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Paperback. Examines the saga of the Grail. Exploring the legend's Gnostic roots, this book considers how the legend of the Grail related to fertility rites with the lance and the cup serving as sexual symbols. It traces its origins to a Gnostic text that served as a link between ancient vegetation cults and the Celts and Christians who embellished the story. Editor(s): Segal, Robert A. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691021072
ISBN
9780691021072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138642065
ISBN
9781138642065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.58

Paperback. From a modernist/postmodernist perspective, this title addresses questions of literary and cultural nationalism. It reveals that since 17th century, American writing has reflected the political and historical climate and helped define America's cultural and social parameters. It argues that American literature has always been essentially modern. Num Pages: 480 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140144352
ISBN
9780140144352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.84

Hardcover. Considered an important figure in medieval French literature, Chretien de Troyes is credited with inventing the modern novel. This work demonstrates that Chretien learned the importance of translation from the Mediterranean-centered classical tradition. It examines how Irish monastic scholarship influenced the cultural identity of medieval Europe. Series: Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631606
ISBN
9780815631606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.05

Paperback. What can the printed texts of plays from Shakespeare's time say about performance? How have printed plays been read and interpreted? This collection, now available in paperback, considers the evidence of early modern printed plays and their histories of production and reception, from early performance to the psychology of Hamlet. Editor(s): Holland, Peter; Orgel, Stephen. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230210134
ISBN
9780230210134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.20
€ 63.81

Hardcover. Editor(s): Holland, Peter; Orgel, Stephen. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403992284
ISBN
9781403992284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.21

hardcover. Series: American University Studies, Series 7: Theology & Religion. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; HRCJ; HRCM; HRCX7; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 660.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KIN0001469
ISBN
9780820414010
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Series Editor(s): Ringrose, Chris. Num Pages: 644 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Dimension: 162 x 222 x 38. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
644
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838208565
ISBN
9783838208565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.25
€ 65.46

paperback. A collection told by well-known women of Texas who share memories of their mother's influence on their own lives. Susie Kelly Flatau weaves a tapestry of interviews, family recipes and profiles of daughters. Family photographs add a warmth to the book. Num Pages: 275 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DNF; JFSJ1; VFV; WBA; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 190 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556227868
ISBN
9781556227868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.28

Paperback. Among the best-known and prolific French women writers of the 16th century, Madeleine (1520 - 87) and Catherine (1542 - 87) des Roches were celebrated for their bold assertion of poetic authority for women in the realm of belles letters. This work contains selections from their celebrated oeuvre, suffused with an enduring feminist consciousness. Editor(s): Larsen, Anne R. Translator(s): Larsen, Anne R. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226723389
ISBN
9780226723389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. A collection of poems on different themes. Num Pages: 63 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 5. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
63
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904634553
ISBN
9781904634553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Exploring the functions of space in the Iliad, Christos Tsagalis shows how active spatial representation in similes and descriptive passages influences characterization and narrative action. He also analyzes Homeric modes of visual memory, implicit knowledge, and mnemonic formats in order to better understand descriptive and ekphrastic passages. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 566 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
566
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674067110
ISBN
9780674067110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.62

By comparing Anglo-Saxon charters, sermons, and law codes with Langland's Piers Plowman and similar poems, Yeager demonstrates that this legal and homiletical literature had an influential afterlife in the fourteenth-century poetry of William Langland and his imitators. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643475
ISBN
9781442643475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.23

Hardback. This book analyzes the narrative and rhetorical structures of Latin American colonial texts by establishing a dialogue with contemporary studies on minority discourse, minor literatures, and colonial and postcolonial theory. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482980
ISBN
9781611482980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.04

Hardback. First comprehensive biography of R.C. Sherriff - an important 20th-century literary figure for over 30 years Num Pages: 388 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 190 x 39. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473860698
ISBN
9781473860698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.47

Hardcover. 261pp. Keywords: Irish literature, biography, religious life
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
CLonmore, Dublin
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1946
SKU
KHS1010423
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. An anthology of essays that approach literature as communicative structures dependent on media and on rhetorical and narrative modes. Ranging from ancient Greece to the present, the essays are preoccupied with the formal constructions of literature rather than conceptions of particular aesthetic experiences. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9788778386793
ISBN
9788778386793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. Just as Emma Hamilton and her husband James become parents of an eight-month-old Russian baby, Yuri, they find out that Emma is pregnant. Which is a bit of a shock since they had come to terms with not being able to have children. This title tells her story as she embarks on the path to adopting a baby when she and her husband can't conceive. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Ireland
Edition
Paperback
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTM0006489
ISBN
9781844880683
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Just as Emma Hamilton and her husband James become parents of an eight-month-old Russian baby, Yuri, they find out that Emma is pregnant. Which is a bit of a shock since they had come to terms with not being able to have children. This title tells her story as she embarks on the path to adopting a baby when she and her husband can't conceive. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Ireland
Edition
Paperback
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTM0003360
ISBN
9781844880683
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Just as Emma Hamilton and her husband James become parents of an eight-month-old Russian baby, Yuri, they find out that Emma is pregnant. Which is a bit of a shock since they had come to terms with not being able to have children. This title tells her story as she embarks on the path to adopting a baby when she and her husband can't conceive. Series: The Baby Trail Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 194. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Ireland
Edition
Paperback
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOC0022119
ISBN
9781844880683
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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