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Paperback. Presents a portrait of "The Tale of Genji's" reception and reproduction, taking into consideration a wide variety of genres from no plays to Genji paintings to the modern novel. This volume explores the popularization of the Genji, considering parody, pastiche, and re-creation in various popular and mass media. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Num Pages: 416 pages, 80 illus. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592. Media, Gender, and Cultural Production. 416 pages, ill. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Presents a portrait of "The Tale of Genji's" reception and reproduction, taking into consideration a wide variety of genres from no plays to Genji paintings to the modern novel. This volume explores the popularization of the Genji, considering parody, pastiche, and re-creation in various popular and mass media. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231142373
ISBN
9780231142373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.17

Hardback. This unique anthology is the first representative collection of Japanese literature from one of the most creative periods in Japanese culture, known variously as the Edo or the Tokugawa. It includes a wide range of fiction, poetry, and drama, and also essays, literary criticism, folk stories, and other noncanonical works with a number of new translations. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 1392 pages, 203 woodblocks and paintings. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1589.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109901
ISBN
9780231109901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.27
€ 102.08

Paperback. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 1288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1760.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136976
ISBN
9780231136976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.67
€ 42.55

Basho (1644-94) is perhaps the best known Japanese poet in both Japan and the West, and this book establishes the ground for badly needed critical discussion of this critical figure by placing the works of Basho and his disciples in the context of broader social change. Num Pages: 400 pages, 11 half-tones. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 3JD; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730983
ISBN
9780804730983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 162.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 160 pages. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; FC; FYB. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight: 248. Translator(s): Watson, Burton.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152457
ISBN
9780231152457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 black & white halftones, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152815
ISBN
9780231152815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.10

Paperback. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 600 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
600
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Abridged Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157315
ISBN
9780231157315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 33.44

Paperback. The midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari's help. Meanwhile Mari's beautiful sister Eri lies in a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal; it has lasted for two months. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099506249
ISBN
9780099506249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Features animated crows, a criminal monkey, an ice man, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we wish for. Whether during a chance reunion in Italy, a romantic exile in Greece, a holiday in Hawaii or in the grip of everyday life, this title features characters that confront loss, or sexuality, or the glow of a firefly. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099488668
ISBN
9780099488668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Hardback. New edition, with facing English translation, of one of the most important Arthurian works from the middle ages. Editor(s): Edwards, Cyril. Translator(s): Edwards, Cyril. Series: Arthurian Archives. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843788
ISBN
9781843843788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 222.21

paperback. Clean copy. Light shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Repint
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
SKU
KST0012744
ISBN
9780571070619
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Mosaic Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889629929
ISBN
9780889629929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.70

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108080088
ISBN
9781108080088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.17
€ 37.62

Paperback. The first systematic and detailed overview of modern Tibetan literature. Editor(s): Hartley, Lauran R.; Schiaffini-Vedani, Patricia. Num Pages: 424 pages, 31 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2GDT; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342779
ISBN
9780822342779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. This text traces the efforts of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson and others to establish a credible international presence for America as a new nation. The primary source documents include dispatches, private letters and documents from archives, libraries and societies. Editor(s): Giunta, Mary A.; Graebner, Norman A.; Hill, Peter P.; Kaplan, Lawrence S. Num Pages: 311 pages, illustrations, map, glossary, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842026642
ISBN
9780842026642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 76 x 107 x 6. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101245
ISBN
9781585101245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.52

Paperback. "Crane's poetry has been a touchstone for me, and remains central to a fully imaginative understanding of American literature."-Harold Bloom Editor(s): Simon, Marc V. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Liveright
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Centennial Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871401786
ISBN
9780871401786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. An assessment of Heaney's poetry and prose, tracing his "contrary progressions" through phases of affirmation and despair. Hart explores Heaney's work from the 1960s to "The Haw Lantern", seeking in the poems those elements and traits that Heaney allusively indicates in his prose. Num Pages: 272 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815626121
ISBN
9780815626121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.49

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
SKU
KKD0006145
ISBN
9780099253815
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
SKU
KKD0003575
ISBN
9780099253815
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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