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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. The Partheneion, or "maiden song," composed in the seventh century BCE by the Spartan poet Alcman, is the earliest substantial example of a choral lyric. This book excavates the poem's invocations of widespread and long-lived cosmological ideas that cast the universe as perfectly harmonious and invested its workings with an ethical dimension. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226668680
- ISBN
- 9780226668680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Hardback. This examination of his fiction and non-fiction reveals Huxley's significance for cross-disciplinary debates between religion, science and literature, and provides examples of the transmission or refraction of knowledge from one discourse to another. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333637678
- ISBN
- 9780333637678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. * Fascinating and perceptive new biography of one of the most brilliant writers of his age: novelist, essayist and born-again mystic Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), author of BRAVE NEW WORLD and EYELESS IN GAZA Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349113487
- ISBN
- 9780349113487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Aldred's Marginalia provides an introductory discussion to the explanatory comments in the Lindisfarne Gospels. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 62 pages, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 6. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 62
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859890366
- ISBN
- 9780859890366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838209630
- ISBN
- 9783838209630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.56
€ 52.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411432
- ISBN
- 9781572411432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. A series featuring a contemporary poet selecting and introducing a poet of the past. It, by choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions expressed in prefaces, offers insights into the poets' own work as well as providing an introduction to some of the greatest poets of literature. Editor(s): Fuller, John. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571230709
- ISBN
- 9780571230709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Part of a series which follows the outline of writers' working lives, aiming to trace the professional, publishing and social contexts which shaped their writing. This is a sympathetic portrait of the poet who overcame the obscurity of his origins to become the uncrowned Laureate of his age. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333426913
- ISBN
- 9780333426913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.09
€ 60.09
Paperback. This book asks us to rethink such a way of understanding Pope. Refusing to accept Popea s version of reality, Laura Brown reads his poems not for what they claim to say, but for what they rationalize away or fail to recognize. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631135036
- ISBN
- 9780631135036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.51
€ 51.51
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691648309
- ISBN
- 9780691648309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.46
€ 157.46
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641942
- ISBN
- 9780691641942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.90
€ 213.90
Hardcover. A fresh look at the greatest poet of early eighteenth-century England, this highly readable book focuses on Pope's religious thinking and major poems. G. Douglas Atkins extends the argument that the Roman Catholic poet was no Deist, 'closet' or otherwise. Num Pages: 79 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSK; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137344779
- ISBN
- 9781137344779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.62
€ 65.62
Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458164
- ISBN
- 9780916458164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.75
€ 24.99
€ 21.75
Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Cold War Icon, Gulag Auhtor - A Study of His W...
Kriza, Elisa; Rogachevskii, Andreii
Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 213 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838206905
- ISBN
- 9783838206905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.22€ 46.87
€ 59.22
€ 46.87
Paperback. What are ancient texts saying to us when they describe Alexander the Great's romantic relationship with his wife Barsine, or comment on his homosexual relationship with Hephaestion? What did it mean when the ancient writers told that Alexander had been sired by a thunderbolt or by a gigantic snake? This title addresses these questions and others. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898386
- ISBN
- 9780859898386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover. In Alexander the Great in his World, Carol G. Thomas places this powerful figure within the context of his time, place, culture, and pedigree in order to discover what influences and elements from the world around him aided in the rise of his incredible life and career. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631232452
- ISBN
- 9780631232452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.87
€ 122.87
Paperback. In Alexander the Great in his World, Carol G. Thomas places this powerful figure within the context of his time, place, culture, and pedigree in order to discover what influences and elements from the world around him aided in the rise of his incredible life and career. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631232469
- ISBN
- 9780631232469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Hardback. Alongside studies of the Alexander legend in medieval and early modern Latin, English, French, German, and Persian, Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages breaks new ground by examining rarer topics such as Hebrew Alexander romances, Coptic and Arabic Alexander materials, and early modern Malay versions of the Alexander legend. Editor(s): Stock, Markus. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644663
- ISBN
- 9781442644663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.05
€ 73.05
Paperback. Zinoviev's twin themes are the nature of Soviet communist society and the West's inability to understand it. It is the purpose of this book to trace the development of his thinking via a chronological analysis of his most important works. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349124855
- ISBN
- 9781349124855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643854
- ISBN
- 9780691643854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.75
€ 139.75
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Heidelberger-Leonard, Irene; Wehdeking, Volker. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CB; DSB; JF; JN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531123813
- ISBN
- 9783531123813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.19
€ 83.19
Hardback. Series: Modern Masters of Science Fiction. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040634
- ISBN
- 9780252040634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Hardback. Introduces Tennyson's famous elegy to first-time readers, students and teachers of the poem. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780748641352
- ISBN
- 9780748641352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.08€ 81.00
€ 83.08
€ 81.00
Paperback. Introduces Tennyson's famous elegy to first-time readers, students and teachers of the poem. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641345
- ISBN
- 9780748641345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83