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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This is the first volume of a three-volume historical and literary commentary on the eight books of Thucydides, the great fifth-century BC historian of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. All Greek is translated, to that the work is accessible to those with little or no knowledge of the ancient language. Num Pages: 560 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198150992
ISBN
9780198150992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 236.10

paperback. First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 2AB; 3JH; DSB; HBTB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 938.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138981966
ISBN
9781138981966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.86

hardcover. This volume is an "A to Z" collection of over 700 authoritative yet highly readable articles containing descriptive information about the major types, elements, characters, themes, titles and reference points in storytelling. Editor(s): Leeming, David Adams; Sader, Marion. Num Pages: 556 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; DSB; GBC; HBTD; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 187 x 265 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1212.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
556
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573560252
ISBN
9781573560252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.80

Paperback. An examination of the relationship between romanticism, theory and gender. Series: News from Nowhere S. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7ill. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340. Series: News from Nowhere S. 192 pages, 7ill. An examination of the relationship between romanticism, theory and gender. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853310898
ISBN
9781853310898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.83

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
54
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075040
ISBN
9781906075040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Wynne-Davies addresses the social and cultural context of the poem's production in the first feminist edition of these two tales. Also includes a line-by-line gloss and historical introduction. Series: Routledge English Texts. Num Pages: 218 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DCF; DSBB; DSC; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & London
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415001342
ISBN
9780415001342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.40

Paperback. The third and final volume of Simon Hornblower's magisterial commentary on the history of the first 20 years of the Peloponnesian War written by the great fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides. Volume III covers the years 421-411 BC (Books 5.25 to 8.109). All Greek is translated, and there is a thematic Introduction. Num Pages: 1128 pages, Frontispiece, 6 figures, 8 maps. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199594450
ISBN
9780199594450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.18

hardcover. A study of women's utopian spatial imagination in the 17th and 18th centuries, this book explores the correlation between identity and social space. The investigation is driven by conceptual questions, and seeks to link theoretical debates about space, gender and utopianism to historiographic debates about the social production of space. Series Editor(s): Poska, Professor Allyson M.; Zanger, Professor Abby. Series: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages, Includes 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754652571
ISBN
9780754652571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.66

Paperback. In this work, Sharon L. Jansen explores a recurring theme in writing by women: the dream of finding or creating a private and secluded retreat from the world of men. Insightful and accessible, this book places six centuries of texts in conversation with one another, pairing them in ways that reveal the realities of women's choice and agency. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137386229
ISBN
9781137386229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.15
€ 52.98

hardcover. Series: Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSBD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024015
ISBN
9780253024015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.12

paperback. Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
Edition
Univ of Texas PR ed.
SKU
V9780292746992
ISBN
9780292746992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

paperback. "An extraordinary acute interpretation of these poets and their aims and accomplishments." -Virginia Quarterly Review Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393007206
ISBN
9780393007206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.73

paperback. From antiquity to the Enlightenment, monstrous children were attributed to the power of the mother's imagination to distort the act of procreation. How this idea reappeared transformed in the Romantic period is explored in this study of theories linking imagination, art and monstrous progeny. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780674586499
ISBN
9780674586499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.10

paperback. In readings attuned to the textual, sexual and historical specificities of John Ashbery's poetry, from "Some Trees" to "Flow Chart", this text introduces readers to the poet's processes of production, demonstrating his source materials and ideas for inspiration. Num Pages: 396 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674636132
ISBN
9780674636132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.25

paperback. In ordinary life the Athenian woman was allowed no accomplishments beyond being a wife and mother. In Greek tragedy, however, women die violently and, through violence, master their own fate. Through her reading of these texts, Loraux illuminates Greek attitudes toward death, sexuality and gender. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 163.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674902268
ISBN
9780674902268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.88

paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780801477119
ISBN
9780801477119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804718653
ISBN
9780804718653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

paperback. An anthology of literary criticism of Appalachian novelists, poets, and playwrights. It reprises critical writing of influential authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Cratis Williams, and Jim Wayne Miller. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 712. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821415900
ISBN
9780821415900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

hardcover. "Here is comfort for the faithful and rewarding reading for almost anyone, religiously inclined or not, interested in the examined life."-The Washington Times Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 701.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823217328
ISBN
9780823217328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.15

hardcover. Building upon Nietzsche's fatal confrontation "The Wanderer and His Shadow" and Jacques Derrida's initiation of the era in critical theory with the formulation "The outside is the inside," the author pursues the vicussitudes of the dimensional frontier in a range of artifacts and authors. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Edition
3rd Edition
SKU
V9780823227693
ISBN
9780823227693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 50 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DSC; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450. Poetry and Popular Culture in Modern America. 336 pages, 50 black & white halftones. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DSC; JFC; JHB. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158657
ISBN
9780231158657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 168 x 41. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780199782840
ISBN
9780199782840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.02

Paperback. Brings together scholars to offer perspectives on the Greek tragedy. The collection pays homage to this genre by offering an exploration into the oldest form of dramatic expression. This book is a celebration and a model of collaboration that will be useful reading for scholars in classics, literature, and drama. Editor(s): Pedrick, Victoria; Oberhelman, Steven M. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226653068
ISBN
9780226653068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. For Milton the value of a poem or of any other production derives from the inner worth of its author and not from any external measures. This text explores the radical effect of Milton's theological convictions on his poetry and prose. Num Pages: 640 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 38. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012332
ISBN
9780674012332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.93
€ 48.27

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