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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. These three tales, unpublished for over a century (and in one case for nearly two centuries), are a fictional exploration of Otherness and the intercultural set in the New World, either among native Americans (Abenakis, Iroquois) or runaway slaves in Jamaica befriended by Quakers. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 88 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895446
ISBN
9780859895446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.95

Paperback. Sick Heroes examines the cultural practices that created those remarkably offensive, though strangely appealing, romantic heroes that appeared in European and especially in French literature in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895507
ISBN
9780859895507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.30

Hardcover. Translating Rimbaud's Illuminations is a critique of the assumptions which currently underlie our thinking on literary translation. It offers an alternative vision; extending the parameters of literary translation by showing that such translation is itself a form of experimental creative writing. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFP; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897709
ISBN
9780859897709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 54 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; DSB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870335488
ISBN
9780870335488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135398
ISBN
9780874135398
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.63

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ostovich, Dr. Helen; Silcox, Mary V.; Roebuck, Graham. Num Pages: 324 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136807
ISBN
9780874136807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780930452704
ISBN
9780930452704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.77

Hardcover. This work closely analyzes and evaluates the literary achievement and the sociopolitical impact of three eighteenth-century Anglo-African authors -- Ignatius Sancho, Ottobah Cugoano, and Olaudah Equiano -- and their work, which collectively represents the earliest emergence of black self-consciousness in England. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941664790
ISBN
9780941664790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Levin, Tobe; Asaah, Augustine H. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955507946
ISBN
9780955507946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2ABM; AV; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780967967523
ISBN
9780967967523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.49

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of New Orleans Publishing United States
Edition
Expanded Third Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780972814386
ISBN
9780972814386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.09

Original in conception and powerful in scope, Generic Composition in Greek and Roman Poetry remains one of the most important books on early Greek, Hellenistic and Roman poetry in a generation. Series: Cultural Legacies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Michigan Classical Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979971310
ISBN
9780979971310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.49

Hardback. Series: Research in Contemporary Religion. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9783525604472
ISBN
9783525604472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.21
€ 120.53

Paperback. A History of Seventeenth-Century Literature outlines significant developments in the English literary tradition between the years 1603 and 1690. * An energetic and provocative history of English literature from 1603-1690. * Part of the major Blackwell History of English Literature series. Series: Blackwell History of Literature. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118652527
ISBN
9781118652527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.80

Paperback. Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater examines actors and their popular reception from the origins of theater in Classical Greece to the Roman Empire. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; AN; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118782880
ISBN
9781118782880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.43

Paperback. With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry. Editor(s): Konstan, David; Raaflaub, Kurt A. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118785119
ISBN
9781118785119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.25

Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 213 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838206905
ISBN
9783838206905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.29
€ 46.87

paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ibidem Press Germany
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Edition
1.,
SKU
V9783898215749
ISBN
9783898215749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 213 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9783898219952
ISBN
9783898219952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Rix, Robert W.; Moller, Lis; Lykke Grand, Karina; Sandberg, Anna Lena; Duffy, Cian; Oxfeldt, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 175 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 260 x 15. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Aarhus Univ Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771247770
ISBN
9788771247770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.33

Paperback. When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 210 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
SparkNotes
Edition
Stg Rep
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411469846
ISBN
9781411469846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.65

These stories of trauma cannot be limited to the catastrophes they name, and the theory of catastrophic history may ultimately be written in a language that already lingers in a time that comes to us from the other side of the disaster. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411545
ISBN
9781421411545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.08

Drawing from legal and extralegal discourse but focusing on imaginative literature, this book examines representations of, responses to, and arguments for and against the death penalty in the United States over the long nineteenth century. It creates a generative dialogue between artistic relics and legal history. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413327
ISBN
9781421413327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.42

Hardback. Editor(s): Clogan, Paul Maurice. Series: Medievalia et Humanistica Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442214279
ISBN
9781442214279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.01

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