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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. Part travelogue, part memoir, and part literary scholarship, this title traces the journey of the author to the towns that inspired many of his poems. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 260 pages, 44 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; C; DC; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 4531 x 23. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295989648
ISBN
9780295989648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.71

Paperback. Includes essays that engage questions that are central to the development of literature, music, and the arts in the period from Romanticism at the end of the eighteenth century to the avant-garde movements of the early twentieth, a period in which modern evolution of the arts is coupled with a rise in the significance of music as artistic form. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 illus., musical examples. BIC Classification: AV; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295990064
ISBN
9780295990064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. Introduces the art of extra-illustration and explores what this personalized form of book design reveals about the history of reading. This work includes an introduction to the concept of designing and creating a unique book by adding external material and an overview of the phenomenon's history and its heyday in the later 18th and 19th centuries. Num Pages: 40 pages, 20 color illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; AKLB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 296 x 202 x 4. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
40
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295990231
ISBN
9780295990231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.33

Hardcover. Illuminates the continuities among Gordin's Russian fiction and journalism, his work as a controversial Jewish religious reformer, and his Yiddish plays Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 243 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 2ACY; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295991320
ISBN
9780295991320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.71

Paperback. Illuminates the continuities among Gordin's Russian fiction and journalism, his work as a controversial Jewish religious reformer, and his Yiddish plays Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 4 illus. BIC Classification: 2ACY; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991337
ISBN
9780295991337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

hardcover. Num Pages: 1 maps, 1 recorded music items, 1 map, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; DS; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295995014
ISBN
9780295995014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 2 recorded music items, 2 black & white tables, 20 b&w il. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DS; HBJF; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295995496
ISBN
9780295995496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.69

Hardcover. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998992
ISBN
9780295998992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

Hardcover. This recreation of the epic Anglo-Saxon poem is achieved by retelling it in modern verse form; by providing pictorial images of the world of Germanic antiquity, Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon art, artifacts and scenery; by supplying an historical and geographical commentary on the times. Num Pages: 138 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2ABA; 3F; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300048766
ISBN
9780300048766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.03
€ 45.74

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
€ 25.76

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

€ 59.21
€ 46.48

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
€ 23.54

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.11

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.55

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
€ 17.59

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

€ 54.99
€ 50.79

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

€ 73.42
€ 56.89

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.60

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

€ 62.77
€ 49.44

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.48

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