Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. In "Works and Days", the poet writes of farming, morality, and what seems to be a very nasty quarrel with his brother Perses over their inheritance. This book extracts from the poem a picture of the social structure of Ascra, the hamlet in northern Greece where Hesiod lived, most likely during the seventh century bce. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236585
- ISBN
- 9780520236585
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Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.51
€ 83.50
€ 63.51
Paperback. Presents essays on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. This book draws from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history and challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West. Editor(s): Yu, Pauline; Bol, Peter; Owen, Stephen; Peterson, Willard. Series: Studies on China. Num Pages: 292 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224667
- ISBN
- 9780520224667
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80
Hardback. For over two millennia, the "Cyropaedia", an imaginative biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great, was Xenophon's most popular work. This study examines the work, demonstrating its overall coherence and unity and focusing, in particular, on the notoriously difficult ending. Num Pages: 211 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 2AHA; DSBB; DSK; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224049
- ISBN
- 9780520224049
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Condition: New
€ 57.63€ 45.08
€ 57.63
€ 45.08
Hardback. Hagiography,or writing about and illustrating the lives of saints, was one of the most creative areas for artistic inspiration in the Middle Ages. This book explores the sumptuously illustrated saints' lives that were made in medieval Europe. Num Pages: 455 pages, 8 color illustrations, 149 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; AKLB; DSB; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 264 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 455
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520223202
- ISBN
- 9780520223202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21€ 52.45
€ 68.21
€ 52.45
Paperback. This anthology of treasures from the oral literature of native California includes a selection of stories, anecdotes, myths, reminiscences, and songs drawn from a wide sampling of California's many native cultures. Introductions provide cultural and biographical context. Editor(s): Luthin, Herbert W. Num Pages: 651 pages, 12 black & white photographs, 5 maps, 4 musical examples, 1 line figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2ABM; DQ; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Annotated.
- Number of pages
- 651
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222700
- ISBN
- 9780520222700
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. This text argues that Catullus challenges us to think about the nature of lyric in new ways. It shows how Catullus's poetry reflects the conditions of its own consumption as it explores the terms and possibilities of the poet's license. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 319 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221567
- ISBN
- 9780520221567
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80
Hardback. Offers a comprehensive reconsideration of the life and literary works of Paulinus of Nola (ca 352-431), a Roman senator who renounced his political career and secular lifestyle to become a monk, bishop, impresario of a saint's cult, and prominent Christian poet. This title traces Paulinus' intellectual and spiritual journey. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 404 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; BG; DSBB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217096
- ISBN
- 9780520217096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21€ 52.77
€ 68.21
€ 52.77
Paperback. A manifesto against systematic thinking, this text on literary theory, first published 70 years ago in 1928, is a difficult book by a famously difficult writer. Editor(s): Samuels, Lisa. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213944
- ISBN
- 9780520213944
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.62
€ 40.99
€ 28.62
Hardback. Until the late 19th century, Jews were identified in their own religious and poetic imagination as wanderers, their sacred center - Jerusalem, Zion - fatefully out of reach. This book examines the work of medieval Hebrew poet Yehuda Halevi to chart a journey whose end was envisioned as the realignment of the people with their original center. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 370 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSB; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206458
- ISBN
- 9780520206458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.33€ 48.50
€ 62.33
€ 48.50
Paperback. This anthology presents Aristotle's "Rhetoric" in its original context, providing examples of the kind of oratory whose success Aristotle explains and analyzes. It assesses the role and the techniques of rhetorical persuasion in philosophic discourse and the public sphere. Editor(s): Rorty, Amelie Oksenberg. Series: Philosophical Traditions S. Num Pages: 466 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520202283
- ISBN
- 9780520202283
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.51
€ 41.99
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Paperback. The popularity of Yunus Emre, who is often referred to as the Turkish national poet, has endured for six centuries. This title presents a translation of his poetry. Series: UC Publications in Modern Philology. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2FMC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 182 x 9. Weight in Grams: 298.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520097810
- ISBN
- 9780520097810
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.77
€ 41.99
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Paperback. Participants in the current debate regarding the literary canon generally separate the established literary order - of which Shakespeare is the most visible icon - from emerging minority literatures. This study insists that the two realms should be brought together. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520086463
- ISBN
- 9780520086463
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.10
€ 35.99
€ 26.10
Paperback. Explores unconventional texts and dimensions of culture involved in constituting Hiroshima memories - including history textbook controversies, discourses on the city's tourism and urban renewal projects, campaigns to preserve atomic ruins, survivors' testimonial practices, ethnic Koreans' narratives on Japanese colonialism. Series: Twentieth-century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power S. Num Pages: 301 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085879
- ISBN
- 9780520085879
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
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paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520069817
- ISBN
- 9780520069817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.04
€ 38.99
€ 28.04
Hardcover. Our common image of the Middle Ages, constructed partly from popular accounts by Tuchman and Huizinga, is a period in European history when cultural activity was in decay. This title convincingly challenges this notion by presenting evidence of a lively medieval court culture in the northern Netherlands. Translator(s): Pomerans, Arnold J. Num Pages: 392 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 2ACD; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520067776
- ISBN
- 9780520067776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.33€ 48.20
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press Berkeley
- Edition
- Reprinted edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520067462
- ISBN
- 9780520067462
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.49
€ 35.99
€ 26.49
Hardcover. "The range of Manas performance traditions captured here is immense. What is wonderful and remarkable is that each is presented vividly, with careful ethnographic detail, so that they become living traditions to the reader."--Susan Wadley, Syracuse University Series: Philip E.Lilienthal Books. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BM; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 39. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520066908
- ISBN
- 9780520066908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.92€ 56.19
€ 72.92
€ 56.19
Hardcover. Includes illustrations, of places, creatures, objects or tools, and processes connected with nineteenth-century whaling, that are original boxwood engravings by Massachusetts artist Barry Moser. Num Pages: 600 pages, 100 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 263 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520043541
- ISBN
- 9780520043541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 50.50
€ 64.68
€ 50.50
Paperback. This "Critical Edition" uses the text of the first edition, published in 1901. Accompanying material includes contemporary reviews, eight essays which present a variety of critical perspectives, and a collection of letters that reveal the process by which the autobiography was written. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; JFSL3; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Critical
- SKU
- V9780393967258
- ISBN
- 9780393967258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.21
€ 18.99
€ 17.21
paperback. Anonymously published in 1554, Lazarillo de Tormes remains a centrepiece of Renaissance literature and is arguably the most popular example of the picaresque novel. Editor(s): Stavans, Ilan. Translator(s): Stavans, Ilan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DS; 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780393938050
- ISBN
- 9780393938050
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.18
€ 17.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. A guide where today's best writers reveal their secrets. Editor(s): Burns, Carole. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330885
- ISBN
- 9780393330885
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.75
€ 24.99
€ 21.75
Hardcover. A literary testament showing how Mary Lee Settle's great novels followed the map of her remarkable life. Editor(s): Freeman, Anne. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780393057324
- ISBN
- 9780393057324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.26
€ 26.99
€ 23.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 115 color illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; ACX; ACXJ; AFKV; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 241. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300229110
- ISBN
- 9780300229110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 45.93
€ 58.80
€ 45.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300197679
- ISBN
- 9780300197679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.58
€ 34.99
€ 25.58