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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. The first English translation of the national folk epic of Finland which relates Icelandic family sagas and reflects an ancient Finnish peasant life. Translator(s): Magoun, Francis Peabody, Jr. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 502.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674500105
- ISBN
- 9780674500105
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.89
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Hardcover. Miri Nakamura examines bodily metaphors such as doppelgangers and robots that were ubiquitous in the literature of imperial Japan. Reading them against the historical rise of the Japanese empire, she argues they must be understood in relation to the most "monstrous" body of all in modern Japan: the carefully constructed image of the empire itself. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504325
- ISBN
- 9780674504325
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€ 45.99€ 37.99
€ 45.99
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Hardcover. Focusing on its adaptation in the Chinese context, Catherine Vance Yeh traces the rise of the political novel to international renown between the 1830s and the 1910s. Yeh explores in detail the tensions characteristic of transcultural processes, among them the dynamics through which a particular, and seemingly local, literary genre goes global. Num Pages: 441 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 746.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504356
- ISBN
- 9780674504356
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Condition: New
€ 59.09€ 54.57
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Hardcover. Friendships between writers of the mid-Tang era became famous through the many texts they wrote to and about one another. Anna M. Shields explores these texts to reveal the complex value the writers found in friendship--as a rewarding social practice, a rich literary topic, a way to negotiate literati identity, and a path toward self-understanding. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504370
- ISBN
- 9780674504370
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.30
€ 54.99
€ 46.30
Hardcover. Num Pages: 313 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674539525
- ISBN
- 9780674539525
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Condition: New
€ 72.10€ 66.06
€ 72.10
€ 66.06
Hardcover. Dickinson's poems, more than those of any other poet, resist translation into the medium of print. This elegant edition presents all of her manuscript books and unsewn fascicle sheets--1,148 poems on 1,250 pages--restored insofar as possible to their original order. The manuscripts are reproduced with startling fidelity in 300-line screen. Num Pages: 1490 pages, 656 halftones (volume 1)618 halftones (volume 2. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 270 x 160 x 130. Weight in Grams: 4176.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 1490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674548282
- ISBN
- 9780674548282
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Condition: New
€ 290.96€ 238.80
€ 290.96
€ 238.80
Paperback. This text explores the desire, suffering, exultation, spiritual rapture and dedication to art that characterizes the poetry of Emily Dickinson, and attempts to decipher their many complex and witty references to texts and paintings of her time. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 color illustrations in an 8 page insert plus 9 halftones scattered throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674656666
- ISBN
- 9780674656666
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.90
€ 37.99
€ 31.90
Hardcover. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674656765
- ISBN
- 9780674656765
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Condition: New
€ 79.20€ 72.01
€ 79.20
€ 72.01
Hardback. offering the first systematic examination of five modern Japanese fictional narratives, all of them available in English translations, Atsuko Sakaki explores Natsume Soseki's "Kokoro" and "The Three-Cornered World"; Ibuse Masuji's "Black Rain"; Mori Ogai's "Wild Geese"; and Tanizaki Jun'ichiro's "Quicksand." Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674750944
- ISBN
- 9780674750944
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.10
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€ 39.10
Hardback. This biographical work traces the life and career of Ademar of Chabannes (989-1034 AD), a monk, historian, liturgist and hagiographer. Utilizing the collection of over 1000 folios of manuscript that Ademar left behind, this text examines the development of Ademar's career and the events of his day. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: BG; DSBB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 735.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674755307
- ISBN
- 9780674755307
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Condition: New
€ 99.31€ 89.79
€ 99.31
€ 89.79
Hardback. Editor(s): Lewalski, Barbara K. Series: English Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 44. Weight in Grams: 771.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674760400
- ISBN
- 9780674760400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.73€ 52.48
€ 56.73
€ 52.48
Rituals of Self-Revelation: Shishosetsu as Literary Genre and Socio-Cu...
Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
Hardback. This work is an English translation of the author's own work on the shishosetsu, a genre in Japanese literature. It provides a means of researching and interpreting the tradition of the genre, linking it to forms of autobiographical fiction as well as to classical cultural assumptions. Translator(s): Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Irmela (Professor of Japanese Literature, Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany). Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 720.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674773196
- ISBN
- 9780674773196
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.22
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Hardback. A detailed discussion by the editor complements this critical edition and translation of the phonetical treatise (Pratisakhya) of the Saunaka Samhita, one of two versions of the second oldest Indian text, the Saunaka Atharvaveda. Translator(s): Deshpande, Madhav M. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 826 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DNF; DSBB; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1710.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 826
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674789876
- ISBN
- 9780674789876
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Condition: New
€ 78.02€ 70.98
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Hardback. Although literary theories describe a world of strategies, what is missing is the strategist. Hjort's proposed account of strategic action brings the strategist back into the picture. She shows how proposed conceptions of strategy are contradictory, underdeveloped and at odds with its actual use. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674840522
- ISBN
- 9780674840522
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€ 54.99€ 46.45
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Paperback. Studies in Biography, a volume in the series Harvard English Studies, contains eleven essays which point to some of the new directions biography and biographical criticism have taken since the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Aaron, Daniel. Series: English Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674846524
- ISBN
- 9780674846524
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.72
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Hardback. Modern Japanese literature is commonly associated with high seriousness of purpose. In this study, Joel R. Cohn analyzes works by three writers whose works constitute an assault on the notion that comedy cannot be part of serious literature. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674847118
- ISBN
- 9780674847118
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.13
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Paperback. Presents current thinking on some of the theoretical issues and dilemmas in the conception and writing of literary history, by scholars from Europe, Australia and North America. Topics covered include the role of literary history in "new" societies and the problem of literary classification. Series: English Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674879133
- ISBN
- 9780674879133
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.73
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Paperback. Provides a comprehensive history of classical rhetoric. This work begins by identifying the rhetorical features of early Greek literature that anticipated the formulation of "metarhetoric," or a theory of rhetoric, in the fifth and fourth centuries and then traces the development of that theory through the Greco-Roman period. Num Pages: 336 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; CFG; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000596
- ISBN
- 9780691000596
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Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.71
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Hardcover. Aims to encourage a deeper appreciation of ancient Greek poetry and prose by showing where a nod of the head or a wave of the hand can complete meaning in epic poetry and in tragedy, comedy, oratory, and in works of history and philosophy. This book helps to explain some persistently confusing syntaxes and to make translations more accurate. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black and white illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691002637
- ISBN
- 9780691002637
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Condition: New
€ 104.11€ 79.73
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Paperback. Series: Princeton Essays on the Arts. Num Pages: 201 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADS; AFC; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691003153
- ISBN
- 9780691003153
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Condition: New
€ 68.61€ 53.63
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Hardcover. Poetry in its many guises is at the center of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's multifarious interests. This edition contains his complete poetical works. It opens with an introduction and chronological tables. Each poem is accompanied by a headnote and commentary that together provide its historical-biographical context and offer key textual variants. Editor(s): Mays, J. C. C. Series: Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Num Pages: 1616 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2158.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691004839
- ISBN
- 9780691004839
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Condition: New
€ 384.48€ 296.68
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Hardcover. Comprises annotations on more than fifty books and manuscripts (from "Valckenaer" to "Zwick", and "Addenda"). This book includes comments on Wordsworth's "Benjamin the Waggoner," "The Prelude," and "Translation of Virgil's Aeneid," as well as on William Godwins's verse drama "Abbas." Editor(s): Jackson, H. J. Series: Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Num Pages: 760 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DNF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 46. Weight in Grams: 999.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 732
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691004952
- ISBN
- 9780691004952
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Condition: New
€ 291.02€ 217.23
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Paperback. Offers an investigation into what is known in Tibet as 'secret autobiography', a literary genre that presents an exploration of religious experiences. This book translates and studies the autobiographies by a Tibetan Buddhist visionary, Jigme Lingpa (1730 - 1798). Num Pages: 384 pages, 12 halftones 1 map 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; DSBD; HREX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009483
- ISBN
- 9780691009483
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Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.06
€ 65.07
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Hardcover. Aristophanes has enjoyed a conspicuous revival in nineteenth - and twentieth-century Greece. This book provides an analysis of his role in modern Greek culture. It addresses the issues reflected in the poet's revival: political and linguistic nationalism, literary and cultural authenticity versus creativity, censorship, and social strife. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 tables, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 2AHA; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBB; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009568
- ISBN
- 9780691009568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 85.82
€ 112.39
€ 85.82