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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604734201
- ISBN
- 9781604734201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.84
€ 34.84
Paperback. Equine Poetics is a literary analysis of horses and horsemanship in early Greek epic and lyric poetry. Drawing from the fields of comparative poetics and historical linguistics, the book sheds new light on fascinating and puzzling aspects of these central figures in early Greek verbal art. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975705
- ISBN
- 9780674975705
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.65
€ 23.99
€ 20.65
Hardcover. Magic and the supernatural are common themes in the philosophy and fiction of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This book explores varieties of scepticism and belief exhibited by a selection of philosophers and playwrights, including Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Giordano Bruno, John Dee, Christopher Marlowe, and William Shakespeare. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193294
- ISBN
- 9781845193294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.15
€ 129.15
Paperback. Examines the tensions between the aims of military technology and modernist aesthetics in relation to perception. Newly available in paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBH; TTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643196
- ISBN
- 9780748643196
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.87
€ 33.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones, 10 line art illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646869
- ISBN
- 9780816646869
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.06
€ 24.99
€ 23.06
Paperback. Narratology has been conceived as a project that transcends disciplines and media. This book investigates how the intrinsic properties of the supporting medium shape the form of narrative and affect the narrative experience. It addresses the question of how narrative migrates, mutates, and creates meaning as it is expressed across various media. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803289932
- ISBN
- 9780803289932
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Following the cognitive approaches that have rehabilitated immersion as the product of fundamental processes of world-construction and mental simulation, she details the many forms that interactivity has taken-or hopes to take-in digital texts, from determining the presentation of signs to affecting the level of story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22, 10 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417974
- ISBN
- 9781421417974
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.64
€ 41.99
€ 34.64
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125227
- ISBN
- 9781905125227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.05
€ 74.05
Paperback. Series: Library of Jewish Ideas. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: DS; JFCA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 206 x 20. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165813
- ISBN
- 9780691165813
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.73
€ 24.99
€ 18.73
Hardback. The Literary Legacy of the Macmillan Company of Canada also illuminates the key individuals -- including Hugh Eayrs, John Gray, and Hugh Kane -- whose personalities were as fascinating as those of the authors they published, and whose achievements helped to advance modern literature in Canada. Series: Studies in Book & Print Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802098771
- ISBN
- 9780802098771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.96
€ 53.96
Paperback. Offers broad coverage of contemporary narrative theory, including frameworks that draw from classical and post-classical narratology, linguistics, and media studies Editor(s): Page, Ruth; Thomas, Bronwen. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217867
- ISBN
- 9780803217867
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.60
€ 42.99
€ 38.60
Paperback. Explores Greek conceptions of human innerness and the way in which Greek tragedy shaped European notions of mind and self. Arguing that Greek poetic language connects images of consciousness, with the darkness attributed to Hades and to women, this title analyzes tragedy's biological and daemonological metaphors for what is within. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037660
- ISBN
- 9780691037660
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Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.14
€ 53.24
€ 42.14
Paperback. Three lectures on contemporary poetry by one of Britain's leading poets, Ruth Padel, who hit the headlines in 2009 when she was elected Oxford Professor of Poetry in controversial circumstances. The story of her election and resignation received international news coverage. Series: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852248277
- ISBN
- 9781852248277
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.38
€ 13.99
€ 11.38
Paperback. Modern poetry is often represented as difficult or remote from most people's experience. This is a passionate attempt to introduce and examine all aspects of contemporary poetry and make it a familiar part of our lives. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099429159
- ISBN
- 9780099429159
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501703072
- ISBN
- 9781501703072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.58
€ 76.58
Paperback. This study examines the social, political and theological issues that were brought to the late medieval stage. Examining plays, urban pageant cycles and travelling 'miracles' and morality plays, dating to the 14th and 15th centuries, Ruth Nisse explores how these translated contemporary issues and especially vernacular theology through performance. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268036027
- ISBN
- 9780268036027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Hardcover. This study examines the social, political and theological issues that were brought to the late medieval stage. Examining plays, urban pageant cycles and travelling 'miracles' and morality plays, dating to the 14th and 15th centuries, Ruth Nisse explores how these translated contemporary issues and especially vernacular theology through performance. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268036010
- ISBN
- 9780268036010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.21
€ 108.21
Hardback. "A comprehensive critical analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors. This volume focuses on five Europeans who saw Shakespeare as a force of resistance against tyranny"-- Editor(s): Morse, Ruth. Series: Great Shakespeareans. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 533.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441139467
- ISBN
- 9781441139467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.11€ 178.26
€ 201.11
€ 178.26
Paperback. Literary Historicity explores how eighteenth-century British writers considered the past as an aspect of experience. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804773676
- ISBN
- 9780804773676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Why has shame displaced guilt as a dominant emotional reference in the West? This book presents a genealogical-critical study of the vicissitudes of the concept of survivor guilt and the significance of guilt's replacement by shame. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTZ1; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143323
- ISBN
- 9780691143323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.94
€ 42.99
€ 30.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16 colour, 87 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; ACV; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271027029
- ISBN
- 9780271027029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.93€ 70.51
€ 83.93
€ 70.51
Paperback. One of Charles Dickens' most exciting novels, "A Tale of Two Cities", blends a moving love story with the familiar figures of the Revolution - Bastille prisoners, a starving Parisian mob, and an indolent aristocracy. This title offers a guide to the novel. Editor(s): Glancy, Ruth. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415287609
- ISBN
- 9780415287609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.11
€ 41.11
Paperback. This book helps students meet the demands of the 2015 AQA A Level English Language and Literature specification. With up-to-date material, and flagging AS specification requirements, it builds the skills on which students will be assessed. From a very experienced author team, this entirely new book aims to help all students achieve their potential. Series Editor(s): Goddard, Angela. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; CJB; DSB. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 278 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198337492
- ISBN
- 9780198337492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.67
€ 50.67
Paperback. Explores the 19th century's fascination with Dutch painting, as well as its doubts about an art that had long challenged traditional values. This book shows how persistent tensions between high theory and low genre shaped criticism of novels and pictures alike. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 color plates. 55 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 2AB; 2ADF; ACQ; AFC; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143231
- ISBN
- 9780691143231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.10
€ 42.99
€ 31.10