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Hardcover. This is the prose masterpiece of the Heian era of the 10th and 11th centuries, which is recognized as a great period in Japanese literature. It is an account of the intricate, exquisite, highly ordered court culture which made such a masterpiece possible. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Num Pages: 1184 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1184
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151084
- ISBN
- 9781857151084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.29
€ 40.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. Tracing the canonization through translation of The Tale of Genji from the 1830s to the 1950s, Michael Emmerich rewrites the early modern and modern history of the work, illuminating the intricate process by which it came to be recognized as a classic of both Japanese and world literature. Num Pages: 512 pages, 129. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162739
- ISBN
- 9780231162739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.86
€ 40.99
€ 28.86
Hardback. Tracing the canonization through translation of The Tale of Genji from the 1830s to the 1950s, Michael Emmerich rewrites the early modern and modern history of the work, illuminating the intricate process by which it came to be recognized as a classic of both Japanese and world literature. Num Pages: 512 pages, 129. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162722
- ISBN
- 9780231162722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 81.41
€ 108.20
€ 81.41
Paperback. Khun Chang Khun Phaen is one of the most famous works of old Thai literature and this first-ever translation is based on Prince Damrong's standard edition of 1917-18, with over a hundred passages recovered from earlier versions. Illustrator(s): Janchai, Muangsing. Translator(s): Baker, Chris; Phongpaichit, Pasuk. Num Pages: 61 illus. BIC Classification: 2GRS; DSC; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786162150524
- ISBN
- 9786162150524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.79
€ 50.79
Paperback. This companion volume to the translation of The Tale of Khun Chang Khun Phaen includes alternative chapters and extensions, Prince Damrong's prefaces and reference lists of Thai terms Translator(s): Baker, Chris; Phongpaichit, Pasuk. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2GRS; DSC; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786162150531
- ISBN
- 9786162150531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.14
€ 42.14
Paperback. The first English translation of the Thai epic poem, written in lively prose, completely annotated, with over 400 original line drawings and an afterword explaining the work's historical background, social context and poetic style Illustrator(s): Janchai, Muangsing. Translator(s): Baker, Chris; Phongpaichit, Pasuk. Num Pages: 400 line drawings. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 215 x 73. Weight in Grams: 1580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 984
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786162150456
- ISBN
- 9786162150456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.46
€ 90.46
Paperback. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Thai poets produced epics depicting elaborate myths and legends which intermingled the human, natural, and supernatural worlds. Translated with poetic imagery, this title relates the adventures of Prince Samuttakote and his princess as they tour the heavenly realms with a magic sword. Translator(s): Hudak, Thomas. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2G; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896801745
- ISBN
- 9780896801745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.85
€ 34.99
€ 33.85
Paperback. Translator(s): Parkinson, R. B. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555628
- ISBN
- 9780199555628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.61
€ 13.99
€ 11.61
paperback. With this scholarly translation, Minnette Gaudet and Constance B. Hieatt made this long-neglected narrative poem, the Dit de l'alerion - a treatise on love and falconry - available to students of medieval literature. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781442626065
- ISBN
- 9781442626065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.69
€ 38.99
€ 36.69
Paperback. Offers the masterworks of Japanese literature, ranking with The Tal of Genji in quality and prestige. Translator(s): McCullough, Helen Craig. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DNF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3810 x 34. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 503
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718035
- ISBN
- 9780804718035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.62
€ 36.99
€ 35.62
Paperback. Translator(s): Macmillan, Peter. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 248 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141392578
- ISBN
- 9780141392578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.29
€ 12.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. Wynne-Davies addresses the social and cultural context of the poem's production in the first feminist edition of these two tales. Also includes a line-by-line gloss and historical introduction. Series: Routledge English Texts. Num Pages: 218 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DCF; DSBB; DSC; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & London
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415001342
- ISBN
- 9780415001342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.91
€ 53.91
paperback. Explores how the ancient Greeks regarded the capacity of speech as the defining human characteristic. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780521117784
- ISBN
- 9780521117784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.15
€ 58.15
Hardcover. "First US Edition. Bound in quarter brown paper with light brown paper sides, gilt titled spine. Minor edge wear, slight bumping to corners. Includes slightly edge worn dust jacket with a small tear at centre of bottom front edge, in plastic wrapper." Keywords: Irish Literature
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- An Atlantic Monthly Press Book;
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- SKU
- KHS0078597
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Hardcover. 278pp. First US edition. Keywords: Irish literature, short stories
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Edition
- [1st ed.]
- SKU
- KHS1010456
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 28.00
€ 28.00
Hardcover. 279pp. Top edge coloured
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- SKU
- KHS1003698
- ISBN
- 9780224619363
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 110.00
€ 110.00
Paperback. This is the first edition for students and general readers of a pro-woman reply to Shakespeare's 'The Tamer of the Shrew' written in Shakespeare's lifetime . Co-edited by a feminist critic and a distinguished textual scholar, it makes clear why 'The Tamer Tamed' should be restored to the theatrical repertoire and the literary canon. Series Editor(s): Bevington, David. Series: Revels Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719053672
- ISBN
- 9780719053672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.68
€ 20.68
Paperback. The beautiful but sharp-tongued 'shrew' Katherina has sworn never to accept the demands of any would-be husband. Her younger sister Bianca, meanwhile, is forbidden to be married until Katherina finds a suitable match - much to the dismay of Bianca's suitors, Hortensio and Gremio. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141396583
- ISBN
- 9780141396583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.31
€ 10.99
€ 9.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Magnus, Laury; Lake, James H. Series: New Kittredge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 140 pages, Photos from major productions. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585102662
- ISBN
- 9781585102662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 123 x 11. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007934430
- ISBN
- 9780007934430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.38
€ 5.38