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Literary studies: general

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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Metaphor and Shakespearean Drama explores the fruitful and potentially unruly nature of metaphorical utterances in Shakespearean drama, withanalyses of Othello, Titus Andronicus, King Henry IV Part 1, Macbeth, Hamlet, and The Tempest." Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349321506
ISBN
9781349321506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.30

Hardcover. Metaphor and Shakespearean Drama explores the fruitful and potentially unruly nature of metaphorical utterances in Shakespearean drama, with analyses of Othello, Titus Andronicus, King Henry IV Part 1, Macbeth, Hamlet, and The Tempest. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230251878
ISBN
9780230251878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.38

Hardback. Explores the figure of the orphan child in a broad selection of contemporary US novels by popular and critically acclaimed authors Series: Contemporary American & Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089596
ISBN
9780719089596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.82

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662575
ISBN
9781855662575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.87

Hardback. Conceptions of evil have changed dramatically over time. This work explores what has changed in our understanding of evil, why the transformation matters, and how we can learn from this specific historical development. It argues that narrative plays a key role in helping societies acknowledge their pasts. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory: Philosophies of Gender, Race, and Society S. Num Pages: 244 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140300
ISBN
9780231140300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.92
€ 45.40

Hardback. Series: New Horizons in Contemporary Writing. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 174 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628921632
ISBN
9781628921632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.43
€ 79.18

Hardback. In Reading as the Angels Read, Ardizzone reconstructs the cultural and socio-political background that provided the motivation for the Banquet and offers a bold new reading of this ambitious work. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442637061
ISBN
9781442637061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.69

Hardback. Through a variety of critical perspectives, Nikolajeva ponders the art of characterization, uncovering the essential differences between story ('what we are told') and discourse ('how we are told'), and carefully distinguishing between how these are employed in children's fiction and in general fiction. Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810842502
ISBN
9780810842502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.38

Hardcover. Looking at six Spanish novels, from the 1940s through the 1990s, this book proposes a new concept of the novel of feminine development. It emphasizes the importance of voicing women's sentiments previously unexpressed in Spanish literature. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JJP; DSBD; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557531643
ISBN
9781557531643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Paperback. Maria Rosa Menocal argues that Arabic culture was a central and shaping phenomenon in medieval Europe. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812213249
ISBN
9780812213249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.48

Hardcover. This book reassesses the role of Russian Montparnasse writers in the articulation of transnational modernism generated by exile. Examining their production from a comparative perspective, it demonstrates that their response to urban modernity transcended the Russian master narrative and resonated with broader aesthetic trends in interwar Europe. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137508003
ISBN
9781137508003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.96

Paperback. This work focuses on the literary and artistic works of such avant-garde figures as Ramon Gomez de la Serna and Benjamin Jarnes. It identifies the attempt to integrate conflicting epistemological, ethical and sociopolitical categories as the principle driving the avant-garde art and novel. Series: North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press ch
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807892763
ISBN
9780807892763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.70

Hardback. These three authors address the problems of female authority and authorship by reworking the myths of Phaedra, Ariadne, Hippolytus, and Theseus in plays intended for reading rather than performance. By rewriting Greek tragedy they enact their own displacement within a masculine literary tradition and struggle to define themselves as women writers. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 515.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910352
ISBN
9781575910352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.59

Paperback. Exploring how adults mistreat children, this book focuses on adults not only as hostile characters in fairy tales themselves but also as real people who use frightening stories to discipline young listeners. Num Pages: 332 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY; JFC; JFHF; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000886
ISBN
9780691000886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

Paperback. This interdisciplinary volume explores the significance of Julius Caesar to different periods, societies and people. Ranges over the fields of religious, military, and political history, archaeology, architecture and urban planning, the visual arts, and literary, film, theatre and cultural studies. Editor(s): Wyke, Maria. Num Pages: 384 pages, 26. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HBJD; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405125994
ISBN
9781405125994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.17

Hardcover. How and when can a narrative agent or voice be considered unreliable? What happens when narrative authority fails and, just as importantly, why does it? As a means to answering these questions, Wandering Women in French Film and Literature examines the phenomenon of 'narrative drift' through in-depth analysis of twentieth-century novels and films. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; APF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137339980
ISBN
9781137339980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.89

hardcover. In this study, Marian Demos seeks to demonstrate the significance of three famous lyric quotations within their respective contexts in the dialogues of Plato. These passages include the Simonides poem in the "Protagoras" and the misquotation of Pindar in the "Gorgias". Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847689088
ISBN
9780847689088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.31

Paperback. In this study, Marian Demos seeks to demonstrate the significance of three famous lyric quotations within their respective contexts in the dialogues of Plato. These passages include the Simonides poem in the "Protagoras" and the misquotation of Pindar in the "Gorgias". Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 6. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847689095
ISBN
9780847689095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.81

Hardcover. Based on sources in Genesis and Plato's Symposium, the androygyne during Early Modern France was a means of expressing the full potential of humans made in the image of God. This book documents and comments on the range of references to the androgyne in the writings of poets, philosophers, courtiers, and women in positions of political power. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137541369
ISBN
9781137541369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2ADF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 497.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719469
ISBN
9780804719469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.67

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