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Hardcover. Turns the canonical vision of those events on its head by demonstrating how the defenders of Greek literature rather than clinging to an outmoded tradition celebrated the radically different practices of the ancient world. This title explores how the authoritative status of Greek texts allowed them to justify literary depictions of the scandalous. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 2AHA; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226591483
- ISBN
- 9780226591483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 50.94
€ 59.45
€ 50.94
Hardback. This work offers a tour of Romantic visual culture, from the West End stage to the Scottish Highlands, from Leicester Square to the photography studios of Second Empire Paris. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACVC; DSBD; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312226541
- ISBN
- 9780312226541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Paperback. "The Shock of the Real" examines the growth of visual media and entertainment in the Romantic age through the eyes of its most famous writers. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; DSB; DSC; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349624584
- ISBN
- 9781349624584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Bernard Sahlins's new adaptation makes the comedy classic by Thomas Dekker-a Shakespeare contemporary-extremely playable. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 127.
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635431
- ISBN
- 9781566635431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.67
€ 10.67
Paperback. The plays in the "Drama Classics" series conform as set texts for the AQA and AS level courses up to 2004. Each of the world class pieces is introduced by an expert and the books are very compact and portable. Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 106 x 11. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854597144
- ISBN
- 9781854597144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.32
€ 8.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1988
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349190652
- ISBN
- 9781349190652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.50
€ 65.50
Paperback. Demonstrates that even in the short novels there is more depth and sophistication than has generally been acknowledged Editor(s): Benson, Jackson J. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Durham, NC
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822309949
- ISBN
- 9780822309949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.87
€ 31.99
€ 28.87
Hardcover. Name on endpaper, dustjacket slightly worn
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois Univ Pr (T)
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KTK0094294
- ISBN
- 9780809307210
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906841225
- ISBN
- 9781906841225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.35
€ 10.35
Paperback. This new general introduction emphasises the importance of the short story to an understanding of modern fiction. In twenty succinct chapters, the study paints a complete portrait of the short story - its history, culture, aesthetics and economics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627745
- ISBN
- 9780748627745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. "Reading this excellent, thought-provoking biography, one is all too easily reminded of Camus's 1942 novel, The Stranger."-Philip Kerr, Wall Street Journal Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; BGH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871407405
- ISBN
- 9780871407405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Hardback. Interprets 'literature' broadly to include not just literary fiction, poetry, and drama, but folk and popular literature, lyrics and arias, elegies and rhapsodies, biographies, autobiographies and memoirs, letters, criticism and theory, and travelogues and jokes. Editor(s): Mair, Victor H. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 704 pages, map. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 234 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119986
- ISBN
- 9780231119986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.36€ 102.15
€ 134.36
€ 102.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (LI) ELT intermediate. Dimension: 121 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848401020
- ISBN
- 9781848401020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.72
€ 9.72
paperback. Clean copy. Light shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Repint
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1963
- SKU
- KST0012744
- ISBN
- 9780571070619
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Somewhere between The Wasteland and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , Nick Cave's new book is a contemporary epic Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782117933
- ISBN
- 9781782117933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 8.29
€ 13.99
€ 8.29
Paperback. Explores the concept of 'despair', alerting readers to the diversity of ways in which they may be described as living in this state of bleak abandonment and offering a much-discussed formula for the eradication of despair. This book is famed for the depth and acuity of its modern psychological insights. Translator(s): Hannay, Alastair. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF3; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445336
- ISBN
- 9780140445336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Philip Sidney and his sister Mary translated the biblical psalms into some of the greatest lyric poems of the English Renaissance. This is the first complete edition for over forty years, providing the Psalms in an authoritative modernized text, with glosses and notes and an introduction setting the Psalms in their literary and cultural context. Editor(s): Hamlin, Hannibal; Brennan, Michael G.; Hannay, Margaret Patterson; Kinnamon, Noel J.; Kinnamon, Noel. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199217939
- ISBN
- 9780199217939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Translator(s): Korossy, Laszlo. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813218618
- ISBN
- 9780813218618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.86
€ 29.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551114422
- ISBN
- 9781551114422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.17
€ 41.99
€ 37.17
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Quality Paperback Book Club
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- SKU
- KNW0006040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.82
€ 5.82
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Quality Paperback Book Club
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0006042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.82
€ 5.82
Paperback. Terry Eagleton's work has had a powerful influence in debates about the politics of literature and culture. This book reflects the breadth of his interests. It offers a view of his career to date, raising a number of central issues in literature, culture and politics. Num Pages: 112 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631172710
- ISBN
- 9780631172710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Hardcover. 8vo.Good copy in good dustwrapper.Irish literature.. William Trevor, KBE (born 24 May 1928), is an Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world,[1] he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language.[2] He has won the Whitbread Prize three times and has been nominated five times for the Booker Prize, most recently for his novel Love and Summer (2009), which was also shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2011. His name has also been mentioned in relation to the Nobel Prize in Literature.[3] Trevor has resided in Devon, South West England, since the 1950s.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Viking
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- SKU
- KEX0273961
- ISBN
- 9780670824045
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Hardcover. 204pp. First US Edition. Fore edge marked
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Viking
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- SKU
- KHS1003868
- ISBN
- 9780670824045
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 48.00
€ 48.00