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Literature: history & criticism

paperback. BIC Classification: DD; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 127 x 6. Weight in Grams: 91.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Dramatists Play Services Inc,US United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822218586
ISBN
9780822218586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.51

Hardcover. Dramatically refreshing the age-old debate about the novel's origins and purpose, Kent traces the origin of the modern novel to a late medieval fascination with the wounded, and often eroticized, body of Christ. A wide range of texts help to illustrate this discovery, ranging from medieval 'Pietas' to Thomas Hardy to contemporary literary theory. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 319. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137541338
ISBN
9781137541338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.91

Paperback. The poetry of the Late Tang often looked backward, and many poets of the period distinguished themselves through the intensity of their retrospective gaze. Chinese poets had always looked backward to some degree, but for many Late Tang poets the echoes and traces of the past had a singular aura. This book presents the literary history of the Tang. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 596 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033283
ISBN
9780674033283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Paperback. Surveying the later work of W.B. Yeats and Wallace Stevens, Edward Clarke unfolds their very last poems andconsiders the two poets'relations with western literature and tradition. This bookshows how these two latecomers transform the ways in which we read earlier poets." Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349333844
ISBN
9781349333844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Hardcover. Surveying the later work of W.B. Yeats and Wallace Stevens, Edward Clarke unfolds their very last poems and considers the two poets' relations with western literature and tradition. This book shows how these two latecomers transform the ways in which we read earlier poets. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230296688
ISBN
9780230296688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Paperback. Editor(s): King, Bruce. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1993
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349226849
ISBN
9781349226849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 193.30

paperback. The present work offers an extensive introduction to the text and transmission of the ancient Latin version of the medical works "Therapeutica" and "On Fevers" of the great sixth-century Greek doctor Alexander of Tralles. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 pls. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 186 x 26. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Roman Society Publications United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907764328
ISBN
9780907764328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.57

Paperback. Editor(s): Lazo, Rodrigo; Aleman, Jesse. Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBF; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479855872
ISBN
9781479855872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. Editor(s): Lazo, Rodrigo; Aleman, Jesse. Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBF; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479896837
ISBN
9781479896837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403977960
ISBN
9781403977960
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.77

Paperback. Valeria Woodville investigates the murder of her husband's first wife in the attempt to prove him guiltless. This book exposes the repression of Victorian domestic life and marriage. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005186
ISBN
9780140436075
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. "The Law Code of Visnu" ("Vaisnava-dharmasastra") is one of the of the ancient Indian legal texts composed around the seventh century ce in Kashmir. This title contains a critical edition of the Sanskrit text based on fifteen manuscripts, an annotated English translation, and an introduction evaluating its textual history. Editor(s): Olivelle, Patrick. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 560 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2B; 2BM; CJB; DSBB; HBJF; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674051393
ISBN
9780674051393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Paperback. Focusing on a burgeoning area of interest, this new study illustrates relations between legal and theatrical discourses in a range of plays. Editor(s): Jordan, C.; Cunningham, K. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSBD; DSC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349543342
ISBN
9781349543342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. Now available in paperback for the first time, this book brings together leading scholars in the field to analyze Shakespeare's plays, showing how their dramatic content shapes issues debated in conflicts arising from the creation and application of law. Individual essays focus on such topics such as slander, revenge and royal prerogative. Editor(s): Jordan, Constance; Cunningham, Karen. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247727
ISBN
9780230247727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jordan, Constance; Cunningham, Karen. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403992147
ISBN
9781403992147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.27

Paperback. The Law Is a White Dog tackles key societal questions: How does the law construct our identities? How do its rules and sanctions make or unmake persons? And how do the supposedly rational claims of the law define marginal entities? Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691157870
ISBN
9780691157870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Your guest at dinner kisses you. What does it mean? Where does it lead? Does kissing necessarily imply more, and if so how much? These and similar questions of amorous ethics and erotic disquisition are central to our everyday intimate public lives and they are the lost object of the law of love, the lex amatoria collated and presented here. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSBB; HBTB; JFSJ; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349283118
ISBN
9781349283118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.32

Paperback. Includes Edward Gallagher's prose translations of "The Lays of Marie de France"; a general introduction; a map; commentaries on the lays; two anonymous Breton lays - The Lay of Melion and The Lay of Tyolet; a glossary of proper names; a glossary of specialised terms; and an appendix of selected texts in the Old French. Translator(s): Gallagher, Edward J. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
193
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841887
ISBN
9781603841887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. Now in paperback: From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the best-selling book-length poem selected for the Best American Poetry annual in both 1999 and 2000. Num Pages: 72 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 187 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306810732
ISBN
9780306810732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.49

Hardcover.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996762
ISBN
9780674996762
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

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