Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. This series brings together internationally respected figures to comment on and re-describe the state of theory in the twenty-first century. It takes stock of an ever-expanding field of knowledge and opens up possible new modes of inquiry within it, identifying new theoretical pathways, innovative thinking and productive motifs. Series Editor(s): McQuillan, Martin; Kingston University. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748655090
- ISBN
- 9780748655090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.06
€ 31.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Deals with the subject of intertextuality in modern Arabic literature. Beginning with a general overview of the topic by Roger Allen, this title brings together essays on a range of writers from different parts of the Arab world, including, among others, Edwar al-Kharrat, Sa'd Allah Wannus, Najib Mahfuz, Rabi' Jabir, and Salim Matar. Editor(s): Deheuvels, Luc; Michalak-Pikulska, Barbara; Starkey, Paul. Series: Durham Modern Language Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081897
- ISBN
- 9780719081897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.67
€ 36.67
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908980151
- ISBN
- 9781908980151
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.69
€ 32.99
€ 27.69
Paperback. This book draws on the author's column in The Guardian, 'Elements of Fiction'. Using examples from well-known recent novels, it examines the techniques by which fiction works. It will widen the vocabulary of anyone interested in contemporary fiction, not least by showing where it has elements in common with classic novels of the past. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199281787
- ISBN
- 9780199281787
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
€ 11.99
€ 10.59
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763503860
- ISBN
- 9788763503860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.85€ 50.59
€ 65.85
€ 50.59
Paperback. The novelist and poet Ben Lerner argues that our hatred of poetry is ultimately a sign of its nagging relevance. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910695159
- ISBN
- 9781910695159
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bruhn, Jorgen; Lundquist, Jan. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772896014
- ISBN
- 9788772896014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.17
€ 37.99
€ 27.17
Paperback. The theme of the great Shakespearean tragedies is the fall from grace of a great man due to a flaw in his nature. This title contains four tragedies. Editor(s): Hunter, George; Spencer, T.; Muir, Kenneth; Hunter, G. K. Num Pages: 960 pages, notes, further reading list. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 960
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434583
- ISBN
- 9780140434583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. New essays on the works and themes of Hesse, one of the most perennially relevant and widely-read German authors. Editor(s): Cornils, Ingo. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 450 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135810
- ISBN
- 9781571135810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.18
€ 36.99
€ 31.18
Paperback. In The Literate Eye, Rachel Teukolsky analyzes the vivid archive of Victorian art writing to reveal the key role played by nineteenth-century authors in the rise of modernist aesthetics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 54 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DSBF; DSBH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199739233
- ISBN
- 9780199739233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.87
€ 33.87
Paperback. A collection of Carson McCullers' work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. It contains the working outline of "The Mute," which became her novel "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140081954
- ISBN
- 9780140081954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Hardback. She draws a direct link between the disparate theories of focus articulated in eighteenth-century literature and modern experiments in neuroscience, revealing that contemporary questions surrounding short attention spans are grounded in long conversations over the nature and limits of focus. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19, 2 colour illustrations, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 259 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420127
- ISBN
- 9781421420127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.09
€ 54.99
€ 46.09
Paperback. Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan addresses key approaches to narrative fiction, from New Criticism to Phenomenology, but also offers views on and modifications to these theories. Series: New Accents. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415280228
- ISBN
- 9780415280228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.70
€ 49.70
paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 498
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626362
- ISBN
- 9781442626362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 43.06
€ 47.99
€ 43.06
Paperback. Sheds light on contemporary "foodie" culture's vexed relationship to nativism, nationalism and race privilege Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSB; HBTB; JFCV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770030
- ISBN
- 9780814770030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.10
€ 36.99
€ 31.10
Hardcover. Through a series of rigorous encounters with key critical figures, this monograph argues that modern thought is, in a double sense, the thought of pain. It offers a systematic account of the modern European tradition's relationship to the question of pain and suffering, and new interpretation of "ethics" and "evil". Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPN; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 13. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748692415
- ISBN
- 9780748692415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.46€ 100.33
€ 103.46
€ 100.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages, 3 Maps; 2 Floor Plans; 20 Small Black and White Illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805310847
- ISBN
- 9784805310847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.31
€ 14.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. An analysis, in which, the author rejects the 'pseudoscholarship' of historical criticism - 'that great demon of chronology' - that considers writers in terms of the period in which they wrote and instead asks us to imagine the great novelists working together in a single room. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441696
- ISBN
- 9780141441696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 9. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582414747
- ISBN
- 9780582414747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.12
€ 11.12
Paperback. The editor takes a broad look at the different meanings which have been attributed to "King Henry V", through a discussion of its various critical and theatrical interpretations. Editor(s): Craik, T. W. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations, maps, table, chart. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Arden Shakespeare
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 5Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904271086
- ISBN
- 9781904271086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.30
€ 12.30