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Paperback. The author of at least two noteworthy romances of the early thirteenth century, "Le Roman de la Rose or Guillaume de Dole" and "L'Escoufle" (The Kite), as well as "Le Lai de l'Ombre," Jean Renart is today recognized as the most accomplished practitioner of the "realistic romance" in Old French literature. Translator(s): Terry, Patricia; Durling, Nancy Vine. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812213881
ISBN
9780812213881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. From King Arthur and the Round Table to Alexander the Great's global conquests, the stories of romance appear in some of the most beautiful books of the Middle Ages. This book provides an engaging and richly illustrated guide to medieval romance and its continuing influence on literature and art. Num Pages: 152 pages, 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 662. 152 pages, 70 colour illustrations. From King Arthur and the Round Table to Alexander the Great's global conquests, the stories of romance appear in some of the most beautiful books of the Middle Ages. This book provides an engaging and richly illustrated guide to medieval romance and its continuing influence on literature and art. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSBB. Dimension: 211 x 210 x 17. Weight: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851242955
ISBN
9781851242955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.40

Num Pages: 260 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493917
ISBN
9781611493917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 142.49

Paperback. To what extent has the demand for a vicarious experience of other cultures fuelled the expectation that the most important task for writers is to capture and convey authentic cultural material? This text argues that authenticity is in fact a restrictive category of literary judgment. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922553
ISBN
9780813922553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.44

Hardback. "A provocative study of an intriguing subject.. The Romance of Adultery establishes perceptive and tantalizing connections between literature and history while sensibly resisting the teptation to see the former as a reflection of the latter."-Romance Philology Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 348 x 28. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812234329
ISBN
9780812234329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.92

Hardback. It seeks to restore poetry to its rightful place as a crucial source for interpreting the rich cultural and intellectual life of the era. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887222
ISBN
9780801887222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 64.91

Hardcover. In an ambitious overview of a thousand years of history, from the formation of the city-state of Rome to the establishment of a fully Christian culture, T. P. Wiseman examines the evidence for the oral delivery of Roman 'literature' to mass public audiences. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 illustrations, including a four-page colour plates section. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 247 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198718352
ISBN
9780198718352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.96

Paperback. .". not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile." The Review of Metaphysics.". essential reading for anyone interesting in.. the new reader-centered forms of criticism." Library JournalIn this erudite and imaginative book, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between open and closed texts." Series: Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Edition
Midland Book ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253203182
ISBN
9780253203182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.26

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713668131
ISBN
9780713668131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

paperback. A beautifully written memoir of nature, community, and poetry Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781584657040
ISBN
9781584657040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.26

Paperback. This volume covers the period from 1940 to 1975, beginning in the "golden age" of Science Fiction and ending at a time when SF book publication was just beginning to explode and SF films ("Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Star Wars", and "E.T.") would soon dominate box offices. Editor(s): Gunn, James E. Num Pages: 576 pages, chronology. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810842458
ISBN
9780810842458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.57

Paperback. A celebration of George Eliot's life, work and greatest novel, exploring through a mixture of literary biography, deep reading and personal memoir how Middlemarch answers fundamental questions about life and love Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847085160
ISBN
9781847085160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

hardcover. Here, the author aims to show how the poet Su Shi's complex personality was embodied in his work and traces the evolution of his poems from juvenilia to the poems written in exile in Huangzhou, where Su settled on a farm at East Slope. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSBB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 30. Weight in Grams: 629.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804715874
ISBN
9780804715874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.90

Hardcover. In 1894, an eighteen-year-old Jack London quit his job shoveling coal, hopped a freight train, and left California on the first leg of a ten thousand-mile odyssey. This book features several stories that London told about his hoboing days. It presents a collection of nine essays, with accompanying illustrations. Editor(s): DePastino, Todd. Series: Subterranean Lives Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 48 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
None ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813538068
ISBN
9780813538068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.26

Paperback. This peerless edition of Chaucer's complete works is the fruit of many years' study and is widely regarded as the standard text. Edited and annotated to a high standard, and with a new foreword by Christopher Cannon, the Riverside Chaucer is now the indispensable edition for students and readers of Chaucer. Num Pages: 1392 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 148 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1166.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552092
ISBN
9780199552092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.95

Paperback. A major new edition which brings a modern approach to the Introduction and text. Editor(s): Stern, Tiffany. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713667653
ISBN
9780713667653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. This innovative study investigates the emergence and impact of the lower middle class on British print culture through the figure of the office clerk. This interdisciplinary work offers important insights into a previously neglected area of social and book history, and explores key works by George Gissing, Forster and JB Priestley. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349522897
ISBN
9781349522897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. In the space of a single generation, three eighteenth-century writers - Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding - invented an entirely new genre of writing: the novel. This book explains why these authors wrote in the way that they did, and how the complex changes in society - the emergence of the middle-class and more. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847923851
ISBN
9781847923851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. An impressive and highly original study, The Rise of the Gothic Novel is an invaluable contribution to the continuing literary debates surrounding this influential genre. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 123 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Routledge London
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415081825
ISBN
9780415081825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.00

Hardback. Editor(s): Donner, Fred M. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 2CSR; DSA; DSB; HBAH; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640877
ISBN
9780691640877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.54

paperback. Uncovering the unexplored archive in the history of poetics, the author shows that the history of prosody is tied to the ways Victorian England argued about its national identity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155128
ISBN
9780691155128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.62

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199568369
ISBN
9780199568369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. Tells the story of a nightmare voyage to the South Pole told by the sole survivor, the bright-eyed ancient mariner whose wanton killing of an albatross, a bird of good omen, brought misfortune on the ship and all its crew. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 68.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561538
ISBN
9780099561538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.66

Hardback. The significance of Rainer Maria Rilke's work rests with the poet's insistence that everything needed for a better life on earth is already given to us, in the here and now. This book examines both the lesser-known and the overlooked and controversial aspects of Rilke's poetry and life. Translator(s): Hamilton, Andrew. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823256280
ISBN
9780823256280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.07

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