Literary studies: general books

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The Gallant Spaniard

The Gallant Spaniard

Author: Philip E. Krummrich ,  Miguel de Cervantes
ISBN: 9780826506030
Format: Hardback
$169.40

There are surprising omissions in the translated body of Spanish Golden Age literature, including in the body of...  Read More >>

Introduction to Ethical Literary Criticism

Introduction to Ethical Literary Criticism

Author: Nie Zhenzhao
ISBN: 9781032140025
Format: Hardback
$294.00

This title is a thorough introduction to ethical literary criticism, defined as a critical methodology to interpret...  Read More >>

A Reading of Petronius' Satyrica

A Reading of Petronius' Satyrica

Author: Lee Fratantuono
ISBN: 9781666933055
Format: Hardback
$222.00

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Space, Drama, and Empire: Mapping the Past in Lope de Vega's Comedia

Space, Drama, and Empire: Mapping the Past in Lope de...

Author: Javier Lorenzo
ISBN: 9781684484928
Format: Hardback
$396.00

Space, Drama, and Empire examines the role that space played as a vehicle to imperialize Spain’s history in Lope...  Read More >>

You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

Author: Zora Neale Hurston ,  Henry Louis Gates Jr.
ISBN: 9780008523008
Format: Paperback
$24.99

‘One of the greatest writers of our time.’ Toni Morrison ‘You Don’t Know Us Negroes adds...  Read More >>

Louis Sébastien Mercier: Revolution and Reform in Eighteenth-Century Paris

Louis Sébastien Mercier: Revolution and Reform in Eighteenth-Century...

Author: Michael J. Mulryan
ISBN: 9781684484881
Format: Hardback
$396.00

French playwright, novelist, activist, and journalist Louis Sebastien Mercier passionately captured scenes of social...  Read More >>

Djeha, the North African Trickster

Djeha, the North African Trickster

Author: Christa C. Jones
ISBN: 9781496847041
Format: Hardback
$168.30

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Donner a Voir: Ecritures de l'Image Dans l'Art de Poesie Au Xvie Siecle

Donner a Voir: Ecritures de l'Image Dans l'Art de Poesie...

Author: Olivia Rosenthal
ISBN: 9782812458118
Format: Hardback
$319.44

While comparisons between poetry and painting were commonplace in the poetic arts in the sixteenth century, they...  Read More >>

Ovide, Figures de l'Hybride: Illustrations Litteraires Et Figurees de l'Esthetique Ovidienne a Travers Les Ages

Ovide, Figures de l'Hybride: Illustrations Litteraires...

Author: Helene Casanova-Robin
ISBN: 9782812455209
Format: Hardback
$330.00

More than just beings subject to metamorphosis, Ovid's poems portray hybrid creatures. These studies analyze this...  Read More >>

Satyre Menippee

Satyre Menippee

Author: Martial Martin
ISBN: 9782812457180
Format: Hardback
$390.72

This reference edition contains the complete version of the most famous anti-Catholic League pamphlet written at...  Read More >>

La Carriere de Montaigne

La Carriere de Montaigne

Author: George Hoffmann ,  Pierre Gauthier
ISBN: 9782812454820
Format: Hardback
$237.60

This reference study places the writing of the Essais in its historical, social, and economic context. Fundamentally...  Read More >>

L'Ecriture de la Meditation Chez Jean de Sponde

L'Ecriture de la Meditation Chez Jean de Sponde

Author: Sabine Lardon
ISBN: 9782812459245
Format: Hardback
$266.64

Based on a study of specific passages of the text, this work demonstrates the specificity and literary value of...  Read More >>

Oeuvres Completes: IIe Volume

Oeuvres Completes: IIe Volume

Author: Joachim Du Bellay ,  Marie-Dominique Legrand
ISBN: 9782812455681
Format: Hardback
$327.36

The second volume of the complete works of Joachim du Bellay gathers the collections and pieces from 1549-1550,...  Read More >>

What Was Shakespeare Really Like?

What Was Shakespeare Really Like?

Author: Stanley Wells (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon) ,  Stephen Fry
ISBN: 9781009340373
Format: Hardback
$38.79

Stanley Wells brings a lifetime of reflection to bear on some of the most tantalising questions about Shakespeare....  Read More >>

Embodied VulnerAbilities in Literature and Film

Embodied VulnerAbilities in Literature and Film

Author: Cristina M. Gámez-Fernández ,  Miriam Fernández-Santiago
ISBN: 9781032268446
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book specialists from different literary and filmic studies explore the conflicting theoretical grounds that...  Read More >>

Textual Practices of Literary Training in Medieval China: Evidence from Dunhuang Manuscripts

Textual Practices of Literary Training in Medieval China:...

Author: Christopher M.B. Nugent
ISBN: 9789004547797
Format: Hardback
$234.96

This book shows the elite of Medieval China learned their most important skill: reading and writing in a range of...  Read More >>

Retroland: A Reader's Guide to the Dazzling Diversity of Modern Fiction

Retroland: A Reader's Guide to the Dazzling Diversity...

Author: Peter Kemp ,  Keval Shah
ISBN: 9798212944014
Format: Audio
$153.09

The essential companion for lovers of the contemporary novel Over the past fifty years, fiction in English has never...  Read More >>

Retroland: A Reader's Guide to the Dazzling Diversity of Modern Fiction

Retroland: A Reader's Guide to the Dazzling Diversity...

Author: Peter Kemp ,  Keval Shah
ISBN: 9798212944007
Format: Audio
$153.09

The essential companion for lovers of the contemporary novel Over the past fifty years, fiction in English has never...  Read More >>

American Visions: The United States 1800-1860

American Visions: The United States 1800-1860

Author: Edward L Ayers ,  Brandon Pollock
ISBN: 9798212921510
Format: Audio
$124.05

A revealing history of the formative period when voices of dissent and innovation defied power and created visions...  Read More >>

American Visions: The United States 1800-1860

American Visions: The United States 1800-1860

Author: Edward L Ayers ,  Brandon Pollock
ISBN: 9798212921503
Format: Audio
$110.85

A revealing history of the formative period when voices of dissent and innovation defied power and created visions...  Read More >>

Oeuvres - Tome 9: Le Printemps

Oeuvres - Tome 9: Le Printemps

Author: Agrippa D' Aubigne ,  Julien Goeury
ISBN: 9782406142430
Format: Hardback
$330.00

A true enigma in historical terms, Le Printemps is a collection of Agrippa d'Aubigne's youthful poetry--a lyrical...  Read More >>

Rimbaud, Verlaine Et Cie, Un Devoir a Chercher: a la Memoire de Yann Fremy

Rimbaud, Verlaine Et Cie, Un Devoir a Chercher: a la...

Author: Seth Whidden
ISBN: 9782406150336
Format: Hardback
$295.68

This volume pays homage to Yann Fremy, a specialist on Rimbaud and Verlaine, who also wrote about a wide range of...  Read More >>

Extirper l'Heresie de Provence: Vaudois Et Lutheriens (1530-1560)

Extirper l'Heresie de Provence: Vaudois Et Lutheriens...

Author: Gabriel Audisio
ISBN: 9782406149040
Format: Hardback
$237.60

"Reformist ideas began to spread in Provence and Comtat from 1520. The 1530s marked the beginning of the repression...  Read More >>

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