Search Results: Literary Criticism from Bibliope by Calvello Books

Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Some creasing and chipping to spine. Minor spotting to wrappers. Minor wrinkle to about 5 pages. Else, Very Good. Inscribed by previous owner.. Small octavo in light yellow wrappers; 113 p. ; 16 cm; Several b/w illustrations. History and criticism. Estonian literature -- 20th century -- Book reviews. Satire, Estonian.

Nueva York: Instituto de las Espanas en los Estados Unidos, 1926. Paperback. A legitimately deaccessioned ex-library copy with usual markings (from a graduate seminar library ; never circulated) ; else Very Good+ with gentle weat to exterior (spine backstrip). Octavo in pale printed wraps ; 83 p., 1 l. incl. front. (port.) 20 cm. Signed and inscribed by the author. In Spanish. Uncommon.

Firenze: Vallecchi, 1932. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. VeryGood(-) with some neat archival glue reinforment to hinges and spine.. Octavo in tan illus wraps; 165 p. ; 20 cm. In Italian. Chapters entitled: Malaparte. --Bacchelli. --Soffici. --Papini & Giuliotti. --Oppo. --Spadini. --De Chirico. --Barilli. --Beniamino. --Frate. Silvio. --Ojetti. --Civinini. --Beltramelli. --Simoni. --Panzini. --Don Benedetto. || Authors, Italian. Italian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.

Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2002. First edition (stated). Paperback. Near fine with slight rubbed corners, else tight and clean. Inscribed by author.. Small octavo in black and orange illus. paper wraps. 253 p. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-253). In Spanish. Inscribed by author. // Spanish American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Spanish American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Love in literature. Amor en la literatura. Spaans. Romans. Liefde. Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Texas at Austin, 1995./ Works discussed: Martín Rivas, De sobremesa, Santa, Rayuela, and El amor en los tiempos del cólera.

Santander: Aldus, s. a. de artes graficas, 1944. Hardcover. Vestiges of adhesive from small spine stickers; else a Near Fine very tight and crisp set.. Complete in ten octavo volumes, custom bound in full leather, with raised bands and sewn bindings; original printed wraps bound in; approx 400 pages per volume; numerous bib. footnotes; index to volume 10. 22 cm. In Spanish. Series: Obras completas. || Spanish poetry. Spanish literature -- History and criticism. Poesía espanola -- Período clasico, 1500-1700. Poesie espagnole -- Anthologies. Poesie lyrique espagnole -- Anthologies. Poesie espagnole -- Histoire et critique. Poésie espagnole. Littérature espagnole -- Histoire et critique. || Extra shipping charges (at cost) may apply.

Mexico: Siglo Veintiuno editores, 1975. 2. ed. Paperback. Near Fine; traces of spine label, ex library, else tight and clean. Appears to have never circulated.. Duodecimo, white wrap. 308 p. : port. ; 18 cm. Pocketbook. In Spanish. Series: Crítica literaria; Machado, Antonio, 1875-1939.

Madrid: Taurus, 1970. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Extremely gentle wear to spine head & foot, else fine.. Blue octavo; 115 p ; 18 cm. In Spanish. || Spanish poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.

[Paris, France]: Collège de 'pataphysique, 1963. paperback. Fine copy with faint soiling to wrappers.. Small quarto in offwhite printed wraps; stapled & glued; 89, 12 pages : b&w illustrations ; 24 cm; bibliographical references. India paper. In French, with complete parallel texts in English, French, Polish, Spanish, Italian, Russian, German, Latin and Japanese. THe science & philosophy of imaginary solutions concisely described. || Pataphysics. Philosophy; French literature. Alfred Jarry. Symbolism in literature. Pataphysics French literature. Symbolism in literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Pataphysical literature -- France -- 20th century.

La Paz, Bolivia: Imp. Velarde, 1919. Paperback. Rear wrap outer edge neatly trimmed about 1/8th of an inch short of text block edge; mild edge-fraying to last page; else tight , clean and Very Good+ considering age.. Octavo in off-white wraps with red printed titles to front wrap; 2 frontis photoplates (of authors); viii, 244 p.; 21 cm. In Spanish. Scarce. "Isaac Crisales" is a pseudonym of Abel Gonzalez || Bolivian literature -- History and criticism.

New York: Basic Book, 1975. First printing (full number line). Hardcover. Near fine(+) with a wee bit nominal wear in very good(+) price-clipped jacket with a few tiny closed edge tears. Quarto in dark green jacket; xvii, 414 pages ; 24 cm. Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. Literary Theory, criticism.

New York: W.W. Norton, 1987. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Very faint spotting to rear DJ, else very good(+) to near fine copy in a very good (+) DJ. Octavo in a light grey DJ ; xxviii, 497 p : b&w illus ; 24 cm. Composers -- Austria -- Correspondence -- History.

London ; New York: Routledge, 1992. Hardcover. Fine with very faint external edge-wear.. Octavo in black polished buckram with silver gilt titles; ix, 261 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-251) and index. Uncommon in cloth. || Contents: 'A shadow of a magnitude' : the dialectic of romantic aesthetics / Paul Hamilton -- Land of the giants : gaps, limits and audiences in Coleridge's Biographia literaria / Stephen Bygrave -- Shelley's 'magnetic ladies' : romantic mesmerism and the politics of the body / Nigel Leask -- Jerusalem and nationalism / Susan Matthews -- 'The voice which is contagion to the world' : the Bacchic in Shelley / Michael Rossington -- The wanton muse : politics and gender in Gothic theory after 1760 / Harriet Guest -- Plagiarism with a difference : subjectivity in 'Kubla Khan' and letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark / Jane Moore -- De Quincey and women / Angela Leighton -- Women writing revolution : narratives of… Read More

Habana: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Departamento de Asuntos Culturales, Division de Publicaciones, 1960. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. A legitimately deaccessioned ex-library copy with normal markings (few numbers & letters taped to spine, stamp to title page, stamp to colophon), little scuff to spine, very mild wear to spine foot and head, gently rubbed corners, else very good. White octavo; 79 p, b&w illus; 24 cm. In Spanish. || Cuban literature -- History and criticism. || Typed paper in Spanish to rear endpaper.

Madrid: Tip. de la "Revista de archivos", 1914. 2. ed., aum. Paperback. Very Good with nominal signs of wear; spine slightly sunned with a few reading creases; 2-3 library stamps in red ink to a few pages only ; a legitimately deaccessioned copy, with no other markings. Overall tight anc clean,. Octavo in grey printed original wraps; 440 p. incl. front. (port.) 19 cm. In Spanish.

Barcelona: Montaner y Simon, 1898. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. A legitimate deaccessioned ex-library book with normal markings (bookplate to front pastedown, paper residue to front free endpaper), heavy spotting (foxing & browning) to boards & edges, moderately bumped corners light stamp to vii, else very tight and clean within. Extremely sturdy institutional binding.. Large white octavo in thick vellum, illustrated boards, gilt to spine, sewn binding; vii, 340 p, b&w illus ; 25 cm. In Spanish. || Literature; Literary Criticism.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine lightly rubbed DJ. A tight and crisp copy. Small octavo in orange-brown brushed cloth boards and white illus DJ; xi, 204 p. ; 21 cm ; bibliographical references and index. Revolutionary literature, English -- History and criticism. Christian literature, English -- History and criticism. Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation.

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gentle rubbing to corners, faint soiling mark to rear board, light spotting to fore-edge, extremely light soiling to DJ, else Very Good(+) in Near Fine(+) DJ.. Octavo in white DJ, viii, 303 pages ; 22 cm. Essays, Arts, Literary Criticism. || Contents: Reading and contemplation -- Seeing and using : art and craftsmanship -- At table and in bed -- Iniquitous symmetries -- The new analogy : poetry and technology -- The verbal contract -- Picasso : hand-to-hand combat with painting -- Literature and literalness -- Latin-American poetry -- A literature of convergences -- Quevedo, Heraclitus, and a handful of sonnets -- The tradition of the Haiku -- Blank thought -- Constellations : Breton and Miró -- Two centuries of American painting (1776-1971) -- The tree of life. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.

Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Fine in near fine+ jacket. Octrav in blue jacket; 245 pages ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index. Warmly inscribed by author. "The thesis of this book is that repetition is central to Tolstoy's art. The author argues that Tolstoy uses this device - or rather, complex of devices - to represent and examine the processes by which people structure and give meaning to their experience. Repetition is shown to be essential to his style, to his understanding of characters' psychology, to the structure of his work, and to his interaction with readers. In short, it defines much of what is "Tolstoyan" about Tolstoy. In examining the link between Tolstoy's repeated verbal elements and his broader concepts of structure and meaning, the book combines close readings of key passages in the novels with an exploration of larger theoretical issues: the dynamics of reading and sense-making, the ethics and aesthetics of… Read More

New York: Garland Pub, 1999. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Extremely mild rubbing to spine, light reading crease to spine, very gentle rubbing to corners, sticker residue to front cover, else Near Fine(-).. Blue-gray octavo, xiv, 437 pages ; 23 cm. Series: Garland reference library of the humanities, vol. 2070. Contents: Everything you wanted to know about critical theory but were afraid to ask -- Psychoanalytic criticism -- Marxist criticism -- Feminist criticism -- New criticism -- Reader-response criticism -- Structuralist criticism -- Deconstructive criticism -- New historical and cultural criticism -- Lesbian, gay, and queer criticism -- Postcolonial and African American criticism -- Gaining an overview. Literary Criticism -- History -- 20th century.

Gebennae: In aedibvs Olschki, 1920. Paperback. Near Fine(-) ; unopened. Very minor wear to exterior ; very gentle bump to rear inner corner.. Octavo in pale grey-green printed wraps ; 111 p. ; extensive foot notes ; 24 cm. In Latin . || Church and state. Italy -- Politics and government -- 476-1268.