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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This book, by one of Italy's most important and original contemporary philosophers, represents a broad, general, and ambitious undertaking-nothing less than an attempt to rethink the nature of poetic language and to rearticulate relationships among theology, poetry, and philosophy in a tradition of literature initiated by Dante. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADL; 2ADT; CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 209.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730228
ISBN
9780804730228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.33

Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482973
ISBN
9781611482973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.12

Paperback. The Ends of Literature analyzes the part played by literature within contemporary Latin American thought and politics, above all the politics of neoliberalism. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADSL; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804743464
ISBN
9780804743464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.23

Paperback. "The Ends of Mourning" explores from an interdisciplinary perspective the crisis of contemporary culture with respect to the problem of mourning. The book charts the emergence and development of the problem of mourning in the writings of Freud, Proust and Freud's successor Lacan. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JHBZ; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747776
ISBN
9780804747776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 26.97

Paperback. Rhetoric is an area of study without accepted certainties, not yet parcelled into subdivisions and adhering to no fixed protocols. It is a noisy field in the cybernetic sense of the term: a fertile ground for creative innovation. This text embodies the interdisciplinary character of rhetoric. Editor(s): Bender, John; Wellbery, David E. Num Pages: 252 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3810 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718189
ISBN
9780804718189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.18

hardcover. Rhetoric is an area of study without accepted certainties, not yet parcelled into subdivisions and adhering to no fixed protocols. It is a noisy field in the cybernetic sense of the term: a fertile ground for creative innovation. This text embodies the interdisciplinary character of rhetoric. Editor(s): Bender, John; Wellbery, David E. Num Pages: 252 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804718172
ISBN
9780804718172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.23

Paperback. The two Shelleys, Byron, Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont, and John William Polidori (Byron's physician) spent a "wet, ungenial summer in the Swiss Alps." Byron suggested that "each write a ghost story." If one is to trust Mary Shelley's account, only she and "poor Polidori" took the contest seriously. Editor(s): Levine, George; Knoepflmacher, U. C. Num Pages: 362 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520046405
ISBN
9780520046405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.65

Hardcover. Presents a study of the English Renaissance translations of Virgil's Aeneid. This volume covers the period from the beginning of Elizabeth's reign to the start of the English Civil War, during which time there were thirteen authors who composed substantial translations of Virgil's epic. It offers original readings of influential texts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADL; CFP; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 248 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748699087
ISBN
9780748699087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.93
€ 100.65

Drawing on the disciplines of book history, translation studies, comparative literature, and visual studies, the author focuses on the book as an object, examining how specific copies of manuscripts and printed books were presented to an English readership by a variety of translators. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 900.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646032
ISBN
9781442646032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.98

Paperback. A new account of medieval and Renaissance clown traditions reveals the true extent of their cultural influence. Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature. Num Pages: 258 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations, 6 black and white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843566
ISBN
9781843843566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.30

Hardback. Editor(s): Haigron, David. Num Pages: 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319532721
ISBN
9783319532721
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.64

Hardcover. This is the first comprehensive study of the English crime play, presenting a survey of 250 plays performed in the London West End between 1900 and 2000. The first part is historically orientated while the second one establishes a tentative poetics of the genre. The third part presents an analysis of some 20 plays adapted from detective fiction. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137463036
ISBN
9781137463036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.55

Paperback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1967
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401034968
ISBN
9789401034968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.79

Paperback. Examines the role the fable played in the development of English literature and culture in the period 1651-1740. Series Editor(s): Erskine-Hill, Howard; Richetti, John. Series: Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature & Thought. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521025317
ISBN
9780521025317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.07

Paperback. The English Handbook: A Guide to Literary Studies is a comprehensive new textbook providing essential practical and analytical reading and writing skills for literature students at all levels. The Handbook features coverage of all key areas, from sonnets to irony to close textual analysis. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405183758
ISBN
9781405183758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.80

paperback. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBD; L. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349518104
ISBN
9781349518104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.42

Hardback. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403935731
ISBN
9781403935731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.06

Hardcover. Describes each of Richard Rolle books and includes details of contents and codicology. This book includes an introduction to his work explaining its significance, examining the transmission of his writings, and providing a guide to the conventions of presentation used in the catalogue. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 188 x 20. Weight in Grams: 978.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898201
ISBN
9780859898201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349114597
ISBN
9781349114597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.72

Hardback. This study of the English novel at mid-century looks at the work of Henry Green, Anthony Powell, Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333522424
ISBN
9780333522424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.61

Hardback. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333346037
ISBN
9780333346037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.86

Paperback. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 347.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349175147
ISBN
9781349175147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 185.19

Paperback. Presents a wide-ranging and humorous introduction to the English novel from Daniel Defoe to the present day. This book distils the essentials of the theory of the novel. It covers the works of major authors, including Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, Walter Scott, Jane Austen, the Brontes, Charles Dickens and George Eliot. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405117074
ISBN
9781405117074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.58

Paperback. The definitive scholarly edition of Herbert's complete English poems, accompanied by extensive explanatory and textual apparatus. Editor(s): Wilcox, Helen. Num Pages: 788 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1176. 786 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Wilcox, Helen. The definitive scholarly edition of Herbert's complete English poems, accompanied by extensive explanatory and textual apparatus. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 35. Weight: 1222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
786
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521177207
ISBN
9780521177207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.78

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