Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474401036
- ISBN
- 9781474401036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.46€ 100.33
€ 103.46
€ 100.33
Paperback. The Riddle in the Poem is a study of the ramifications of riddles and riddle elements in the context of selected twentieth-century poetry. It includes works by Francis Ponge, Wallace Stevens, Richard Wilbur, Rainer M. Rilke, and Henrikas Radauskas. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 186 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761828457
- ISBN
- 9780761828457
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Condition: New
€ 79.40
€ 79.40
Paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1K; DSB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816648412
- ISBN
- 9780816648412
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Condition: New
€ 34.94
€ 34.94
"At Zero Point" presents a new way of looking at Restoration culture, discourse and satire. The book locates a rupture in English culture and epistemology not at the end of the 18th century (when it occurred in France) but at the end of the 17th century. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations, bibliographical references. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813120393
- ISBN
- 9780813120393
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Condition: New
€ 49.67
€ 49.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Ziegler, Heide. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822308188
- ISBN
- 9780822308188
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.25
€ 35.99
€ 32.25
Paperback. Looks at works such as Ghitany's Kitab Al-Tajalliyat [The Book of Theophanies], where the title and style imitate Ibn 'Arabi; Ouettar's Al-Waliyy Al-Taher [The Holy Saint], where the protagonist allegorizes Algerian history, and multiple works by Ibrahim Al-Koni. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSK; HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748695850
- ISBN
- 9780748695850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.41
€ 37.99
€ 34.41
Hardback. Arabic novelists are increasingly finding a source of literary innovation and political transgression in the language and ideas of mediaeval Sufi thinkers and writers. This book presents close readings of the work of the Egyptian Gamal Al-Ghitany, the Algerian Taher Ouettar and the Touareg Libyan Ibrahim Al-Koni, all of whom have turned to Sufism. Series Editor(s): El-Enany, Rasheed. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641406
- ISBN
- 9780748641406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.46€ 99.72
€ 103.46
€ 99.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316695
- ISBN
- 9780822316695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.87
€ 30.99
€ 27.87
Paperback. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937687
- ISBN
- 9780813937687
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Condition: New
€ 38.46
€ 38.46
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937670
- ISBN
- 9780813937670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.65
€ 77.65
Hardback. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801443695
- ISBN
- 9780801443695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.43
€ 74.43
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Melikoglu, Koray. Series: Studies in English Literatures. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783898219785
- ISBN
- 9783898219785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.46
€ 50.46
Hardback. In this book Zeina G. Halabi examines the figure of the intellectual as profet national icon, and exile in contemporary Arabic literature and film. Staging a comparative dialogue with writers and critics such as Elias Khoury, Edward Said, Jurji Zaidan, and Mahmoud Darwish, Halabi focuses on new articulations of loss, displacement, and memory. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474421393
- ISBN
- 9781474421393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.46€ 101.83
€ 103.46
€ 101.83
Hardcover. Joseph Conrad is not only one of the world's great writers of English literature, but was a writer who lived a particularly full and interesting life. This biography analyzes several aspects of Conrad's life and works: his problems with the English language; his borrowings from French writers; and his attitude toward socialism. Series: Studies in English & American Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 806 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1358. A Life. Series: Studies in English & American Literature & Culture. 806 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Joseph Conrad is not only one of the world's great writers of English literature, but was a writer who lived a particularly full and interesting life. This biography analyzes several aspects of Conrad's life and works: his problems with the English language; his borrowings from French writers; and his attitude toward socialism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 33. Weight: 1290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571133472
- ISBN
- 9781571133472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.71€ 88.09
€ 97.71
€ 88.09
Hardback. An historical and political reading of late-nineteenth-century British novels by Olive Schreiner, Thomas Hardy, George Gissing, Arthur Conan Doyle, G. A. Henty, and Sarah Grand. Examines how these novels represent the emergence of a fantasy of the state as a heroic actor. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823241996
- ISBN
- 9780823241996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.49
€ 74.49
Paperback. Tracks the ways in which human beings were defined in contrast to supernatural and demonic creatures during the time of the Scientific Revolution. Explaining that the word 'monster' is derived from the Latin for 'omen' or 'warning', the author begins with an exploration of the monster's early identity as a portent or messenger from God. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325680
- ISBN
- 9780822325680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Hardback. Essayist Michel de Montaigne is one of the widely read authors from the sixteenth century. This title pursues the idea that theory has altered the scholarly understanding of Montaigne, while Montaigne's ideas have simultaneously challenged the authority of the various interpretive doxa collectively known as 'theory'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988900
- ISBN
- 9780295988900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.94
€ 124.94
Paperback. Essayist Michel de Montaigne is one of the widely read authors from the sixteenth century. This title pursues the idea that theory has altered the scholarly understanding of Montaigne, while Montaigne's ideas have simultaneously challenged the authority of the various interpretive doxa collectively known as 'theory'. Editor(s): Zalloua, Zahi. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988917
- ISBN
- 9780295988917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.36
€ 38.36
Hardback. The Rhetoric of Error considers the important role of error in eighteenth-century accounts of language, subjectivity, and epistemology in authors such as Locke, Smith, Coleridge, Kant, Goethe, and Kleist. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770170
- ISBN
- 9780804770170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.86
€ 84.86
Hardcover. This book demonstrates how the competitive context in which Athenian comic drama was performed shaped the poetry and plots of Aristophanes' plays. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521764070
- ISBN
- 9780521764070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.72
€ 86.72
Hardback. Many readers are struck by Elizabeth Bishop's use of clear, striking descriptions of the physical world, and no scholar has ever asked how Bishop's commitment to description shapes her writing and thinking. This book argues that attention to the material realm informs everything Bishop does. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773535053
- ISBN
- 9780773535053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.08
€ 134.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431424863
- ISBN
- 9781431424863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.09
€ 23.99
€ 21.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 627 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 627
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804001519
- ISBN
- 9780804001519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.98
€ 46.99
€ 41.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; APT; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441166142
- ISBN
- 9781441166142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.23
€ 42.99
€ 36.23