Literature: history & criticism books

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Violence and Memory in Zimbabwean Literature: Armed Peace in the Postcolonial Era

Violence and Memory in Zimbabwean Literature: Armed...

Author: Tanaka Chidora
ISBN: 9781032749556
Format: Hardback
$375.19

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Samuel Johnson: A Critical Study

Samuel Johnson: A Critical Study

Author: J.P. Hardy
ISBN: 9781041192626
Format: Hardback
$232.88

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Restoration Literature: Critical Approaches

Restoration Literature: Critical Approaches

Author: Harold Love
ISBN: 9781041194125
Format: Hardback
$207.00

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The Mathnawí of Jaláluʾddín Rúmí, Volume I: Persian Text of Books 1 and 2

The Mathnawí of Jaláluʾddín Rúmí, Volume I: Persian...

Author: Reynold A Nicholson ,  Alan Williams
ISBN: 9781399559959
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Volume 1 of Reynold A. Nicholson's 8-volume authoritative translation and edition of Rm's magnum opus reissued...  Read More >>

A History of Ottoman Poetry, Volume VI: Turkish Texts

A History of Ottoman Poetry, Volume VI: Turkish Texts...

Author: E. J. W. Gibb ,  Christine Woodhead (University of Durham)
ISBN: 9781399559928
Format: Hardback
$219.00

Volume VI of E.J.W. Gibb's classic study of Ottoman Poetry reissued with a new foreword by Christine Woodhead contains...  Read More >>

A History of Ottoman Poetry, Volume V: Later 19th Century

A History of Ottoman Poetry, Volume V: Later 19th Century...

Author: E. J. W. Gibb ,  Christine Woodhead (University of Durham)
ISBN: 9781399559881
Format: Hardback
$219.00

Volume V of E.J.W. Gibb's classic study of Ottoman Poetry here reissued with a new foreword by Christine Woodhead,...  Read More >>

A History of Ottoman Poetry, Volume I: 1300-1450

A History of Ottoman Poetry, Volume I: 1300-1450

Author: E. J. W. Gibb ,  Christine Woodhead (University of Durham)
ISBN: 9781399559713
Format: Hardback
$219.00

This first volume in E.J.W. Gibb's classic study of Ottoman Poetry, reissued here with a new foreword by Christine...  Read More >>

The Mathnawí of Jaláluʾddín Rúmí, Volume VII: Commentary on Books 1 and 2

The Mathnawí of Jaláluʾddín Rúmí, Volume VII: Commentary...

Author: Reynold A Nicholson ,  Alan Williams
ISBN: 9781399560191
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Volume 7 of Reynold A. Nicholson's 8-volume authoritative translation and edition of Rm's magnum opus now reissued...  Read More >>

The Mathnawí of Jaláluʾddín Rúmí, Volume VIII: Commentary on Books 3 to 6

The Mathnawí of Jaláluʾddín Rúmí, Volume VIII: Commentary...

Author: Reynold A Nicholson ,  Alan Williams
ISBN: 9781399560238
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Volume 8 of Reynold A. Nicholson's 8-volume authoritative translation and edition of Rm's magnum opus reissued...  Read More >>

Kafka: His Mind and Art

Kafka: His Mind and Art

Author: Charles Neider
ISBN: 9781032610962
Format: Paperback
$72.42

First published in 1949, Kafka: His Mind and Art presents an extended analysis of the Kafka literature, with emphasis...  Read More >>

Five for Freedom: A Study of Feminism in Fiction

Five for Freedom: A Study of Feminism in Fiction

Author: Geoffrey Wagner
ISBN: 9781032616551
Format: Paperback
$69.84

First published in 1972 Five for Freedom is a candid study of five European fictional heroines as anticipatory of...  Read More >>

Classical Influences on English Poetry

Classical Influences on English Poetry

Author: J.A.K. Thomson
ISBN: 9781032612423
Format: Paperback
$72.42

First published in 1951 this book presents a comprehensive account of the classical influences on English poetry...  Read More >>

Rejoice In Seasons

Rejoice In Seasons

Author: Lois Getz Mountz
ISBN: 9798349663864
Format: Paperback
$39.20

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The Silent Watch

The Silent Watch

Author: Ethan Ross
ISBN: 9798232764074
Format: Paperback
$21.09

Reality is unraveling. The price of oblivion is everything. The world is fading into nothingness, existence slowly...  Read More >>

The Cambridge History of Welsh Literature

The Cambridge History of Welsh Literature

Author: Geraint Evans (Swansea University) ,  Helen Fulton (University of Bristol)
ISBN: 9781107514423
Format: Paperback
$72.42

A chronological history of the literature of Wales in its two major languages (Welsh and English), this book covers...  Read More >>

Cervantes the Poet: The Don Quijote, Poetic Practice, and the Conception of the First Modern Novel

Cervantes the Poet: The Don Quijote, Poetic Practice,...

Author: Gabrielle Ponce-Hegenauer (Wesleyan University, Connecticut)
ISBN: 9781009045414
Format: Paperback
$59.49

Recovering Cervantes' career as an itinerant poet, this study presents a new theory of the modern novel as an organic...  Read More >>

Romantic Fiction and Literary Excess in the Minerva Press Era

Romantic Fiction and Literary Excess in the Minerva...

Author: Hannah Doherty Hudson (Suffolk University, Massachusetts)
ISBN: 9781009321938
Format: Paperback
$59.49

In the Romantic period, more novels were published in England than ever before. This book offers scholars and book...  Read More >>

The First Line

The First Line

Author: Jean-Marie Laclavetine ,  Teresa Lavender Fagan
ISBN: 9781803094977
Format: Hardback
$41.95

A sharp, witty send-up of the literary world, set in the world of book publishing—a must-read for anyone who's ever...  Read More >>

Attention: Writing on Life, Art and the World

Attention: Writing on Life, Art and the World

Author: Anne Enright
ISBN: 9781787335783
Format: Paperback
$36.99

A timely, moving, and piercingly intelligent essay collection from one of our finest contemporary writers For thirty...  Read More >>

The BS Situation of Tougetsu Umidori, Vol. 3 (light novel)

The BS Situation of Tougetsu Umidori, Vol. 3 (light...

Author: Andrew Cunningham ,  Kaeru Ryouseirui
ISBN: 9781975390662
Format: Paperback
$26.99

On the first day of summer vacation, everyone throws an okonomiyaki party at Umidori s place. Yet once more, this...  Read More >>

Greek Tragedy and the Middle East: Chasing the Myth

Greek Tragedy and the Middle East: Chasing the Myth...

Author: Pauline Donizeau (Lumière University Lyon 2 , France) ,  Yassaman Khajehi (Clermont Auvergne University, France)
ISBN: 9781350355736
Format: Paperback
$59.99

This book explores Middle-Eastern adaptations of Greek tragedy in Europe and the Middle East from the turn of the...  Read More >>

Sublime Cosmos in Graeco-Roman Literature and Its Reception: Intersections of Myth, Science and History

Sublime Cosmos in Graeco-Roman Literature and Its Reception:...

Author: Professor David Christenson (Professor of Classics, University of Arizona, USA) ,  Cynthia White (University of Arizona, USA)
ISBN: 9781350344716
Format: Paperback
$59.99

The essays collected in this volume examine manifestations of our sublime cosmos in ancient literature and its reception....  Read More >>

HoneyVoiced: A Translation of Pindar’s Songs for Athletes

HoneyVoiced: A Translation of Pindar’s Songs for Athletes...

Author: Dr James Bradley Wells (DePauw University, USA) ,  James Bradley Wells
ISBN: 9781350226449
Format: Paperback
$59.99

This new translation of Pindar’s songs for victorious athletes marries philological rigour with poetic sensibility...  Read More >>

Children’s Literature and Childhood Discourses: Exploring Identity through Fiction

Children’s Literature and Childhood Discourses: Exploring...

Author: Dr Anna Cermakova (Lancaster University, UK) ,  Professor Michaela Mahlberg (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
ISBN: 9781350342262
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Children’s literature shapes what children learn about the world. It reflects social values, norms, and stereotypes....  Read More >>

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