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hardcover. The thesis of this book is that repetition is central to Tolstoy's art. The author argues that Tolstoy uses this device--or rather, complex of devices--to represent and examine the processes by which people structure and give meaning to their experience. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732154
- ISBN
- 9780804732154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.46
€ 104.46
Dead Hands traces the fascinating career of a curious imaginative device: the wandering, disembodied, or ghostly hand. Dexterously threading historical, theoretical, and formalist questions, the author situates this familiar gothic convention in its rich literary and intellectual contexts, from early modern English drama through American fiction. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 line diagrams 8 half-tones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733854
- ISBN
- 9780804733854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.92
€ 86.92
hardcover. For this edition of Jack London's observations on the craft of writing-culled from essays, reviews, letters, and autobiographical writings-a significant amount of new material has been added. Editor(s): Reesman, Jeanne Campbell. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736350
- ISBN
- 9780804736350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.98
€ 126.98
hardcover. In this extended meditation on the language of the self within contemporary social politics, the author ponders the question: What does it matter what you say about yourself? She studies why the requirement to be a something-or-other should be so hard to satisfy in a manner that rings true in the ears of its own subject. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804736725
- ISBN
- 9780804736725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.02
€ 144.02
Hardback. Through a series of careful, historicized readings of works by a range of authors, this book relates both the what and the how of representation to specific theories of embodiment emerging during the early period of medical history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804737739
- ISBN
- 9780804737739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.18
€ 91.18
Hardback. This book examines the early development of the fantastic tale through the works of of the German romantics Ludwig Tieck, Achim von Arnim, and E. T. A. Hoffmann; the subsequent French rediscovery of the genre in works by Theophile Gautier and Prosper Merimee; and Edgar Allan Poe's contributions to the literary form. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738590
- ISBN
- 9780804738590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.78
€ 167.78
Paperback. The fourth novel in the internationally acclaimed Inspector Van Veeteren series Series: The Van Veeteren Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pan
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330512503
- ISBN
- 9780330512503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.60
€ 14.99
€ 12.60
Paperback. * Introduction to the literature of the eighteenth century and its cultural, social and political contexts. * Ties literary developments to the shaping of modernity during the period, including the growth of cities, global trade and travel, and rights for women, workers and slaves. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625157
- ISBN
- 9780745625157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.59
€ 28.59
Paperback. This exciting new Companion explores the interactions between Europe and other peoples of both the New and Old worlds during the English Renaissance, and their effect on the literature, culture, art, and history of the period. Editor(s): Singh, Jyotsna G. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118438800
- ISBN
- 9781118438800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.87
€ 68.87
Paperback. Editor(s): Petry, Alice Hall. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Tennessee Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572336421
- ISBN
- 9781572336421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.47
€ 47.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 175 x 29. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- SIGNET CLASSICS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451530226
- ISBN
- 9780451530226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.15
€ 9.15
hardcover. Series: Clemson University Press. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJC; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Clemson University Digital Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781942954187
- ISBN
- 9781942954187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.48
€ 142.48
Paperback. Ten essays on issues in philosophy, literary theory and intellectual history. The question of radical imperialism of the postmodern turn, the unstated agenda of neoconservative cultural theory and a discussion of Walter Benjamin's place in cultural studies are included in the text. Series: Critical Perspectives on Modern Culture S. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSA; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870239908
- ISBN
- 9780870239908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.86
€ 34.99
€ 34.86
Hardcover. 242pp. First US edition, bumped
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1954
- Publisher
- Cape
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHS1003639
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 48.00
€ 48.00
Paperback. Used some light shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KNH0013362
- ISBN
- 9780747258247
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Perhaps the most accomplished of Austen's novels, Emma is also, after Pride and Prejudice, her most popular. Film and television adaptations testify to the world's enduring affection for headstrong, often misguided Emma Woodhouse and her romantic schemes. Emma: An Annotated Edition is an illuminating gift edition that will be treasured by readers. Editor(s): Tandon, Bharat. Num Pages: 576 pages, 119 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 250 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780674048843
- ISBN
- 9780674048843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 29.39
€ 49.99
€ 29.39
paperback. Girls, memory, parenting, millennial fear - all served Coupland-style. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- HarperPerennial
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006551270
- ISBN
- 9780006551270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.58
€ 14.99
€ 12.58
A perceptive literary critic, a world-famous writer of witty and playful verses for children, a leading authority on children's linguistic creativity and a highly skilled translator, Kornei Chukovsky was a complete man of letters. Editor(s): Erlich, Victor. Translator(s): Heim, Michael Henry. Num Pages: 658 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGL; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- abridged ed
- Number of pages
- 658
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300106114
- ISBN
- 9780300106114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.70€ 58.13
€ 78.70
€ 58.13
Hardcover. Won Book of the Year Adult Non-Fiction-2012 Indie Choice Awards Amazon Best Book of the Month February 2011 An acclaimed novelist reflects on his violent past and a lifestyle that threatened to destroy him-until he was saved by writing. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393064667
- ISBN
- 9780393064667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.55
€ 26.99
€ 26.55
paperback. Translator(s): Hinton, David. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811222631
- ISBN
- 9780811222631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.82
€ 17.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JMM; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138654211
- ISBN
- 9781138654211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.13
€ 59.13
paperback. Identifies and explains a surprising affinity for medievalism and medieval studies among the leading figures of critical theory. This book contains original essays by Bataille and Bourdieu - translated English - that testify in various ways to the strange persistence of medievalisms in French postwar avant-garde writings. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226349749
- ISBN
- 9780226349749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 26.80
€ 34.99
€ 26.80
hardcover. The era of Old Comedy (c. 485--c. 380 BCE), when theatrical comedy was created and established, is best known through the extant plays of Aristophanes. But the work of many other poets, including Cratinus and Eupolis, the other members, with Aristophanes, of the canonical Old Comic Triad, survives in fragments. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 116 x 28. Weight in Grams: 356. LOEB
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780674996625
- ISBN
- 9780674996625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.18
€ 29.99
€ 23.18
Paperback. Stephen Fry's breathtakingly outrageous debut novel, by turns eccentric, shocking, brilliantly comic and achingly romantic. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099457053
- ISBN
- 9780099457053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.13
€ 13.99
€ 11.13