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Hardback. This acclaimed volume explores and unravels the contexts, readings, genres, intertextualities and debates within Anglo--Saxon studies. * Brings together specially--commissioned contributions from a team of leading European and American scholars. * Embraces both the literature and the cultural background of the period. Editor(s): Pulsiano, Phillip; Treharne, Elaine. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 552 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ABA; 3F; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 264 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1180.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631209041
ISBN
9780631209041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 204.87

Hardback. This Companion is a standard reference work for scholars and students of the Gothic from its origins to the present day. Providing stimulating insights into Gothic writing, its history and genealogy, it offers coverage of criticism of the Gothic and of the various theoretical approaches it has inspired and spawned. Editor(s): Punter, David. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; ACK; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 27. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631206200
ISBN
9780631206200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 210.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Uecker, John. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566637985
ISBN
9781566637985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.84

Paperback. Translator(s): Azarov, Vladimir; Callaghan, Barry. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 109 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550963885
ISBN
9781550963885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.79

Hardback. Based on the twelfth-century Sufi poem, "The Conference of the Birds", this poem is accompanied by illustrations painted on ceramic tiles, typical of the Medieval Persian style. Num Pages: 48 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 291 x 11. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863564437
ISBN
9780863564437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.32

Paperback. Translator(s): Verlenden, John; Ghazoul, Ferial. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610373
ISBN
9780815610373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.24

Paperback. This book brings together the essay collection "Written in the margins of life (Xie zai ren sheng bian shang)" and the short story collection "Human, beast, ghost (Ren shou gui)." Editor(s): Rea, Christopher G. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152754
ISBN
9780231152754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.29

Hardback. Focusing on the representations of spiritual crisis in twentieth-century African American fiction and autobiography, this title asks how some of the most distinguished writers of this tradition wrestle with the inexplicable nature of God and the experience of unmerited natural and moral sufferings such as racial oppression. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927961
ISBN
9780813927961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.23

Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750325
ISBN
9780804750325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. Dimension: 203 x 127. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811226028
ISBN
9780811226028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.74

Paperback. This biography describes Virginia Woolf's family and childhood; her early writings; the formation of the Bloomsbury group; her marriage to Leonard Woolf; the mental breakdowns of 1912-15; the origins and growth of the Hogarth Press and the political and personal distresses of her last years. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712674508
ISBN
9780712674508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. This is a splendid, substantial volume.-Clio Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Revised and Revised ed.
SKU
V9780823210220
ISBN
9780823210220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.25

Paperback. Presents a critical reappraisal of James Baldwin's work. Focusing on Baldwin's critically undervalued early works and the neglected later ones, the contributors illuminate little-known aspects of this daring author's work, and highlight his accomplishments as an experimental writer. Editor(s): Miller, D. Quentin. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 b&w photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566397377
ISBN
9781566397377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.12

hardcover.
Edition
British First
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780857386359
ISBN
9780857386359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 63 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
63
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559364379
ISBN
9781559364379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.94

Hardcover. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) has been acknowledged by writers as diverse as Harold Bloom, Adrienne Rich and R.S. Thomas as one of the central poets of the 20th century. Justin Quinn offers a fundamental reassessment of Stevens's work and the connections it makes between nature, community and art. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004410
ISBN
9781900621663
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This collection of twenty-nine original essays, surveys satire from its emergence in Western literature to the present. * Tracks satire from its first appearances in the prophetic books of the Old Testament through the Renaissance and the English tradition in satire to Michael Moore's satirical movie Fahrenheit 9/11. Editor(s): Quintero, Ruben. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 624 pages, 18. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1226.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405119559
ISBN
9781405119559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.16

Paperback. Brilliantly revitalized by James, the Trojan Epic will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in Greek mythology and the legend of Troy. Editor(s): James, Alan. Series: Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 260 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886355
ISBN
9780801886355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.82

Hardcover. In Hindostan by William Combe. Num Pages: 252 pages, ILLUSTRATED. Dimension: 230 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Studio Orientalia
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9788192450216
ISBN
9788192450216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 49.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Driskill, Qwo-Li; Justice, Daniel Heath; Miranda, Deborah; Tatonetti, Lisa. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816502424
ISBN
9780816502424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.40

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