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Paperback. This interpretation of Aristotle's "Poetics" seeks to demonstrate that it is a coherent statement of a challenging theory of poetic art and it hints towards a theory of mimetic art in general. The core of the book is an appraisal of Aristotle's view of tragic drama. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313948
ISBN
9780226313948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardcover. 'Marks of Genius' pays tribute to the most remarkable testaments to genius throughout human history. Bringing together some of the most impressive treasures from the collections of the Bodleian Libraries, it tells the story of the creation of each work and its afterlife, offering insight into the breadth and depth of its influence. Num Pages: 360 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 256 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2162.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851242665
ISBN
9781851242665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.24

Paperback. Drawing on the archives of both the Bodleian and New York Public Library, this book offers a uniquely visual and insightful account of the lives and posthumous reputations of Percy Bysshe Shelley, his wife Mary Shelley, and Mary's parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Num Pages: 192 pages, 83 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 732. Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family. 192 pages, 83 colour illustrations. Drawing on the archives of both the Bodleian and New York Public Library, this book offers a uniquely visual and insightful account of the lives and posthumous reputations of Percy Bysshe Shelley, his wife Mary Shelley, and Mary's parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Dimension: 250 x 183 x 18. Weight: 732.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243396
ISBN
9781851243396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Legenda
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900755191
ISBN
9781900755191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 31.58

Paperback. This text is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded study of the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained. The author analyzes science advice as a form of performance, examining how advisory bodies work. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; DSG; JH; JP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736466
ISBN
9780804736466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. This text is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded study of the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained. The author analyzes science advice as a form of performance, examining how advisory bodies work. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; DSG; JH; JP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736459
ISBN
9780804736459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.85

Hardback. Examining three works of vernacular fiction dating from 1750 to 1828, this book studies the intellectual and literary factors that in the mid-Qing dynasty contributed to the development of vernacular fiction of unprecedented scholarly and satirical sophistication. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731317
ISBN
9780804731317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.25

Hardback. Stephen J. Ross examines the concept of nature in the work of John Ashbery. Through close readings of Ashbery's poetry and critical prose, he reveals Ashbery's work to be a case study of the dramatic transformation of nature in art and literature since World War II. Series: Oxford English Monographs. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198798385
ISBN
9780198798385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.91

Paperback. A historical romp with real bite, Stephen Jeffreys's The Libertine has received several major stage productions and was filmed with Johnny Depp and John Malkovich. This edition is published alongside the major West End revival starring Dominic Cooper. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425750
ISBN
9781848425750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Elizabeth I is at death's door. Conspirators are everywhere. A politically-sensitive trade delegation is on its way to London. Who can be trusted to entertain them? Comedian Lucius Bodkin thinks he'll hit the big time but he's reckoned without the Tudor backstabbers and the City wide-boys. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 197 x 6. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854594440
ISBN
9781854594440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.47

Hardback. Use of investigative poetics to describe the American justice and penal systems. Series: Crossroads in Qualitative Inquiry. Num Pages: 192 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DC; DSC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759104198
ISBN
9780759104198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.10

Paperback. Use of investigative poetics to describe the American justice and penal systems. Series: Crossroads in Qualitative Inquiry. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DSC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759104204
ISBN
9780759104204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.62

Paperback. A call to arms for the horror story: a collection of the very best in chiller fiction by some of the brightest stars in the field. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857388117
ISBN
9780857388117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Amongst the shelves in the Library of the Damned is a book that is the most terrible of them all: The Lexicon of Fear. Now reprinted for your pleasure - and horror - are some of the secrets contained within. Including stories from Clive Barker, Muriel Grey, Kim Newman and Pat Cadigan. Illustrator(s): Barker, Clive. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Jo Fletcher Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782069997
ISBN
9781782069997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Mary Shelley's Gothic classic reinvented for a new generation Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 47. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472120168
ISBN
9781472120168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Three misfit teenagers are brought together by a sex scandal in their school, with nobody taking them seriously until they speak out - with hilarious consequences. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848426511
ISBN
9781848426511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kelly, Stephen; Perry, Ryan. Num Pages: 676 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 172 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1276.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Brepols Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9782503549354
ISBN
9782503549354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 234.06

Paperback. Series: Plays for Young People. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DD; YNDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474251037
ISBN
9781474251037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Good clean copy with some slight shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000517
ISBN
9781408810637
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Traces how our understanding of the causes of human behavior has changed radically over the course of European and American cultural history since 1830. This work examines the causal factors or motives for murder - ancestry, childhood, language, sexuality, emotion, mind, society, and ideology. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127682
ISBN
9780691127682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. 'Part biography, part collection of tips for the aspiring writer' Guardian. ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT is a brilliant book on writing from the number one bestselling writer. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781444723250
ISBN
9781444723250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. Entertaining non-fiction from the number one bestselling writer now reissued with a new cover in B format and supported by a marketing campaign for King's entire back catalogue. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781444723267
ISBN
9781444723267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801443657
ISBN
9780801443657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489921
ISBN
9780801489921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.40

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