Literary theory
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Literary theory
Paperback. Examining Levinas's texts and readings by Derrida, Blanchot, and Bataille, this text shows how the thread of the literary leads to the internal tensions of Levinas's ethical discourse. It provides a critical account of Levinas's early and mature philosophy as well as later transitional essays. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226721132
- ISBN
- 9780226721132
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€ 37.99€ 29.52
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Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 72 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 198.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226750279
- ISBN
- 9780226750279
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€ 34.99€ 27.64
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Paperback. Explores the question: How do poems end? This work examines numerous individual poems and examples of common poetic forms in order to reveal the relationship between closure and the overall structure and integrity of a poem. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 311.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763439
- ISBN
- 9780226763439
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€ 40.99€ 31.41
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Paperback. In his exhibition and accompanying essay for the "Taking Sides" programme at the Louvre, Jean Starobinski explores the theme of largesse in its broadest sense. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 220 pages, 30 colour plates, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 298 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1150.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226771366
- ISBN
- 9780226771366
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€ 59.42€ 50.25
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Paperback. Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life. Num Pages: 258 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226772240
- ISBN
- 9780226772240
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€ 32.99€ 25.76
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Paperback. Why do we need new art? How free is the artist in making? And why is the artist, and particularly the poet, a figure of freedom in Western culture? This book explores and celebrates the freedom of artists who, working under finite conditions, make considered choices and shape surprising consequences. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSA; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226773872
- ISBN
- 9780226773872
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€ 34.99€ 27.64
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Paperback. Num Pages: 454 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 227 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791401
- ISBN
- 9780226791401
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€ 37.99€ 29.52
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Hardcover. Of all the writings on theory and aesthetics - ancient, medieval, or modern - the most important is indisputably Aristotle's "Poetics", the first philosophical treatise to propound a theory of literature. The author offers a fresh interpretation of the lost second book of Aristotle's "Poetics". Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226875088
- ISBN
- 9780226875088
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€ 95.07€ 78.49
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231063326
- ISBN
- 9780231063326
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Condition: New
€ 109.33€ 82.56
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231063333
- ISBN
- 9780231063333
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€ 40.99€ 29.35
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Hardback. Editor(s): Davis, Lennard J.; Mirabella, M. Bella. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 316 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; JPFF; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231065665
- ISBN
- 9780231065665
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€ 129.53€ 97.24
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231070867
- ISBN
- 9780231070867
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€ 83.18€ 63.58
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Hardback. More than 450 succinct entries from A to Z help readers make sense of the interdisciplinary knowledge of cultural criticism that includes film, psychoanalytic, deconstructive, poststructuralist, and postmodernist theory as well as philosophy, media studies, linguistics. Editor(s): Childers, Joseph; Hentzi, Gary. Num Pages: 362 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSA; GBC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231072427
- ISBN
- 9780231072427
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€ 134.28€ 100.96
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Paperback. This treatise argues that literary criticism must re-establish connections to a wide range of social activities. It sets out a new type of criticism, called ecological literary criticism, which aims to make humanistic studies more socially responsible. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231100298
- ISBN
- 9780231100298
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€ 40.99€ 29.20
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Hardback. In revealing the source of the ideology of whiteness in the imagination, Cassuto turns to images of blackness in American literature and culture from 1622 to 1865, examining such texts as Swallow Barn, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Typee, and Moby Dick. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSA; DSB; JFCX; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 635.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103367
- ISBN
- 9780231103367
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€ 118.84€ 89.47
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Hardback. Covering dramatic works by Shakespeare, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, and others-and reflecting upon subjects ranging from social attitudes towards racial difference and adultery to the politics of mercantilism and the hierarchy of master/servant relationships-the book reenergizes the discussion of Renaissance drama and history. Num Pages: 464 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSA; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 908.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113328
- ISBN
- 9780231113328
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€ 118.84€ 89.47
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Hardback. In this work philosopher Wolfgang Iser offers a fresh perspective on questions such as why do human beings need fictions? And why do human beings need to interpret, despite the fact that complete interpretation is unattainable? Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119023
- ISBN
- 9780231119023
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€ 109.33€ 83.28
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Paperback. In this work philosopher Wolfgang Iser offers a fresh perspective on questions such as why do human beings need fictions? And why do human beings need to interpret, despite the fact that complete interpretation is unattainable? Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119030
- ISBN
- 9780231119030
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€ 37.99€ 27.32
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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
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€ 104.58€ 79.12
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Paperback. The novelist, critic, and book commentator from National Public Radio's All Things Considered looks back at some of the thousands of books he has read, reviewed, and loved, reflecting on the authors and works that have influenced him in his own writing and then focusing his attention on the process of writing itself. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122719
- ISBN
- 9780231122719
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
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