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Hardcover. This volume offers an empirical and diachronic investigation of the foundations and nature of metaphor in English, based on evidence from The Historical Thesaurus of English. It offers case studies of a number of semantic domains and provides a significant step forward in the data-driven understanding of metaphor. Editor(s): Anderson, Wendy; Bramwell, Ellen; Hough, Carole. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFGA; CFM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198744573
ISBN
9780198744573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 286 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611492408
ISBN
9781611492408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246228
ISBN
9781852246228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Nobel Prize winner Wislawa Szymborska draws us in with her unexpected, unassuming humour. Her elegant, precise poems pose questions we never thought to ask. Carefully edited by her long time, award winning translator, Clare Cavanagh, the poems in Map trace Szymborska's work until her death in 2012. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 203 x 45. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Mariner Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780544705159
ISBN
9780544705159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903039694
ISBN
9781903039694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.78

Paperback. "A Map of the Island" is an extended poetic meditation upon a boy's youth in Trinidad. In these verses we hear the cadences of the West Indies spoken from the distance of the Canadian prairies. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
70
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643711
ISBN
9780888643711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. 8vo. Very good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Scribner
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KEX0287529
ISBN
9781416556237
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 196pp
Publisher
Scribner
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781416556237
ISBN
9781416556237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906817824
ISBN
9781906817824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Hardback. The youngest member of the Paris-based experimental collective Oulipo, Levin Becker tells the story of one of literature's quirkiest movements--and the personal quest that led him to seek out like-minded writers, artists, and scientists who are obsessed with language and games, and who embrace formal constraints to achieve literature's potential. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674065772
ISBN
9780674065772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, facsims.,ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; AVGC2; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482380
ISBN
9780801482380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.63

Hardcover. Num Pages: 600 pages, 1 halftone. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1035.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674548299
ISBN
9780674548299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.84
€ 150.12

Paperback.
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Bantam USA
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780553212761
ISBN
9780553212761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.12

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0006272
ISBN
9780140059595
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535538
ISBN
9780199535538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.30

Paperback. 190pp. Underscored. Library stamp on ffep
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
SKU
KHS1013999
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 4.99

Paperback. Some shelfwear. ffep inscribed
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
SKU
KST0020324
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Editor(s): Calotychos, Vangelis. Num Pages: 258 pages, 12 black & white halftones, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 2AHM; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSC; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611474657
ISBN
9781611474657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 145.57

In Mannerist Fiction, William Donoghue re-conceptualizes the history of formalism in western literature. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442648012
ISBN
9781442648012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.37

hardcover. Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2001. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9781575911595
ISBN
9781575911595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.18

Hardcover. Examining the novels and short stories of Victorian America, this book uncovers the widely overlooked phenomenon of passionate friendships between men. It offers a fresh perspective on nineteenth-century America's attitudes toward love, friendship, marriage, and sex. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226586663
ISBN
9780226586663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.77
€ 50.94

Hardback. In this work about the precursor to the comic book, Kelly Boyd traces the evolution of the boy's story paper and its impact on the imaginative world of working-class readers. Series: Studies in Gender History. Num Pages: 284 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSY; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333641729
ISBN
9780333641729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.24

Hardcover. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403971951
ISBN
9781403971951
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This text uses literature from World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Iraq wars to argue that when a society labels certain human traits 'feminine', that society can more easily manipulate men to war. It also looks at the ways Western cultural attitudes toward sex fuel wars. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230623033
ISBN
9780230623033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.02

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