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Hardcover. "Rulin waishi" (The Unofficial History of the Scholars) is an 18th century landmark in the history of the Chinese novel. Through a close reading of this novel, the author seeks answers to such questions as: what accounts for the literati's enthusiasm for writing and reading novels? Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010956
ISBN
9780674010956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. A theatrically playful, dark comedy. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848424692
ISBN
9781848424692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801497674
ISBN
9780801497674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. This work presents selections from the whole of Pascal's career as a writer, including her adolescent poetry and her pioneering treatise on the education of women. Editor(s): Conley, John J. (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University, USA). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226648330
ISBN
9780226648330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.04

Hardcover. A collection of patriotic verse. It features old favourites such as henry VI's speech before Agincourt and the Charge of the Light Brigade. Series: Art and Creative Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, front and back cover only. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 90 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pitkin Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841652757
ISBN
9781841652757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 7.29

Paperback. In her bar/brothel in the rainforest of the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, the shrewd, larger-than-life madam both protects and profits from the women who come to her seeking refuge from rape and violence at the hands of government and rebel soldiers alike. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848420885
ISBN
9781848420885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Winner of the Christian Gauss Award of the Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1989, this surveys the literature of the West from the Old Testament to Samuel Beckett. In doing so, Bloom concludes that our attempts to call any strong work more sacred than another are merely political and social formulations. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674780286
ISBN
9780674780286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.15

Hardback. Yves Bonnefoy is considered as foremost French poet of his generation. This title features both epigrammatic concision and narratives that meander with the poet's thought as he struggles to understand and express some of the undercurrents of human life. It also includes Bonnefoy childhood cityscapes and explores the tricks memory plays on us. Translator(s): Brahic, Beverley Bie. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422279
ISBN
9780857422279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.45

Hardcover. Provides an reading of Kipling's fiction using the feminist psychoanalytic methodology of Julia Kristeva and Helene Cixous, focusing particularly on ideas of the abjected maternal feminine. This book examines Kipling's ambivalent relationship to the India of his childhood and the 'loss' of his mother figures. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748698554
ISBN
9780748698554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.00
€ 103.50

Paperback. Part of the Phoenix hardback poetry series Editor(s): Hewitt, Jan. Series: Everyman Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, Black and White 2. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Everyman Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780460879415
ISBN
9780460879415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 4. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868199238
ISBN
9780868199238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Edward FitzGerald's version of the Rubaiyat of the medieval Persian poet and philosopher Omar Khayyam contains some of the most frequently quoted - and beautiful - lines in English poetry. Daniel Karlin's richly annotated edition does justice to the scope and complexity of FitzGerald's lyrical meditation on 'human death and fate'. Editor(s): Karlin, Daniel. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199580507
ISBN
9780199580507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Examining Queen Victoria's own contributions to Victorian writing and art, this text looks at the cultural mechanisms through which her influence was felt. It explores the variability of Victoria's agency and of its representations using a wide array of literary, historical and visual sources. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226351148
ISBN
9780226351148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback.
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573013881
ISBN
9780573013881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.40

Paperback. One of the finest British poets of this century, Roy Fuller was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, the C.B.E., and was elected to the Oxford Professorship of Poetry. The achievements of the late poet, novelist, critic and autobiographer are honoured here in essays and poems by writers who were his friends. Editor(s): Tolley, A.T. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230. . Keywords: "Special Features - Used Books - Biography - Novelists, Poets & Playwrights - Poets,Special Features - Used Books - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Poetry & Poets,Subjects - Biography"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Carleton University Press,Canada U.S.A.
Number of pages
137
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KHS0038618
ISBN
9780886292102
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 19.99
€ 17.52

Paperback. Very good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins New York
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New
SKU
KEX0240732
ISBN
9780060954703
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. Series: Routledge Revivals: Selected Works of A. J. Arberry. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2AB; BK; DNF; HBAH; HBJF1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138210943
ISBN
9781138210943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.17

Paperback. Providing coverage of structuralist models and of the frameworks developed for the study of literary narratives, this reference also seeks to give an overview of paradigms for analyzing stories across a variety of media and genres - from film, television, opera, and digital environments, to gossip, sports broadcasts, and comics and graphic novels. Editor(s): Herman, David; Jahn, Manfred; Ryan, Marie-Laure. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 175 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1330.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415775120
ISBN
9780415775120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.33

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 118 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691621265
ISBN
9780691621265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has minor wear to edges but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0001024
ISBN
9780002176392
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

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