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On Friendship and Freedom contains the first published collection of correspondence between Silone and his longtime friend the philanthropist and art collector Marcel Fleischmann. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649965
- ISBN
- 9781442649965
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Paperback. Looks at the interplay between text and image in picturebooks. This book explores picturebooks as a specific medium or genre in literature and culture, one that prepares children for other media of communication, and argues that picturebooks may be the most influential media of all in the socialization and representation of children. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 308 pages, 75 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415979689
- ISBN
- 9780415979689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.97
€ 85.97
Hardback. Through a variety of critical perspectives, Nikolajeva ponders the art of characterization, uncovering the essential differences between story ('what we are told') and discourse ('how we are told'), and carefully distinguishing between how these are employed in children's fiction and in general fiction. Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810842502
- ISBN
- 9780810842502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.80
€ 141.80
Paperback. Maria Rosa Menocal argues that Arabic culture was a central and shaping phenomenon in medieval Europe. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812213249
- ISBN
- 9780812213249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Using the work of Dante as its critical focus, this study examines questions of truth, ideology and reality in poetry as they occur in a series of texts and in the relationship between those texts across time. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822311171
- ISBN
- 9780822311171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822314196
- ISBN
- 9780822314196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Hardcover. This book reassesses the role of Russian Montparnasse writers in the articulation of transnational modernism generated by exile. Examining their production from a comparative perspective, it demonstrates that their response to urban modernity transcended the Russian master narrative and resonated with broader aesthetic trends in interwar Europe. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137508003
- ISBN
- 9781137508003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Hardback. These three authors address the problems of female authority and authorship by reworking the myths of Phaedra, Ariadne, Hippolytus, and Theseus in plays intended for reading rather than performance. By rewriting Greek tragedy they enact their own displacement within a masculine literary tradition and struggle to define themselves as women writers. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910352
- ISBN
- 9781575910352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Paperback. Analyzes the forms the tale of Bluebeard's Wife has taken over time, particularly in Anglo-European popular culture. This book documents the fortunes of Bluebeard, his wife, and their marriage in folklore, fiction, film, and opera. It is intended for both literary scholars and general readers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127835
- ISBN
- 9780691127835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Exploring how adults mistreat children, this book focuses on adults not only as hostile characters in fairy tales themselves but also as real people who use frightening stories to discipline young listeners. Num Pages: 332 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY; JFC; JFHF; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000886
- ISBN
- 9780691000886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Fairy tales shape our cultures and enrich our imaginations; their narrative stability and cultural durability are incontestable. Editor(s): Tatar, Maria. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; DSY; JFHF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 283 x 31. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393602975
- ISBN
- 9780393602975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.64
€ 28.64
Paperback. This interdisciplinary volume explores the significance of Julius Caesar to different periods, societies and people. Ranges over the fields of religious, military, and political history, archaeology, architecture and urban planning, the visual arts, and literary, film, theatre and cultural studies. Editor(s): Wyke, Maria. Num Pages: 384 pages, 26. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HBJD; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405125994
- ISBN
- 9781405125994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.16
€ 59.16
Hardcover. How and when can a narrative agent or voice be considered unreliable? What happens when narrative authority fails and, just as importantly, why does it? As a means to answering these questions, Wandering Women in French Film and Literature examines the phenomenon of 'narrative drift' through in-depth analysis of twentieth-century novels and films. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; APF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339980
- ISBN
- 9781137339980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Paperback. How and when can a narrative agent or voice be considered unreliable? What happens when narrative authority fails and, just as importantly, why does it? As a means to answering these questions, Wandering Women in French Film and Literature examines the phenomenon of 'narrative drift' through in-depth analysis of twentieth-century novels and films. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; D; DS; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349464647
- ISBN
- 9781349464647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58
hardcover. In this study, Marian Demos seeks to demonstrate the significance of three famous lyric quotations within their respective contexts in the dialogues of Plato. These passages include the Simonides poem in the "Protagoras" and the misquotation of Pindar in the "Gorgias". Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689088
- ISBN
- 9780847689088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.66
€ 140.66
Paperback. In this study, Marian Demos seeks to demonstrate the significance of three famous lyric quotations within their respective contexts in the dialogues of Plato. These passages include the Simonides poem in the "Protagoras" and the misquotation of Pindar in the "Gorgias". Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 6. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689095
- ISBN
- 9780847689095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.10
€ 55.10
Hardcover. Based on sources in Genesis and Plato's Symposium, the androygyne during Early Modern France was a means of expressing the full potential of humans made in the image of God. This book documents and comments on the range of references to the androgyne in the writings of poets, philosophers, courtiers, and women in positions of political power. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541369
- ISBN
- 9781137541369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: ASZ; AV; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040719
- ISBN
- 9780252040719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.40
€ 134.40
Hardback. This book offers a discussion of Elizabeth Bishop's translations through close-readings of a selection of poems, with particular attention to the features that relate them to translation, and suggests that translation can be seen as a poetic principle that can be related to the poet's original works. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498520638
- ISBN
- 9781498520638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.94€ 67.87
€ 106.94
€ 67.87
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615059
- ISBN
- 9780691615059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Marianna De Marco Torgovnick's unflinching account of crossing cultural boundaries in American life, of what it means to be an Italian American woman who became a scholar and literary critic. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808307
- ISBN
- 9780226808307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
The Visual Arts, Pictorialism, and the Novel: James, Lawrence, and Woo...
Marianna de Marco Torgovnick
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691611419
- ISBN
- 9780691611419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Hardcover. Famed and outspoken Russian poet, Maximilian Voloshin's notoriety has grown steadily since his slow release from Soviet censorship. For the first time, Landa showcases his vast poetic contributions, proving his words to be an overlooked solution both to the political and cultural turmoil engulfing the Soviet Union in the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482617
- ISBN
- 9781137482617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.93
€ 138.93
Paperback. 'Imagining Adoption' looks at representations of adoption in an array of literary genres by diverse authors including George Eliot, Edward Albee, and Barbara Kingsolver, as well as ordinary adoptive mothers and adopter activists, exploring what these writings share and what they debate. Editor(s): Novy, Marianne. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472030026
- ISBN
- 9780472030026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.44
€ 38.99
€ 35.44