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Literature
Paperback. To what extent has the demand for a vicarious experience of other cultures fuelled the expectation that the most important task for writers is to capture and convey authentic cultural material? This text argues that authenticity is in fact a restrictive category of literary judgment. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922553
- ISBN
- 9780813922553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.08
€ 36.08
Hardback. It seeks to restore poetry to its rightful place as a crucial source for interpreting the rich cultural and intellectual life of the era. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887222
- ISBN
- 9780801887222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.52€ 65.46
€ 70.52
€ 65.46
Hardcover. In an ambitious overview of a thousand years of history, from the formation of the city-state of Rome to the establishment of a fully Christian culture, T. P. Wiseman examines the evidence for the oral delivery of Roman 'literature' to mass public audiences. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 illustrations, including a four-page colour plates section. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 247 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198718352
- ISBN
- 9780198718352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.92
€ 196.92
Paperback. .". not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile." The Review of Metaphysics.". essential reading for anyone interesting in.. the new reader-centered forms of criticism." Library JournalIn this erudite and imaginative book, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between open and closed texts." Series: Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- Midland Book ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253203182
- ISBN
- 9780253203182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.29
€ 25.99
€ 24.29
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSB; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403980786
- ISBN
- 9781403980786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. In this book, the Mexican magazine Plural (1971-1976) provides a privileged vantage point from which to assess the developments that transformed Mexican and Latin American literary and political culture in the 1970s. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349538829
- ISBN
- 9781349538829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
paperback. BIC Classification: DN; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- International Publishers Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780717807390
- ISBN
- 9780717807390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.58
€ 17.99
€ 16.58
Perfect Paperback. Editor(s): Hinshaw, Robert. Num Pages: 393 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DNF; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Daimon Verlag Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783856305406
- ISBN
- 9783856305406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.68
€ 47.99
€ 34.68
paperback. Features the play "Robbers" that presents a passionate consideration of liberty, fraternity and deep betrayal; and "Wallenstein" that explores a flawed general's struggle to bring the Thirty Years War to an end against the will of his Emperor. Translator(s): Lamport, F.J. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140443684
- ISBN
- 9780140443684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.53
€ 16.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. It stirs depths that Cat's Eye did not reach, and grants deeper stronger powers to women's friendship in distress' MARINA WARNER An exceptional novel from the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 38. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853817229
- ISBN
- 9781853817229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.89
€ 14.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Panek, Jennifer. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393932775
- ISBN
- 9780393932775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.63
€ 18.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. This volume offers excellent value by bringing together four of the most popular, most frequently studied and performed, city comedies by Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, Ben Jonson and their contemporaries. Each of the plays features tradesmen - a shoemaker, goldsmith, merchant, shop-keepers - and depicts bustling city life. Editor(s): Knowles, Sir James. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540105
- ISBN
- 9780199540105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. A hilarious city comedy by the authors of A Mad World, My Masters and The Shoemaker's Holiday. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848424005
- ISBN
- 9781848424005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- British Library Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0015940
- ISBN
- 9780712309738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An international anthology of Roma poetry and prose. In this text, the lives of the contributors are told in brief biographical notes reflecting the many roads followed by the Roma in coming to terms with modern society. Editor(s): Hancock, Ian; Dowd, Siobhan; Djuric, Rajko. Series: PEN American Center's threatened literature series. Num Pages: 170 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: DC; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900458903
- ISBN
- 9780900458903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.58
€ 17.99
€ 16.58
paperback. A beautifully written memoir of nature, community, and poetry Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781584657040
- ISBN
- 9781584657040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.45
€ 20.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. In 1936 George Orwell was commissioned to visit areas of mass unemployment in the North of England, this book offers a description of the poverty he witnessed there. It crystallized the ideas that would be found in Orwell's later works and novels, and remains a powerful portrait of poverty, injustice and class divisions in Britain. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185293
- ISBN
- 9780141185293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. This is the first collection of the poems of Mary Austin (1868-1934), a prominent environmental, feminist, and western writer of the American Southwest. Editor(s): Warren, James Perrin. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 753.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633457
- ISBN
- 9780815633457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.35
€ 54.35
Paperback. This volume covers the period from 1940 to 1975, beginning in the "golden age" of Science Fiction and ending at a time when SF book publication was just beginning to explode and SF films ("Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Star Wars", and "E.T.") would soon dominate box offices. Editor(s): Gunn, James E. Num Pages: 576 pages, chronology. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810842458
- ISBN
- 9780810842458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.46
€ 38.46
Paperback. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016021
- ISBN
- 9780856405761
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99