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Paperback. The Syndicate, or Il Sindaco Del Rione Sanita, is a witty dark comedy set in 1960s Naples. This new translation by Mike Poulton portrays De Filippo's classic combination of pathos with farce in a newly accessible and contemporary version. Translator(s): Poulton, Mike. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408156902
- ISBN
- 9781408156902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.34
€ 16.99
€ 15.34
paperback. Good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The Dolmen Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- SKU
- KTK0094318
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Hardback. Explores the literary expression of crises of social classification that occupied U.S. public discourse in the wake of the European revolutions of 1848. This book shows how, lacking a native language for expressing class differences, American writers struggled to find social taxonomies able to capture and manage inequalities of wealth and power. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113890
- ISBN
- 9780691113890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.88€ 81.84
€ 107.88
€ 81.84
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Coronet
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- KKD0006293
- ISBN
- 9780340684795
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Presents an exploration of both Shakespeare's works and his age. Focusing on six recurring prejudices in Shakespeare's plays - such as misogyny, elitism, distrust of effeminacy, and racism, this title examines how Shakespeare and his contemporaries treated them. It reveals a playwright constantly exploiting and exploring his own personal stances. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300115765
- ISBN
- 9780300115765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.64
€ 60.64
Paperback. The Selected Poems of one of America's most eminent poets. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847771940
- ISBN
- 9781847771940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.76
€ 19.99
€ 15.76
Paperback. This translation of the 5th-century Indian epic love story of Kannaki and Kovalan follows the conventions of classical Tamil poetry and is told in three phases: the erotic, the mythic, and the heroic. The author provides an introduction to the poem. Translator(s): Parathasarathy, Rajagopal. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 426 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078498
- ISBN
- 9780231078498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.78
€ 40.99
€ 28.78
Hardback. This study comprises an introduction, translation, and commentary to a 17th-century Russian account of the spiritual development and inspired resistance of a prominent female dissident. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; DSBD; HRAX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739101773
- ISBN
- 9780739101773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.57
€ 115.57
Paperback. Is "Cupid and Psyche" a romance, a folktale, a Platonic allegory of the nature of the soul, a Jungian tale of individuation, or an archetypal dream? This book provides a translation of this best known section of "Apuleius' Golden Ass". Translator(s): Relihan, Joel C. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209725
- ISBN
- 9780872209725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
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
€ 107.88€ 81.41
€ 107.88
€ 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
€ 41.99€ 36.69
€ 41.99
€ 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