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Literature: history & criticism

hardcover. Focuses on American romantic writers' attempts to theorize aesthetic experience through the language of electricity. This work moves between historical and cultural analysis and close textual reading, aiming to challenge readers to see American literature as at once formal and historical and as a product of both aesthetic and material experience. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804761239
ISBN
9780804761239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.69

Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816622047
ISBN
9780816622047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816610068
ISBN
9780816610068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

paperback. Aesthetic Democracy argues that the possibility of social and political democracy depends primarily upon art and aesthetics, and that it is art which determines the possibilities of human freedom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751896
ISBN
9780804751896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Paperback. Examining the figure of Aesop and the traditions surrounding him, this title offers a portrait of what Greek popular culture might have looked like in the ancient world. This book explores the anonymous Life of Aesop and offers a different set of perspectives. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 504 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144580
ISBN
9780691144580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.23

Paperback.
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715634769
ISBN
9780715634769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.90

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duckworth Publishing
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715632864
ISBN
9780715632864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

hardcover. Aeschylus: Agamemnon Volume II: Commentary 1-1055 Editor(s): Fraenkel, Eduard. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 881.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199271719
ISBN
9780199271719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.86

Paperback. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Series Editor(s): Harrison, John; Affleck, Judith. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. 144 pages, 1 colour book. Editor(s): May, Philip de. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Cateogry: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSBB; DSG. Dimension: 133 x 197 x 8. Weight: 202. Translator(s): May, Philip de. Series Editor(s) :Harrison, John; Affleck, Judith.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
142
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521010757
ISBN
9780521010757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.39

paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802071552
ISBN
9780802071552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardcover. Aeschylus (ca 525-456 BCE), the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world's great art forms, witnessed the establishment of democracy at Athens and fought against the Persians at Marathon. This third volume collects the major fragments of lost Aeschylean plays. Editor(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Translator(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 169 x 114 x 17. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996298
ISBN
9780674996298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Paperback.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585102303
ISBN
9781585102303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585102280
ISBN
9781585102280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Ganiban, Randall Toth; Perkell, Christine. Series: The Focus Vergil Aeneid Commentaries. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DC; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585102273
ISBN
9781585102273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.64

Paperback. Editor(s): Ganiban, Randall Toth; Perkell, Christine; O'Hara, James J.; Johnston, Patricia A. Series: The Focus Vergil Aeneid Commentaries. Num Pages: 534 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585102143
ISBN
9781585102143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.07

Paperback. This text of the fourth book of the "Aeneid" includes a detailed commentary. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198721116
ISBN
9780198721116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99

Paperback. Frederick Ahl's new translation captures the excitement, poetic energy, and intellectual force of Virgil's epic poem in a way that has never been done before. Echoing the Virgilian hexameter the verse stays almost line for line with the original in a thrillingly accurate and engaging style. Translator(s): Ahl, Frederick. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199231959
ISBN
9780199231959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. A simple illustrated English version of the story of the Aeneid, aimed at ages 8-12. Illustrator(s): Weller, Simon. Num Pages: 175 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; YQF. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 148 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862921989
ISBN
9780862921989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 74 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 5. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853995897
ISBN
9781853995897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.56

Hardcover. Examines some of the responses of Japanese authors to the transformation of Tokyo in the early decades of the 20th Century. This book explores the themes and formal strategies of the modernist literature that flourished in the 1920s, focusing on the work of Hagiwara Kyojiro (1899-1938) and Hayashi Fumiko (1903-1951). Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 180 x 31. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021297
ISBN
9780674021297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Paperback. Originally published in 1959, this is a collection of Mailer's stories, essays, polemic, meditations and interviews. It may be considered both as a chronicle of a crucial era in the formation of modern American culture, and as a contribution to the autobiographical tradition in American letters. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DNF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 210 x 34. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005907
ISBN
9780674005907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.14

Paperback. "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Editor(s): Fischer, Victor; Salamo, Lin; Smith, Harriet E.; Blair, Walter. Series: Mark Twain Library. Num Pages: 616 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 192 line illustrations, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 140 x 39. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
616
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
125th Anniversary Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266100
ISBN
9780520266100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.35

Hardback. Adventures in Realism offers an accessible introduction to realism as it has evolved since the 19th century. Though focused on literature and literary theory, the significance of technology and the visual arts is also addressed. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405135771
ISBN
9781405135771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226098678
ISBN
9780226098678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.45

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