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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Philostratus's writings embody the height of the renaissance of Greek literature in the second century CE. Heroicus is a vineyard conversation about the beauty, continuing powers, and worship of the Homeric heroes. Gymnasticus is the sole surviving ancient treatise on sports, which reshapes conventional ideas about the athletic body. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 506 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 128 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996748
- ISBN
- 9780674996748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.84
€ 33.99
€ 28.84
Paperback. Editor(s): Lacoue-Labarthe, Philippe. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816616985
- ISBN
- 9780816616985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish--speaking Latin America. aeo Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts. aeo Introduces debates about how to read this literature. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405108669
- ISBN
- 9781405108669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.86
€ 44.86
Hardcover. Introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish-speaking Latin America. This work presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts. It introduces debates about how to read this literature. It discusses authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Isabel Allende. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405108652
- ISBN
- 9781405108652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.48
€ 122.48
Paperback. This acclaimed volume explores and unravels the contexts, readings, genres, intertextualities and debates within Anglo-Saxon studies. * Brings together specially-commissioned contributions from a team of leading European and American scholars. * Embraces both the literature and the cultural background of the period. Editor(s): Pulsiano, Phillip; Treharne, Elaine M. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 552 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405176095
- ISBN
- 9781405176095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.90
€ 63.90
Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 144 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582414655
- ISBN
- 9780582414655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.36
€ 11.36
Hardback. Setting out from middle-class California to invent herself as a European-style intellectual, Sontag raised the bar of critical discourse and offered up a model of a freethinking, imaginative, and sensual woman. This book offers a reflection on the work, influence, and personality of Sontag. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135700
- ISBN
- 9780691135700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691606408
- ISBN
- 9780691606408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. Series: NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479818365
- ISBN
- 9781479818365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardback. In Roland Barthes's eyes, Philippe Sollers embodied the figure of the contemporary writer forever seeking something new. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509513314
- ISBN
- 9781509513314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. This is a pioneering attempt to rearticulate the relationship between music and the problem of mimesis, of presentation and re-presentation. Four "scenes" compose this book, all four of them responses to Wagner: two by French poets (Baudelaire and Mallarme), two by German philosophers (Heidegger and Adorno). Translator(s): McCarren, Felicia. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723855
- ISBN
- 9780804723855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. This analysis of the historical position of Paul Celan's poetry addresses the question of a lyric language that would not be the expression of subjectivity. Translator(s): Tarnowski, Andrea. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734271
- ISBN
- 9780804734271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Univocal Publishing LLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937561680
- ISBN
- 9781937561680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. In Roland Barthes's eyes, Philippe Sollers embodied the figure of the contemporary writer forever seeking something new. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 2. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509513321
- ISBN
- 9781509513321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.12
€ 22.12
Hardback. It will interest English-language medievalists of several other disciplines: intellectual historians and specialists of English, as well as scholars of Italian and Iberian literature. Translator(s): Curley, Michael J.; Rendall, Steven. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 568 pages, 14, 12 black & white line drawings, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; DSA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 43. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411248
- ISBN
- 9781421411248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.40€ 75.66
€ 83.40
€ 75.66
hardcover. This book is about four writers-Sartre, Eluard, Blanchot, and Celine-whose works confront and respond to the purge of collaborationist intellectuals in postwar France. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804731843
- ISBN
- 9780804731843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Paperback. This book is about four writers-Sartre, Eluard, Blanchot, and Celine-whose works confront and respond to the purge of collaborationist intellectuals in postwar France. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804731850
- ISBN
- 9780804731850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Part of the series "Euripides in Penguin Classics", this title contains plays such as "Phoenician Women", "Bacchae", "Iphigenia at Aulis", "Orestes", and "Rhesus". Translator(s): Vellacott, Philip. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140440447
- ISBN
- 9780140440447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Basilus, a foolish old Duke, consults an oracle, but he is less than pleased with what he learns. To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies, he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife and two daughters. When a pair of princes fall in love with the princesses and adopt disguises to gain access to them, all manner of complications ensue. Editor(s): Evans, Maurice. Num Pages: 880 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 526. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KAC0001513
- ISBN
- 9780140431117
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780691616100
- ISBN
- 9780691616100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Paperback. Described, variously, as the perfect fusion of poetry and garage band rock and roll, Horses belongs as much to the world of literary and cultural criticism as it does to the realm of musicology. This book demonstrates how Horses transformed the possibilities of both poetry and rock music. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 122 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826427922
- ISBN
- 9780826427922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138859647
- ISBN
- 9781138859647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.17
€ 34.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. "A success story .. proof that one can rise above the disease and defy its so-called limitations on the brain."-Daily Beast Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393343427
- ISBN
- 9780393343427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.52
€ 16.99
€ 15.52
paperback. What qualities helped Primo Levi survive the demented laboratory of Auschwitz? What does Milan Kundera make of being denounced as a subversive writer in communist Czechoslovakia? What does Edna O'Brien think drove generations of Irish writers into exile? This book explores the importance of region, politics and history in their work. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099428435
- ISBN
- 9780099428435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.27
€ 12.99
€ 10.27