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Hardback. Levy explores the classic Chinese novel The Story of the Stone(also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), illuminating the work by interpreting its four major themes: the inversion of traditional family dynamics, the function of illness and medicine in a Buddhist society, the role of poetry in a dynastic Chinese society, and the use of poetry as a vehicle for spiritual retribution. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114066
- ISBN
- 9780231114066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 81.45
€ 108.20
€ 81.45
Paperback. A novel by the author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". A moment of confusion sets in motion a complex chain of events which crosses and recrosses the divide between fantasy and reality. Translator(s): Asher, Linda. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571195671
- ISBN
- 9780571195671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Hardcover. Good in good dustjacket. A worn dustjacket and with some minor age wear to the book itself. Otherwise in good condition. Previous owners mark on ffep
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Co-op Books (Publishing) Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- SKU
- KCD0015273
- ISBN
- 9780905441238
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. Identity Parade is the first anthology of the new generation of British and Irish poets who have emerged since the mid-1990s. It is the successor to Bloodaxe's New Poetry (1993) which was the first anthology to represent the so-called New Generation PoetsA" who emerged in the 1980s and 90s (the generation of Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy). Num Pages: 400 pages, 85 black and white author photographs. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524. New British and Irish Poets. 400 pages, 85 black and white author photographs. Identity Parade is the first anthology of the new generation of British and Irish poets who have emerged since the mid-1990s. It is the successor to Bloodaxe's New Poetry (1993) which was the first anthology to represent the so-called New Generation PoetsA" who emerged in the 1980s and 90s (the generation of Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 24. Weight: 522.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852248390
- ISBN
- 9781852248390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.42
€ 33.99
€ 23.42
Paperback. A guide to the myriad definitions and meanings of "ideology", this title traces the history of the term and the debates which surround it, from Machiavelli to the present day; asks why ideology matters; and examines ideology within the critical frameworks of empiricism, idealism, Marxism, post-Marxism and postmodernism. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 224 pages, glossary, further reading, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; HP; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415290128
- ISBN
- 9780415290128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.91
€ 34.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. Examines the way divisions between Chinese rural workers and the state were recast in the 20th century as divisions between intellectuals and peasants. The author argues that this division was a central concern of the literature, resulting in a picture of a repressed peasantry, allowing them to become a focus of political and revolutionary protest. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804733199
- ISBN
- 9780804733199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.71
€ 97.71
Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press University Park, Pennsylvania
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First
- SKU
- KRS0017759
- ISBN
- 9780271008455
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. Idle Pursuits examines transformations of leisure in the literature and culture of early modern France. It traces a trajectory beginning with the initial detachment of the 'idle condition' from religious contemplation in the thirteenth century, to the birth of the modern contemplative at the end of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492361
- ISBN
- 9781611492361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.15
€ 110.15
Hardback. Editor(s): Hegel, Robert E. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 4 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999975
- ISBN
- 9780295999975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Hardcover. This text seeks to return Marie Corelli, popular novelist of the turn of the 20th century, to conversations about the late-Victorian and Edwardian literary world. It reveals the profusion of the late-Victorian literary imagination and discusses how seriously we should take Corelli's aesthetic. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919157
- ISBN
- 9780813919157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12, 6 black & white halftones, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFFS; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477812
- ISBN
- 9780801477812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. This is an annotated translation of the Greek poems of Theocritus of Syracuse, the inventor of bucolic or pastoral poetry, the principal model for Virgil in the 'Eclogues' and hence a major figure in the literary traditions which antiquity bequeathed to Western literature. Translator(s): Verity, Anthony. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 map; 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552429
- ISBN
- 9780199552429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.78
€ 11.99
€ 10.78
paperback. Traces the story of Arthur's rule, from his first encounter with Guinevere and the quest for the Holy Grail to the adultery of his Queen with Launcelot and the King's death in a final battle that spells the ruin of his kingdom. The author's depiction of the Round Table reflects a longing for a past age of valour and chivalry. Editor(s): Gray, J. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140422535
- ISBN
- 9780140422535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
hardcover. Building upon Nietzsche's fatal confrontation "The Wanderer and His Shadow" and Jacques Derrida's initiation of the era in critical theory with the formulation "The outside is the inside," the author pursues the vicussitudes of the dimensional frontier in a range of artifacts and authors. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823227693
- ISBN
- 9780823227693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.23
€ 97.23
Paperback. Building upon Nietzsche's fatal confrontation "The Wanderer and His Shadow" and Jacques Derrida's initiation of the era in critical theory with the formulation "The outside is the inside," the author pursues the vicussitudes of the dimensional frontier in a range of artifacts and authors. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 17. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823227709
- ISBN
- 9780823227709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. "Iep jaltok: woman is a basket is a collection of poetry by a young Marshallese woman highlighting the traumas of her people through colonialism, racism, forced migration, the legacy of nuclear testing by America, and the impending threats of climate change"--Provided by publisher. Series: Sun Tracks. Num Pages: 96 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1MKCM; 2AB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 145.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816534029
- ISBN
- 9780816534029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.65
€ 25.65
Hardback. Clean copy with some shelf wear. Lacking dust jacket
- Publisher
- Educational Co
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KOG0001938
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "Heartbreakingly powerfula wonder of grace and beauty' - London Herald Series: Oberon Modern Plays. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 114
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840025637
- ISBN
- 9781840025637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.29
€ 12.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501702112
- ISBN
- 9781501702112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92
€ 52.92
Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- limited ed (165)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571210527
- ISBN
- 9780571210527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.34
€ 120.34
Paperback. This collection of poems from Wendy Cope reveals a softer lyrical voice, also present in her earlier books, but here given more room to develop in poems about gardens and contentment, and the poignancy of having something to lose. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571209552
- ISBN
- 9780571209552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875656007
- ISBN
- 9780875656007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.60
€ 19.99
€ 19.60
Paperback. On a street in a town in the North of England, ordinary people are going through the motions of their everyday existence. A young man is in love with a neighbour who does not even know his name. An old couple make their way up to the nearby bus stop. But then a terrible event shatters the quiet of the early summer evening. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0216115
- ISBN
- 9780747561576
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. On a street in a town in the North of England, ordinary people are going through the motions of their everyday existence. A young man is in love with a neighbour who does not even know his name. An old couple make their way up to the nearby bus stop. But then a terrible event shatters the quiet of the early summer evening. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0216116
- ISBN
- 9780747561576
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95