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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Departing from an essentialist concept of the self, this volume advances the cross-cultural study of selfhood with three contributions to literature. Editor(s): Battaglia, Debbora. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP; JFC; JHM; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 27.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520087996
- ISBN
- 9780520087996
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
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Hardback. Arthur Eckstein's interpretation challenges the way Polybius' "Histories" have long been viewed. He argues that Polybius evaluates people and events as much from a moral viewpoint as from a pragmatic, utilitarian, or even Machiavellian one. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085206
- ISBN
- 9780520085206
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Condition: New
€ 68.97€ 53.97
€ 68.97
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Paperback. Presents the development and aesthetic theories of the symbolist movement in art and literature. This book traces symbolism and its roots from artist to artist and critic to critic from the 1860s to the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 396 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACV; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077683
- ISBN
- 9780520077683
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
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€ 29.44
Paperback. A poetic analysis of the great English poetic line, iambic pentameter, as used by Chaucer, Sidney, Milton, and particularly by Shakespeare. It offers a survey of Shakespeare's brilliantly varied metrical keyboard and shows how it augments the expressiveness of his characters' stage language. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520076426
- ISBN
- 9780520076426
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. The act of translation is a political action. This title draws on Benjamin, Derrida, and de Man to show that translation has long been a site for perpetuating the unequal power relations among people, races, and languages. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; CFP; CJ; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520074514
- ISBN
- 9780520074514
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520066076
- ISBN
- 9780520066076
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
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Paperback. A comprehensive guide to William Langland's fourteenth-century masterpiece, "Piers Plowman". Editor(s): Alford, John A. Num Pages: 298 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520060074
- ISBN
- 9780520060074
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
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Paperback. Discusses ways of creating value in turn-of-the-century American capitalism. Focusing on such topics as the alienation of property, the invention of masochism, and the battle over free silver, this title examines the participation of cultural forms in these phenomena. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 257 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520059825
- ISBN
- 9780520059825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Hardcover. The grammarian was a pivotal figure in the lives of the educated upper classes of late antiquity. This profession contributed to the social as well as cultural continuity of the Empire. This title provides a study of the place and function of this important but ambiguous figure. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1008.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520055353
- ISBN
- 9780520055353
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Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 73.24
€ 95.12
€ 73.24
Paperback. In this major reconsideration of Herman Melville's life and work, Michael Rogin shows that Melville's novels are connected both to the important issues of his time and to the exploits of his patrician and politically prominent family. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520051782
- ISBN
- 9780520051782
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
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Paperback. Tells the story of the Malavoglia, a family of poor Sicilian fisherman. This book renders the theme of mankind's struggle for self-betterment, the dignity of the struggle in the face of poverty and hardship, and the tragedy that the struggle inevitably incurs. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340. 275 pages. Tells the story of the Malavoglia, a family of poor Sicilian fisherman. This book renders the theme of mankind's struggle for self-betterment, the dignity of the struggle in the face of poverty and hardship, and the tragedy that the struggle inevitably incurs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 18. Weight: 334. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520048508
- ISBN
- 9780520048508
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
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Paperback. A title that originates from a considered grasp of the imaginative possibilities of the analogy between architecture and literature. It presents the author's bold hypotheses about these works, her striking juxtapositions and her sense of the architectural connotations of words and the implications of spatial metaphors offering creative insights. Num Pages: 328 pages, 37ill. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520047723
- ISBN
- 9780520047723
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.93
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Paperback. The two Shelleys, Byron, Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont, and John William Polidori (Byron's physician) spent a "wet, ungenial summer in the Swiss Alps." Byron suggested that "each write a ghost story." If one is to trust Mary Shelley's account, only she and "poor Polidori" took the contest seriously. Editor(s): Levine, George; Knoepflmacher, U. C. Num Pages: 362 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520046405
- ISBN
- 9780520046405
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
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Paperback. Num Pages: 412 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520041523
- ISBN
- 9780520041523
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
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Hardcover. Contains the letters that trace young Sam Clemens' remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of "The Jumping Frog", soon to be a national and international celebrity. Editor(s): Smith, Harriet Elinor; Bucci, Richard; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 703 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 703
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520036697
- ISBN
- 9780520036697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.85€ 95.13
€ 124.85
€ 95.13
Paperback. Probes the nature of linguistic or symbolic action as it relates to specific novels, plays, and poems. Num Pages: 463 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 708.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520024830
- ISBN
- 9780520024830
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.31
€ 41.99
€ 30.31
Hardcover. Editor(s): Frost, William; Dearing, Vinton A. Num Pages: 840 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 57. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 840
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520021204
- ISBN
- 9780520021204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 73.24
€ 95.12
€ 73.24
Paperback. Kudos for Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children s Books "Offers a wonderful overview of literature with black children in its focus. " Jim Trelease, author, The Read-Aloud Handbook "The perfect tool for parents and educators alike. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSR; DSY; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471375258
- ISBN
- 9780471375258
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.44
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Paperback. A collection of three classic incisive books that instruct how to survive and thrive in a business world of suspicion and envy, strategic alliances and brutal misinformation. Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince, Alistair McAlpine's The Servant, and Sun Tzu's The Art of War comprise the three main texts. Editor(s): McAlpine, Alistair. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; JP; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471372479
- ISBN
- 9780471372479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.90
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Paperback. Looking for some new business insights? Forget about Wall Street. Learn a lesson or two from Arthur Miller and David Mamet on Broadway. Put down Forbes and Fortune for once and spend an evening with Chaucer and George Bernard Shaw. You'll pass an enjoyable evening and discover some fresh new management perspectives. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; DSB; DSK; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471371687
- ISBN
- 9780471371687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.99
€ 34.99
€ 27.99