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Paperback. The short poems in this book reflect the spiritual insights of some of the greatest poets, saints, and sages known to Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, and Native American traditions. Editor(s): Laude, Patrick; McDonald, Barry. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941532457
- ISBN
- 9780941532457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.79
€ 17.99
€ 16.79
Paperback. Offers an overview of 20th-century writing from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Containing stories from the colonial period in Taiwan, literature by Tibetan authors, samplings from the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution, and others, this book gives an introduction to Chinese society and culture. Editor(s): Lau, Joseph S. M.; Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1064.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138413
- ISBN
- 9780231138413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.90
€ 54.99
€ 38.90
Hardback. A leading European intellectual reflects on the changing concept of melancholy through history Translator(s): Wilkinson, Tim. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300167481
- ISBN
- 9780300167481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.82
€ 43.99
€ 30.82
Paperback. A collection of stories that focus on those who will inherit a world overrun with the living dead: a young man who takes up the family business of dealing with the undead, a girl struggling with her abusive father ..who has become a zombie, a poet who digs up the wrong grave, and a Viking maiden imprisoned with the living dead.. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FK; YDC; YFD. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 210 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Night Shade Books United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597803120
- ISBN
- 9781597803120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.60
€ 13.99
€ 13.60
Hardback. Offering an intriguing new approach to American cultural history through one of its enduring icons, Larzer Ziff traces the rise and flourishing of an ideal type once represented by such figures as George Washington and Tom Sawyer - a type immensely popular before antiheroes like Holden Caulfield captured our imagination Series: Discovering America. Num Pages: 154 pages, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780292738928
- ISBN
- 9780292738928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.26
€ 24.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Saetre, Lars; Lombardo, Patrizia; Zanetta, Julien. Num Pages: 451 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779345584
- ISBN
- 9788779345584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.87
€ 43.87
Paperback. Metafact: Essayistic Science in Eighteenth-Century France Series: North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3J; DSBD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228107
- ISBN
- 9780807892824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Swedish poet, novelist and philosopher Lars Gustafsson is one of Europe's leading literary figures. Much of his writing is concerned with the search for moral consciousness. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852249977
- ISBN
- 9781852249977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.89
€ 16.99
€ 12.89
Hardback. Studying Shakespeare s Contemporaries is an accessible guide to the non-Shakespearian drama of Renaissance England that can be read as complete subject overview or used as an indexed reference resource. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781405132435
- ISBN
- 9781405132435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.87
€ 76.87
Paperback. Studying Shakespeare s Contemporaries is an accessible guide to the non-Shakespearian drama of Renaissance England that can be read as complete subject overview or used as an indexed reference resource. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 221 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405132442
- ISBN
- 9781405132442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.23
€ 31.23
Hardcover. Num Pages: 307 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611481488
- ISBN
- 9781611481488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.49
€ 139.49
Hardcover. Explores the natural world of Texas - its animal icons like the Hereford or hawk or rattlesnake, the larger-than-life geography, which is the stuff out of which legends are made. Editor(s): Hill, Billy Bob. Num Pages: 96 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653600
- ISBN
- 9780875653600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.46
€ 16.99
€ 16.46
Hardcover. Editor(s): Scanlon, Larry (Rutgers University, New Jersey). Series: Studies in the Age of Chaucer. Num Pages: 671 pages, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rutgers, SUNY
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780933784239
- ISBN
- 9780933784239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.24
€ 70.24
Paperback. A wide-ranging survey of the most important medieval authors and genres, designed for students of English. Editor(s): Scanlon, Larry. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 314 pages. Editor(s): Scanlon, Larry. A wide-ranging survey of the most important medieval authors and genres, designed for students of English. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight: 512.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 314
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521602587
- ISBN
- 9780521602587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.09
€ 37.09
Hardback. This work lists and highlights the over 2200 names and close to 250 similes referred to in each book of Milton's "Paradise Lost". Divided into three sections, it offers readers a comprehensive overview of the names and similes, including the number and percentages for each type of name and simile. Num Pages: 480 pages, index, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 803.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810843042
- ISBN
- 9780810843042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.12
€ 181.12
Clean copy with some shelf wear. Ex-libris
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Gracefield Press, Portarlington
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- SKU
- KOC0025899
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
104pp. A sequel to The Bright boys. Minor shelf wear. Keywords: Irish fiction, humour
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Gracefield Press, Portarlington
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- SKU
- KHS1005033
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Hardcover. New essays offering fresh glimpses of Romanticism as interdisciplinary and cross-linguistic, illuminating the discursive features and the pan-European nature of the movement. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139405
- ISBN
- 9781571139405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.88
€ 95.88
Paperback. Pairing close readings of Moliere's comedies with accounts of French social history and aesthetics, this book aims to show how Moliere perceived satire as a "public mirror" provoking dynamic exchange and conflict with audience members obsessed with their own images. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226591520
- ISBN
- 9780226591520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.38
€ 36.99
€ 29.38
Hardcover. Turns the canonical vision of those events on its head by demonstrating how the defenders of Greek literature rather than clinging to an outmoded tradition celebrated the radically different practices of the ancient world. This title explores how the authoritative status of Greek texts allowed them to justify literary depictions of the scandalous. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 2AHA; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226591483
- ISBN
- 9780226591483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 49.82
€ 58.80
€ 49.82
Hardback. Brings together all of the approximately 3,070 published and unpublished poems composed by Larry Eigner (1927-1996), a prominent American poet of the postwar era and one of the principal figures of the influential Black Mountain school. Editor(s): Grenier, Robert; Faville, Curtis. Num Pages: 1868 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 157. Weight in Grams: 6328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1868
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750905
- ISBN
- 9780804750905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.70
€ 196.70
Paperback. Suitable for readers who have little or no training in Middle English, this book engages with the tragic implications of the chivalric love between Lancelot, Arthur and Guinevere. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 294 pages, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed of 1974 ed
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859892674
- ISBN
- 9780859892674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.43
€ 36.99
€ 33.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Foster, Edward. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 394 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Western Michigan Univ Medieval
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879288386
- ISBN
- 9781879288386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.27
€ 35.27
Illuminates the life, career, and political activism of Jarrico, the recipient of an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for "Tom, Dick, and Harry" (1941) and the producer of the only film ever blacklisted, "The Salt of the Earth" (1954). Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124537
- ISBN
- 9780813124537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.65
€ 34.65