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Paperback. This concise book is a complete and contemporary introduction to Homer and his two master-works, the Iliad and the Odyssey. It explains the "Homeric Question," illuminating its current status, and critiques the literary qualities of the Iliad and the Odyssey, analyzing and contrasting their plotting, narrative technique, and characterization. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405153256
ISBN
9781405153256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.42

Hardcover. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932309
ISBN
9780813932309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.38

Paperback. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932323
ISBN
9780813932323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.98

Hardcover. Essays in this volume rethink conventional ways of conceptualizing female authorship and re-examine the formal, aesthetic, and thematic terms in which German women's literature has been conceived. Editor(s): Baer, Hester; Hill, Alexandra Merley. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135841
ISBN
9781571135841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.34

Hardback. The letters in this volume record the last years of Mrs. Piozzi's life. Her correspondence from 1817 to 1821 reads like extensions of her private journals and may be seen as affirmation of hope and ambition as well as decelarations of frustration, grief, anger, and self-pity. Num Pages: 576 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; BJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 983.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874133950
ISBN
9780874133950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.83

Hardback. Love, H is an intimate selection of letters from a forty-year correspondence between writer Hettie Jones and painter and sculptor Helene Dorn, who both survived their time as wives in the Beat bohemia of the 1960s and went on to successful artistic careers of their own. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 illustrations, incl. 10 in color. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; BJ; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361466
ISBN
9780822361466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.95

Paperback. Whether you're a backpacker from Idaho on your first visit, or a cultural swallow on an annual migration to Paris, this book helps you intoxicate and inspire, goad and guide. It delights in the company of such swashbuckling gallows-fodder as Francois Villon, and chuckles at the audacity of Rimbaud and Baudelaire, the perpetual rebels. Series: Poetry of Place. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011314
ISBN
9781906011314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 137 x 6. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868199177
ISBN
9780868199177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Hardcover. Editor(s): Cleghorn, Dr. Angus J.; Hicok, Bethany; Travisano, Thomas J. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932613
ISBN
9780813932613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.74

Paperback. A collection of the most significant and enduring works of the most important Japanese literary critic of the 20th century. The selections reflect the wide range of Kobayashi's early work, from meditations on the nature of literature and of criticism to studies of individual Japanese and Western writers. Editor(s): Anderer, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804741156
ISBN
9780804741156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.09

Paperback. This volume contains all of Belloc's published verse, including "Heroic Poem in Praise of Wine", rhymes from "Cautionary Tales" and pieces from "The Bad Child's Book of Beasts". Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712650243
ISBN
9780712650243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913966310
ISBN
9780913966310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913966327
ISBN
9780913966327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Hardback. This ground-breaking study is the first to consider Spanish Golden Age comedias as an archive of moral knowledge. Num Pages: 476 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 275 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
476
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644588
ISBN
9781442644588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.81

hardcover. This study outlines and reiterates the relationship of theatre to casuistry, the Jesuit contributions to Spanish literary theory and practice, and the importance of casuistry for the study of early modern subjectivity.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802092298
ISBN
9780802092298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868196688
ISBN
9780868196688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Hardcover. By focusing on Luise Gottsched's extraordinary volume and range of translations, Hilary Brown sheds an entirely new light on Gottsched and her oeuvre. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7, 7 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135100
ISBN
9781571135100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.34

Hardcover. First edition, good copy, dustjacket worn
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1947
SKU
KTK0094278
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Paperback. In her fourth collection, Hilary Davies embarks on pilgrimage - poetic, religious, psychological. Using a dazzling interplay of narrative and lyric line, she travels through real and imagined territory in search of answers to the great questions which preoccupy us as human beings. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Enitharmon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910392171
ISBN
9781910392171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.58

Hardback. Examines the role of the Victorian periodical in defining and refining ideas of gender. Series Editor(s): Beer, Gillian. Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 276 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 583.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521830720
ISBN
9780521830720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854113528
ISBN
9781854113528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.13

Hardback. This work looks at the use of language in the "Iliad" and examines the portrayal of the opposing forces in terms of nationality and of linguistics. It argues that the way the Greeks and the Trojans speak, reflects their disparate cultural structures and their relative position in the Trojan War. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CFH; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847682546
ISBN
9780847682546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.25

Paperback. From the double Man Booker prize-winner comes an extraordinary work of historical imagination - this is Hilary Mantel's epic novel of the French Revolution. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 3J; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 57. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007250554
ISBN
9780007250554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.69

paperback. A companion piece to the captivating memoir GIVING UP THE GHOST by the Man Booker-winning author, this collection of loosely autobiographical stories locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
New
SKU
9780007166442
ISBN
9780007166442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

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