Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Readers of Herodotus' Histories are familiar with its reports of bizarre portents, riddling oracles, and striking dreams. This book represents an examination of signs and their interpreters, as well as the terminology Herodotus uses to describe sign transmission, reception, and decoding. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 298
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055889
- ISBN
- 9780674055889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.57
€ 31.99
€ 26.57
Hardback. Arriving at the port of New York in 1882, a 27-years-old Oscar Wilde quipped he had nothing to declare but my genius. This narrative reveals that Wilde was underselling himself. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066960
- ISBN
- 9780674066960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.57
€ 31.99
€ 26.57
Hardcover. Editor(s): Andrist, Debra D. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; AB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198367
- ISBN
- 9781845198367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.15
€ 129.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Baumbach, Nico; Young, Damon R.; Yue, Genevieve. Num Pages: 140 pages, 17. BIC Classification: DSA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822368472
- ISBN
- 9780822368472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.33
€ 16.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. Editor(s): Hirsch, Marianne; Miller, Nancy K. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150910
- ISBN
- 9780231150910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. A new edition of RLS's poetry, including many previously unpublished pieces. Editor(s): Lewis, Roger C. Series: The Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 672 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1294.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748615575
- ISBN
- 9780748615575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.50
€ 143.50
Hardback. Editor(s): Minton, Gretchen. Series: Arden Shakespeare the State of Play. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474280372
- ISBN
- 9781474280372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43€ 106.16
€ 118.43
€ 106.16
Hardback. By complicating the views of gender dynamics in Latin love poetry, this exciting new scholarship will stimulate further debates in classical studies and literary criticism with its fresh perspectives. Editor(s): Ancona, Ronnie; Greene, Ellen. Series: Arethusa Books. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801881985
- ISBN
- 9780801881985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.95€ 58.43
€ 63.95
€ 58.43
Paperback. Suggests that readers understand novels primarily by following the functioning of the minds of characters in the novel storyworlds. This work analyzes constructions of characters' minds in the fictional texts of a wide range of authors, from Aphra Behn and Henry Fielding to Evelyn Waugh and Thomas Pynchon. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218352
- ISBN
- 9780803218352
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Through readings of slave narratives, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, newspaper editorials, and government documents including texts by Frederick Douglass and freed West Indian slave Mary Prince, Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo explicates the growing interrelatedness of people of African descent through the Americas in the nineteenth century. Series: Rethinking the Americas. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH5; JFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223231
- ISBN
- 9780812223231
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 195 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018007
- ISBN
- 9780253018007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.21
€ 18.21
Paperback. Companion to the work of one of the most admired of English writers and artists. Editor(s): Eaves, Morris. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, 36 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 328 pages, 36 b/w illus. Editor(s): Eaves, Morris. Companion to the work of one of the most admired of English writers and artists. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight: 504.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521786775
- ISBN
- 9780521786775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.43
€ 37.43
Paperback. One of the most powerful dramas ever written for the stage, Othello is a story of revenge, illusion, passion, mistrust, jealousy and murder. If in Iago Shakespeare created the most compelling villain in Western literature, in Othello and Desdemona he gave us our most tragic and unforgettable lovers. Editor(s): Raffel, Professor Burton (Distinguished Arts and Humanities,Professor of English, University of Louisiana). Series: The Annotated Shakespeare. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300108071
- ISBN
- 9780300108071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.71
€ 15.99
€ 12.71
Hardcover. No cycle of historical legends has enjoyed greater or more enduring popularity in China than that of the Three Kingdoms, which recounts the dramatic story of the civil wars (c. AD 180 220) that divided the old Han empire into the Shu-Han, Wei, and Wu states, and the eventual reunification of the realm under the Western Jin in AD 280." Translator(s): Idema, Wilt L.; West, Stephen H. Num Pages: 501 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 501
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848145
- ISBN
- 9781603848145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.73€ 72.48
€ 94.73
€ 72.48
Paperback. When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn? Why did law courts forbid witnesses to kiss the Bible? What made Victorian cartoonists mock commuters who hid behind the newspaper, ladies who matched their books' binding to their dress, and servants who reduced newspapers to fish 'n' chips wrap? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 360 pages, 18 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159546
- ISBN
- 9780691159546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Hardback. Baldo is a descendant of French royalty who starts out as something of a juvenile delinquent. This poem narrates episodes that include imprisonment; battles with local authorities, pirates, shepherds, witches, and demons; and a journey to the underworld. It provides the English translation of this ancient epic and Renaissance chivalric romance. Translator(s): Mullaney, Ann E. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 480 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 143 x 34. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031241
- ISBN
- 9780674031241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.83
€ 40.99
€ 33.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 35 color + 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300218459
- ISBN
- 9780300218459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.49
€ 26.99
€ 20.49
Hardback. The Italian Antimafia, New Media, and the Culture of Legality is the first book to examine the online battles between the mafia and its growing cohort of opponents. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSB; HBJD; JF; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487501105
- ISBN
- 9781487501105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
Paperback. American Literature in Context after 1929 explores thehistorical events and literary movements that shaped Americanliterature from the Great Depression onward. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405186001
- ISBN
- 9781405186001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.77
€ 29.77
Hardcover. Essays showcasing Ali and Nino as particularly topical for today's readers both in and out of the classroom, and providing a number of diverse approaches to it. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139900
- ISBN
- 9781571139900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Hardback. Editor(s): Manning, Gideon; Klestinec, Cynthia. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HPS; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319565132
- ISBN
- 9783319565132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.57
€ 200.57
Hardback. The most important literary dispute of the Renaissance pitted those writers of Neo-Latin who favoured imitation of Cicero alone, as the single best exemplar of Latin prose, against those who preferred to follow an eclectic array of literary models. This work talks about this Ciceronian controversy. Editor(s): DellaNeva, JoAnn. Translator(s): Duvick, Brian. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025202
- ISBN
- 9780674025202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.07
€ 40.99
€ 34.07
Hardback. Poetic Modernism in the Culture of Mass Print will appeal not only to scholars and students of literary modernism, modern periodical studies, book history, print culture, media studies, history, art history, and museum studies but to librarians, archivists, museum curators, and information science professionals. Series: Hopkins Studies in Modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421346
- ISBN
- 9781421421346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.92€ 47.17
€ 50.92
€ 47.17
Paperback. Series: Comics Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; JFCA; WHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813590455
- ISBN
- 9780813590455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34