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Hardback. Is there a moment in history when a work receives its ideal interpretation? Or is perpetual negotiation required to preserve the past and accommodate the present? The freedom of interpretation, Charles Rosen suggests in these sparkling explorations, exists in a delicate balance with fidelity to the identity of the original work. Num Pages: 448 pages, 51 music examples. BIC Classification: AV; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047525
ISBN
9780674047525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033866
ISBN
9780268033866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.98

Hardback. With an approach informed by literary, cultural, African American, and feminist studies, Reed shows how reworking literary materials and conventions liberates writers to push the limits of representation and expression. Series: The Callaloo African Diaspora Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415208
ISBN
9781421415208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.54

Hardback. This is the first full-length study of John McGrath's work, and illuminates the importance of his role in the development of theatre, film and television in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Bradby, David; Capon, Susanna. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w halftones. BIC Classification: AN; APF; APT; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897488
ISBN
9780859897488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.66

Paperback. This is the first full-length study of John McGrath's work, and illuminates the importance of his role in the development of theatre, film and television in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Bradby, David; Capon, Susanna. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w halftones. BIC Classification: AN; APF; APT; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897495
ISBN
9780859897495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.90

Paperback. A sweeping argument that from the mid-seventeenth century until the mid-twentieth, the English-language novel encoded ideas equating race with liberty. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 31. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341598
ISBN
9780822341598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. The new issue of the acclaimed anthology from literary critic John Freeman spotlights never-before-published stories, essays, poetry by Edwidge Danticat, Herta Muller, Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Gregory Pardlo, Kay Ryan, Aleksandar Hemon and many more Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp plate section. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855173
ISBN
9781611855173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887484049
ISBN
9780887484049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.46

Paperback. A facsimile of Giambattista Bodoni's first type specimen, "Fregi e Majuscole" of 1771, two copies of which were given to the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts of the Houghton Library by William Bentinck-Smith, Class of 1937. Num Pages: 76 pages. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 185. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library United States
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
SKU
V9780976492511
ISBN
9780976492511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.33

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843382
ISBN
9781843843382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.80

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719095498
ISBN
9780719095498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.60

Hardback. .
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611496376
ISBN
9781611496376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.08
€ 17.46

Hardback. The nineteen essays presented in this volume reflect the development of English Renaissance studies in France over the past fifteen years. Interests run from textual history to drama and theatre poetics, myth, and iconography. Editor(s): Willems, Michele. Series: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries: The International Shakespeare Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135329
ISBN
9780874135329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.52

Hardback. Editor(s): McDonald, Christie; Suleiman, Susan. Num Pages: 576 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1188.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147408
ISBN
9780231147408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.98
€ 90.75

Hardback. * The first book to offer a cultural history of French literature from its very beginnings. * Highlights the unique nature of the society that, over a millennium, has produced French culture . Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745628394
ISBN
9780745628394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. The heritage of literature in the French language is rich, varied, and extensive in time and space. This Very Short Introduction presents this lively literary world by focusing on texts (epics, novels, plays, poems, screenplays) that concern protagonists whose adventures and conflicts reveal shifts in literary and social practices. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199568727
ISBN
9780199568727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Editor(s): Kogane, Tynan. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 101. .
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811225595
ISBN
9780811225595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.44

Hardcover. Clothbound hardback book in good to very good condition; may have some light shelfwear and/or sunning or foxing. Dustjacket in good to very good condition, may have some minor nicks or sunning.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1967
Publisher
Methuen young books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232073
ISBN
9780416111200
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. From the troubadours of the Middle Ages to the titans of modern poetry, from Rabelais and Ronsard to Jacques Reda and Yves Bonnefoy, French Poetry offers English-speaking, this is an introduction varied tradition. Editor(s): McGuinness, Patrick. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3H; 3J; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841598055
ISBN
9781841598055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.48

paperback. A collection of eight short stories, which help students gain deeper insights into French literature and life. Editor(s): Lyon, Pamela. Series: Parallel Text. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140023855
ISBN
9780140023855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Whether viewed as an influence or in and for themselves, the Symbolists are a tantalizing group. The poetry itself is the movement's best definition. Including bilingual text en face, an introduction, and notes, this work contains some forty selected poems of that movement. Translator(s): MacIntyre, C. F. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 31.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
50 Blg
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254206
ISBN
9780520254206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. In "French Without Tears" play, a group of 'bright young things' are attempting to learn French on the Riviera, and in fact doing anything but. Featuring this play, this book contains an introduction and chronology by Dan Rebellato. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 144 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
118
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854592125
ISBN
9781854592125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Hardback. Considered together, these six intellectuals serve as sobering reminders that political commitments are never as simple or straightforward as they seem and that admirable motives for political involvement can have dangerous and destructive consequences in historical practice. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882586
ISBN
9780801882586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.27
€ 56.64

Paperback. Presents an exhilarating, freewheeling ride through landscapes and languages. In this title, the poems, all written on the move (tramping the Gobi desert, cycling in Irish drizzle, paddling in Tonga) have the fizz of travellers' tales, the enchantment and the melancholy of the open road. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264. 195 pages. Presents an exhilarating, freewheeling ride through landscapes and languages. In this title, the poems, all written on the move (tramping the Gobi desert, cycling in Irish drizzle, paddling in Tonga) have the fizz of travellers' tales, the enchantment and the melancholy of the open road. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 16. Weight: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847770974
ISBN
9781847770974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.39

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