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Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486746
ISBN
9780801486746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801437991
ISBN
9780801437991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Otago University Press New Zealand
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578007
ISBN
9781877578007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.76

Paperback. Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth- century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. Editor(s): Scudder, Bernard; Lewis, Simon; Thorsson, Ornulfur. Num Pages: 288 pages, geneal. table, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140447705
ISBN
9780140447705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age becoming eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastoral lifestyle. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447736
ISBN
9780140447736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Set around the time of Iceland's conversion to Christianity, this saga follows a 50 year blood-feud. The narrative focuses on Njal Thorgeirsson who, along with his family, is burnt alive in his home. The saga exposes the cathatic power of vengance and inadequacy of the law. Editor(s): Cook, Robert. Translator(s): Cook, Robert. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 maps, chronology, family trees, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 2ACSC; 3F; DNF; FT; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447699
ISBN
9780140447699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Set at the end of the tenth century, this title is about the time Scandinavia was converting from worship of Norse gods to Christianity. It focuses on two families that of Hoskuld, a prominent farmer with several sons, and that of Gudrun, the most beautiful woman ever born in Iceland. Translator(s): Kunz, Keneva. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DQ; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447750
ISBN
9780140447750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Hardcover. With sections on "England at the Margins," "Researching the Renaissance," "The Human Figure on the Stage," and "Artificial Persons," this collection makes interventions in historiography as well as history, literary interpretation, and also literary criticism. Editor(s): Orlin, Lena Cowen. Num Pages: 318 pages, 17 black-&-whites, 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910987
ISBN
9781575910987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.81

Hardback. A comprehensive introduction to the medieval languages and texts that inspired Tolkien's Middle-earth. Using key episodes in The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, medieval texts are presented in their original language with translations. Essential for those who wish to delve deeper into the background to Tolkien's mythology. Num Pages: 395 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
395
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137454683
ISBN
9781137454683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801441219
ISBN
9780801441219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press Ithaca
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488320
ISBN
9780801488320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.12

Paperback. Set a course for literary studies that led to Prague structuralism, French semiotics, and postmodern poetics. Editor(s): Lemon, Lee T.; Reis, Marion J. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Secondtion ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803239982
ISBN
9780803239982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.79

Paperback. This book explores the amazing journey of Anne Hebert's writing into English by people "in the middle" of the process of editing, publishing, distributing, and preservation. Series: Canadian Literature Collection. Num Pages: 244 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 257.
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780776623764
ISBN
9780776623764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 38.80

Paperback. Intends to demonstrate that hynotism is an essential aspect of our most significant relationships, an inherent dimension of love, religion, medicine, politics, and literature, a fundamental dynamic between lover and beloved, deity and votary, physician and patient, ruler and subject, and, indeed, reader and listener. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DQ; JMTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226185323
ISBN
9780226185323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.17

Paperback. For better or worse, representations abound of Native Americans as a people with an innate and special connection to the earth. This study looks at the challenges faced by Native American writers who confront stereotypical representations as they assert their own ethical relationship with the earth. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820330594
ISBN
9780820330594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.19

Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403974815
ISBN
9781403974815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.86

Paperback. Brings together Lee Patterson's essays published in various venues over the years. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 illustrated halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038373
ISBN
9780268038373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403968203
ISBN
9781403968203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403968180
ISBN
9781403968180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.99

Hardback. In this biography, Lee Morgan tells the story of Henry Thrale, a successful but flawed and troubled businessman and Member of Parliament who was at the center of the life of the most famous man of letters of the eighteenth century, Dr. Samuel Johnson. Num Pages: 304 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761810308
ISBN
9780761810308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.22

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