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Hardcover. Presents the biography of King Hammurabi, who ruled Babylon from 1792 to 1750 BC. This book describes how Hammurabi dealt with powerful rivals and extended his kingdom. It explores the administration of the kingdom and the legacies of his rule, especially his legal code. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405126595
- ISBN
- 9781405126595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.64
€ 119.64
Paperback. This book argues that we should regard walking and talking in a single rhythmic vision. In doing so, it contributes to the theory of prosody, our understanding of respiration and looking, and, in sum, to the particular links, across the board, between the human characteristics of bipedal walking and meaningful talk. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. .
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256839
- ISBN
- 9780823256839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, did symbolic as well as literal damage. This book includes two interlinked essays that proposes the notion of virtual traumato that describe the cultural wound that this name-date both deflects and relays. It examines the historical and philosophical infrastructure of the notion of war on terror. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231249
- ISBN
- 9780823231249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Hardback. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, did symbolic as well as literal damage. This book includes two interlinked essays that proposes the notion of virtual traumato that describe the cultural wound that this name-date both deflects and relays. It examines the historical and philosophical infrastructure of the notion of war on terror. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231232
- ISBN
- 9780823231232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.69
€ 86.69
Paperback. Marc Redfield provides the first single-authored book on the Yale School-the critical event associated with the confluence at that university of Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, J. Hillis Miller, Harold Bloom, and others, an event that helped to determine how literary theory reached America from Europe. Series: Lit Z. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823268672
- ISBN
- 9780823268672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Hardback. It seeks to restore poetry to its rightful place as a crucial source for interpreting the rich cultural and intellectual life of the era. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887222
- ISBN
- 9780801887222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.14€ 64.91
€ 71.14
€ 64.91
Hardcover. La Fontaine was a great French lyric poet of the 17th century. This study is almost as much about Louis XIV as about La Fontaine. It provides analysis of the absolutist politics and attempts by the King to enforce an official cultural style, and the plight of the artist under such a ruler. Translator(s): Todd, Jean Marie. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JD; BGH; BGR; DSBD; DSC; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1025.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038779
- ISBN
- 9780268038779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.52
€ 52.52
Hardback. Editor(s): Epstein, Marc Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages, 278 color illus. 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJS; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 289 x 232 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1556.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165240
- ISBN
- 9780691165240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.00€ 64.07
€ 83.00
€ 64.07
Hardback. This is a revolutionary work in the study of Yiddish literature and post-colonial theory, offering a new methodology for comparative research, a new definition of literary modernism, and an unprecedented juxtaposition of Jewish Studies with African literature. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804774765
- ISBN
- 9780804774765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.27
€ 81.27
Hardcover. This text maps the aesthetic and semantic meanings associated with gender in the Ming-Qing vernacular novel through close readings of five long narratives, including "Dream of the Red Chamber" and "A Tale of Heroic Lovers". Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005129
- ISBN
- 9780674005129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.90
€ 44.99
€ 36.90
Hardcover. Experiencing the Afterlife provides an analysis of depictions of the afterlife written in Italy before the Divine Comedy by authors such as Uguccione da Lodi, Glacomino da Verona, and Bonvesin da la Riva. Manuele Gragnolati uses his readings of these poets to provide an interpretation of Dante's work. Series: William & Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268029647
- ISBN
- 9780268029647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.56
€ 108.56
Hardback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; DSB; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231181006
- ISBN
- 9780231181006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.34€ 79.73
€ 104.34
€ 79.73
Paperback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; DSB; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231181013
- ISBN
- 9780231181013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. The eternal Don Juan, the creation more than 350 years ago of a monk and dramatist known as Tirso de Molina, has appeared on the boards as a thinker and fool, hero and villain, but never as anything less than a great lover. This book presents different aspects of the Don's progress through a half-dozen countries, epochs, and intellectual climates. Editor(s): Mandel, Oscar. Num Pages: 731 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 3J; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 993.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 731
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803281370
- ISBN
- 9780803281370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.50
€ 51.99
€ 46.50
A fully annotated edition of the most dramatic part of the most famous story of the Arthurian legend. It is presented with the original spelling to bring it as close as possible to the medieval original. Editor(s): Malory, Sir Thomas. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209473
- ISBN
- 9780872209473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.97€ 40.48
€ 50.97
€ 40.48
Paperback. Translator(s): Godzich, Myrna; Godzich, Wlad. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 260 x 10. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816613847
- ISBN
- 9780816613847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. A commentary on the text of Richmond Lattimore's English translation of Homer's Iliad. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 301 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XO) Open University set text. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 301
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226898551
- ISBN
- 9780226898551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.96
€ 25.99
€ 20.96
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Master Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403900777
- ISBN
- 9781403900777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.87
€ 48.87
Paperback. Explores the poetic imagination as a way of knowing; a way of seeing reality more clearly. Presenting a series of critical appreciations of English poetry from Anglo-Saxon times onwards, the author applies the insights of poetry to contemporary issues and the contribution poetry can make to our religious knowing and the way we 'do theology'. Series Editor(s): Begbie, Revd Dr. Jeremy; Hart, Professor Trevor; Lundin, Professor Roger. Series: Ashgate Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 516. Theology and the Poetic Imagination. Series: Ashgate Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts. 268 pages. Explores the poetic imagination as a way of knowing; a way of seeing reality more clearly. Presenting a series of critical appreciations of English poetry from Anglo-Saxon times onwards, the author applies the insights of poetry to contemporary issues and the contribution poetry can make to our religious knowing and the way we 'do theology'. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 17. Weight: 524.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409449362
- ISBN
- 9781409449362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.24
€ 56.24
Paperback. Malcolm Davies provides the first full commentary on the surviving fragments of the four epics that recount the story of the Seven's failed assault against Thebes and the successful assault in the next generation. He sets them in context and examines whether artistic depictions of the relevant myths can help reconstruct the lost epics' contents. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674417243
- ISBN
- 9780674417243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.56
€ 25.99
€ 22.56
Paperback. The once influential theory Neoanalysis held that motifs and episodes in the "Iliad" derive from the "Aethiopis. "Given its vast potential implications for the "Iliad" s origins, the recent revival of Neoanalysis in subtler form inspires this critical reappraisal by Malcolm Davies of that theory s more sophisticated reincarnation." Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088313
- ISBN
- 9780674088313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.66
€ 25.99
€ 22.66
Hardback. Critic, poet, editor, chronicler of the Lost Generation, elder statesman of the Republic of Letters, Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989) was an eloquent witness to American literary and political life. His letters, mostly unpublished, provide a self-portrait of Cowley and his time and make possible a full appreciation of his long, varied career. Num Pages: 630 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; BJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1436.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 630
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674051065
- ISBN
- 9780674051065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.45
€ 54.99
€ 46.45
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823253111
- ISBN
- 9780823253111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Reviews 3000 years of apocalyptic thought. Tracing the history of millenarianism from ancient times to the 17th century, this book investigates the modern and postmodern debates in which apocalyptic themes are recirculated, from Zoroaster to Derrida. Num Pages: 350 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSB; HPCA; HPCB; HRA; JFCX; JFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631190820
- ISBN
- 9780631190820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99
€ 54.99