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Paperback. This volume derives its title from John Dryden's phrase for the British tendency to take up literary masterpieces from the past and "perfect" them. It adopts Dryden's notion as a framework for exploring ways in which classical and medieval texts have been rewritten by modern authors. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268029517
ISBN
9780268029517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardcover. This volume derives its title from John Dryden's phrase for the British tendency to take up literary masterpieces from the past and "perfect" them. It adopts Dryden's notion as a framework for exploring ways in which classical and medieval texts have been rewritten by modern authors. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268029500
ISBN
9780268029500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.92

Hardback. Women Shaping French Poetic History 1801 1900. Num Pages: NO. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271077086
ISBN
9780271077086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.63
€ 92.94

Hardcover. .8vo. Good copy in worn dustwrapper. Irish literature in the twenienth century
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Constable & Co Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1946
SKU
KEX0266855
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 220 x 6. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Otago University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578922
ISBN
9781877578922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.24

Hardcover. A collection of ten critical essays on the Prologue to Chaucer's well-known work, arranged in chronological order of their original publication. Num Pages: 226 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336. Lightly scored copy in original decorated covers. Covers showing some age and bumped to edges and corners. No dust wrapper. Remains a good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
The Athlone Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0006296
ISBN
9780485610062
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. A collection of ten critical essays on the Prologue to Chaucer's well-known work, arranged in chronological order of their original publication. Num Pages: 226 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336. Fine in good illustrated cloth covers. Covers showing some shelf wear and previous owner's name to ffep, otherwise clean and remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
The Athlone Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0020700
ISBN
9780485610062
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159232
ISBN
9780691159232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1QDAG; DSBB; HPCA; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691176369
ISBN
9780691176369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780801477119
ISBN
9780801477119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. Series: Modern Language Initiative. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823240371
ISBN
9780823240371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Hardback. This book should be of interest to students and scholars of comparative literature, world literature, and the history and theory of the modern novel. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414355
ISBN
9781421414355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.80
€ 52.34

Paperback. aeo Offers a cross--section of new research in one of the most rapidly--growing areas of British German Studies. aeo Crosses disciplinary boundaries. aeo Highlights the importance of gender as a key analytical category in the study of German literature and culture. Editor(s): Littler, Margaret. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631209287
ISBN
9780631209287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.14

Paperback. Analyzes medieval Jewish, Christian, and Muslim uses of gendered bodily imagery and metaphors of impurity in their visual and verbal polemic against one another. This book examines attitudes toward the corporeal body and its relationship to divinity. Num Pages: 448 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268023676
ISBN
9780268023676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

Hardback. By complicating the views of gender dynamics in Latin love poetry, this exciting new scholarship will stimulate further debates in classical studies and literary criticism with its fresh perspectives. Editor(s): Ancona, Ronnie; Greene, Ellen. Series: Arethusa Books. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801881985
ISBN
9780801881985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.58
€ 59.06

Hardback. This book examines late 19th-century feminism in relation to technologies of the time, marking the crucial role of technology in social and literary struggles for equality. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474416269
ISBN
9781474416269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.63
€ 103.50

Hardback. .
Publisher
Grey House Publishing Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Har/Psc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619254039
ISBN
9781619254039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.01

Hardcover. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Limited
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0211754
ISBN
9780754602835
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardback. A nuanced understanding of literary imaginings of masculinity and femininity in the context of the 'national' canon of Egypt. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 239 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596. Egypt 1892-2007. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. 224 pages. A nuanced understanding of literary imaginings of masculinity and femininity in the context of the 'national' canon of Egypt. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 155 x 239 x 22. Weight: 596.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639267
ISBN
9780748639267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.76
€ 120.22

Combining close textual readings with a broad theoretical perspective, this book is a study of the ways in which gender shapes the characters and narratives of seven important Italian novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649224
ISBN
9781442649224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.69

Paperback. Presents a dialogue between Western and Middle Eastern women. This collection provides substantial extracts from Ottoman, Egyptian and British and American writers - each with a biographical and literary introduction - that trace the development of an intellectual, personal and critical dialogue between women. Num Pages: 296 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DNF; GTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860649578
ISBN
9781860649578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Janet Todd is one of the leading authorities on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century women writers. The author discusses women and issues of gender from the Restoration to Romanticism. She examines the complex connections between art and life as revealed by women authors. The author's previous books have sold well. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFSJ1; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745610559
ISBN
9780745610559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Hardcover. This volume explores how issues of women and gender were addressed in medieval culture from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 15th century. It pays attention to the form in which these questions were addressed (which varies significantly from period to period and from culture to culture). Editor(s): Fenster, Thelma; Lees, Claire. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312232443
ISBN
9780312232443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.10
€ 56.91

Paperback. The political force of feminism cannot be separated from the theories which give it that force. an effective feminist literary criticism must negotiate its relationship to the dominant male voice of traditional practices. Editor(s): Kauffman, Linda S. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 214 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631163565
ISBN
9780631163565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

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