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Hardback. This text looks at Euripides' "Hippolytus" and offers an examination of the ancient preference for the implicit style, and suugests a possible reading of Euripides' first treatment of the myth which would account for The Athenian audience's reservations about his "Hippoytus Veiled". Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; AN; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847690923
ISBN
9780847690923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.64

hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726139
ISBN
9780804726139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.40

Paperback. The Coquette, one of the first American best-sellers, is paired in this edition with an important but previously unavailable short novel by Foster. Editor(s): Desiderio, Jennifer; Vietto, Angela. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551119984
ISBN
9781551119984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DN; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890650322
ISBN
9781890650322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. The protagonist of this novel is a 15-year-old North London schoolboy called Gabriel. He is forced to come to terms with a new life, and use his gift for painting in order to make sense of his world, once the equilibrium of the family has been shattered by his father's departure. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 140. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KSS0002232
ISBN
9780571209293
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Harry, a young writer, is commissioned to write a biography to revitalise both Mamoon's career and his bank balance. Harry greatly admires Mamoon's work and wants to uncover the truth of the artist's life. Harry's publisher seeks a more naked truth, a salacious tale of sex and scandal that will generate headlines. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 530. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0016196
ISBN
9780571277520
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Hanif Kureishi offers an insight into the birth of a writer - himself - through this memoir that conjures up a family story of how he found his own literary calling from the ashes of his father's failed attempts in the past even as the world turned upside down and India split in two along religious lines. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
FABER AND FABER
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571224043
ISBN
9780571224043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Paperback. Maurice and Ian are veteran stage actors whose slow, inevitable decline is disrupted by the arrival in their lives of Ian's niece Jessie (Jodie Whittaker). While Jodie's house-keeping skills become a bone of contention between her and Ian, Maurice, on the other hand, finds himself attracted to Jodie and seeks an intimate relationship with her. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571235896
ISBN
9780571235896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Features a Pakistani woman who has begun a new life in Paris, and an essay about the film Le Week-End, and an account of Kafka's relationship with his father. This collection ends with a bravura piece of very personal reportage about the conman who stole authors life savings. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571319701
ISBN
9780571319701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Nearing sixty and needing to plan for his and his children's future, the author employed an accountant from a reputable firm. When the accountant recommended investing in a property scheme, he followed his advice - only to find out that the accountant was a fraudster and his entire life savings had vanished. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DNF; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 178 x 3. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571323197
ISBN
9780571323197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99
€ 6.97

Hardback. Num Pages: 197 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481723
ISBN
9781611481723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardback. Editor(s): Vete-Congolo, Hanetha. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319320878
ISBN
9783319320878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349200351
ISBN
9781349200351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.62

Paperback. With a new introduction by the authors, this paperback edition of Jane Austen and the Fiction of Culture takes the complete body of work of a major novelist as the basis for rethinking ethnographic representation and cross-cultural analysis. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847690480
ISBN
9780847690480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.25

Paperback. This book explores the many approaches available to the study of law and literature. * An exploration of the many relationships between law and literature. * Looks at what law and literature can learn from one another. * Makes those involved in literary studies more conscious of the impact that law has had on literary history. Editor(s): Hanafin, Patrick; Gearey, Adam; Brooker, Joseph. Series: Journal of Law and Society Special Issues. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405119306
ISBN
9781405119306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.87

Paperback. Identifies the distinctive voice of Jewish American literature by recovering the multilingual Jewish culture that Jews brought to the United States in their creative encounter with English. This book traces the evolution of Yiddish and Hebrew in modern Jewish American prose writing through dialect and accent, and cross-cultural translations. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 2ACY; 2CSJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138442
ISBN
9780691138442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447982265
ISBN
9781447982265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.96

Hardback. Challenging the notion that Jewish mysticism ceased to exist in the Hassidic enclaves of early nineteenth century Europe, this title traces the influence and the trends towards secular mysticism found in Russian, Yiddish, and early Hebrew writers, and examines the impact of Zionism in creating a modern, living mystical literature. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSC; HRJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235018
ISBN
9781936235018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.58

Paperback. Collects essays by Levinas encompassing every aspect of his thought: the early phenomenological studies; the fully developed ethical critique of such totalizing philosophies; and the pioneering texts on the moral dimension to aesthetics. Editor(s): Hand, Sean. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631164470
ISBN
9780631164470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

Hardback. .
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781443850605
ISBN
9781443850605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.50
€ 35.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 693.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403916921
ISBN
9781403916921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.32

Paperback. The Postcolonial Historical Novel is the first systematic work to examine how the historical novel has been transformed by its appropriation in postcolonial writing. It proposes new ways to understand literary realism, and explores how the relationship between history and fiction plays out in contemporary African and Australasian writing. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349496938
ISBN
9781349496938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.98

Hardback. The Postcolonial Historical Novel is the first systematic work to examine how the historical novel has been transformed by its appropriation in postcolonial writing. It proposes new ways to understand literary realism, and explores how the relationship between history and fiction plays out in contemporary African and Australasian writing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137450081
ISBN
9781137450081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198704850
ISBN
9780198704850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

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