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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. .". not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile." The Review of Metaphysics.". essential reading for anyone interesting in.. the new reader-centered forms of criticism." Library JournalIn this erudite and imaginative book, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between open and closed texts." Series: Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Edition
Midland Book ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253203182
ISBN
9780253203182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.68

Paperback. Umberto Eco explores the most distant realms of our imagination Translator(s): McEwen, Alastair. Num Pages: 480 pages, Full-colour throughout. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; DSK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 204 x 28. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857052964
ISBN
9780857052964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 26.39

Paperback. Essays discuss poetry, communication, television, form, aesthetics, bad taste, and art. Translator(s): Cancogni, Anna. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674639768
ISBN
9780674639768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.29

Paperback. The extraordinary historical consequences of errors and fictional inventions. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8Col.ill. BIC Classification: CFB; DSA; JFCX; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753808788
ISBN
9780753808788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. A collection of essays on the key texts that have shaped the Eco, the novelist and critic. After the opening essay on the general significance of literature, this book examines a number of major authors from the Western canon, such as French writer Nerval's masterpiece, "Sylvie", as well as the works of Cervantes, Swift, and Piero Camporesi. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099453949
ISBN
9780099453949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. This book presents a provocative theory about why fairy tales were created and retold - and why they became such an indelible and infinitely adaptable part of cultures around the world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DSY; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159553
ISBN
9780691159553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.33

Paperback. This Companion represents the myriad ways of thinking aboutthe remarkable achievement of Shakespeare s sonnets. * An authoritative reference guide and extended introduction toShakespeare s sonnets. * Contains more than 20 newly-commissioned essays by bothestablished and younger scholars. Editor(s): Schoenfeldt, Michael. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 534 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 30. Weight in Grams: 918.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
534
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444332063
ISBN
9781444332063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSBF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 50. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173672
ISBN
9780691173672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.45

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230602878
ISBN
9780230602878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 49.15

Paperback. Written by some of the world's finest contemporary literature specialists, the newly commissioned essays in this volume examine the work of more than twenty major British novelists. Editor(s): Acheson, James; Ross, Sarah C. E. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618958
ISBN
9780748618958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.48

Hardcover.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125562
ISBN
9781905125562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274. Plato's "Euthyphro", "Apology of Socrates", "Crito" and Aristophanes' "Clouds". 192 pages, bibliography. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight: 270. Translator(s): West, Thomas G.; Starry, Grace.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485749
ISBN
9780801485749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.55

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSBF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160580
ISBN
9780691160580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.97

Paperback. Editor(s): Ratliff, Gerald Lee; Dorn, Patrick Rainville. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; ANC; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Meriwether Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566082082
ISBN
9781566082082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.18

Paperback. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415610254
ISBN
9780415610254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.97

Hardback. Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, this book presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and how, in our own time, they continue to change through their adaptation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DSK; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
F First Edition, 1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153384
ISBN
9780691153384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448218
ISBN
9780801448218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.21

Paperback. This anthology is a guide to the Modernist movement in literature providing students, researchers and teachers of Modernism with a comprehensive documentary resource. Covering a wide range of intellectual concerns of the period 1850-1940 in Britain, Europe and America the anthology brings together contemporary essays, reviews, articles and manifestos of the political and aesthetic avant-garde. Editor(s): Kolocotroni, Vassiliki; Goldman, Jane A.; Taxidou, Olga. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748609734
ISBN
9780748609734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.30

Hardcover. New essays exploring the tension between the versions of the past in secret police files and the subjects' own personal memories-and creative workings-through-of events. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 2ACG; 3JJP; DSBH; HBTW; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139269
ISBN
9781571139269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.69

Paperback. Victorian Poets: A Critical Reader features a collection of critical essays focusing on various aspects of Victorian-era poetry from the 1830s to the 1890s. Editor(s): Cunningham, Valentine. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631199144
ISBN
9780631199144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.41

Paperback. Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, this volume explores nineteenth-century Italian sexualities from a variety of viewpoints, illuminating in particular personal and political relationships, same-sex desires, gender roles that defy societal norms, sexual behaviours of different classes and transnational encounters. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; DS; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349484775
ISBN
9781349484775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.47

paperback. How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading Series: A Touchstone book. Num Pages: 426 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Touchstone
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Revised and Updated ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780671212094
ISBN
9780671212094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.26

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198398981
ISBN
9780198398981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.07

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9781408113462
ISBN
9781408113462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.96

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