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Hardback. Mahmoud Baroud here conducts a detailed comparative textual analysis of 'Hayy Bin Yaqzan' and 'Robinson Crusoe', and concludes that Daniel Defoe was likely to have been deeply influenced by Ibn Tufayl's Arabic text. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848855526
ISBN
9781848855526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.03
€ 135.20

Hardback. An analysis of the complex relations between narrative, theory, interpretation and homosexuality in the work of Marcel Proust, Roland Barthes, Michel Tournier and Renaud Camus. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724173
ISBN
9780804724173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.04

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

€ 58.86
€ 49.82

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

€ 62.95

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

€ 62.54

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

€ 10.18

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

€ 8.19

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

€ 61.19

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
€ 30.22

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

Paperback. .
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906841225
ISBN
9781906841225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.23

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

€ 29.99
€ 27.20

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
€ 16.13

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

€ 133.02
€ 99.33

Hardback. This collection comprise eight pieces of shorter fiction all from periodicals. They show both Scott's versatility and his continuous exploration of the possibilities of fiction. Editor(s): Tulloch, Professor Graham; King, Dr. Judy. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605897
ISBN
9780748605897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.58

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

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

paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0003092
ISBN
9780571070619
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 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

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
€ 10.87

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
€ 11.60

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

€ 32.40

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Quality Paperback Book Club
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KNW0006040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 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

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