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Literary theory
Hardback. Argues that theory, far from being dead, has undergone major shifts in order to come to terms with the most urgent cultural and political questions. Offering an overview of theory's directions, this collection includes essays on affect, biopolitics, biophilosophy, the aesthetic, and neoliberalism. Editor(s): Attridge, Derek; Elliott, Jane. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415484183
- ISBN
- 9780415484183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.53
€ 168.53
Paperback. "Production of Presence" is a comprehensive version of the thinking of Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht. most consistently original literary It offers a personalized account of some of the central theoretical movements in literary studies and in the humanities over the past 30 years. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 244.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749169
- ISBN
- 9780804749169
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.80
€ 26.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816694419
- ISBN
- 9780816694419
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.02
€ 31.99
€ 29.02
Paperback. Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed. This book extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status of science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information is controlled in the Western world. Translator(s): Bennington, G.; Massumi, B. Num Pages: 144 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719014505
- ISBN
- 9780719014505
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Condition: New
€ 13.61
€ 13.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 371.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478451
- ISBN
- 9780801478451
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.39
€ 38.99
€ 35.39
Paperback. A meditation on the colour spectrum by the painter, poet and film-maker, Derek Jarman. He explains the use of colour in medieval painting through the Renaissance to the modernists. It also discusses the meaning of colour in literature, science, philosophy, psychology, religion and alchemy. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099474913
- ISBN
- 9780099474913
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.15
€ 10.99
€ 9.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441109637
- ISBN
- 9781441109637
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Condition: New
€ 44.49
€ 44.49
Paperback. This innovative new book examines the ways in which writers' houses contribute to the making of memory. It shows that houses built or inhabited by poets and novelists both reflect and construct the author's private and artistic persona. Editor(s): Hendrix, Harald. Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 47 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415540827
- ISBN
- 9780415540827
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Condition: New
€ 60.89
€ 60.89
Paperback. Translator(s): Savage, Robert. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501704352
- ISBN
- 9781501704352
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.63
€ 24.99
€ 23.63
Paperback. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; RG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138013346
- ISBN
- 9781138013346
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Condition: New
€ 27.64
€ 27.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2ADF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300028454
- ISBN
- 9780300028454
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.05
€ 25.99
€ 20.05
Paperback. 'Realism' is a term which is key to understanding, amongst other things: the novel genre, Victorian literature, modernism, and postmodernism. This study recognises that realism is every bit as complex as other modes of representation and requires a similar level of critique. Series Editor(s): Barry, Peter; McLeod, John. Series: Beginnings. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719072215
- ISBN
- 9780719072215
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. In Being Apart , LaRose Parris draws on traditional and radical Western theory to emphasize how nineteenth- and twentieth-century Africana thinkers explored the two principal existential themes of being and freedom prior to existentialism's rise to prominence in postwar European thought. Series: Modern Language Initiative. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 525.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938134
- ISBN
- 9780813938134
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Condition: New
€ 33.92
€ 33.92
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: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364. A Theory of Literature. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. 232 pages. 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. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSA. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 14. Weight: 360. Series Editor(s) :McQuillan, Martin; Kingston University.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748655083
- ISBN
- 9780748655083
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.90
€ 31.99
€ 28.90
Paperback. Intended to deepening our understanding of the 'Poetics', this collection places Aristotle's analysis of tragedy in its larger philosophical context. It includes twenty-one essays that explore the corpus of Aristotle's work in order to link the 'Poetics' to the rest of his views on psychology and on history, ethics, and politics. Editor(s): Rorty, Amelie Oksenberg. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691014982
- ISBN
- 9780691014982
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.64
€ 53.99
€ 38.64
Paperback. Using interviews, letters, notebooks, and their published texts, Powe offers a new alchemy of their thought, in which he combines the philosophical hallmarks of McLuhan's "The medium is the message" and Frye's "the great code." Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442616165
- ISBN
- 9781442616165
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.66
€ 41.99
€ 37.66
Paperback. Series: Theory out of bounds. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 263 x 18. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First edition
- SKU
- V9780816639274
- ISBN
- 9780816639274
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.87
€ 29.99
€ 26.87
Paperback. David Rush offers a guide to interpreting drama in A Student Guide to Play Analysis. Rush emphasizes the importance of students developing insights of their own. He describes the essential difference between a story and a play, outlines four ways of looking at plays, and then takes up the typical structural devices of a well-made play. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809326099
- ISBN
- 9780809326099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.66
€ 45.66
Paperback. By exploring central issues in the philosophy of literature, illustrated by a wide range of novels, poems, and plays, Philosophy of Literature gets to the heart of why literature matters to us and sheds new light on the nature and interpretation of literary works. Series: Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405121989
- ISBN
- 9781405121989
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.89
€ 37.99
€ 36.89
Paperback. This brilliant guide provides an introductory overview of the history of 'literature' as a cultural concept, reflecting on its contemporary nature, place and function, and what the literary might mean for us today. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KOG0008010
- ISBN
- 9780415169141
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. One of the classic novels of English literature which was admired by Virginia Woolf as one of the few English novels written for grown-up people. This edition includes a critical introduction, and a rich selection of contextual materials, including contemporary reviews of the novel, other writings by George Eliot and historical documents. Editor(s): Maertz, Gregory. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 739 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112336
- ISBN
- 9781551112336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.65
€ 30.65
Paperback. * Provides an unparalleled insight into the influence of one of the centurya s exemplary public intellectuals. * Includes a detailed historical and theoretical introduction. * Incorporates extracts from key works as well as less well--known texts and seminal essays. . Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631213116
- ISBN
- 9780631213116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 52.77
€ 53.99
€ 52.77
Paperback. Employing concepts drawn from Pierre Bourdieu's sociology, Guillory argues that canon formation must be understood less as a question of the representation of social groups than as a question of the distribution of "cultural capital" in the schools, which regulate access to literacy, to the practices of reading and writing. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226310442
- ISBN
- 9780226310442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Argues that while intertextuality is constitutive of all textuality it may be foregrounded in certain literary works, genres, or styles. This book surveys the field in order to ground the poetics of intertextuality in the history of its idea from Kristeva to New Historicism and citationality from Genette's late structuralism to text theory. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535030
- ISBN
- 9781557535030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.30
€ 52.30