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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. The third and final volume of Simon Hornblower's magisterial commentary on the history of the first 20 years of the Peloponnesian War written by the great fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides. Volume III covers the years 421-411 BC (Books 5.25 to 8.109). All Greek is translated, and there is a thematic Introduction. Num Pages: 1128 pages, Frontispiece, 6 figures, 8 maps. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199594450
- ISBN
- 9780199594450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Paperback. From the stages of Broadway and London to university campuses, Paris, and the bourgeoning theaters of Africa, Greek tragedy remains constantly in production. This title explains how Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles conceived their works in performance. It summarizes what we know about how their tragedies were actually staged. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; ANH; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226301280
- ISBN
- 9780226301280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.34
€ 20.99
€ 18.34
Hardback. Through Victorian art, opera, and novels, this title examines how sexuality and desire, the politics of culture, and the role of religion in society were considered and debated through the Victorian obsession with antiquity. It offers insights into how the Victorian sense of antiquity and our sense of the Victorians came into being. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 color illus. 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 247 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149844
- ISBN
- 9780691149844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.18
€ 65.07
€ 51.18
Hardback. Challenges the conventional belief that the English-language literary traditions of East Africa are restricted to the former British colonies of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. This book begins with a chronology of key historical events and an overview of the emergence and transformation of literary culture in the region. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125208
- ISBN
- 9780231125208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.37€ 76.26
€ 99.37
€ 76.26
Paperback. It would be easy to assume that, in the eighteenth century, slavery and the culture of taste - the world of politeness, manners, and aesthetics - existed as separate and unequal domains, unrelated in the spheres of social life. This book demonstrates that these two areas of modernity were surprisingly entwined. Num Pages: 392 pages, 73 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KJ; DSB; HBTS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New in Paper ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160979
- ISBN
- 9780691160979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.26
€ 40.99
€ 29.26
Hardback. The first book in English to examine one of the most important and influential texts from a literary perspective. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843528
- ISBN
- 9781843843528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.65
€ 97.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Frost, Simon; Rix, Robert W. Num Pages: 172 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763535106
- ISBN
- 9788763535106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.53
€ 26.99
€ 20.53
Paperback. Contains the translations of the Epistle to Foma and the lessons and sermons of Kirill, as well as an rendering of the Sermon on Law and Grace. Series: Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature. Num Pages: 326 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 2AGC; DSBB; HRCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932650082
- ISBN
- 9781932650082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.82
€ 33.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. From the early Sumerian clay tablet through to the emergence of the electronic text, this Companion provides a continuous and coherent account of the history of the book. A team of expert contributors draws on the latest research in order to offer a cogent, transcontinental narrative. Editor(s): Eliot, Simon; Rose, Jonathan. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 616 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: DS; GL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192781
- ISBN
- 9781405192781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.30
€ 43.99
€ 43.30
Paperback. This book argues that political democracy has not fulfilled its promise and that we should therefore re-examine literature's long conservative hostility to it. It offers new accounts of the ethos of refusing political democracy, as well as innovative readings of writers including Tocqueville, Disraeli, George Eliot, E.M. Forster and Saul Bellow. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 13. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780823242559
- ISBN
- 9780823242559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Hardcover. Eighteenth-century British culture is often seen as polite and sentimental - the product of an emerging middle class. This title uncovers a strain of cruelty coursing through the period that reminds us just how slowly ordinary sufferings became worthy of sympathy. It expands our understanding of many of the century's major authors. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226146188
- ISBN
- 9780226146188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.10
€ 94.64
€ 79.10
Paperback. Dealing with the forgotten comic literature of eighteenth-century Britain, this book uncovers a rich vein of cruel humor beneath the surface of Enlightenment civility that forces us to recognize just how slowly ordinary human sufferings became worthy of sympathy. Num Pages: 382 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142548
- ISBN
- 9780226142548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.50
€ 46.99
€ 36.50
Paperback. Editor(s): Dickel, Simon. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JMC; AB; DSBH; JFCA; RNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837628937
- ISBN
- 9783837628937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.21
€ 51.99
€ 37.21
Paperback. An exuberant and entertaining biography of Charles Dickens that captures the essence of the great novelist. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007445318
- ISBN
- 9780007445318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.21
€ 16.99
€ 12.21
Paperback. The "Actors on Shakespeare" series draws on the contemporary relevance of, and enjoyment to be found in, Shakespeare. Each book provides an introduction to a particular play from an individual actor's perspective; here Simon Callow offers his view of Falstaff in "Henry IV, Part I" Editor(s): Nicholson, Colin. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; ANC; APB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 72. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KKD0006111
- ISBN
- 9780571214068
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137446893
- ISBN
- 9781137446893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.29€ 113.38
€ 118.29
€ 113.38
Hardback. This original study explores a vital aspect of early modern cultural history: the way that warfare is represented in the theatre of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627653
- ISBN
- 9780748627653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 108.53
€ 112.39
€ 108.53
Paperback. This anthology offers a full introduction to Renaissance theatre in its historical and political contexts, along with newly edited and annotated texts from certain plays. Editor(s): Barker, Simon; Hinds, Hilary. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1014.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415187343
- ISBN
- 9780415187343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.77
€ 53.77
Paperback. A new play from the Platform initiative, which comprises big-cast plays with predominantly female casts, written specifically for youth performers. Num Pages: 87 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848425026
- ISBN
- 9781848425026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.56
€ 13.00
€ 12.56
Paperback. Series: New Directions in German Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HPC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628927894
- ISBN
- 9781628927894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.01
€ 38.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Backes, David. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DNS; DSBH; RNA; RNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780816637096
- ISBN
- 9780816637096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.66
€ 18.99
€ 18.66
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691622385
- ISBN
- 9780691622385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.73
€ 54.99
€ 39.73
hardcover. "Originally published in German under the title Die Kreatur, das Heilige, die Bilder." Translator(s): Smith, Chadwick, Principal Chief Cherokee Nation. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804780599
- ISBN
- 9780804780599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.97
€ 139.97
Paperback. "Originally published in German under the title Die Kreatur, das Heilige, die Bilder." Translator(s): Smith, Chadwick, Principal Chief Cherokee Nation. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 273
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804780605
- ISBN
- 9780804780605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83