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Hardcover. The acclaimed poet, memoirist, and essayist Maureen N. McLane here charts a new path into vitally genre bending territories. Not a novel, not a memoir, not a lyric, Mz N: the serial offers something else - "life . . . a continual allegory" (to invoke Keats): a life intense, episodic, female, sexual, philosophical, romantic, analytic. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374218874
ISBN
9780374218874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 9. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838203089
ISBN
9783838203089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.54

Paperback. Translator(s): Dalley, Stephanie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 frontispiece, 1 map,. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538362
ISBN
9780199538362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.61

Hardcover. Creation myths, quests, the eternal battle between good and evil, these are some of the classic tales that feed the ravenous beast of modern culture. This new book brings to life the myths and legends of eight intriguing traditions: Native American, Chinese, Celtic, Scottish, Greek, Viking, Indian and African. Editor(s): Jackson, Jake. Series: Definitive Myths & Tales. Num Pages: 512 pages, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DQ; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 175 x 41. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857758491
ISBN
9780857758491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.80

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646985
ISBN
9780691646985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.61

paperback. Num Pages: 664 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. United States
Edition
First Thus Edition
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393001860
ISBN
9780393001860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816622771
ISBN
9780816622771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691629810
ISBN
9780691629810
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.29

Hardcover. Contains songs, verses and prose about unicorns, dragons, centaurs, flying horses and other fabulous creatures of myth and legend. This title covers fine art paintings that include works by Reubens, Botticelli, Castagno, Giovanni-Battista, Morris, Caravaggio, Durer, Burne-Jones, Moreau, Dore and Bouttats. Editor(s): Dobell, Steve. Num Pages: 64 pages, over 60 photographs. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Lorenz Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754829065
ISBN
9780754829065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.98

Hardcover. This work explores Ralph Waldo Emerson's essays as mythic prose poems, suggesting a new approach to the practical criticism of his works. It presents a balanced selection of works from Emerson's early and late career and provides insightful readings of "Circles" and the Divinity School "Address". Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSA; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kent State Univ Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873385183
ISBN
9780873385183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.43

paperback. The essays in this volume explore different aspects of the relation between Greek myth and Greek thought between the Archaic period and the Hellenistic period. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036122
ISBN
9780521296403
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Suellen Diaconoff situates French-language texts from Moroccan women writers in a discourse of social justice and reform, arguing that they contribute to the emerging national debate on democracy and help to create new public spaces of discourse and participation. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442640054
ISBN
9781442640054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.49

Hardback. This study presents the universal myth of the lost paradise in the first seven novels of Jacques Poulin and examines the way in which Poulin has adapted the myth for his own purposes. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838635131
ISBN
9780838635131
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.02

Paperback.
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715636688
ISBN
9780715636688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.26

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB; HPCB; HPJ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646350
ISBN
9780691646350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 211.39

Hardcover. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 223 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336437
ISBN
9780880336437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.97

Hardback. Offers an analysis of various accounts of the foundation of that most "mythical" of the Greek colonies - Cyrene, in eastern Libya. This book examines the Greeks' symbolic discourse to show that these modern concepts arose much later than commonly believed. Translator(s): Berman, Daniel W. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114583
ISBN
9780691114583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.94

Paperback. Illustrates the relation between myth, culture and literature with discussions of poetry, fiction, film and popular song; explores uses made of the term 'myth' within the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, cultural studies, feminism, Marxism and psychoanalysis. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415442848
ISBN
9780415442848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. Challenging the notion that Jewish mysticism ceased to exist in the Hassidic enclaves of early nineteenth century Europe, this title traces the influence and the trends towards secular mysticism found in Russian, Yiddish, and early Hebrew writers, and examines the impact of Zionism in creating a modern, living mystical literature. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSC; HRJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235018
ISBN
9781936235018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.48

Paperback. Offers a postmodern interpretation of the great mystics and their writing. This title argues that extensive modern literature about mysticism has rested on a mistake - the belief that their can be meaningful experience prior to language. Series: Religion and Spirituality in the Modern World. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207641
ISBN
9780631207641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.45

Hardback. Offers a postmodern interpretation of the great mystics and their writing. This title argues that extensive modern literature about mysticism has rested on a mistake - the belief that their can be meaningful experience prior to language. Series: Religion and Spirituality in the Modern World. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207634
ISBN
9780631207634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.45

Paperback. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-73), legendary Persian Muslim poet, theologian, and mystic, wrote poems acclaimed through the centuries for their spiritual images and provocative content, which often described Rumi's love for God in romantic or even erotic terms. This volume includes four hundred poems which provides English translations of this genius. Editor(s): Yarshater, Ehsan. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731629
ISBN
9780226731629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.83

Paperback. Includes three essays on regional writing, including "The Fiction Writer and His Country" and "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction"; two pieces on teaching literature, including "Total Effect and the 8th Grade"; and four articles concerning the writer and religion, including "The Catholic Novel in the Protestant South." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571309597
ISBN
9780571309597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.73

Hardback. Though many recent poets insist on their poetry's "musical" qualities, few offer linguistically satisfying explanations of that "music." This book helps to fill that gap. It is a linguistically based study of rhythmic structures, and of the nature of rhythm, in the free verse of T.S. Eliot, Robert Lowell, and James Wright. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, glossary, bibiography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729383
ISBN
9780804729383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.71

Hardback. Editor(s): Ostovich, Dr. Helen; Silcox, Mary V.; Roebuck, Graham. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493009
ISBN
9781611493009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.55

Hardback. Following on his enormously successful The Mysteries: Creation, Bernard Sahlins has adapted the stories of The Passion to make an engaging drama for modern audiences. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance. Num Pages: 57 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
57
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566630238
ISBN
9781566630238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSK; HRCG; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Red Wheel/Weiser United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877289401
ISBN
9780877289401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 94 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Dedalus Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906614706
ISBN
9781906614706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity
Condition
New
SKU
9780745664057
ISBN
9780745664057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.91

Hardcover. * A pathbreaking new book by one of the world s leading sociologists * The book is a study of the rise of detective novels and spy novels in the 19th and 20th centuries, and Boltanski shows that these genres tell us something important about the nature of modern societies and the modern state. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745664040
ISBN
9780745664040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.16

Paperback. Writing his column "Bones of Contention" for the "Nationalist and Leinster Times", the author took on the character of the quizzical and enquiring humorist who might be found in a respectable public house in Carlow: erudite, urbane and informative. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
259
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843512653
ISBN
9781843512653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. One bathroom. Two people. A story of intimacy, fragility and the darker side of love. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 6. Weight in Grams: 80.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848423152
ISBN
9781848423152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.19

Paperback. Revealing the truth behind the legend of Ayn Rand, author of "Atlas Shrugged", Nathaniel Branden tells the story of his relationship with the literary genius, 25 years his senior. It lasted 18 years and went from student/teacher, to friends, to colleagues, to lovers, and to bitter adversaries. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787945138
ISBN
9780787945138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.72

Paperback. First Edition. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Quay Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
SKU
KAK0008052
ISBN
9780951250709
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Exploring the place of poetry in American culture and in the university, this text addresses issues such as: the role of the public intellectual; the poetics of scholarly prose; vernacular modernism; idiosyncratic postmodernism; identity politics; aesthetics; and poetry as a performance art. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044101
ISBN
9780226044101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.78

Paperback. Multilingual anthology celebrating ten years' work by Britain's Poetry Translation Centre, with original poems and translations from 27 languages. Editor(s): Maguire, Sarah. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Multilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780371078
ISBN
9781780371078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.81

Hardcover. For many years the author has been studying the life and work of Shakespeare. In this book, he gives his thoughts freely and says what he thinks of Shakespeare. He also throws new light on many of Shakespeare's plays. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326. Hardback, with dustjacket, in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KRF0014130
ISBN
9780715627464
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811217934
ISBN
9780811217934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.13

Paperback. George Steiner, the eminent professor of English at Cambridge and Geneva universities, has outlined seven books he has never written, but has always wanted to write, in seven sections. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753825693
ISBN
9780753825693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.44

hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481051
ISBN
9781611481051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.30

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