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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Describes the adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. This poem also describes his endurance, his love for his wife and son. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332. Clean copy In good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Unabridged
- SKU
- KLJ0001372
- ISBN
- 9781853260254
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.74
€ 6.74
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691609836
- ISBN
- 9780691609836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing. Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- SparkNotes
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411469761
- ISBN
- 9781411469761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.30
€ 8.99
€ 8.30
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483356
- ISBN
- 9780801483356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.53
€ 50.99
€ 45.53
Paperback. There is something offensive about poetry, judging by the number of attacks on it and defences of it. The author argues that poetry exists to offend - not through its subject matter but through the challenges it presents to the prevailing view of what language is for. He also specifies four poetic offences - gesture, drama, fiction, and trope. Series: Robert B Heilman Books. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987590
- ISBN
- 9780295987590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. In The Official World Mark Seltzer analyzes the suspense fiction, films, and performance art of Patricia Highsmith, Tom McCarthy, Cormac McCarthy, J.G. Ballard, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and others to demonstrate that the modern world continuously establishes itself through the staging of its own conditions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 285 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361008
- ISBN
- 9780822361008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. In The Official World Mark Seltzer analyzes the suspense fiction, films, and performance art of Patricia Highsmith, Tom McCarthy, Cormac McCarthy, J.G. Ballard, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and others to demonstrate that the modern world continuously establishes itself through the staging of its own conditions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360865
- ISBN
- 9780822360865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491227
- ISBN
- 9781611491227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.43
€ 77.43
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843842033
- ISBN
- 9781843842033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.80
€ 80.80
Hardback. New edition with facing-page translation of a highly significant and influential Old English text. Editor(s): Rauer, Christine. Translator(s): Rauer, Christine. Series: Anglo-Saxon Texts. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843474
- ISBN
- 9781843843474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.56
€ 134.56
Hardback. First modern text and English translation of an important Anglo-Saxon poem dealing with the liturgical year. Editor(s): Karasawa, Kazutomo. Series: Anglo-Saxon Texts. Num Pages: 245 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844099
- ISBN
- 9781843844099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Hardback. Other than his name, we have no biographical details of Cynewulf, not even where or when he lived. Yet his Old English poems attest to a powerfully inventive imagination, deeply learned in Christian doctrine and traditional verse-craft. He reveals an expert control of structure and a flair for extended similes and dramatic dialogue. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072633
- ISBN
- 9780674072633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.12
€ 40.99
€ 35.12
Hardcover. In the 1980s influential scholars argued that Shakespeare revised King Lear in light of theatrical performance, resulting in two texts by the bard's own hand. The two-text theory hardened into orthodoxy. Here Sir Brian Vickers makes the case that Shakespeare did not cut his original text. At stake is the way his greatest play is read and performed. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504844
- ISBN
- 9780674504844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.44€ 49.70
€ 53.44
€ 49.70
Paperback. The One Thomas More carefully studies the central humanist and polemical texts written by More to illustrate a coherent development of thought Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813221861
- ISBN
- 9780813221861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.41
€ 38.41
Hardback. Caleb Smith explores the confessions, trial reports, maledictions, and martyr narratives that juxtaposed law and conscience in antebellum America's court of public opinion and shows how writers portrayed struggles for justice as clashes between human law and higher authority, giving voice to a moral protest that transformed American literature. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; DSB; HBJK; JPA; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073081
- ISBN
- 9780674073081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611473971
- ISBN
- 9781611473971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.02
€ 137.02
Paperback. Translator(s): Grene, David; O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007724
- ISBN
- 9780226007724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.23
€ 27.99
€ 23.23
Paperback. A study of modernist aesthetics, which attempts to reveal how the Orient came to symbolize the highest aspirations of literary representation for such writers as Flaubert, Proust and Baudelaire. The author demonstrates how the modernist movement was influenced by Oriental culture and history. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 photographs. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556. .
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822310945
- ISBN
- 9780822310945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.87
€ 31.99
€ 28.87
Paperback. Offers a source of literary modernism in the twentieth century. Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Verso
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844673483
- ISBN
- 9781844673483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.36
€ 27.36
Paperback. A young teacher takes his first job in a sleepy French town. Lost in a succession of rainy days and sleepless nights, he falls under the spell of a town resident, a woman of seductive beauty and singular charm. Translator(s): Mason, Wyatt. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 8. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300180701
- ISBN
- 9780300180701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.17
€ 17.17
Paperback. This translation presents the Analects in a revolutionary new format that, for the first time in any language, distinguishes the original words of the Master from the later sayings of his disciples and their followers, enabling readers to experience China's most influential philosophical work in its true historical, social, and political context. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 342 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HPD; HRKN1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104319
- ISBN
- 9780231104319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 1. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Gateways Books & Tapes,US United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780895560681
- ISBN
- 9780895560681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.38
€ 18.99
€ 17.38
Paperback. Offers an understanding of the development of criticism, demonstrating that its roots stretch back long before the sophists to public commentary on the performance of songs and poems in the preliterary era of ancient Greece. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120256
- ISBN
- 9780691120256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.50€ 42.58
€ 53.50
€ 42.58
Hardback. The novel emerged, McKeon contends, as a cultural instrument designed to engage the epistemological and social crises of the age. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 15th anniversary ed
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801869952
- ISBN
- 9780801869952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.63
€ 95.63