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Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816694396
ISBN
9780816694396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.84

Paperback. This work argues that the map of modernist poetry needs to be redrawn so as to include a central tradition that cannot properly be located within the Romantic-Symbolist tradition that dominated the early-20th century. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810117648
ISBN
9780810117648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.91

Hardcover. A meeting of great minds at the intersection of the arts and sciences Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; PDA; PSAJ; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934137727
ISBN
9781934137727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.02

Paperback. Essential readings in the philosophy of literature are brought together for the first time in this anthology. Editor(s): John, Eileen; Lopes, Dominic McIver. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405112086
ISBN
9781405112086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 47.19

Paperback. By exploring central issues in the philosophy of literature, illustrated by a wide range of novels, poems, and plays, Philosophy of Literature gets to the heart of why literature matters to us and sheds new light on the nature and interpretation of literary works. Series: Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405121989
ISBN
9781405121989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.73

Paperback. Probes the nature of linguistic or symbolic action as it relates to specific novels, plays, and poems. Num Pages: 463 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520024830
ISBN
9780520024830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.29

Paperback. Previously published in German, under the title Der philosophische Dialog: eine Poetik und Hermeneutik. Meunchen: Beck, c2006. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268030971
ISBN
9780268030971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.08

Paperback. Many courses in literary or cultural studies include some discussion of psychoanalysis, structuralism, post-modernism, linguistics and semiotics. This dictionary should bring the reader information on the wide variety of interdisciplinary topics in critical theory. Num Pages: 496 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSA; GBC; HP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140513691
ISBN
9780140513691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488436
ISBN
9780801488436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.36

Hardcover. The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Literary Studies applies developments in cognitive science to a wide range of literary texts that span multiple historical periods and numerous national literary traditions. Editor(s): Zunshine, Lisa. Series: Oxford Handbooks of Literature. Num Pages: 680 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 183 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1288.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199978069
ISBN
9780199978069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 236.38

Paperback. Essays discuss poetry, communication, television, form, aesthetics, bad taste, and art. Translator(s): Cancogni, Anna. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674639768
ISBN
9780674639768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Hardback. In The Official World Mark Seltzer analyzes the suspense fiction, films, and performance art of Patricia Highsmith, Tom McCarthy, Cormac McCarthy, J.G. Ballard, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and others to demonstrate that the modern world continuously establishes itself through the staging of its own conditions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360865
ISBN
9780822360865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.15

Hardcover. The 700-year history of the novel in English defies straightforward telling. Encompassing a range of genres, it is geographically and culturally boundless and influenced by great novelists working in other languages. Michael Schmidt, choosing as his travel companions not critics or theorists but other novelists, does full justice to its complexity. Num Pages: 1180 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 257 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1874.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724730
ISBN
9780674724730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 41.74

Hardcover. Exploring the importance of language in the Victorian novel Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472071135
ISBN
9780472071135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.41

Paperback. Exploring the importance of language in the Victorian novel Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472051137
ISBN
9780472051137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.45

paperback. Discusses developments in new historicism, containing essays on the emergence of the Third World as a signifier, the relationship of feminism and new historicism, and the loss of the category "class" in new historicism. This work should be of interest to students of literature and history. Editor(s): Veeser, Harold. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBA; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415900706
ISBN
9780415900706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.71

Paperback. The Neutral ( le neutre) escapes or undoes the paradigmatic binary oppositions that structure and produce meaning in Western thought and discourse. This book centers around 23 "figures," also referred to as "traits" or "twinklings," that are possible embodiments of the Neutral or of the anti-Neutral. Translator(s): Kraus, Rosalind; Hollier, Denis. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544. Lecture Course at the College de France (1977-1978). Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 312 pages, illustrations. The Neutral ( le neutre) escapes or undoes the paradigmatic binary oppositions that structure and produce meaning in Western thought and discourse. This book centers around 23 "figures," also referred to as "traits" or "twinklings," that are possible embodiments of the Neutral or of the anti-Neutral. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 18. Weight: 560. Translator(s): Kraus, Rosalind.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134057
ISBN
9780231134057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.38

Paperback. What happens within us when we read a novel? And how does a novel create its unique effects, so distinct from those of a painting, a film, or a poem? This book takes us into the worlds of the writer and the reader, revealing their intimate connections. Translator(s): Dikbas, Nazim. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571326136
ISBN
9780571326136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Hardback. The Mother in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction examines the uncanny properties of the maternal function in psychoanalysis, technology, and literature in order to show that the event of birth is radically unthinkable and often becomes expressed through uncontrollable repetitions that exceed the bounds of any subject. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823240555
ISBN
9780823240555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.14

paperback. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
OUP USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032535
ISBN
9780195014716
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

Paperback. We have all wondered about the meaning of life. Is there an answer? Is it up to us? Or is the question a bogus one? Terry Eagleton takes a witty, stimulating look at this most compelling of questions - and proposes his own answer. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 128 pages, 12 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199532179
ISBN
9780199532179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.74

Hardback. This title questions the presupposition that interpretation is the basic problem of language and examines how assumptions about the constructed nature of the object of interpretation affect current discussions about interpretation in the humanities. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 323.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734325
ISBN
9780804734325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.96

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604374
ISBN
9780691604374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.75

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH; DSC; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633510
ISBN
9780691633510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.02

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