultures from ancient Egypt to contemporary Japan- describe the conditions under which cultures that do not dominate each other may yet achieve a limited translatability of cultures. Editor(s): Budick, Sanford; Iser, Wolfgang. Series: Irvine Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 364 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804724845
ISBN
9780804724845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.96

Paperback. These essays-which consider a wide variety of cultures from ancient Egypt to contemporary Japan- describe the conditions under which cultures that do not dominate each other may yet achieve a limited translatability of cultures. Editor(s): Budick, Sanford; Iser, Wolfgang. Series: Irvine Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 364 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 493.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725613
ISBN
9780804725613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.64

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