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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback / so. Series: Kulturwissenschaftliche Studien Zur Deutschen Literatur. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CF; DSB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531131580
ISBN
9783531131580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.31

Hardback. This book isolates and examines the main arteries running through the intermingled forces prompting the quest to endow life with meaning. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 467 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; GT; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
467
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402098017
ISBN
9781402098017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.23

The only full-length study of existentialism in America, this highly engaging and original work provides an invaluable guide to the history of American culture since the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18, 17 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HPCF3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801870378
ISBN
9780801870378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.66

Paperback. Series: Literatures, Cultures, Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CFP; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501326042
ISBN
9781501326042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.32

Paperback. Editor(s): Rousselot, E. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349477241
ISBN
9781349477241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Hardcover. This collection of essays is dedicated to examining the recent literary phenomenon of the 'neo-historical' novel, a sub-genre of contemporary historical fiction which critically re-imagines specific periods of history. Editor(s): Rousselot, Elodie. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137375193
ISBN
9781137375193
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

Paperback. Explores the author's relationship with his father. This title also reflects on the life and legacy of the author's cousin, Lucy Partington, who disappeared without trace in 1973 and was exhumed twenty years later from the basement of Frederick West, one of Britain's prolific serial murderers. Num Pages: 416 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285823
ISBN
9780099285823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403966308
ISBN
9781403966308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.21

Paperback. Reframing Emily Dickinson's work, this book argues that the experience/faith paradox of her Late-Romantic imagination forms the mind and soul, as well as the heart, of her legacy. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230602373
ISBN
9780230602373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.23

Paperback. Tracing the emergence and evolution of the modern discourse on boredom in French and German literary, philosophical, and sociological texts, this book fills a gap in the intellectual and cultural history of European modernity. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758604
ISBN
9780804758604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.63

Paperback. In this book Umberto Eco argues that translation is not about comparing two languages, but about the interpretation of a text in two different languages, thus involving a shift between cultures. Translator(s): McEwen, Alastair. Series: Emilio Goggio Publications Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802096142
ISBN
9780802096142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.56

Paperback. Experiencing the Afterlife provides an analysis of depictions of the afterlife written in Italy before the Divine Comedy by authors such as Uguccione da Lodi, Glacomino da Verona, and Bonvesin da la Riva. Manuele Gragnolati uses his readings of these poets to provide an interpretation of Dante's work. Series: William & Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268029654
ISBN
9780268029654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.48

Hardcover. Experiencing the Afterlife provides an analysis of depictions of the afterlife written in Italy before the Divine Comedy by authors such as Uguccione da Lodi, Glacomino da Verona, and Bonvesin da la Riva. Manuele Gragnolati uses his readings of these poets to provide an interpretation of Dante's work. Series: William & Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268029647
ISBN
9780268029647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482027
ISBN
9781611482027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.59

Hardback. As a result, Experimental Life is a wide-ranging summation and extension of the current state of literary studies, the history of science, cultural critique, and theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421410883
ISBN
9781421410883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.38

Paperback. Tracing the move from the anticolonial, nationalist, and arabist literature of the early years to the relative cosmopolitanism and diversity of Maghrebi francophone literature today, this title draws on contemporary literary and postcolonial theory to "deterritorialize" its study. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 1HBM; 1HBT; 2ADF; DSBH; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089379
ISBN
9780691089379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.93

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845198275
ISBN
9781845198275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.90

Paperback. Editor(s): Baars, Bernard J. Series: Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSB; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781489911667
ISBN
9781489911667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 187.07

Hardback. Editor(s): Boldrini, Lucia; Novak, Julia. Series: Palgrave Studies in Life Writing. Num Pages: 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319554136
ISBN
9783319554136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.97

paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. 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
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349517817
ISBN
9781349517817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.59

Hardcover. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403935311
ISBN
9781403935311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.35

hardcover. In a series of probing, innovative essays, Marc Aronson explores the true potential of Young Adult literature and revels in the passion of its readers he exposes the real problem with teenagers and reading: adult myths, projections and blind prejudices. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810839045
ISBN
9780810839045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.58

Hardback. The book provides a lucid and systematic theory of the work of literature and its major aspects. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 tables, 22 figures. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755146
ISBN
9780804755146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.50

Paperback. Explores the developments in Stylistics since its pioneer, Roman Jakobson, identified the patterning of the message as the poetic function. This book analyzes Golding's "Pincher Martin", Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", Housman's "A Shropshire Lad", Elizabeth Jennings' poem "One Flesh", and various poems by John Donne. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 tables and 4 figures. BIC Classification: CF; DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781845539085
ISBN
9781845539085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

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