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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Innovative poetry that combines lyricism, narrative, and biography Series: MVP. Num Pages: 78 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New Rivers Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
78
Condition
New
SKU
V9780898232059
ISBN
9780898232059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. Editor(s): Castro-Klaren, Sara. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert S.L.U Spain
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
SKU
V9788484895916
ISBN
9788484895916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.74

Hardback. Ruth R Wisse is a scholar of Yiddish and Jewish literary studies and one of our public intellectuals on issues relating to Jewish society and culture. This book pays tribute to her with a collection of essays related to Yiddish, Hebrew, Israeli, American, European, and Holocaust literature. Editor(s): Cammy, Justin Daniel; Horn, Dara; Quint, Alyssa; Rubinstein, Rachel. Series: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 450 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025851
ISBN
9780674025851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.36
€ 66.01

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive introduction to the poetry and novels of Jacques Roubaud, a prominent member of the French experimental group. This study focuses on the specific sites of interest in some of Roubaud's favorite source texts, including troubadour poetry, the tradition of the sonnet and the Canzoniere, Japanese short forms (waka), and others. Series: North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807892893
ISBN
9780807892893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.18

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kerby-Fulton, Kathryn; Thompson, John J.; Baechle, Sarah. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033279
ISBN
9780268033279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.64

Hardcover. Roman Historiography presents a comprehensive introduction to the development of Roman historical writings in the ancient world. Rooting his survey in the context of its Greek predecessors, and within the broader framework of Roman literature and society, Mehl discusses every historical writer of significance in the ancient Roman era. Translator(s): Mueller, Hans-Friedrich. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405121835
ISBN
9781405121835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.55

paperback. Euripides' Alcestis is one of the dramatist's most brilliant - as well as most controversial - plays. This thoroughly annotated edition is designed to aid close reading, and to serve as an introduction to the play in its various aspects. Editor(s): Parker, L. P. E. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199254675
ISBN
9780199254675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.57

Hardback. Russian thinker, pedagogue, musicologist, amateur scientist, and public servant Odoevsky (1804-69) was mentioned in the same breath as Pushkin and Gogol during his day, and is now enjoying (we presume) a revival as a writer of Romantic and Gothic fiction. Cornwell (Russian and comparative literature Series: Studies in Slavic Literature, Culture & Society. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819079
ISBN
9781571819079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.90

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813552750
ISBN
9780813552750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.25

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3JB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634852
ISBN
9780691634852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.46

Hardcover. Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. Stories connect people, but they can also disconnect, creating boundaries between people and justifying violence. This book grapples with this fundamental aspect of our lives, offering both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260136
ISBN
9780226260136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.96
€ 76.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1999
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349626991
ISBN
9781349626991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.45
€ 102.37

Paperback. More than twenty years after his death, Paul de Man remains a haunting presence in the American academy. This work analyzes and evaluates aspects of de Man's powerful legacy. It focuses on: his great theme of "reading"; his complex notions of "history," "materiality," and "aesthetic ideology"; and his institutional role as a teacher. Editor(s): Redfield, Marc. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 16. Weight in Grams: 359.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823227617
ISBN
9780823227617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.48

Paperback. Designed to provide writers with insights into the way a master thinks about and practices his craft, this collection includes discussions of the novel, the short story, subject matter, work in progress, revision, and the Jewish experience. Malamud also discusses the responsibilities of the writer. Editor(s): Cheuse, Alan; Delbanco, Nicholas. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; CBW; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101851
ISBN
9780231101851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.63

Paperback. Connecting the cultural domains of religion, sex, and work, this book encompasses aspects of feminist theory, post-structuralist materialisms, Victorian thought, and two prominent 19th-century women's novels (Charlotte Bronte's Villette and George Eliot's Middlemarch)--to understand desire between women as a form of "spiritual materialism." Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723442
ISBN
9780804723442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.13

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813114941
ISBN
9780813114941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.55

Paperback. Speaking of the Moor explores why the Moor became a central character on the English stage at the turn of the sixteenth century. Looking closely at key early modern dramatic and historical texts, the book uncovers the Moor's complex identity as a Mediterranean figure poised provocatively between European and non-European worlds. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221015
ISBN
9780812221015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Maps the presence, position and use in the narrative of a variety of material objects in Marguerite de Navarre's "Heptameron". This work includes a selection of objects, ranging from tapestries with scripture passages woven into the borders, fine arts paintings, chalices incised with proverbs, emblems, table linens, and more. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557534491
ISBN
9781557534491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816669707
ISBN
9780816669707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.46

Paperback. This thought-provoking combination of social history and intellectual art criticism opens this powerful moment in history to renewed and dynamic interpretation and sharper discussion. Editor(s): Ogbar, Jeffrey O.G. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894619
ISBN
9780801894619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.10

Hardback. Until the late 19th century, Jews were identified in their own religious and poetic imagination as wanderers, their sacred center - Jerusalem, Zion - fatefully out of reach. This book examines the work of medieval Hebrew poet Yehuda Halevi to chart a journey whose end was envisioned as the realignment of the people with their original center. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 370 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSB; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206458
ISBN
9780520206458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.93
€ 48.05

Hardback. Maverick gay poetic icon Thom Gunn (1929-2004) and his body of work have long dared the British and American poetry establishments either to claim or disavow him. This book surveys Gunn's career from his youth in 1930s Britain to his final years in California, from his earliest publications to his later unpublished notebooks. Editor(s): Weiner, Joshua. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226890432
ISBN
9780226890432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.52

Hardback. An examination of the figure of Briseis, Achilles' concubine in the "Iliad", as an example of the traditional artistry enabled by the oral poetic system. It argues that Briseis' role in the "Iliad" is enormously compressed, both in relation to the "Iliad" and the tradition of the epic cycle. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742522183
ISBN
9780742522183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.57

Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; ACX; AFC; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845196011
ISBN
9781845196011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.22

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