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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Through an analysis of the three, interrelated topics of translation, comedy and gender in the works of Samuel Beckett and others, Weller reflects critically upon recent attempts to think the relation between literature and alterity, and proposes a new understanding of that relation in what he terms its 'anethicality'. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF; DSBH; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349544783
ISBN
9781349544783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.48

Paperback. This original study discovers the bourgeois in the modernist and the dissenting style of Bohemia in the new artistic movements of the 1910s. Brooker sees the bohemian as the example of the modern artist, at odds with but defined by the codes of bourgeois society. It renews once more the complexities and radicalism of the modernist challenge. Num Pages: 223 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJC; 3JJF; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230546929
ISBN
9780230546929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.28

hardcover. A running philosophical commentary to the two books Against the Physicists by the second-century sceptic philosopher Sextus Empiricus. Editor(s): Algra, Keimpe; Ierodiakonou, Katerina. Num Pages: 443 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107069244
ISBN
9781107069244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.48

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

Paperback. This resounding defence of the principles of free expression revisits the Satanic Verses uproar of 1989, as well as subsequent incidents such as the Danish cartoons controversy, to argue that the human right of free speech is by no means so secure that it can be taken for granted. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPQ; HR; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349482085
ISBN
9781349482085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.11

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909724334
ISBN
9781909724334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.76
€ 106.08

Paperback. Focuses on the problematic faith in the works of Kafka, Celan, and Jabs to reevaluate the notions of God and covenant in light of Nietzsche's death of Godhypothesis, the divine-human relation. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823222018
ISBN
9780823222018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.11

Paperback. Books about thinkers require a kind of unity that their thought may not possess. This cautionary statement is especially applicable to Mikhail Bakhtin, whose intellectual development displays a diversity of insights that cannot be easily integrated or accurately described in terms of a single overriding concern. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3488 x 32. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804718226
ISBN
9780804718226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.97

Hardcover. This new book situates Beckett in a philosophical and literary tradition that has argued for the creative value of stupidity, a key concept in the thinking of philosophers such as Wittgenstein. It investigates the relationship between verbal cliche, revealing the strategies he used to challenge intellectual and social authority in his works. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230008335
ISBN
9780230008335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.21

Hardcover. A study of London suburban-set writing, exploring the links between place and fiction. This book charts a picture of evolving themes and concerns around the legibility and meaning of habitat and home for the individual, and the serious challenges that suburbia sets for literature. Num Pages: 274 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137342454
ISBN
9781137342454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349383481
ISBN
9781349383481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.66

Paperback. A first rate collection of essays on queer Gothic, ranging from 'Frankenstein' to George Eliot, E.M.Forster to Michael Jackson. Provides a chronological investigation of the Gothic from the eighteenth century to the present day and in doing so produces a new way of reading the Gothic tradition. Editor(s): William, Hughes; Andrew, Smith. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719086434
ISBN
9780719086434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.36

Paperback. An investigation ofthe influence of gender, social class, age and illness type in the language of people talking about their experiences of illness. It shows evidence of both conformity with and resistance to gender stereotypes." Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349307906
ISBN
9781349307906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardcover. Studies the reception of Plato's dialogues as performance texts by his original audience and his readers down to late antiquity. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 354 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521871747
ISBN
9780521871747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.98

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746307168
ISBN
9780746307168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.42

Hardback. The third book in Kristeva's trilogy on female genius,Colette interlaces commentary on the life and work of this notorious French novelist who made it possible for women to write erotic literature. The result is an elegant and sophisticated critique filled with psychoanalytic insight. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 448 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 38. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231128964
ISBN
9780231128964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.26
€ 81.09

Hardback. Series: Postmillennial Pop. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; DSBH; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479890439
ISBN
9781479890439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.33

Hardback. Essays shedding fresh and significant light on Gower's poetry, major and minor, as it was received, read, and re-produced in England and in Iberia from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Saez-Hidalgo, Ana; Yeager, R. F. Series: Publications of the John Gower Society. Num Pages: 347 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843207
ISBN
9781843843207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.77

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907650574
ISBN
9781907650574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349169894
ISBN
9781349169894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.14

hardcover. This study explores the sources of the "poor Clare" tradition, and recovers Clare's agency, revealing a writer fully engaged in his own professional life and in the social and political questions of the day. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Edition
2003rd Edition
SKU
V9780333966174
ISBN
9780333966174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.26

Hardcover. Daniel R. Schwarz has studied and taught the modern British novel for decades and now brings his impressive erudition and critical acuity to this insightful study of the major authors and novels of the first half of the twentieth century. * An insightful study of British fiction in the first half of the twentieth century. Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226215
ISBN
9780631226215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.55

Hardback. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; JFSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403977922
ISBN
9781403977922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164405
ISBN
9780231164405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.26
€ 81.43

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