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Paperback. A student edition of Sarah Kane's seminal play with its uncompromising depiction of rape, torture and violence in a society at war with itself. The Introduction includes a scene-by-scene summary, a detailed commentary on the dramatic, social and political context, and on the themes, characters and language. Editor(s): Urban, Ken. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408103852
ISBN
9781408103852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.31

Hardback. Where does courtly literature come from? What is the meaning of courtly love? What is the relation between religious and secular culture in the Middle Ages, and why does it matter? This book addresses these questions by way of contradiction, which is central both to medieval logic and to most modern protocols of reading. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730792
ISBN
9780804730792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349055302
ISBN
9781349055302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482843
ISBN
9781611482843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.52

Paperback. A literary, cultural and historical study of journalism and journalists in British fiction and film. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; APF; DSBH; KNTJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474220545
ISBN
9781474220545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.57

Hardback. Editor(s): Hoagland, Sarah Lucia; Frye, Marilyn. Series: Re-Reading the Canon. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271020181
ISBN
9780271020181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.97
€ 94.09

Paperback. This book is an edition, translation, and philosophical commentary on Hildegard of Bingen's "Unknown Language," a list of the things of her twelfth-century world recast in words of her own creation. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 246 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSBB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349537341
ISBN
9781349537341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 180.86

Hardback. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 246 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403976734
ISBN
9781403976734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.89

Hardcover. Sarah M. Allen explores the tale literature of eighth- and ninth-century China to show how written tales of the Tang canon we know today grew out of a fluid culture of hearsay in elite society. The book focuses on two main types of tales, those based in gossip about recognizable public figures and those developed out of lore concerning the occult. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417205
ISBN
9780674417205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.43

Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Peter Owen Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780720612226
ISBN
9780720612226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.19

Paperback. In a major revisionary approach to ancient Greek culture, this title invokes as a paradigm the myths surrounding Daidalos to describe the profound influence of the Near East on Greece's artistic and literary origins. Num Pages: 483 pages, 63 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; ACG; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
411
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001609
ISBN
9780691001609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.88
€ 62.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Peverley, Sarah; Simpson, James. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 356 pages, 12 full color. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ABC; 3H; DSBB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 213 x 20. Weight in Grams: 838.
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580442138
ISBN
9781580442138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.96

Hardback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174404
ISBN
9780231174404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.12
€ 50.14

Paperback. Diaspora studies have tended to privilege urban landscapes over rural ones, wanting to avoid the racial homogeneity, conservatism, and xenophobia usually associated with the latter. This book examines the work of various writers to show how it expresses the appeal that rural and wilderness spaces can hold for the diasporic imagination. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926391
ISBN
9780813926391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403903235
ISBN
9781403903235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.62

Hardcover. Editor(s): Salih, Sarah. Series: Studies in the Age of Chaucer. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
ND Studies in Age of Chaucer
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780933784376
ISBN
9780933784376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.57

Hardback. Series: Liber Primus. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781618114433
ISBN
9781618114433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 486 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823233526
ISBN
9780823233526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.10

Hardcover. An exploration of the possibilities of letting go of our inner desire for control. It provides a challenge and an alternative to 'masterful' or technical approaches to theory. It draws on the power of poetry and fiction to help us think and puts this to work in the book's own practice of creative critical writing. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748669974
ISBN
9780748669974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.59

Hardcover. Robert Browning both denied and affirmed the value of biography for an understanding of literature. This book narrates the development of his controversial creative life through responses to his work by key 19th-century figures. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333643372
ISBN
9780333643372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.69

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