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hardcover. Rainer Brambach, one of the most widely appreciated Swiss poets in the 1950s and '60s, was notorious for walking to the beat of his own drum, defying convention, and standing his ground against popular styles and trends. This collection of poems, represents a major English translation of this significant European poet. Translator(s): Kinsky, Esther. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857421715
ISBN
9780857421715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.36

Paperback. Political science as a discipline is multifaceted and its role in society is complex. This collection of essays is based on an approach grounded in history and informed by a theory of participatory pluralism. The author reflects on the discipline's fragmentation and its retreat from public debate, Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 275 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783847405061
ISBN
9783847405061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.72

Paperback. Written with astonishing rapidity in two weeks of February 1922, when Rilke was finally completing the "Duino Elegies" that had occupied him intermittently for a decade, this book is a series of 55 songs. This edition includes an introduction and notes. German text faces the English translation. Translator(s): MacIntyre, C. F. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 107 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229228
ISBN
9780520229228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.14

Paperback. Perhaps no cycle of poems in any European language has made so profound and lasting an impact on an English-speaking readership as Rilke's Duino Elegies. This translation was chosen by Phillip Pullman as one of his 40 favourite books. Translator(s): Crucefix, Martyn. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Enitharmon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907587597
ISBN
9781907587597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Contains translations of lesser known poems contributing towards a more complete understanding of one of the major poets of the 20th century. Translator(s): Hamburger, Michael. Series: Poetica. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 170. Miscellaneous Poems 1912-1926. Series: Poetica. 128 pages. Contains translations of lesser known poems contributing towards a more complete understanding of one of the major poets of the 20th century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight: 166. Translator(s): Hamburger, Michael.
Publisher
Anvil Press Poetry
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856463532
ISBN
9780856463532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the leading poets of European Modernism, whose poetry explores themes of death, love, and loss. This bilingual edition fully reflects Rilke's poetic development and includes the full text of the Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus in accurate and sensitive new translations. Editor(s): Vilain, Robert. Translator(s): Ranson, Susan; Sutherland, Marielle. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199569410
ISBN
9780199569410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. A superb new (and complete) translation of Rilke's luminously lyrical early book of poems, with scholarly introduction and commentary. Editor(s): Hutchinson, Ben. Translator(s): Ranson, Susan. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428. A New Translation with Commentary. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 286 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Hutchinson, Ben. A superb new (and complete) translation of Rilke's luminously lyrical early book of poems, with scholarly introduction and commentary. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DC; DSC. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight: 458. Translator(s): Ranson, Susan.
Publisher
Camden House
Number of pages
286
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135438
ISBN
9781571135438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.34

Hardcover. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BJ; DC; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679642329
ISBN
9780679642329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.04

Paperback. Begun in 1912, these ten elegies were finally completed, after a decade of sporadic and protraced creation, at the Chateau Muzot in the Swiss Valais. Rilke considered them his greatest achievement. This edition includes an introduction and notes. The German text faces the English translation. Translator(s): MacIntyre, C. F. Num Pages: 101 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 108 x 6. Weight in Grams: 18.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
101
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229235
ISBN
9780520229235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.09

Paperback. These poems, written between 1900 and 1908, and selected from "Das Buch der Bilder" and the two parts of "Neue Gedichte", show Rilke's deep concern with sculpture and painting. The book includes an introduction and notes. The German text faces the English translation. Translator(s): MacIntyre, C. F. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Bilingual ed
Number of pages
147
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229259
ISBN
9780520229259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.07

Hardback. What is medieval religious drama, and what function does it serve in negotiating between the domains of theology and popular life? This book aims to answer these questions by studying three sets of these dramas from Germany, France, England, and Spain: 10th-century Easter plays, 12th-century Adam plays, and 15th- and 16th-century Passion plays. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737913
ISBN
9780804737913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813101682
ISBN
9780813101682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 33 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 4. Weight in Grams: 80.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Currency Press
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868199474
ISBN
9780868199474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

hardcover. Milton and the Climates of Reading offers timely statements about the ways in which Milton's writings not only addressed their own time, but also speak profoundly and powerfully to ours. Editor(s): Sauer, Elizabeth. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802091055
ISBN
9780802091055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.74

paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JF; DSB; HBTB; HBTQ; HPCD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 264 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270682
ISBN
9780823270682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. "An original and elegant work that will make signal contributions to the fields of eighteenth-century studies and Romanticism, and to the study of British nationalism and colonialism."-Adela Pinch, University of Michigan Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812236569
ISBN
9780812236569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.30

Paperback. Examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or munshi, Chandar Bhan "Brahman" (d c1670), one of the great Indo-Persian poets and prose stylists of early modern South Asia. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 394 pages, 2 black and white. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FKA; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286467
ISBN
9780520286467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Provides a fresh account of modernist writing in a perspective based on the reading strategies developed by postcolonial studies. In this book, the basic argument is that neither modernity nor colonalism (and likewise, neither postmodernity nor postcoloniality) can be properly understood without recognition of their intertwined development. Series Editor(s): Johnson, David; Loomba, Ania; The Open University/BBC; University of Pennsylvania. Series: Postcolonial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639939
ISBN
9780748639939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. An argument, based in history, law, literature, and philosophy, for empathy as an integral part of decisions about who will be designated an enemy of the state Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; LNDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439903247
ISBN
9781439903247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Drawing on the cosmopolitan sensibility of scholars like Anthony Appiah, Vinay Dharwadker, Martha Nussbaum, Bruce Robbins, and Amartya Sen, this book argues that to read the body of South Asian American literature justly, one must engage with the urgencies of places as diverse as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Burma, Pakistan, and Trinidad. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1KBB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592130818
ISBN
9781592130818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593762940
ISBN
9781593762940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.91

Hardcover. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BMU; DS; G; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manohar Publishers and Distributors India
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9788173048906
ISBN
9788173048906
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.96

Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 178 pages, 20+ b+w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783082650
ISBN
9781783082650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.91

Hardback. This work focuses on reportorial writers in the French Eighteenth and earl Nineteenth Century who wrote in the Addisonian tradition-a tradition that had to do with dispassionate observation of individuals and society. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470918
ISBN
9781611470918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.61

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