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Paperback. What are ancient texts saying to us when they describe Alexander the Great's romantic relationship with his wife Barsine, or comment on his homosexual relationship with Hephaestion? What did it mean when the ancient writers told that Alexander had been sired by a thunderbolt or by a gigantic snake? This title addresses these questions and others. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898386
- ISBN
- 9780859898386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.43
€ 36.99
€ 33.43
Paperback. Poetics of the Pretext is an original study of the French poet Lautreamont (1846-1870). It analyses closely the texts, pretexts and intertexts of this innovative poet, bringing Les Chants de Maldoror and Poesies to the foreground of contemporary critical debates around poetics, genre, intertextuality and influence. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780859894982
- ISBN
- 9780859894982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.56
€ 82.56
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857388391
- ISBN
- 9780857388391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Hardback. An illustrated collector's edition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Father of the modern ghost story. Illustrator(s): Edwards, Les. Editor(s): Jones, Stephen. Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: DQ; FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857388049
- ISBN
- 9780857388049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 30.46
€ 45.99
€ 30.46
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Maclehose Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857050106
- ISBN
- 9780857050106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.76
€ 14.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. A collection of poems which are lyrical and narrative, satirical, rebellious, ribald, uncompromising and honest. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856463914
- ISBN
- 9780856463914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. Offers sources vital for the reconstruction of events in the first Islamic century, covering the period which ends with the unsuccessful Arab siege of Constantinople, an event which both modern historians and Syriac chronographers see as making a decisive caesura in history. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 tables, 5 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 206 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853232384
- ISBN
- 9780853232384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.96
€ 42.96
Hardcover. Hypocrisy and prejudice compel a principled mulatto teacher to desert a steady job and a socially prominent fiance. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- New ed of 1928 ed
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780837111278
- ISBN
- 9780837111278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.74€ 25.81
€ 67.74
€ 25.81
Paperback. The Mother in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction examines the uncanny properties of the maternal function in psychoanalysis, technology, and literature in order to show that the event of birth is radically unthinkable and often becomes expressed through uncontrollable repetitions that exceed the bounds of any subject. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823240562
- ISBN
- 9780823240562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.02
€ 41.99
€ 37.02
Paperback. Drawing attention to the interplay between writing and vision, this book is stuffed with more than 200 images. It is a meditation on the threads that unite mothers and sons and the ways that certain writers and photographers take up those threads and create art that captures an irretrievable past. Num Pages: 536 pages, 215 illustrations (32 in color). BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 199 x 47. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339625
- ISBN
- 9780822339625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.51
€ 35.99
€ 34.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, Angelyn. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822315445
- ISBN
- 9780822315445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.73
€ 36.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Kumar, Amitava (Associate Professor of English and Cultural Studies, Penn State University, USA). Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816638376
- ISBN
- 9780816638376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.93
€ 27.99
€ 26.93
Hardcover. Translator(s): Donohue, Joseph. Num Pages: 104 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813931913
- ISBN
- 9780813931913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.14
€ 29.99
€ 26.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807001318
- ISBN
- 9780807001318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.25
€ 14.99
€ 13.25
Paperback. "The essays, poems, and artwork included in this anthology--by the likes of Abdelkebir Khatibi, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Albert Memmi, Etel Adnan, Sembene Ousmane, Renae Depestre, and Mohamed Melehi--offer a unique window into the political and artistic imaginaries of writers and intellectuals from the Global South." Editor(s): Harrison, Olivia; Villa-Ignacio, Teresa. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; DQ; DS; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804796156
- ISBN
- 9780804796156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Hardback. This book traces the emergence and evolution of a discourse of minority identity within Japan's Korean community through its examination of their literary narratives and political struggles over the past three decades. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Twenty-Third and ed.
- SKU
- V9780804750400
- ISBN
- 9780804750400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.14€ 112.70
€ 126.14
€ 112.70
Paperback. This work is Stanley Cavell's definitive expression on Emerson. The sustained effort of 30 years of labour is drawn together here for the first time into a single volume, which also contains two previously unpublished essays and an introduction by Cavell that reflects on this book and its history. Editor(s): Hodge, David. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745437
- ISBN
- 9780804745437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. The resourceful hero of "The Country Wife" is Horner, the scourge of stupid husbands and the hope of unhappy wives. Through a single simple ruse, Horner helps one woman after another settle accounts with a foolish spouse. Margery, the country wife, upsets his plans when she learns the manners of the city and begins to apply them herself. Editor(s): Fujimura, Thomas Hikaru. Num Pages: 153 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 153
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803253711
- ISBN
- 9780803253711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.25
€ 16.25
Hardback. Editor(s): Clark, David R. Series: The Cornell Yeats. Num Pages: 312 pages, 99. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801441837
- ISBN
- 9780801441837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.00
€ 122.00
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801048685
- ISBN
- 9780801048685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.54
€ 30.99
€ 22.54