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Literary studies: general

Hardback. Examines the revolution in Sanskrit poetics initiated by the ninth-century Kashmiri Anandavardhana who replaced the formalist aesthetic of earlier poeticians with one stressing the unifunctionality of literary texts, arguing that all components of a work should subserve a single purpose - the communication of a single emotional mood (rasa). Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 470 pages. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032736
ISBN
9780674032736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.39
€ 54.39

Hardback. Michel de Montaigne's (1533-1592) Essais, was a profound study of human subjectivity. More than three hundred years before the advent of psychoanalysis, Montaigne embarked on a remarkable quest to see and imagine the self from a variety of vantage points. This title traces Montaigne's development of the Western concept of the self. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231119924
ISBN
9780231119924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.58
€ 78.02

Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226484549
ISBN
9780226484549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452970
ISBN
9780801452970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.47

Paperback. Editor(s): Lipking, Lawrence. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476778
ISBN
9780801476778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.86

Hardcover. This text demonstrates that the theatrum repudiated by medieval clerics was not "theatre" as we understand the term today. The author contends that critics have misrepresented Western stage history because they have assumed that theatrum designates a place where drama is performed. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSA; DSBB; DSG; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226110301
ISBN
9780226110301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.27
€ 60.71

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854112613
ISBN
9781854112613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.60

Hardback. Series: Border Lines S. Num Pages: 171 pages, Illustrationsports. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; BG; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
171
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854112606
ISBN
9781854112606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.49

Hardback. Offers a narrative history of the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights era. This title reveals how artistic collectives in New York, Chicago, and Washington fostered a sense of destiny and belonging among diverse and disenchanted peoples. Num Pages: 608 pages, 60 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1176.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141350
ISBN
9780691141350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.89

Paperback. This volume offers a broad psychoanalytic study of Vonnegut's works from "Player Piano" to "Hocus Pocus". It explores how Vonnegut incorporates his personal experiences into an art that is not defeatist, but rather creatively therapeutic and life-affirming. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817307523
ISBN
9780817307523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Focusing on works by Rene Crevel, Jean-Paul Sartre, Roland Barthes, and Herve Guibert, this book studies how the figures of homosexuality function at the limits of narrative, as part of the deep structure of narrative, and at the border between public and private discourse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724678
ISBN
9780804724678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.12

Hardback. As traditional notions of masculinity have been put into question, there have been representational reactions to and articulations of changing masculinities in post-modern culture. Certain contemporary French cultural productions are illustrative of these changing masculinities. This book offers a comprehensive examination of these manifestations. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DSB; JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846312151
ISBN
9781846312151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.51

Hardback. This book focuses on the extension of realist writing toward alterity, toward otherness, in its ongoing efforts to enable individuals to speak and be heard correctly. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804743334
ISBN
9780804743334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.40

Hardback. Focuses on the ways in which a number of French literary narratives written in the realist tradition show a dynamic balance between the desire of the author/narrator to present a verisimilar world and the need for aesthetic balance. This book discusses some of the subversive paths taken in realism. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 483.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823231355
ISBN
9780823231355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.43

Paperback. This collection of 15 essays deals with the representations, theories, and problematics of homosexuality in French writing of the 19th and 20th centuries Editor(s): Fisher, Dominique D.; Schehr, Lawrence R. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729758
ISBN
9780804729758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.67

Hardback. An analysis of the complex relations between narrative, theory, interpretation and homosexuality in the work of Marcel Proust, Roland Barthes, Michel Tournier and Renaud Camus. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724173
ISBN
9780804724173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.21

Hardback. Based on 19th-century French novels, this book argues that the point defining realism is the point at which the processes of representation break down, a sort of black hole of textuality, a rent in the tissue. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804727877
ISBN
9780804727877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.10
€ 70.61

hardcover. In studying the white male body, a counterpoint in gender studies to the many readings of the representations of the female body, this book considers works by such authors as Poe, Maupassant, Moravia, Tournier, Roth, Guibert, and Foucault. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804729192
ISBN
9780804729192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555973049
ISBN
9781555973049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.01

hardcover. A revisionary account of the powerful myths that grew up around the production and reception of the great medieval poem. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 239 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107043633
ISBN
9781107043633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.41

Paperback. This collection of writings on Frederick Douglass examines the explicit and implicit philosophical themes and arguments that resonate through his texts. Contributors to the volume include Angela Davis, Bernard Boxill, Howard McGary and Lewis Gordon. Editor(s): Lawson, Bill; Kirkland, Frank (Hunter College, City University of New York Graduate Center USA). Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 424 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631205784
ISBN
9780631205784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.31

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813562117
ISBN
9780813562117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.13

Paperback. Lyly's most elegantly structured play, newly edited from the quarto of 1601 Editor(s): Scragg, Leah. Series: Revels Plays. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719072475
ISBN
9780719072475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.04

Paperback. Examines the lives and selected writings of five major contemporary French women writers: Simone de Beauvoir, Nathalie Sarraute, Marguerite Duras, Monique Wittig, and Maryse Conde. Part literary criticism and part biography, this book seeks mainly to shed light on how these writers' works illustrate the fine line that separates fact from fiction. Num Pages: 259 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 341.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803272583
ISBN
9780803272583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.31

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