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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. A reissue of the 1974 Columbia U. Press edition of the letters of Florentine humanist Poggius (1380-1459) to his friend de Niccolis regarding the rediscovery of lost classical texts. Translated (from the Latin) with notes by Phyllis Walter Goodhart Gordon. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portla Translator(s): Gordan, Phyllis Goodhart. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 393 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBD; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231096331
ISBN
9780231096331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.13

Hardcover. States that language is but the instrument conveying to us things useful to be known. This collection features ten essays that are intentionally diverse in subject matter, emphasis, and approach, but what unifies them is a common interest in aspects of language, or, as the title suggests, 'reasoning words'. Editor(s): Pruitt, Kristin A.; Durham, Charles W. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575911236
ISBN
9781575911236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.20

Hardcover. Ancient biographies were more than accounts of the deeds of past heroes and guides for moral living. They were also arenas for debating pressing philosophical questions and establishing intellectual credentials, as Arthur P. Urbano argues in this study of biographies composed in Late Antiquity. Series: Patristic Monograph Series (Naps). Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813221625
ISBN
9780813221625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 65 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 151 x 5. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868198941
ISBN
9780868198941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Translator(s): Chew, Kristina. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206106
ISBN
9780872206106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.31

Paperback. This collection brings together essays by authorities in the field on nine contemporary Arab women novelists from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine. The works focus on texts available in English translations and explore topics such as the relationship of the authors' texts to societal change. Editor(s): Majaj, Lisa Suhair; Sunderman, Paula; Saliba, Therese. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DN; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629764
ISBN
9780815629764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Nixon, Cheryl L, Dr. Num Pages: 435 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
435
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551116464
ISBN
9781551116464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.40
€ 54.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 458 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551118970
ISBN
9781551118970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.59
€ 55.28

Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 287.
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195326550
ISBN
9780195326550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.57

Paperback. Offers a different perspective by allowing twenty-three male writers the chance to explore their artistic and emotional relationship to their favorite fairy-tale stories. Editor(s): Bernheimer, Kate. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ; YFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814332672
ISBN
9780814332672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772893655
ISBN
9788772893655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.76
€ 53.08

Hardcover. Katherine Anne Porter revealed only scant facts about her life, and often gave conflicting accounts. Here, the author finds that Porter's deceptions were a screen for deep personal turmoil, fuelled by multiple marriages, and babies lost to miscarriage, abortion, and stillbirth. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 871.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578067770
ISBN
9781578067770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.05

Hardcover. Natural Disasters and Victorian Empire looks at the relationship between epidemics and famines in south Asia and Victorian literature and culture. It suggests that much of how we think today about disasters, state and society can be traced back to the 19th-century British imperial experience. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137001122
ISBN
9781137001122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349433575
ISBN
9781349433575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardback. Postcolonial Environments examines the relationship between contemporary environmental crises and culture by offering a series of provocative readings of key Indian novels in English, making an original and important contribution to the emerging theories of 'green postcolonialism'. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219373
ISBN
9780230219373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448218
ISBN
9780801448218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

paperback. Series: Nordrhein-Westfalische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB; HB; JHB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 3. Weight in Grams: 82.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Germany
Edition
2000th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531073651
ISBN
9783531073651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470369
ISBN
9781611470369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.54

Hardback. Num Pages: 382 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493672
ISBN
9781611493672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.39

Paperback. Seven decades after his death, German Jewish writer, philosopher, and literary critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) continues to fascinate readers and influence academic writing, both stylistically and conceptually. This title offers a comprehensive and sophisticated introduction to the oeuvre of this perpetually relevant theorist. Translator(s): Winkler, Michael. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226772226
ISBN
9780226772226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.14

Paperback. This anthology is a guide to the Modernist movement in literature providing students, researchers and teachers of Modernism with a comprehensive documentary resource. Covering a wide range of intellectual concerns of the period 1850-1940 in Britain, Europe and America the anthology brings together contemporary essays, reviews, articles and manifestos of the political and aesthetic avant-garde. Editor(s): Kolocotroni, Vassiliki; Goldman, Jane A.; Taxidou, Olga. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748609734
ISBN
9780748609734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. This book presents the first computer program automating the task of componential analysis of kinship vocabularies. The book examines the program in relation to two basic problems: the commonly occurring inconsistency of componential models; and the huge number of alternative componential models. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; CFX; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349440764
ISBN
9781349440764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Telling Images is a study of Chaucer's narrative art and its use of symbolic images in the visual arts of his time. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804776585
ISBN
9780804776585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6466 x 4226 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804713498
ISBN
9780804713498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 53.33

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