Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Helen who has always been faithful to her husband Menelaus; who never went to Troy, but was carried off to Egypt, where she remains throughout the Trojan War, waiting faithfully for her husband Menelaus to rescue her. Meanwhile, Helen of Troy - a mere phantom fashioned by the gods - has blighted the real Helen's life with undeserved hatred. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856686511
- ISBN
- 9780856686511
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€ 34.99€ 31.31
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Paperback. Jan Opolsky has primarily been viewed as an undistinguished hanger-on in the era of Czech literary decadence. This title evaluates archival sources and private correspondence between Opolsky and other literary figures, and includes a classified bibliography of Opolsky's work. It is suitable for students of Slavic and European literary history. Num Pages: 300 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AGZ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 172. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024625713
- ISBN
- 9788024625713
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€ 30.99€ 24.64
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415345590
- ISBN
- 9780415345590
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€ 51.99€ 48.13
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Paperback. EM Forster's most challenging work, "A Passage to India" has since 1924 provoked debate on topics from imperialism to modernism to ethnicity, sexuality and symbolism. This book introduces not only the novel but the key issues which surround it. It offers a contextual and biographical overview, with a chronology of important dates. Editor(s): Childs, Peter. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415238236
- ISBN
- 9780415238236
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Condition: New
€ 29.98
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Paperback. Covering both established terminology as well as the specialist vocabulary of modern theoretical schools, this is a guide to the principal terms and concepts encountered in debates over literary studies in the twenty-first century. It includes a range of entries, covering topics such as genre, form, cultural theory and literary technique. Editor(s): Childs, Peter; Fowler, Roger. Series: Routledge Dictionaries. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415340175
- ISBN
- 9780415340175
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€ 50.99€ 50.10
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Paperback. Hebrew culture experienced a renewal in medieval Spain that produced what is arguably the most powerful body of Jewish poetry written since the Bible. Fusing elements of East and West, Arabic and Hebrew, and the particular and the universal, this verse embodies a faith that transcend the limits of language, place, and time. Translator(s): Cole, Peter. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 806.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121956
- ISBN
- 9780691121956
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
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Hardcover. Iris Murdoch: A Writer at War is a fascinating private memoir of one of the great women writers and thinkers of the 20th century and a remarkable historical document of life behind the scenes during the Second World War. Num Pages: 303 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; BJ; DSK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition - Later Print Run
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906021221
- ISBN
- 9781906021221
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
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Paperback. The three plays in this volume reflect the variety of belief in witches and practice of witchcraft in the Jacobean period. Jacobean understanding of witchcraft is illuminated by the close study of these contrasting texts in relation to each other, and other contemporary works. Editor(s): Sedge, Douglas. Num Pages: 260 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719019531
- ISBN
- 9780719019531
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Condition: New
€ 31.86
€ 31.86
Paperback. Provides a rich new conceptual language to describe the movements of sex in nineteenth-century America before it solidified into the sexuality we know Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 265 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814717417
- ISBN
- 9780814717417
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.66
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Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSB; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638645
- ISBN
- 9780691638645
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Condition: New
€ 181.86
€ 181.86
Paperback. Series: Greenwich Exchange Student Guides. Num Pages: 90 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange
- Number of pages
- 90
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551273
- ISBN
- 9781871551273
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.55
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Paperback. Series: Greenwich Exchange Student Guide Literary S. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 98
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075125
- ISBN
- 9781906075125
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€ 16.99€ 15.46
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paperback. The devil is perhaps the single-most recurring character in Old English narrative literature. Dendle argues that the devil?s nebulous character reflects anxieties in the early medieval understanding of the territorial distribution of the moral cosmos. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802083692
- ISBN
- 9780802083692
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€ 43.99€ 38.14
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Paperback. A writing guide for the twenty-first century, Vernacular Eloquence explores how the variety of ways the spoken word can enhance the written word, drawing on examples from blogs, email, and other recent trends. Num Pages: 456 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: CBV; CFB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199782512
- ISBN
- 9780199782512
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€ 24.99€ 24.93
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Paperback. Participants in the current debate regarding the literary canon generally separate the established literary order - of which Shakespeare is the most visible icon - from emerging minority literatures. This study insists that the two realms should be brought together. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 45.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520086463
- ISBN
- 9780520086463
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€ 36.99€ 26.80
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Hardback. Imagining Harmony explores the diverse roles that poetry played for eighteenth-century Japanese intellectuals as an embodiment of human emotion, a form of linguistic and philological training, and a means for accessing the ancient cultures that they turned to as the source of their political ideals. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761574
- ISBN
- 9780804761574
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Condition: New
€ 81.23
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Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611474909
- ISBN
- 9781611474909
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Condition: New
€ 136.83
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488887
- ISBN
- 9780801488887
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€ 41.99€ 37.67
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Paperback. Explores the rise of Modernism in the arts, the cultural movement that heralded and shaped the modern world, dominating western high culture for over a century. This title traces the revolutionary path of modernism from its Parisian origins to its emergence as the dominant cultural movement in world capitals such as Berlin and New York. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: AB; ACV; ACXD2; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099441960
- ISBN
- 9780099441960
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.98
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Paperback. Features chapters that focus on the following questions: In which literary projects can we discover a new quality of literariness? What are the terminological and methodological means to examine these literatures? How can we productively link the logics of the play of literary texts and their reception in the reading process? Editor(s): Gendolla, Peter; Schafer, Jorgen. Num Pages: 394 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783899424935
- ISBN
- 9783899424935
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.42
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paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199568369
- ISBN
- 9780199568369
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
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Paperback. This work presents a thorough historicist account of the development of subjectivity in the medieval period, as traced in medieval literature and historical documentation. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747448
- ISBN
- 9780804747448
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.78
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Paperback. In this Very Short Introduction to Italian Literature, Peter Hainsworth and David Robey examine Italian literature from the Middle Ages up to the present day, looking at themes and issues which have recurred throughout its history and continue to be of importance today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 13 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 114 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199231799
- ISBN
- 9780199231799
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
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Paperback. This Very Short Introduction examines all the major aspects of Dante's work, emphasizing the features that have made him such an important point of reference for modern writers and their readers. Exploring and explaining The Divine Comedy, they also discuss his life and poetry as well as issues of truth, humanity, politics, and religion. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, Approx 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199684779
- ISBN
- 9780199684779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65