Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. The "Second Sophistic" traditionally refers to a period at the height of the Roman Empire's power that witnessed a flourishing of Greek rhetoric and oratory, and since the 19th century it has often been viewed as a defense of Hellenic civilization against the domination of Rome. This book proposes a very different model. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 295
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276819
- ISBN
- 9780520276819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.89
€ 54.99
€ 38.89
Paperback. An introduction to the Afro-diasporic literature of the Haitian Revolution, Beyond the Slave Narrative frames the unique contributions to anti-colonial thought of Haitian general Jean-Jacques Dessalines and other singular Haitian voices. Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery. Num Pages: 322 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 2ADF; DSB; HBTS; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846317606
- ISBN
- 9781846317606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.02
€ 73.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411630
- ISBN
- 9781572411630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. Translated from Odiya, Bheda is a story about caste conflicts in the Kalahandi district of Odisha. When the educated members of the Dalit community become conscious of their plight and rise up in revolt, the upper castes unite to take revenge on them and their leader. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: D; DS; FV. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199476077
- ISBN
- 9780199476077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.73
€ 32.73
Paperback. A history of the King James Version of the Bible (known in Britain as the Authorised Version) over the four hundred years from its remote beginnings to the present day. It explains how the translation came to be commissioned and who the translators were, before tracing its textual history, and the responses it has provoked to the present day. Num Pages: 368 pages, 37 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HRCC2; HRCC9; HRCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199693016
- ISBN
- 9780199693016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. By complementing the biblical tradition with the classical, this volume imparts a comprehensive understanding of western mythology. With a preface by Alvin Lee, general editor of the Collected Works of Northrop Frye, Biblical and Classical Myths is an essential volume and represents a unique achievement in scholarship. Series: Frye Studies. Num Pages: 500 pages, 44 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802086952
- ISBN
- 9780802086952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 50.23
€ 53.99
€ 50.23
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691614588
- ISBN
- 9780691614588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.96
€ 64.68
€ 49.96
Hardback. A major study of the principles of bibliography by one of the world's foremost scholars of the discipline. Num Pages: 140 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521642583
- ISBN
- 9780521642583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.44
€ 108.44
Hardcover. Using Davies' archives and the archives of other authors, organizations, and publishers, Carl Spadoni and Judith Skelton Grant present A Bibliography of Robertson Davies to serve the research demands of Canadian literature and book history scholars. Num Pages: 538 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 294 x 225 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1740.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802039385
- ISBN
- 9780802039385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.92
€ 201.92
Paperback. "Big books" allow groups of children respond to a story as they would during a one-to-one reading with an adult. This reference covers: the shared reading experience; enlarging text/illustrations; purchasing and using big books; suggested activities; and a bibliography of big books. Series: School Library Media Series. Num Pages: 112 pages, 48 illustrations, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: DSY; GBCR; JNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 219 x 9. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836211
- ISBN
- 9780810836211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.60
€ 72.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Ryan, Barbara; Shamir, Milette. Series: Television and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634034
- ISBN
- 9780815634034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.81
€ 47.81
hardcover. Through innovative readings of Sophocles, the Marquis de Sade and Mario Vargas Llosa, Binding Violence examines literary visions of the constitution of autonomous polities in the context of historical emergences of democracy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763301
- ISBN
- 9780804763301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.17
€ 92.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271027234
- ISBN
- 9780271027234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.51€ 43.02
€ 50.51
€ 43.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 213 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783898219952
- ISBN
- 9783898219952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.72
€ 30.99
€ 22.72
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108080088
- ISBN
- 9781108080088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.81
€ 66.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Lackey, Professor Michael. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 37. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501318009
- ISBN
- 9781501318009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.72
€ 48.99
€ 40.72
Paperback. Biographies are one of the most popular and best-selling of the literary genres. Why do people like them? What does a biography do and how does it work? This Very Short Introduction examines different types of biographies, why certain people and historical events arouse so much interest, and how they are compared with history and fiction. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 b&w halftone. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199533541
- ISBN
- 9780199533541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
€ 11.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja shows how twentieth-century U.S. imperial expansion was dependent on controlling the spread of disease through the transformation of humans, animals, bacteria, and viruses into living theaters of warfare and securitization. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFSL4; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360636
- ISBN
- 9780822360636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.10
€ 29.99
€ 29.10
Hardback. In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja shows how twentieth-century U.S. imperial expansion was dependent on controlling the spread of disease through the transformation of humans, animals, bacteria, and viruses into living theaters of warfare and securitization. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFSL4; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360483
- ISBN
- 9780822360483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.87
€ 116.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559886
- ISBN
- 9781875559886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardcover. Aristophanes (c. 450 c. 386 BCE) has been admired since antiquity for his wit, fantasy, language, and satire. The protagonists of "Birds" create a utopian counter-Athens. In "Lysistrata" wives go on conjugal strike until their husbands end war. Women in "Women at the Thesmophoria" punish Euripides for portraying them as wicked. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 119 x 33. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995871
- ISBN
- 9780674995871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.15
€ 33.99
€ 30.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887485718
- ISBN
- 9780887485718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.23
€ 19.99
€ 15.23
Paperback. Packed full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, 'York Notes' will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408217276
- ISBN
- 9781408217276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.26
€ 11.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 372 pages, 29, 27 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 187 x 29. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448881
- ISBN
- 9780801448881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.65
€ 47.65