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Hardcover. Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi's great poem, the Mathnawi is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest known manuscripts, including the earliest, dated 1278 and preserved in the Mevlana Museum at Konya. Editor(s): Nicholson, Reynold A. Num Pages: 529 pages, notes, translation, commentary. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; HRH; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 758. English Translation. 529 pages, notes, translation, commentary. Editor(s): Nicholson, Reynold A. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; HRH; HRLK2. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 32. Weight: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust
Edition
2Rev Ed
Number of pages
529
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094105
ISBN
9780906094105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.02

Hardback. Gore Vidal has been entertaining - and occasionally outraging - the American public for 50 years. This study examines Vidal's recent and early novels, and considers the recurring theme of the decline of the United States. Series: Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313295799
ISBN
9780313295799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.21

Paperback. Explores the developments in Stylistics since its pioneer, Roman Jakobson, identified the patterning of the message as the poetic function. This book analyzes Golding's "Pincher Martin", Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", Housman's "A Shropshire Lad", Elizabeth Jennings' poem "One Flesh", and various poems by John Donne. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 tables and 4 figures. BIC Classification: CF; DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781845539085
ISBN
9781845539085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.29

Paperback. This is a new translation in verse of Medea by a well-regarded poet with an introduction and notes by a scholar of Euripides. The result is a distinguished new edition of a canonical play, one of the most widely read and performed of all the Greek dramas. Translator(s): Collier, Michael; Machemer, Georgia Ann. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195145663
ISBN
9780195145663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Montaigne is known for his exploration of the subject or the self. This work discusses these and other aspects of Montaigne's work "Essais" as features in the mapping of a mental landscape. Taking passages from different chapters of the "Essais", it guides readers through Montaigne's investigation of the subtle shades and stirrings of the mind. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; HPCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781862079441
ISBN
9781862079441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

Paperback. In Meetings with Mallarme, top scholars from the UK and USA have been specially commissioned to explore the significance of Mallarme's influence on some of the major players in French psychoanalysis, music, poetry, philosophy and literary theory. Editor(s): Temple, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Exeter Press Devon
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895620
ISBN
9780859895620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.23

Paperback. A revolutionary social and political commentary, North and South solidified Gaskell's place in the company of Victorian England's finest novelists. Editor(s): Shelston, Alan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393979084
ISBN
9780393979084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.22

Paperback. Whether sorrowful or sassy, the poems in this new collection bear McHugh's signature: a lively love for the very language she bewares. Series: Wesleyan Poetry. Num Pages: 86 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press United States
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819565068
ISBN
9780819565068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.86

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Matthews, Tom. Num Pages: 120 pages, 5ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBW; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 145 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164. 113pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Poetry Society
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
120
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0197884
ISBN
9781902121000
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488. Clean copy in clean dustwrapper.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Arizona Press Arizona
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
148
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0212303
ISBN
9780816512706
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. This work is part of the "Continuum Contemporaries" series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains a biography of the novelist and a full-length study of the novel. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 189 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120. Clean copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC New York
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0212365
ISBN
9780826452351
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardcover. From domestic commonplaces, Loretta Bonnier Anawalt has invented a surreal evocation in prose and verse poems, presented as a pattern of dreams "printed" on the mind, as one might observe images emerging in a photographer's darkroom. Here, art and literature intertwine to provide evocative power, mystery, and intellectual pleasures. Illustrator(s): Helm, Robert. Num Pages: 200 pages, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; AFC; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 311 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1275.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Eastern Washington University
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0212756
ISBN
9780910055512
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; BGH; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Clean copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Edition
New
Number of pages
320
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0220096
ISBN
9781843510178
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Very cood clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0225907
ISBN
9780826453198
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Very cood clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0225981
ISBN
9780826453198
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0236319
ISBN
9780826453198
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 386. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0236782
ISBN
9780801488863
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0236896
ISBN
9780826453198
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Influencing Hemingway documents the places, people, and activities that influenced and intrigued the literary great. Arranged chronologically and punctuated with photographs, this book traces Hemingway's encounters and reflects on how they impacted and influenced his decisions, actions, philosophy of life, and, of course, his works. Num Pages: 212 pages, 67 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
New
SKU
KHN0002436
ISBN
9781538102404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; DSBH; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340. Paperback in very good condition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0006153
ISBN
9780801488924
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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