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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. MawlanaJalal al-Din Rumi's 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 manuscript, including the earliest, dated 1278, and preserved in the Mawlana Museum at Qonya. Editor(s): Nicholson, Reynold A. Num Pages: notes, translation, commentary. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; HRH; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 158. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718902056
ISBN
9780718902056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.19
€ 52.38

Hardcover. The Masters of the Revels and Elizabeth I's Court Theatre offers a complete revision of established views of the structure and function of Elizabeth I's Revels Office, arguing that the revels essentially became a commercial enterprise, paid for by the ordinary Londoners. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
342
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198719670
ISBN
9780198719670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.04

Paperback. Readers of Herodotus' Histories are familiar with its reports of bizarre portents, riddling oracles, and striking dreams. This book represents an examination of signs and their interpreters, as well as the terminology Herodotus uses to describe sign transmission, reception, and decoding. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
298
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055889
ISBN
9780674055889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 971 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1334.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
971
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491630
ISBN
9781611491630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.88

Illuminates the life, career, and political activism of Jarrico, the recipient of an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for "Tom, Dick, and Harry" (1941) and the producer of the only film ever blacklisted, "The Salt of the Earth" (1954). Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124537
ISBN
9780813124537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583670972
ISBN
9781583670972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.26

Paperback. The Norton Critical Edition of this hugely influential novel gives readers the fullest possible sense of its historical background and critical assessment. Editor(s): Sollors, Werner. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 576 pages, 24 photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393934144
ISBN
9780393934144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.46

Hardback. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804798433
ISBN
9780804798433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.81

Hardback. The Marriage of Minds examines the implications of the common Victorian claim that novel reading can achieve the psychic, ethical, and affective benefits also commonly associated with sympathy in married life. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754668
ISBN
9780804754668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.21

Paperback. This Very Short Introduction aims to disentangle the 'real' Marquis de Sade from his mythical and demonic reputation of the past two hundred years. Phillips examines Sade's life and work: his libertine novels, his championing of atheism, and his uniqueness in bringing the body and sex back into philosophy. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192804693
ISBN
9780192804693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Editor(s): Dennis, Rodney G.; Falsey, Elizabeth. Series: Houghton Library Publications. Num Pages: 212 pages, 40 plates. BIC Classification: DSB; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914630074
ISBN
9780914630074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821408537
ISBN
9780821408537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.41

Hardcover. Dickinson's poems, more than those of any other poet, resist translation into the medium of print. This elegant edition presents all of her manuscript books and unsewn fascicle sheets--1,148 poems on 1,250 pages--restored insofar as possible to their original order. The manuscripts are reproduced with startling fidelity in 300-line screen. Num Pages: 1490 pages, 656 halftones (volume 1)618 halftones (volume 2. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 270 x 160 x 130. Weight in Grams: 4176.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Number of pages
1490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674548282
ISBN
9780674548282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 290.69
€ 235.23

Hardback. 'The Manufactures of Literature' explores the effect of the development of the publishing industry upon print culture generally, and literature specifically, during the eighteenth century. The book is structured around case studies of important writers and publishers, including Addison and Steele, Pope, Johnson, Robert Dodsley, and Frances Burney. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874137507
ISBN
9780874137507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.83

Paperback. Three of the most renowned praise poems to the Prophet, the mantle odes span the arc of Islamic history from Muhammad's lifetime, to the medieval Mamluk period, to the modern colonial era. This book not only demonstrates the relevance of these poems to contemporary scholarship but also reveals their power and beauty to the modern reader. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSB; DSC; HRHC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222060
ISBN
9780253222060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691615578
ISBN
9780691615578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.65

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF. 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
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642987
ISBN
9780691642987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.65

Covers the narrative drive, literary innovations, and social commentary that established Lazardi's comic masterpiece as the "Don Quixote" of Latin America. Translator(s): Frye, David. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 6. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206717
ISBN
9780872206717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.51

Paperback. Presenting an abridgement of the author's 2004 translation of "The Mangy Parrot", this title aims to captures the narrative drive, literary innovations, and biting social commentary. Translator(s): Frye, David. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
Abridged ed
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206700
ISBN
9780872206700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.83

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408865507
ISBN
9781408865507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.63

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