×


 x 

Shopping cart

Literature: history & criticism

Results 25 - 48 of 21239

Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Makes the case that the plot of the "Odyssey" is represented within the narrative as a plan of Zeus, Dios boule, that serves as a guide for the performing poet and as a hermeneutic for the audience. This book proposes a "Zeus-centric" reading that offers perspectives on the tenor of interactions among the "Odyssey's" characters. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 165 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674028128
ISBN
9780674028128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.20

Paperback. Zero's Neighbour is Helene Cixous's tribute to the minimalist genius of the artist in exile who courted nothingness in his writing like nobody else: Samuel Beckett. Translator(s): Milesi, Laurent. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 188 x 123 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644165
ISBN
9780745644165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.46

Hardback. Zero's Neighbour is Helene Cixous's tribute to theminimalist genius of the artist in exile who courted nothingness inhis writing like nobody else: Samuel Beckett. Translator(s): Milesi, Laurent. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 124 x 14. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644158
ISBN
9780745644158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.30

Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804009751
ISBN
9780804009751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.45

Hardcover. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
270
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403934031
ISBN
9781403934031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.10

Paperback. This is a full-length study of Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443), generally recognized as the greatest playwright of Japan's classical Noh theatre. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726771
ISBN
9780804726771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.67

Hardback. Presents the range of Zeami's critical thought on theater and performance, which focused on the aesthetic values of noh and its antecedents, the techniques of playwriting, the place of allusion, the training of actors, the importance of patronage, and the relationship between performance and broader intellectual and critical concerns. Translator(s): Hare, Tom. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: DD; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139588
ISBN
9780231139588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.10
€ 88.23

Paperback. Unfolding the medieval struggle between Christians and Muslims for control of the Iberian Peninsula, this book takes the reader on a Mediterranean tour typical of classical and seventeenth-century romances - from Catalonia to Cyprus and back again - with battles, prophecies, and shipwrecks dotting the crisscrossed paths of the noble lovers. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 185 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468525
ISBN
9780226468525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. In arguing that Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical explanation of the possibility of modernism, the author shows that literary fiction can do the work of philosophy. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804732956
ISBN
9780804732956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 41.84

hardcover. Analyzes the literary, cultural, and ethical effects of six woman writers - Nadezhda Mandel'shtam, Romola Nijinsky, Simone de Beauvoir, Lou Andreas-Salome, Asja Lacis, and Maitreyi Devi - whose lives were twined with the cultural vibrations of their time. Num Pages: 224 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802036902
ISBN
9780802036902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.44

Paperback. A twelfth-century poem by the creator of the Arthurian romance describes the courageous exploits and triumphs of a brave lord who tries to win back his deserted wife's love. Translator(s): Raffel, Professor Burton. Series: Chretien de Troyes Romances. Num Pages: 228 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 60 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300038385
ISBN
9780300038385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.31

Hardcover. Translator(s): Jones, Andrew F. Series: Fiction from Modern China S. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824817824
ISBN
9780824817824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.65

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Celtic Studies Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781891271106
ISBN
9781891271106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.56

Hardcover. Addresses evidence for childhood and youth from the sixth century to the sixteenth, but with particular emphasis on later medieval England. This work features contents such as the idea of childhood in the writing of Gregory of Tours, skaldic verse narratives and their implications for the understanding of kingship, and more. Editor(s): Goldberg, P.J.P.; Riddy, Felicity. Num Pages: 152 pages, Cloth over boards. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBT; JFC; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153130
ISBN
9781903153130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.57

Paperback. Editor(s): Edmond-Paul, Mary. Num Pages: 327 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 2AB; BGLA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Otago University Press New Zealand
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578212
ISBN
9781877578212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. Women's writing in Cameroon has so far been dominated by Francophone writers. This title includes short stories that represent the yearnings and vision of an Anglophone woman, who writes both as a Cameroonian and as a woman whose life has been shaped by the minority status her people occupy within the nation-state. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSB; FA; FYB; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896802063
ISBN
9780896802063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.71

Hardcover. The different versions of Hamlet constitute one of the most vexing puzzles in Shakespeare studies. In this groundbreaking work, Shakespeare scholar Terri Bourus argues that this puzzle can only be solved by drawing on multiple kinds of evidence and analysis, including book and theatre history, biography, performance studies, and close readings. Series: History of Text Technologies. Num Pages: 305 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137465610
ISBN
9781137465610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.46
€ 45.34

Paperback. Revisiting best-selling works ranging from Norman MailerAEs The Naked and the Dead to Joseph HellerAEs Catch-22 , and uncovering a range of unknown archival material, Leah Garrett shows how Jewish writers used the theme of World War II to reshape the American publicAEs ideas about war, the Holocaust, and the role of Jews in postwar life. Series: Cultural Expressions of World War II. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBWJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810131750
ISBN
9780810131750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.66

Hardcover. - Presents important and scholarly criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature - The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism - Contains notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index - Introductory essay by Harold Bloom Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Modern Critical Interpretations S. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Chelsea House Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9780791081242
ISBN
9780791081242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.63
€ 48.83

Hardcover. Drawing on his own experience in the profession, veteran English professor Jerome Klinkowitz discusses the wrong ways of teaching literature before presenting his own method. He concludes that a historically-based "story of English" is the wrong narrative approach to studying literature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809324033
ISBN
9780809324033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.63

Hardcover. In this memoir, the author tells of how, with the help of a tiny sperm vial called "Dad", she and her partner decide to have a child, unleashing a storm of controversy in their small town. From a glowing article in the local newspaper, to prayer vigils, the town responds in different ways. Series: Living Out: Gay & Lesbian Autobiographies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK; JFSK1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299170905
ISBN
9780299170905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.49
€ 53.91

Paperback. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784536992
ISBN
9781784536992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Chronicle Books United States
Number of pages
108
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452148298
ISBN
9781452148298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.47

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Rizzoli Ex Libris
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847849000
ISBN
9780847849000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.95

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!