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Literary theory

Paperback. Through the concept of contamination, this title highlights various ways that one text may invade another, carrying with it a residue of potential meaning. Focusing on written works, this text features the scope ranging widely over music, politics, art, science, philosophy, religion, and social studies. Series: Textual Cultures: Theory and Praxis. Num Pages: 385 pages, 40 b&w illus. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222169
ISBN
9780253222169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.37

Paperback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CJBR; DSA; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081958
ISBN
9780252081958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Bridging the divide between American pragmatism and contemporary european thought Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780252073878
ISBN
9780252073878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Where are the women writers of color? Where are their theoretical voices? This title examines the ways that women writers of color have contributed to the discourse of literary and cultural theory. It focuses on the impact of key issues, such as social construction and identity politics, and on the works of women writers of color. Editor(s): Stanley, Sandra Carson. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252066665
ISBN
9780252066665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 43.16

Hardback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252040481
ISBN
9780252040481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

Hardback. Rethinking digital literary criticism by situating computational work within the broader context of the humanities Series: Topics in the Digital Humanities. Num Pages: 112 pages, 3 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: DSA; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252036415
ISBN
9780252036415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Hardback. What do philosophy and literary studies have to learn from each other? How does Ronell place her work within gender studies? What does psychoanalysis have to contribute to contemporary thought? This title is a self-reflection of the worlds and walls against which Avital Ronell crashed. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252034145
ISBN
9780252034145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Hardback. Editor(s): Weinstein, Jami; Colebrook, Claire. Series: Critical Life Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCB; HPCF7; JFFR; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172141
ISBN
9780231172141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43
€ 89.80

Hardback. Editor(s): Hayot, Eric; Walkowitz, Rebecca L. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231165204
ISBN
9780231165204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.22
€ 79.41

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

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

Hardback. Linguist, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist Julia Kristeva explores one aspect of 20th-century culture - rebellion - in this text. She illustrates the advances and impasses of rebel culture through the experiences of three 20th-century writers: Jean-Paul Sartre, Louis Aragon and Roland Barthes. Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109963
ISBN
9780231109963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.22
€ 79.41

Paperback. Reflexivity refers to those moments in fiction when the work suddenly calls attention to itself as a fictional construct. This study explores reflexivity from different viewpoints, reviewing the rise of modernism and the production process in such films as "Rear Window" and "Tom Jones". Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: APFA; DSA; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 330 x 26. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231079457
ISBN
9780231079457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

paperback. Num Pages: 331 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; J. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074018
ISBN
9780231074018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Hardback. This juxtaposition of Virginia Woolf and Christa Wolf, writers of two distinct cultures, countries and generations, focuses on the strategies the two authors share in creating their female characters. Hermann looks at each author within the social and historical conditions that produced them, employ Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231066426
ISBN
9780231066426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.74
€ 72.48

Paperback. This volume brings together Caminer's letters, poems and journalistic writings, providing an intellectual biography of this remarkable woman, as well as a glimpse into her intimate correspondence. Editor(s): Sama, Catherine M. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226817682
ISBN
9780226817682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. How has literature become established as a separate domain within the university? Demonstrating that these questions of division are intricately related, Peggy Kamuf explores in this text, the space that the university devotes to the study of literature. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226423241
ISBN
9780226423241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226398174
ISBN
9780226398174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.19

Paperback. Myra Jehlen's aim in these essays is to read for what she calls the edge of literature: the point at which writing seems unable to say more, which is also, for Jehlen, the threshold of the real. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226396019
ISBN
9780226396019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Drawing deeply from the well of Brombert's own experience, Musings on Mortality is more than mere literary criticism: it is a moving and elegant book for all to learn and live by. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226323824
ISBN
9780226323824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.39

paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226251417
ISBN
9780226251417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.73

Paperback. Explores the intersection of beauty and violence by examining university lectures and course materials on aesthetics along with riots, acts of domestic terrorism, and magic lantern exhibitions. This work suggests that the distance separating academic thinking and popular wisdom about social transformation is narrower than we generally suppose. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226096292
ISBN
9780226096292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Hardcover. Explores the intersection of beauty and violence by examining university lectures and course materials on aesthetics along with riots, acts of domestic terrorism, and magic lantern exhibitions. This work suggests that the distance separating academic thinking and popular wisdom about social transformation is narrower than we generally suppose. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226096285
ISBN
9780226096285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.74
€ 79.10

Hardback. Covering a diverse range of figures and issues from Jonathan Swift's pornographic poetry to Oscar Wilde's famous cello-shaped coat this book collapses Irish studies into the critical perspective of disability studies: linking 'Irishness' and 'disability' together allows the emergence of a new critical perspective, an Irish disability studies. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy in illustrated covers with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004414
ISBN
9780230574656
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. A full-length account of Barthes' lecture courses given in Paris,1977-80, placing his teaching within institutional, intellectual and personal contexts. Analysing texts and recordings of the four lectures together with his 1970s output, it brings together all the strands of Barthes' activity as writer, teacher and public intellectual. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318436
ISBN
9781846318436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.00

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