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Paperback. Presents a prose translation of Dante's epic. This translation is about Dante's extraordinary vision of Hell. It includes Italian text on facing pages, and features fully comprehensive notes as well as sixteen essays on special subjects. Illustrator(s): Turner, Robert. Editor(s): Martinez, Ronald L. Num Pages: 672 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 42. Weight in Grams: 962.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
682
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195087444
ISBN
9780195087444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.10

paperback. Dante relates his mystical interpretation of the heavens, and his moment of transcendent glory, as he journeys, first with Beatrice, then alone, toward the Trinity. Including an interpretive commentary, a glossary and bibliography, this translation seeks to clarify the theological themes and make Dante accessible to the English-speaking public. Translator(s): Musa, Mark. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140444438
ISBN
9780140444438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, this work relates his ascent to the Mount of Purgatory. Dante observes the sinners who are waiting for their release into Paradise, and through these encounters he is himself transformed into a better man. The second part of an epic poem, it is a Christian allegory of sin, redemption and enlightenment. Editor(s): Musa, Mark. Translator(s): Musa, Mark. Num Pages: 428 pages, illustrations, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780140444421
ISBN
9780140444421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Provides the English-speaking reader with what he needs to read and understand Dante's great masterpiece. This book is illustrated with maps of Italy and the region Dante knew especially, diagrams of the circles of Hell, and plates. Translator(s): Singleton, Charles S. Series: The Divine Comedy S. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Number 1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691018966
ISBN
9780691018966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. Provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand the "Paradiso". This work provides a profound analysis of the poem's basic allegory, and the illustrations, diagrams, and map clarify points that have confused readers of "The Divine Comedy". Translator(s): Singleton, Charles S. Series: The Divine Comedy S. Num Pages: 400 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
389
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691019123
ISBN
9780691019123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3H; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 244 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Publisher
Chartwell Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780785834588
ISBN
9780785834588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.45

Hardback. The book addresses three key questions in Victorian studies-property, the state, and national identity-and will interest scholars of the period as well as those in Irish studies, postcolonial theory, and gender studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781421403274
ISBN
9781421403274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.00

Paperback. Nuruddin Farah is widely regarded as one of the most sophisticated voices in contemporary world literature. Michel Foucault is revered as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, with his discursive legacy providing inspiration for scholars working in a range of interdisciplinary fields. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145706
ISBN
9781868145706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Num Pages: 445 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 169 x 28. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
445
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493320
ISBN
9781611493320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.21

Paperback. A brilliant personal history from the award-winning author of 'The Corrections'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007234257
ISBN
9780007234257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.61

paperback. Paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, providing the historical and cultural background to the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332. An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature. Series: Canto Classics. 242 pages. Paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, providing the historical and cultural background to the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBD. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 12. Weight: 344.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107604704
ISBN
9781107604704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.00

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623561710
ISBN
9781623561710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.40

Paperback. Confronts the consciousness of an absent (though perhaps still existent) God in the writings of Thomas De Quincey, Robert Browning, Emily Bront, Matthew Arnold, and Gerard Manley Hopkins. This title surveys the intellectual and material developments that conspired to cut man off from God. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252069109
ISBN
9780252069109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Hardback. 18 July 1898. World-renowned novelist Emile Zola is on the run. His crime? Taking on the highest powers in the land with his open letter 'J'accuse' and losing. Forced to leave Paris, with nothing but the clothes he is standing in and a nightshirt wrapped in newspaper, Zola flees to England with no idea when he will return. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 250 x 34. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571312016
ISBN
9780571312016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSB; HRQM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Mandrake
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906958657
ISBN
9781906958657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSA; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801477850
ISBN
9780801477850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.75

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635590
ISBN
9780691635590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.58

A collection of essays, which examine the role of the political imagination in shaping the works of such contemporary writers as W G Sebald and Philip Roth, Nadine Gordimer and Mario Vargas Llosa, Natalia Ginzburg and Pat Barker, J M Coetzee and John Updike, V S Naipaul and Anita Desai. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136747
ISBN
9780231136747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.51

paperback. Examining novels by Toni Morrison, Charles Johnson, Sherley Anne Williams, Octavia Butler, John Edgar Wideman, Phyllis Perry, Ishmael Reed, Caryl Phillips, and others, this book presents an insightful approach to canonical and noncanonical contemporary fictional slave narratives. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927404
ISBN
9780813927404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.36

Hardback. At age 36, acclaimed poet Marya Zaturenska's work reached its full potential even as she battled emotional and physical illness. Recently rediscovered diaries, published here, reflect that crucial period in the poet's life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815607144
ISBN
9780815607144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.64

Hardcover. Margaret Scott's two-volume edition of the Notebooks published in 1997 is a remarkable achievement. This edition remaps all the entries in the Notebooks not used in the Collected Fiction volumes, and presents the material in chronological order. This edition provides a fascinating, chronological account of Mansfield's life, as she wrote it. Editor(s): Kimber, Gerri; Davison, Claire. Series: Collected Works of Katherine Mansfield. Num Pages: 400 pages, 5 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748685059
ISBN
9780748685059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 237.67
€ 207.17

Hardback. Editor(s): Letellier, Robert Ignatius. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471854
ISBN
9781611471854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 202.25

hardcover. Addresses the dilemma of the female subject in these three twentieth-century British women novelists. Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910222
ISBN
9781575910222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.01

Paperback. Contains essays that reveal Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) - known in the West largely through his studies of Rabelais and Dostoevsky - as a philosopher of language, a cultural historian, and a major theoretician of the novel. This work features four selections from "Voprosy literatury i estetiki", published in Moscow in 1975. Editor(s): Holquist, Michael. Translator(s): Emerson, Caryl. Series: University of Texas Press Slavic Series. Num Pages: 477 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Number of pages
477
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292715349
ISBN
9780292715349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.34

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