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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

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

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.
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

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. 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. 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. 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. 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

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. Writing Images. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 298 pages, black & white illustrations. Crosses disciplinary boundaries to explore German Romantic writing about visual experience and the interplay of text and image in Romantic epistemology. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
BOYE6
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134707
ISBN
9781571134707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 231 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816634187
ISBN
9780816634187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

paperback. The pseudo-Virgilian Aetna poem has fascinated textual critics for centuries on account of its badly corrupted state. But it is fascinating for its content as well. A vigorous and enthusiastic poem, this title repays further study within the didactic tradition. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Classic Editions. Num Pages: 388 pages, 2-colour cover. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904675389
ISBN
9781904675389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.94

Hardback. Offers a different understanding of American literary realism that draws on neuroscience and cognitive psychology. This work explores the connections among the aesthetic, emotion, consciousness, and the body in readings that illuminate lesser-known works such as "Elsie Venner" and that resuscitate classics such as "The Yellow Wallpaper." Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025127
ISBN
9780674025127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.17
€ 65.85

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803230026
ISBN
9780803230026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. Translator(s): Burk, Drew S. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Univocal Publishing LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937561178
ISBN
9781937561178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.15

Hardback. Afghanistan In Ink uses a wide and largely unknown corpus of twentieth century Afghan Dari and Pashto literature to show not only how Afghans have reflected on their modern history, but also how the state has repeatedly sought to dominate the ideological contours of that history through the patronage or exile of writers. Editor(s): Green, Nile; Arbabzadah, Nushin. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 2BXL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042048
ISBN
9781849042048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.75

paperback. Editor(s): Bodunde, Charles. Series: Bayreuth African Studies. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 2H; DSB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 146. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bayreuth African Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9783927510661
ISBN
9783927510661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. This text presents eight Nigerian women writers and proposes a vernacular theory based on their work. Flora Nwapa, Adaora Lily Ulasi, Buchi Emecheta are some of the writers included. The importance of children and community in the literary tradition of African womanism is assessed. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226620855
ISBN
9780226620855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474409575
ISBN
9781474409575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.53

Paperback. Documents the central texts and arguments in African American literary theory from the 1920s to now Editor(s): Napier, Winston. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758106
ISBN
9780814758106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. Written in a clear, accessible, storytelling style, Black Theater: A Cultural Companion 1850 - Today will shine a bright new light on the culture which has historically nurtured and inspired Black Theater. The book takes the reader on a journey to discover how social realities impacted the plays dramatists wrote and produced. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634432
ISBN
9780745634432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.19

Hardback. Written in a clear, accessible, storytelling style, Black Theater: A Cultural Companion 1850 - Today will shine a bright new light on the culture which has historically nurtured and inspired Black Theater. The book takes the reader on a journey to discover how social realities impacted the plays dramatists wrote and produced. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634425
ISBN
9780745634425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.17

Hardback. Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. This title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226789965
ISBN
9780226789965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 79.10

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