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Literary theory

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Literary theory

Paperback. This expanded edition features six new chapters, each of which provides a concise history of a literary term, critically explores the issues and questions that the term raises, and then puts theory into practice by showing the reading strategies that the term permits. Editor(s): Lentricchia, Frank; McLaughlin, Thomas. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 173 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862. 480 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Lentricchia, Frank; McLaughlin, Thomas. This expanded edition features six new chapters, each of which provides a concise history of a literary term, critically explores the issues and questions that the term raises, and then puts theory into practice by showing the reading strategies that the term permits. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSA. Dimension: 232 x 173 x 33. Weight: 762.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226472034
ISBN
9780226472034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFR; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231169424
ISBN
9780231169424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173436
ISBN
9780691173436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.96

Hardback. Written from various critical standpoints by international scholars, Scottish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion interrogates the ways in which the concepts of the Gothic and Scotland have intersected and been manipulated from the mideighteenth century to the present day. Editor(s): Davison, Carol Margaret; Germana, Dr. Monica. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 black and white illustrations, 1 line art. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; DSB; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474408196
ISBN
9781474408196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.96
€ 109.07

Paperback. The ethical question is the question of our times. Within critical theory, it has focused on the act of reading. This original and courageous study reverses the terms of inquiry to analyse the ethical composition of the act of writing. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641796
ISBN
9780748641796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Hardback. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSA; DSB; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 2. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319387666
ISBN
9783319387666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.74

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198186328
ISBN
9780198186328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.00
€ 133.96

Paperback. Not exercising as much as you should? Counting your calories in your sleep? Feeling ashamed for not being happier? You may be a victim of the wellness syndrome. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745655611
ISBN
9780745655611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.76

Hardback. Editor(s): Garratt, Peter. Num Pages: 259 pages, 4 colour illustrations, 4 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137593283
ISBN
9781137593283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.85

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

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Roland Barthes was the leading figure of French Structuralism, the theoretical movement of the 1960s which revolutionized the study of literature and culture, as well as history and psychoanalysis. But Barthes was a man who disliked orthodoxies. This book surveys Barthes' work in prose. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 13 halftones and 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSB; GTE; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 115 x 9. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192801593
ISBN
9780192801593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. This Special Issue of the journal Paragraph proposes a new reading of the College de France Lectures of Roland Barthes. Editor(s): Pieters, Jurgen; Pint, Kris. Series: Paragraph Special Issues. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
122
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748636921
ISBN
9780748636921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Paperback. A new book by America's leading literary critic on the uses of deep reading. Practical, inspirational and learned, How to Read and Why is Bloom's manifesto for the preponderance of written culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Harpercollins Pb
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841150390
ISBN
9781841150390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. Asks how stories affect the way we think about time and, in particular, how they condition thinking about the future. Focusing on surprise and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories are mechanisms that reconcile what is taking place with what can have been. It provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748676293
ISBN
9780748676293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 103.50

Paperback. Moving subtly through a diverse range of thinkers and topics - aesthetics, affect, animation and film studies, bibliography, cognitive science, this book shows that a more sustained, less apocalyptic attention to ideas might lead to a richer discussion of our intellectual landscapes and the place of the humanities and social sciences in it. Editor(s): Potts, Jason; Stout, Daniel. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; HP; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356813
ISBN
9780822356813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415215190
ISBN
9780415215190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Paperback. A book which should appeal to both literary theorists and to readers of the novel, this study invites the reader to consider how the plot reflects the patterns of human destiny and seeks to impose a new meaning on life. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674748927
ISBN
9780674748927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 135 x 4. Weight in Grams: 88.
Publisher
Thimble Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903355230
ISBN
9780903355230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.23

Hardback. Brings Italian film studies into dialogue with fields outside its usual purview by showing how films can contribute to our understanding of aesthetic questions that stretch back to Homer. Num Pages: 232 pages, 34, 34 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; APFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411668
ISBN
9781421411668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.13
€ 47.68

Hardcover. Focusing insistently on the practice of rhetorical reading, this book demonstrates how self-undoing of tropological systems necessarily generates narratives which turn out to be allegories of their own conditions of impossibility. It contains two essays on Paul de Man and literary theory, and an interview on the topic of 'Deconstruction at Yale'. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748681228
ISBN
9780748681228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 103.50

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