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Paperback. Combines essays by a diverse group of medievalists to consider the multiple ways in which readers approach texts and manuscripts as part of various communities of readers and scholars. Each work is embedded in a variety of contexts and derives its meaning in part from the intersection of those contexts in the reader's experience of the text. Editor(s): Mann, Jill; Nolan, Maura. Num Pages: 264 pages, 31 halftones & 5 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268034962
ISBN
9780268034962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.36

Paperback. From Instruction to Delight is an anthology that traces the development of the genre of children's literature from its earnest beginnings to the dawn of its Golden Age. Editor(s): Demers, Patricia. Num Pages: 432 pages, 189 photos. BIC Classification: DQ; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199010882
ISBN
9780199010882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.98

paperback. First published in Rome in 1535,Leone Ebreo's Dialogues of Love is one of the most important texts of the European Renaissance. Translator(s): Bacich, Damian. Num Pages: 454 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487521479
ISBN
9781487521479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.38

Paperback. Editor(s): Conner, Marc C. Series: Florida James Joyce (Paperback). Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813061412
ISBN
9780813061412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.26

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Napoleon Publishing Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894917377
ISBN
9781894917377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.33

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The Dundurn Group Canada
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889241947
ISBN
9780889241947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.80

paperback. Translator(s): Altmann, Barbara K; Palmer, Reviewer R Barton. Num Pages: 409 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
409
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780813035697
ISBN
9780813035697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.54

Paperback. "Edith Grossman again demonstrates that she indeed is the Glenn Gould of translators."-Harold Bloom Translator(s): Grossman, Edith. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393329919
ISBN
9780393329919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.84

Paperback. Translator(s): Powell, Barry B. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190204969
ISBN
9780190204969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.34

Paperback. Editor(s): Alter, Judy; Lee, James Ward. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654263
ISBN
9780875654263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.52

Paperback. This volume provides a cross-section of 60 contemporary poets writing in North America who have taught at the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. They include MacArthur fellows Campbell McGrath, Anne Carson, Edward Hirsch, Eleanor Wilner, Susan Stuart,and Lucia Perillo. Editor(s): Voigt, Ellen; McHugh, Heather; Voight, Ellen Bryant. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820324166
ISBN
9780820324166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.11

Paperback. Eleven essays by editors of literary texts and theorists concerned with the implications of what such editors do. None of the essays assumes any training in textual studies and the volume focuses on the literary genre most familiar to its potential readers - the novel. Editor(s): Pettit, Alexander. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBW; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820322278
ISBN
9780820322278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.20

Hardcover. The three medieval texts that make up "Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves" have formed a vital part of Chaucerian research for more than 50 years. The editors examine Jankyn's book from many angles, including the extensive manuscript sources, background information, and Chaucer's use of the materials. Editor(s): Hanna, Ralph, III; Lawler, Traugott. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820319209
ISBN
9780820319209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Ryan, Barbara; Shamir, Milette. Series: Television and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815634034
ISBN
9780815634034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.38

Hardcover. Provides English translations of the most important verse epics in Old and Middle Yiddish Literature (1382-1594). The texts are introduced and contextualized by a comprehensive critical essay. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; DCQ; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1057.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633556
ISBN
9780815633556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.82

Paperback. This new poetic translation brings the earliest extant English poem closer to the modern reader. Kennedy offers a translation in alliterative verse, based on Klaeber's text, of the Old English Beowulf, and provides a brief critical introduction which reviews literary and cultural discussions of the poem. Editor(s): Kennedy, Charles W. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195024357
ISBN
9780195024357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.46

Paperback. This collection of new essays looks at the diversity of seventeenth-century Quaker writing, examining its rhetoric, its polemical strategies, its purposeful use of the print medium, and the heroism and vehemence of its world vision. Editor(s): Corns, Thomas N.; Loewenstein, David. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DNF; DSB; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714642468
ISBN
9780714642468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.83

Hardcover. Editor(s): Atefat-Peckham, Susan. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633471
ISBN
9780815633471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.27

Paperback. A fifteen year archive of real American life, a testament of democracy in verse, from the gritty streets of East Los Angeles to lonely Indiana avenues. The work in this anthology explores the tough and the tender, the personal as political, with humor, passion, humanity, and grace. It addresses both thematic and craft issues. Editor(s): Lansana, Quraysh Ali. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Tia Chucha
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882688302
ISBN
9781882688302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.32

Paperback. Prison writing has a long and illustrious history in the United States - home of the modern correctional system. From poems, to stories, to novel excerpts, to reportage, to personal essays - and a few drawings - this title depicts what can happen to people who are given, 'a chance to live'. Editor(s): Thomas, Lucinda; Rodriguez, Luis J. Num Pages: 120 pages, 10 b/w images. BIC Classification: DQ; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Tia Chucha
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882688388
ISBN
9781882688388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. Editor(s): Nwosu, Maik. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633877
ISBN
9780815633877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.80

Hardcover. Investigates the religious diversity in early modern English literature and culture in relation to a dominant English Protestant national identity. Editor(s): Goodblatt, Chanita; Marotti, Arthur F. Num Pages: 416 pages, color Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814339558
ISBN
9780814339558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.90

Paperback. Tales of the ghostly and supernatural by some of Michigan's finest fiction writers. Editor(s): Kasischke, Laura; Taylor, Keith. Series: Made in Michigan Writers S. Num Pages: 224 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814334744
ISBN
9780814334744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.29

Paperback. Presenting an examination of feminist issues in the works of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, this text discusses such topics as: obscure points in the life of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and the model nun in the religious literature of Colonial Mexico. Editor(s): Merrim, Stephanie. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSC; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814322161
ISBN
9780814322161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.91

Paperback. Surveys the full range of gay men's autobiographical writing from Walt Whitman onwards. This title guides the reader chronologically through selected writings that give voice to every generation of gay writers since the nineteenth century, including a diverse array of American men of African, European, Jewish, Asian, and Latino heritage. Editor(s): Bergman, David. Series Editor(s): Bergman, David; Larkin, Joan. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 5SG; BG; DSBH; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299230449
ISBN
9780299230449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Ruffin, Paul; Wright, William, Do. Series: Southern Poetry Anthology. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Texas Review Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933896939
ISBN
9781933896939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.41

Hardcover. Editor(s): Howes, Laura L. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Univ Tennessee Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572335868
ISBN
9781572335868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.60

Hardcover. Offers inroads to understanding the life and works of James Dickey, the celebrated novelist and poet. This book presents a collection of critical responses to the works of the acclaimed novelist, poet, and teacher, including essays by Dickey's former colleagues at the University of South Carolina. Editor(s): Thesing, William B.; Wrede, Theda. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ of South Carolina Pr
Edition
y First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570038037
ISBN
9781570038037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.97

Paperback. Designed as a corrective to colonial literary histories that have excluded Native voices, this anthology brings together a variety of primary texts produced by Algonquian peoples of New England during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and very early nineteenth centuries. It includes letters, signatures, journals, baskets, pictographs, and petitions. Editor(s): Bross, Kristina; Wyss, Hilary E. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 2JN; DQ; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558496484
ISBN
9781558496484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.20

Paperback. The fifth in the "Literary Cities" series, "Literary Houston" gathers together historical and contemporary writing about this Texas city that everyone loves to hate. Editor(s): Theis, David. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654409
ISBN
9780875654409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.13

Hardcover. El Paso is the largest metropolitan area along the US-Mexico border and is geographically isolated from the rest of Texas. This title focuses on the often overlooked extraordinary literary heritage of this city in far West Texas. Editor(s): Daudistel, Marcia. Num Pages: 442 pages, 3 b&w photos, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1365.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653877
ISBN
9780875653877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.56

Hardcover. Describes the merchants who made Dallas a city where haute couture is comme il faut, but, where, it is also possible to live a perfectly happy life and never wear a ball gown. Editor(s): Vick, Frances Brannen. Series: Literary Cities Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653822
ISBN
9780875653822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.50

Hardcover. How did they accomplish their goals? Why did they choose the writing life? What influence did the history, lore, and culture of Texas play in their creative process? This collection of fourteen essays by some of the prominent Texas writers explores questions such as these. Editor(s): Jameson, W. C. Num Pages: 250 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653587
ISBN
9780875653587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.20

Hardcover. Robert Penn Warren, Karl Shapiro, Joyce Carol Oates, Charles Bukowski, and Denise Levertov are but a few of the authors whose works grace this celebration of fifty years of "Descant", the literary journal of Texas Christian University. This retrospective traces the journal's history from its beginnings. Editor(s): Kuhne, Dave; Williams, Daniel E.; Hogg, Charlotte; Willis, Charlotte. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 b&w photos, bib. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653488
ISBN
9780875653488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.94

Hardcover. Brings together the history, color, and character of Texas' capital city since 1839 when it was selected as the site for a new capital of the then - Republic of Texas. This work includes essays, fiction, and poetry which reveal the variety of literary responses to Austin through the decades. Editor(s): Graham, Don. Num Pages: 448 pages, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DSB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653426
ISBN
9780875653426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.78

Hardcover. A selection of representative Texas poems from the early days of the colony to the beginning of the 21st century. All the well-known poets in the state are included - writers such as Walter McDonald, Betsy Colquitt and Vassar Miller, as well as newer writers. Editor(s): Hill, Billy Bob. Series: Texas in Poetry. Num Pages: 400 pages, index. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875652672
ISBN
9780875652672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.77

paperback. A collection of poems which navigate the course of the male experience, and particularly young fatherhood. It places the poet midway between the lives of his parents and the lives of his children and celebrates the simultaneity of experience that allows him to be, all at once, father, son, and boy. Series: VQR Poetry Series. Num Pages: 72 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 109.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820331195
ISBN
9780820331195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.11

Paperback. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633983
ISBN
9780815633983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.41

Paperback. A diverse collection of provocative plays that respond to the highly charged, post 9/11 political landscape. Though not all of the plays deal explicitly with the Al Qaeda attacks, they collectively reveal themes of sorrow and anxiety, moral indignation, a Editor(s): Havis, Allan. Series Editor(s): Schanke, Robert A. Series: Theater in the Americas. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; DD; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809329540
ISBN
9780809329540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.14

Paperback. When an artist dies we face two great losses: the person and the work he did not live to do. This book is a moving collaboration by some of America's most eloquent writers, who supply wry, raging, sorrowful, and buoyant accounts of artist friends and lovers struck down by AIDS. Editor(s): White, Edmund. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGB; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299170745
ISBN
9780299170745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.95

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