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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. Num Pages: 127 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 4KL; DD; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 135 x 201 x 7. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521172578
- ISBN
- 9780521172578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.49
€ 17.49
Paperback. Ecclesiazusae, probably produced in 391 BC, is at once a typically Aristophanic fantasy of gender inversion, obscenity and farce, the earliest surviving work in the western Utopian tradition, and the source of a blueprint for a communist society on which Plato may well have drawn in his Republic. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprinted with corrections 2007. Reprinted 2015.
- SKU
- V9780856687082
- ISBN
- 9780856687082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.36
€ 34.99
€ 31.36
Paperback. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856682100
- ISBN
- 9780856682100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Of the 1995 full-length edition:'Aristophanes addicts unite! This book is for us. It has everything that we always wanted to know about Birds and we were unable to find in one place.' Greek Gazette 'The commentary elucidates with an experts knowledge of syntax, meter, and artifacts.. The volume will remain authoritative for generations. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprinted with revisions 1991.
- SKU
- V9780856682889
- ISBN
- 9780856682889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Focus Information Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941051248
- ISBN
- 9780941051248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.67
€ 16.99
€ 13.67
Hardcover. This book demonstrates how the competitive context in which Athenian comic drama was performed shaped the poetry and plots of Aristophanes' plays. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521764070
- ISBN
- 9780521764070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
Hardback. Although Bakhtin applied his theory primarily to the epic and the novel, Platter finds in his work profound implications for Aristophanic comedy, where stylistic heterogeneity is the genre's lifeblood. Series: Arethusa Books. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885273
- ISBN
- 9780801885273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.02€ 58.03
€ 63.02
€ 58.03
Editor(s): Moore, Timothy J. Translator(s): Parker, Douglass. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: ANF; DD; DSBB; HBLA1. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624661860
- ISBN
- 9781624661860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.25€ 46.08
€ 58.25
€ 46.08
Paperback. Editor(s): Moore, Timothy J. Translator(s): Parker, Douglass. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: ANF; DD; DSBB; HBLA1. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 11. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624661853
- ISBN
- 9781624661853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.05
€ 23.99
€ 18.05
hardcover. Aristophanes' comedies are famous for their comic characters and earthy humour. But they are also highly topical, with many contemporary political allusions easily missed today. This book provides students with a long needed accessible and essential introductory guide to the plays, focusing particularly on information about the Athens of the day. Num Pages: 376 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198721581
- ISBN
- 9780198721581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.54
€ 48.54
Hardcover. Aristocratic women flourished in the Victorian literary world, their combination of class privilege and gendered exclusion generating distinctively socialized modes of participation in cultural and political activity. Their writing offers an important trope through which to consider the nature of political, private and public spheres. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230546707
- ISBN
- 9780230546707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Paperback. Aristocratic women flourished in the Victorian literary world, their combination of class privilege and gendered exclusion generating distinctively socialized modes of participation in cultural and political activity. Their writing offers animportant trope through which to consider the nature of political, private and public spheres." Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBJD1; HBL; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349361113
- ISBN
- 9781349361113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Hardcover. Aelius Aristides (117 after 180), among the most versatile authors of the Second Sophistic and an important figure in the transmission of Hellenism, produced speeches and lectures, declamations on historical themes, polemical works, prose hymns, and essays on a wide variety of subjects. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 708 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 16 x 10. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996465
- ISBN
- 9780674996465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.96
€ 33.99
€ 32.96
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 446 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638140
- ISBN
- 9780691638140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.06€ 142.44
€ 189.06
€ 142.44
Paperback. Ted Hughes's "Birthday letters", published in 1998, was greeted with astonishment and acclaim. In "Ariel's gift", Erica Wagner provides a commentary to the poems, pointing the reader towards the events that shaped them, and, crucially, showing how they draw upon Plath's own work. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b&w halftones, indexes. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571205264
- ISBN
- 9780571205264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.57
€ 15.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; CFK; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349519019
- ISBN
- 9781349519019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Hardback. Ruth R Wisse is a scholar of Yiddish and Jewish literary studies and one of our public intellectuals on issues relating to Jewish society and culture. This book pays tribute to her with a collection of essays related to Yiddish, Hebrew, Israeli, American, European, and Holocaust literature. Editor(s): Cammy, Justin Daniel; Horn, Dara; Quint, Alyssa; Rubinstein, Rachel. Series: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 450 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025851
- ISBN
- 9780674025851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.85€ 68.33
€ 74.85
€ 68.33
Hardback. Originally published in Spanish as: Arguedas/Vargas Llosa: dilemas y ensamblajes. Madrid: Iberoamericana; Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert; Lima: Libreraia Sur, 2013. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137575227
- ISBN
- 9781137575227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Paperback. This revised edition of Arden of Faversham contains a completely re-written Introduction that brings the text up to date with the latest performance history, criticism and research and fresh insight into the context in which the play was written. Editor(s): White, Martin; Lockwood, Tom. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138. Series: New Mermaids. 160 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): White, Martin; Lockwood, Tom. This revised edition of Arden of Faversham contains a completely re-written Introduction that brings the text up to date with the latest performance history, criticism and research and fresh insight into the context in which the play was written. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight: 138.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713677652
- ISBN
- 9780713677652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.10
€ 15.10
paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSK; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363224
- ISBN
- 9780822363224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSK; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362999
- ISBN
- 9780822362999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.56
€ 116.56
Hardback. Argues that cultural politics - specifically America's often covert patronage of the arts - played a highly important role in the transfer of imperial authority from Britain to the United States during a critical period after World War II. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; DSBH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154152
- ISBN
- 9780691154152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 40.07
€ 54.99
€ 40.07
Hardback. Num Pages: 367 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611481150
- ISBN
- 9781611481150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.97
€ 148.97
Paperback. Offers a powerful model that uses literature to help fathom the nature of remembrance. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472031047
- ISBN
- 9780472031047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.57
€ 40.99
€ 36.57