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Literary studies: general

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521596503
ISBN
9780521596503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.45

hardcover. Commentary providing a Greek text with detailed philological, literary, and historical notes. Editor(s): Flower, Michael A.; Marincola, John M. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 374 pages, 1 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 186 x 123 x 28. Weight in Grams: 473.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780521593687
ISBN
9780521593687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.03
€ 102.55

Paperback. The concluding volume of Herman Melville: A Biography confirms Hershel Parker's position as the world's leading Melville scholar, demonstrating his unrivaled biographical, literary, and historical imagination and providing a rich new portrait of a great-and profoundly American-artist. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 63, 63 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
1056
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801881862
ISBN
9780801881862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
Focus Information Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941051002
ISBN
9780941051002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Translator(s): Caldwell, Richard. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585102884
ISBN
9781585102884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.70

Paperback. Assuming no prior knowledge of Greek, this book supplies all the background information necessary to understand the earliest and greatest works of Greek literature - Homer's great epic poems, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey". Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631233862
ISBN
9780631233862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.14

Hardback. This concise book is a complete and contemporary introduction to Homer and his two master-works, the Iliad and the Odyssey. It explains the "Homeric Question," illuminating its current status, and critiques the literary qualities of the Iliad and the Odyssey, analyzing and contrasting their plotting, narrative technique, and characterization. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405153249
ISBN
9781405153249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.34

Paperback. This concise book is a complete and contemporary introduction to Homer and his two master-works, the Iliad and the Odyssey. It explains the "Homeric Question," illuminating its current status, and critiques the literary qualities of the Iliad and the Odyssey, analyzing and contrasting their plotting, narrative technique, and characterization. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405153256
ISBN
9781405153256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.10

Hardcover. Essays in this volume rethink conventional ways of conceptualizing female authorship and re-examine the formal, aesthetic, and thematic terms in which German women's literature has been conceived. Editor(s): Baer, Hester; Hill, Alexandra Merley. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135841
ISBN
9781571135841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.08

Hardback. The letters in this volume record the last years of Mrs. Piozzi's life. Her correspondence from 1817 to 1821 reads like extensions of her private journals and may be seen as affirmation of hope and ambition as well as decelarations of frustration, grief, anger, and self-pity. Num Pages: 576 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; BJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 983.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874133950
ISBN
9780874133950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.46

Hardback. Love, H is an intimate selection of letters from a forty-year correspondence between writer Hettie Jones and painter and sculptor Helene Dorn, who both survived their time as wives in the Beat bohemia of the 1960s and went on to successful artistic careers of their own. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 illustrations, incl. 10 in color. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; BJ; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361466
ISBN
9780822361466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.52

Paperback. A collection of the most significant and enduring works of the most important Japanese literary critic of the 20th century. The selections reflect the wide range of Kobayashi's early work, from meditations on the nature of literature and of criticism to studies of individual Japanese and Western writers. Editor(s): Anderer, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804741156
ISBN
9780804741156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.87

Hardback. This ground-breaking study is the first to consider Spanish Golden Age comedias as an archive of moral knowledge. Num Pages: 476 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 275 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
476
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644588
ISBN
9781442644588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.40

hardcover. This study outlines and reiterates the relationship of theatre to casuistry, the Jesuit contributions to Spanish literary theory and practice, and the importance of casuistry for the study of early modern subjectivity.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802092298
ISBN
9780802092298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.30

Hardcover. By focusing on Luise Gottsched's extraordinary volume and range of translations, Hilary Brown sheds an entirely new light on Gottsched and her oeuvre. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7, 7 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135100
ISBN
9781571135100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.84

Hardback. Examines the role of the Victorian periodical in defining and refining ideas of gender. Series Editor(s): Beer, Gillian. Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 276 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 583.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521830720
ISBN
9780521830720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.37

Hardback. This work looks at the use of language in the "Iliad" and examines the portrayal of the opposing forces in terms of nationality and of linguistics. It argues that the way the Greeks and the Trojans speak, reflects their disparate cultural structures and their relative position in the Trojan War. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CFH; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847682546
ISBN
9780847682546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.32

Hardback. An analysis of the discourses and cultural scripts used in telling stories about the relationship between teenage daughters and mothers in young adult novels and in short stories published between 1965 and 1998. It employs feminist theories and insights on female adolescence. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, footnotes, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810836921
ISBN
9780810836921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.43

Hardback. A comprehensive critical analysis of 19 novels, Donna Jo Napoli: Writing with Passion provides an understanding of how Napoli's life and profession as a professor of linguistics influences her writing for young adults. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810874466
ISBN
9780810874466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.76

Paperback. In the early years of the thirteenth century the Danish writer Saxo Grammaticus provided his people with a "History of the Danes". This title provides a full English edition featuring introductory summaries, and a commentary on the folklore and life and customs of twelfth-century Denmark - including the sources of Hamlet. Editor(s): Davidson, Hilda Ellis. Translator(s): Fisher, Peter. Num Pages: 526 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DND; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 798. Bks.1-9. 526 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Davidson, Hilda Ellis. In the early years of the thirteenth century the Danish writer Saxo Grammaticus provided his people with a "History of the Danes". This title provides a full English edition featuring introductory summaries, and a commentary on the folklore and life and customs of twelfth-century Denmark - including the sources of Hamlet. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DND; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; JFHF. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 29. Weight: 756. Translator(s): Fisher, Peter.
Publisher
D.S.Brewer
Number of pages
526
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859915021
ISBN
9780859915021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 43.04

Paperback. Assessing the impact of fin-de-siecle Jewish culture on subsequent developments in literature and culture, this book is the first to consider the historical trajectory of Austrian-Jewish writing across the 20th century. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 2ACG; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
298
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782380498
ISBN
9781782380498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.49

Hardback. Assessing the impact of fin-de-siecle Jewish culture on subsequent developments in literature and culture, this book is the first to consider the historical trajectory of Austrian-Jewish writing across the 20th century.. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 2ACG; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
340
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451811
ISBN
9780857451811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.98

Paperback. Based on the Comics: Philosophy and Practice conference held at the University of Chicago in 2012, this title includes essays from prominent scholars on topics such as media archaeology, theories of the image, popular forms, the history of aesthetics, and transmedia dynamics in nineteenth-, twentieth-, and early twenty-first-century contexts. Editor(s): Chute, Hillary L.; Jagoda, Patrick. Num Pages: 272 pages, 97 colour plates, 110 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226208466
ISBN
9780226208466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.60

Hardback. Reassesses the Enlightenment's liberal legacies by revisiting the wide-ranging development of eighteenth-century letters known as "sentimentalism" Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823240074
ISBN
9780823240074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.54

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