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Hardcover. Donne and the Resources of Kind is the first book about Donne's writings to focus on their relations to genre. It considers what Donne took from the resources of kind and how he transformed the resources on which he drew. Most of the chapters discuss Donne's secular and religious verse but there is also discussion of Donne's religious prose. Editor(s): Cousins, Anthony D.; Grace, Damian. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472165
ISBN
9781611472165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.30

Hardback. This book is a translation of Salinas's Seguro azar. It includes fifty poems, most of them one or two pages in length, with the Spanish and English texts on facing pages. There is also a prologue by the poet, and introduction by the translator, and a reminiscence by Salinas's friend and fellow poet, Willis Barnstone. Translator(s): Garrison, David Lee. Num Pages: 167 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481259
ISBN
9781611481259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.26

Hardback. Translator(s): Fedorchek, Robert M. Num Pages: 177 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481778
ISBN
9781611481778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.13

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Grove Press
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802135971
ISBN
9780802135971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.01

Hardcover. Editor(s): Runge, Laura L.; Rogers, Pat. Num Pages: 298 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491265
ISBN
9781611491265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.36

Hardback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493092
ISBN
9781611493092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.32

hardcover. Offers a comprehensive examination of the oeuvre of William Trevor Editor(s): Delaney, Paul; Parker, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719087905
ISBN
9780719087905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 5.12

paperback. Editor(s): Bodunde, Charles. Series: Bayreuth African Studies. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 2H; DSB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 146. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bayreuth African Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9783927510661
ISBN
9783927510661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.17

Paperback. 'Cultural Text Studies' is a research project initiated by the Department of Languages, Culture and Aesthetics at Aalborg University. This volume is authored by members of the English programme's teaching staff in the fields of culture, literature, and media studies. Editor(s): Elias, Camelia; Sorensen, Bent. Num Pages: 244 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9788773077535
ISBN
9788773077535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.05

Paperback. Offers interdisciplinary scholarship, bringing together explorations of transatlantic perspectives in arts, literature, history, philosophy and law. Editor(s): Elias, Camelia; Birch, Andrea. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9788773077542
ISBN
9788773077542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.05

Paperback. Portugal enjoyed a rich and sophisticated culture in the Middle Ages, in part because of its vibrant literature. This a collection of over 100 translations of "cantigas de amigo", love songs in which male poets wrote from a female perspective, written in the 12th and 13th centuries. Translator(s): Fowler, Barbara Hughes. Num Pages: 136 pages, 8 illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADP; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 4. Weight in Grams: 209.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807845745
ISBN
9780807845745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.46

paperback. In 1253, this collection of fictional tales was translated from Arabic into the language of thirteenth-century Spain. It is one of the purest surviving representatives of a group of stories generally called the Book of Sindibad and is probably one of the most direct descendants of the long-lost original. Translator(s): Keller, John Esten. Series: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures. Num Pages: 114 pages, 1 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1959
Publisher
UNC Department of Romance Studies United States
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780807890202
ISBN
9780807890202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.00

paperback. Presents translations, in rhyming couplets, of all six extant plays by this Latin author, dating from the period 166-60 BC. This title offers a literary translation, the versions remain very close to Terence's texts; consequently they can be enjoyable to the general reader, and also great value to the student of classics. Translator(s): Clayton, Frederick. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897631
ISBN
9780859897631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.42

Paperback. Editor(s): Tabbi, Joseph; Wutz, Michael. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484032
ISBN
9780801484032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.47

Paperback. In this work on the nature of the state, Aristotle discusses the merits and defects of various regimes or ways of organizing political community - democracy in particular - and in the process he examines such subjects as slavery, economics, the family, citizenship, justice and revolution. Translator(s): Simpson, Peter L. Phillips. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807846377
ISBN
9780807846377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.78

Paperback. The "Eclogues", Vergil's earliest confirmed work, were composed in part out of political considerations. This translation renders the poet's words into an English that is contemporary while remaining close to the spirit of the original. Translator(s): Fowler, Barbara Hughes. Num Pages: 72 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807846537
ISBN
9780807846537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.33

Paperback. Works of James M. Whitfield: America and Other Writings by a Nineteenth-Century African American Poet Editor(s): Levine, Robert S.; Wilson, Ivy G. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807871782
ISBN
9780807871782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.22

Paperback. Los 'Trionfi' de Petrarca comentados en catalan: una edicion de los manuscritos 534 de la biblioteca nacional de Paris y del Ateneu de Barcelona" Editor(s): Recio, Roxana. Series: North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature. Num Pages: 784 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AD; DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807892978
ISBN
9780807892978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Munro, Martin. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813930220
ISBN
9780813930220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.65

Hardcover. Editor(s): Smith, Faith. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931128
ISBN
9780813931128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.43

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