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Hardback. This book is a translation of Salinas's Seguro azar. It includes fifty poems, most of them one or two pages in length, with the Spanish and English texts on facing pages. There is also a prologue by the poet, and introduction by the translator, and a reminiscence by Salinas's friend and fellow poet, Willis Barnstone. Translator(s): Garrison, David Lee. Num Pages: 167 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481259
ISBN
9781611481259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.08

Hardcover. Donne and the Resources of Kind is the first book about Donne's writings to focus on their relations to genre. It considers what Donne took from the resources of kind and how he transformed the resources on which he drew. Most of the chapters discuss Donne's secular and religious verse but there is also discussion of Donne's religious prose. Editor(s): Cousins, Anthony D.; Grace, Damian. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472165
ISBN
9781611472165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.92

Paperback. This collection presents twenty essays on twentieth-century plays by women, from Rachel Crothers to Meredith Monk, as well as overview essays on their predecessors. At least a dozen of the essays explicitly treat particular women's texts as dramas of rejection and rebellion. Editor(s): Schlueter, June. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471397
ISBN
9781611471397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 140.41

Hardcover. An anthology of Yiddish short fiction of the Lower East Side, the center of a vibrant Jewish (largely Russian Jewish) life. It presents both the past and present of a population forced by poverty and pogrom to leave its homeland, resettle in America, and adopts its ideals (and hopes) as well as its difficult urban realities. Editor(s): Waldinger, Albert. Num Pages: 327 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575911076
ISBN
9781575911076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.51

Hardback. As bleak and agonizing a portrait of war as ever to appear on the stage, The Trojan Women is a masterpiece of pathos as well as a timeless and chilling indictment of war's brutality. Translator(s): Rudall, Nicholas. Series: Plays for Performance Series. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 272 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566632232
ISBN
9781566632232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.15

Paperback. Presents a selection of 13 plays such as: "The Beauty Inside"; "The D Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore"; "Brown"; "Everybody Else"; "Two Monologues for an Actor and a Dog, Queenie, and My Wife, the Rabbit-Eater"; "Reunions"; "Captain Abalone"; "The Changing of the Guard"; "Hermaphrodite"; "Sada"; "5:15 Greyhound"; and, "The Beauty Inside". Editor(s): Young, Glenn. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557837202
ISBN
9781557837202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.56

Paperback. Wagering on Transcendence explores the question of ultimate meaning in literature. Through essays, Mount Mary College professors from various disciplines analyze several pieces of literature from a variety of genres and authors to show how each depicts the human struggle to find meaning. Editor(s): Carey, Phyllis. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556129827
ISBN
9781556129827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.53

Hardcover. Editor(s): Elder, Chris. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1MBN; DQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Victoria University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864738370
ISBN
9780864738370
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.53

Hardcover. This volume is an exploration of the innovative ways in which history, both as a narration of events and the events themselves, has been dealt with by three generations of women writers in modern Italy. The works of Anna Banti, Maria Bellonci, Dacia Maraini and Silvana La Spina are examined. Editor(s): Marotti, Maria Ornella; Brooke, Gabriella. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 0. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838637715
ISBN
9780838637715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.38

Paperback. Editor(s): Reinsch, Richard, II. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 907.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813228617
ISBN
9780813228617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.35

Hardcover. Brings together essays by leading theologians and philosophers on the fundamental importance of human reason and philosophy for Catholic theology and human cultures generally. This edited collection studies the contributions of reason, with its acquired wisdom, science, and scholarship, in five sections. Editor(s): Lamb, Fr. Matthew L. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPJ; HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813228396
ISBN
9780813228396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813227894
ISBN
9780813227894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.50

Paperback. Offers translations of twenty-five Latin sermons written between 1350 and 1450, which demonstrate how preachers constructed them and shaped them to their own purposes. This book contains a general introduction and short historical notes on the individual selections. Translator(s): Wenzel, Siegfried. Series: Medieval Texts in Translation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813215297
ISBN
9780813215297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.00

Paperback. This title brings together texts by and about Thomas More - poet, scholar, statesman, educational reformer, philospher, historian and saint. The writings focus upon More's views of education, political theory, church-state relations, love and friendship, practical politics and conscience. Editor(s): Wegemer, Gerard B.; Smith, Stephen W. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD; DSK; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813213767
ISBN
9780813213767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.42

Hardcover. Editor(s): Horne, Jackie C.; Sanders, Joe Sutliff. Series: Children's Literature Association Centennial Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810881877
ISBN
9780810881877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.99

Hardcover. The "Psammead Trilogy" written by Edith Nesbit includes "Five Children and It", "The Phoenix and the Carpet", and "The Story of the Amulet". The essays collected in this volume celebrate the completion of the "Psammead Trilogy". These essays employ differing strategies and place Edith Nesbit in various contexts to assess her achievement. Editor(s): Jones, Raymond E. Series: Children's Literature Association Centennial Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810854017
ISBN
9780810854017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.70

Hardcover. This book presents English translations of two French plays: Moliere's Don Juan and a recent play, Elvira, by Brigitte Jaques/Louis Jouvet, in which a teacher and a group of students rehearse a scene from the classical comedy. An introduction, bibliography, and notes make the volume suitable for use as a university textbook. Translator(s): Edney, David. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of America
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761824749
ISBN
9780761824749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.24

Hardcover. This work is comprised of personal essays by some of the most noted Holocaust educators working in or with Holocaust museums, resource centers, or educational organizations across the globe. Editor(s): Totten, Samuel. Num Pages: 230 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBTZ1; JNKC; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739105078
ISBN
9780739105078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.60

Paperback. This collection of essays begins the process of reassessing Frye's thought and writings in light of extraordinary, unpublished material contained in archives at the Victoria University Library, University of Toronto. Editor(s): Boyd, David V.; Salusinszky, Imre; Epperly, Elizabeth Rollins. Series: Frye Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802080943
ISBN
9780802080943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.70

Paperback. The brilliant Aztec poetic tradition would have all but vanished after the Spanish Conquest in 1521 without the friars who painstakingly transcribed and preserved the poems in the years that followed. This title gives us echoes of the lyrical and philosophical songs, the songs of rejoicing, sorrow, ritual and war, and the epics of myth and legend. Translator(s): Kissam, Edward; Schmidt, Michael. Series: Poetica. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2JNN; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856464232
ISBN
9780856464232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.82

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