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Hardcover. In this text Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. He examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary anecdote, as well as such themes as memorization, plagiarism and forgery and the dream visions of the dead. Translator(s): Cooperson, Michael. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 21 cm. BIC Classification: 1HB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629368
- ISBN
- 9780815629368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.01
€ 50.01
Hardcover. * This is a major new work from one of the world s leading historians of print culture and the book. * Chartier shows that, in the early history of the book, the roles played by the printer and the typesetter were just as important as the role played by the author: they were often invisible but they were crucial. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; DSBD; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745656014
- ISBN
- 9780745656014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.02
€ 72.02
Paperback. * This is a major new work from one of the world s leading historians of print culture and the book. * Chartier shows that, in the early history of the book, the roles played by the printer and the typesetter were just as important as the role played by the author: they were often invisible but they were crucial. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; DSBD; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745656021
- ISBN
- 9780745656021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.68
€ 25.68
Paperback. Ella Hickson's new painfully comic excavation of a family history asks if there is an authorised version of the past - or just the one we can live with. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848423091
- ISBN
- 9781848423091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.58
€ 17.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. Poems of a lost self and a lost brother. Growing up with undiagnosed Asperger's, Limburg identified with Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Another of the book's main sequences was written in response to her brother's suicide. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780373430
- ISBN
- 9781780373430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.00€ 13.07
€ 14.00
€ 13.07
Paperback. This sombre biography of an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's slave society, is presented in both Spanish and English. There is an introduction which sets the text in its historical and cultural context. Translator(s): Garfield, Evelyn Picon. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; BGA; DSBD; HBTS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual Ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814325384
- ISBN
- 9780814325384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.13
€ 39.13
Paperback. For Gertrude Stein and her wife Alice B Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope slowly turning'. Audacious, sardonic and characteristically self-confident, this title offers a definitive account by an American in Paris. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185361
- ISBN
- 9780141185361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. The Norton Critical Edition of this influential Harlem Renaissance novel includes related materials available in no other edition. Editor(s): Goldsby, Jacqueline. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 512 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 212 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393972863
- ISBN
- 9780393972863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.46
€ 18.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- A Cappella Books
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556522314
- ISBN
- 9781556522314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.14
€ 26.99
€ 26.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553263572
- ISBN
- 9780553263572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.00
€ 11.00
Hardcover. Very good in slipcase. Some age wear to both book and slipcase, as well as some very minor age staining, but overall remains very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- New York: The Heritage Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1955
- Edition
- First Thus
- SKU
- KTJ0041901
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.75
€ 6.75
Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building comes a novel bursting at the seams with Egyptian life 'Among the best writers in the Middle East today .. Al Aswany has his own magic' Guardian Translator(s): Harris, Russell. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857862204
- ISBN
- 9780857862204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 14.77
€ 21.99
€ 14.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349424771
- ISBN
- 9781349424771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642192
- ISBN
- 9780691642192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.83
€ 183.83
Paperback. Matthew Mead began publishing his poetry in the 1960s. Over the years he has published five collections of poetry. This work analyses the special and uncommon qualities of Mead's poetry, concluding 'His tone is unmistakable, and once encountered it is never forgotten'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856464003
- ISBN
- 9780856464003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.55
€ 20.99
€ 19.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 253 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927575680
- ISBN
- 9781927575680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.54
€ 13.99
€ 12.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 211 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 107 x 14. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Bantam Books Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553213300
- ISBN
- 9780553213300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.96
€ 6.96
Hardback. Used Copy. Good Clean Copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Capricorn Books/ Published By G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Publication date
- 1964
- Edition
- Capricorn Books Edition, 1964
- SKU
- KDK0015359
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Walker, University Nancy A (late of Vanderbilt University). Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Bedford United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312195755
- ISBN
- 9780312195755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.58
€ 29.58
Paperback. When Odysseus Elytis was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy's citation singled out "The Axion Esti", first published in 1959, as 'one of twentieth-century literature's concentrated and richly faceted poems.' Translator(s): Keeley, Edmund; Savidis, George. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186. 112 pages. When Odysseus Elytis was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy's citation singled out "The Axion Esti", first published in 1959, as 'one of twentieth-century literature's concentrated and richly faceted poems.'. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight: 186. Translator(s): Keeley, Edmund; Savidis, George.
- Publisher
- Anvil Press Poetry
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856463563
- ISBN
- 9780856463563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Part of the series "Euripides in Penguin Classics", this title contains plays such as "Phoenician Women", "Bacchae", "Iphigenia at Aulis", "Orestes", and "Rhesus". Translator(s): Vellacott, Philip. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140440447
- ISBN
- 9780140440447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.48
€ 14.99
€ 13.48
Hardback. Euripides' powerful investigation of religious ecstasy and the resistance to it is an argument for moderation, rejecting the lures of pure reason as well as pure sensuality. Plays for Performance Series. Translator(s): Rudall, Nicholas. Series: Plays for Performance. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566630689
- ISBN
- 9781566630689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.98
€ 22.98
Paperback. Brother and sister, Constance and Kenneth Fielding live in calm respectability, just out of reach of London and the Blitz. But when a series of uninvited guests converge upon them - from a Balkan exile to Ken's old flame and the siblings' own raffish father - the household struggles to preserve its precious peace. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529323
- ISBN
- 9780099529323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.49
€ 20.49
Paperback. 'I am dazzled by The Bachelors. It is the cleverest and most elegant of all Spark's clever and elegant books' Evelyn Waugh Now available in print and eBook as a gorgeous canon Series: Canons. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main - Canons ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782117551
- ISBN
- 9781782117551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.74
€ 12.99
€ 10.74