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Hardback. Arthur Eckstein's interpretation challenges the way Polybius' "Histories" have long been viewed. He argues that Polybius evaluates people and events as much from a moral viewpoint as from a pragmatic, utilitarian, or even Machiavellian one. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085206
- ISBN
- 9780520085206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.37€ 53.59
€ 68.37
€ 53.59
Hardback. This book studies the interaction in late medieval and Renaissance English literature of Augustinian theology and the modes of subversive humor Bakhtin calls carnival. This interaction produces a sustained interrogation of public identity which limits medieval culture and its major texts to those of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 197 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DSBB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874135886
- ISBN
- 9780874135886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.74
€ 110.74
Paperback. Professor Kirsch presents an original interpretations of Shakespeare's five plays using theological and psychoanalytical ideas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521134910
- ISBN
- 9780521134910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155721
- ISBN
- 9781903155721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.17
€ 23.99
€ 19.17
Paperback. Based on exhaustive research in the Poe family archive, Quinn extracts the life from the legend, and describes how they both were distorted by prior biographies. " Num Pages: 866 pages, 48, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1312.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801857300
- ISBN
- 9780801857300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.95
€ 43.99
€ 36.95
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Edition
- First Vintage Canada Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780679781585
- ISBN
- 9780679781585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Summoning up more than 20 years of Japan's most dramatic history, the geisha's story uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. It moves from a small fishing village in 1929 to the glamorous and decadent Kyoto of the 30s and on to postwar New York. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with some light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KTK0080838
- ISBN
- 9780099771517
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Summoning up more than 20 years of Japan's most dramatic history, the geisha's story uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. It moves from a small fishing village in 1929 to the glamorous and decadent Kyoto of the 30s and on to postwar New York. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 356. Well read, but remains good
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KST0009345
- ISBN
- 9780099771517
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Vintage Canada Edition
- SKU
- KRF0025369
- ISBN
- 9780679781585
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. John Payne Collier, one of the most controversial figures in the history of literary scholarship, pursued a double career. A prolific and highly influential writer, he was also the creator of a great body of forgeries and false evidence, seriously affecting the work of Shakespeare and many others. Series: The Elizabethan Club Series. Num Pages: 1536 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 175 x 102. Weight in Grams: 2646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 1536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300096613
- ISBN
- 9780300096613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.40€ 156.18
€ 200.40
€ 156.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, facsims.,ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; AVGC2; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801482380
- ISBN
- 9780801482380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.42
€ 41.99
€ 37.42
Paperback. Arthur F. Marotti analyzes some of the means by which the Catholic minority and the Protestant majority defined themselves and their religious and political antagonists in early modern England. In the period between the arrival of the first Jesuit missionaries in England in 1580 and the climax of ongoing religious conflict in the Restoration-era. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268034801
- ISBN
- 9780268034801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.28
€ 26.99
€ 25.28
Hardback. A New Companion to Renaissance Drama provides an invaluable summary of past and present scholarship surrounding the most popular and influential literary form of its time. Original interpretations from leading scholars set the scene for important paths of future inquiry. Series: BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO LITERA. BIC Classification: DS. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WILEY
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118824030
- ISBN
- 9781118824030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.38
€ 211.38
Paperback. A guide to Renaissance plays and the world they played to. It offers a comprehensive overview of the material conditions of England's most important dramatic period. It looks at the drama in terms of its cultural agency, its collaborative nature, and its ideological complexity. Editor(s): Kinney, Arthur F. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405121798
- ISBN
- 9781405121798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.51
€ 57.51
Paperback. In this engaging text, Arthur Kinney introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater. * Introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater. * Focuses on the material conditions of playing and of playgoing. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224693
- ISBN
- 9780631224693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.53
€ 44.53
Hardback. Arthur Kinney introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. He focuses on the material conditions of playing and of playgoing in order to show how they both inspired and restricted Shakespeare's art. A core of 22 plays is considered in total. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224686
- ISBN
- 9780631224686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.69
€ 138.69
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Quality Paperback Book Club
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0006042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.82
€ 5.82
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Quality Paperback Book Club
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- SKU
- KNW0006040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.82
€ 5.82
Paperback.
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Bantam Classics
- Edition
- Deluxe
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780553328257
- ISBN
- 9780553328257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.69
€ 17.69
Paperback. The greatest adventures of the greatest detective of them all Series: Crime Masterworks. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- First Thus
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752847658
- ISBN
- 9780752847658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. The protagonist, the 'cave-man in a lounge suit', is the maddening, irascible and fascinating Professor George Edward Challenger. This volume includes adventures he faced such as that high above the Amazon rain forest in "The Lost World" and the challenges of "The Land of Mist". Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FH; FJ; FLC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853262456
- ISBN
- 9781853262456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.32
€ 6.32
Paperback. A well read copy, with a worn cover, but text remains in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- GEDDES & GROSSET
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Thus
- SKU
- KMR0006321
- ISBN
- 9781855349032
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.75
€ 6.75
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KST0002296
- ISBN
- 9780877016205
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A well read copy in good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Pyramid Book
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1960
- SKU
- KMR0001895
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99