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Hardcover. Magic and the supernatural are common themes in the philosophy and fiction of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This book explores varieties of scepticism and belief exhibited by a selection of philosophers and playwrights, including Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Giordano Bruno, John Dee, Christopher Marlowe, and William Shakespeare. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193294
ISBN
9781845193294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.15

Paperback. The Mexican government's brutal repression of the Student Movement of 1968 in the infamous Massacre of Tlatelolco exposed and exacerbated a serious crisis of political legitimacy. This study examines the cultural impact of this watershed event through historically contextualized readings of five paradigmatic novels. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557534873
ISBN
9781557534873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21

Paperback. Equine Poetics is a literary analysis of horses and horsemanship in early Greek epic and lyric poetry. Drawing from the fields of comparative poetics and historical linguistics, the book sheds new light on fascinating and puzzling aspects of these central figures in early Greek verbal art. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
Publisher
Center for Hellenic Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975705
ISBN
9780674975705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.59

Hardcover. Established in 1968, John Fuller's Sycamore Press published some of the most critically acclaimed writers of the past half-century including W.H. Auden, Philip Larkin, and Peter Porter. The press ceased operations in 1992, but remains an excellent example of the unique qualities associated with the small press movement in England. Editor(s): Roberts, Ryan. Num Pages: 160 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243235
ISBN
9781851243235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.04

Paperback. An anthology of the verse of Ryokan (1758-1831), a Buddhist monk of the Zen sect, who was a major figure in Tokugawa poetry. It contains not only representative works influenced by poets of the 8th-century, but also a number of Chinese poems (kanshi) which are doctrinal in nature. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 126 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231044158
ISBN
9780231044158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. In 1964, renowned reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski was appointed by the Polish Press Agency as its only foreign correspondent. He befriended Che Guevara in Bolivia, Salvador Allende in Chile and Patrice Lumumba in the Congo. This title is Kapuscinski's story, his eyewitness account of the emergence of the Third World. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; BGBA; DNJ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862079595
ISBN
9781862079595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Translator(s): Fraleigh, Matthew. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BJ; DNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program
Edition
paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947518
ISBN
9781933947518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardback. Faulkner's comedy incorporates tragedy and despair; the humour in his novels can intensify or relieve a tragic or horrific effect. This study examines Faulkner's first nine novels, showing how humour is used to express theme: how it appears in the action, characters, and discourse of each novel and how it contributes to the overall effect of each . Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838640142
ISBN
9780838640142
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.16

Paperback. Modern Poetry in Translation is one of the UK's most innovative and prestigious poetry magazines, founded in 1965 by Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort. Editor(s): Dugdale, Sasha; Constantine, David; Constantine, Helen. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780372648
ISBN
9781780372648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763531092
ISBN
9788763531092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.35

Paperback. A wide-ranging study that examines the tendency in 20th-century English fiction to treat grief as an occasion for social critique, unconventional readings of works by Ford, Lessing, and Winterson demonstrate how narrative experimentation in this period responds to socio-historic conditions like post-imperial melancholy, nuclear fear and homophobia. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349366934
ISBN
9781349366934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Hardcover. Fresh contributions to the study of medieval manuscripts, texts, and their creators. Editor(s): Horobin, Simon; Mooney, Linne R. Series: Manuscript Culture in the British Isles. Num Pages: 359 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153536
ISBN
9781903153536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.07

Hardcover. A radical new edition of the Augustan poet Propertius, based on the latest research into the manuscript tradition. The English preface contains important comments on the way texts are edited and read. Some important emendations discovered in the papers of A. E. Housman are published here for the first time. Editor(s): Heyworth, S. J. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198146742
ISBN
9780198146742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.94

paperback. Num Pages: 93 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 171 x 8. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Flambard
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906601164
ISBN
9781906601164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.84

Paperback. .
Publisher
St Vladimir´s Seminary Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881410778
ISBN
9780881410778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. Offers up to 21 horrifying tales taking their inspiration from stories by Lovecraft himself. Editor(s): Joshi, S. T. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 35. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Titan Books
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857687821
ISBN
9780857687821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

paperback. Parthian's 'Bright Young Things' series continues with its first collection of poetry by young writers in Wales From representations of urban life and drug addiction to critically acclaimed verses from the stage, this book distills diverse and innovative poetry into Ten of the Best, the brightest of what's on offer by young poets in Wales today. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 126 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998455
ISBN
9781906998455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Paperback. The fourth volume in the Black Wings of Cthulhu series, edited by the leading authority on H.P. Lovecraft, S.T. Joshi Editor(s): Joshi, S T. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Anniversary edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783295739
ISBN
9781783295739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.87

Paperback. Translator(s): Dalley, Stephanie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 frontispiece, 1 map,. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538362
ISBN
9780199538362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardback. This scholarly study presents a new political Wordsworth: an artist interested in 'autonomous' poetry's redistribution of affect. No slave of Whig ideology, Wordsworth explores emotion for its generation of human experience and meaning. He renders poetry a critical instrument that, through acute feeling, can evaluate public and private life. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
218
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248175
ISBN
9780230248175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.04
€ 34.67

Paperback. 'York Notes for GCSE' offers a useful approach to English Literature and aims to help readers achieve a better grade. Updated to reflect the needs of today's students, the new editions are filled with detailed summaries, commentaries on key themes, characters, language and style, illustrations, exam advice and much more. Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 2AB; 4KHT; DSBH; DSK; YQE; YQZ. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 5. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582023123
ISBN
9780582023123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.57

hardcover. Analysing works by Lessing, Goethe, and Karamzin, among others, Literature on Trial brings a fresh theoretical perspective to the links between genre as a discursive strategy and socio-political life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AGP; 2AGR; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643567
ISBN
9781442643567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.19

Hardcover. Editor(s): Gontarski, S. E. Series: Anthem Studies in Theatre and Performance. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Anthem Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857286635
ISBN
9780857286635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.69

Paperback. S. E. Winbolt's 1903 detailed, sensitive and copiously illustrated analysis of the technique of Latin verse-writing. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108078269
ISBN
9781108078269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.43

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