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Paperback. New research into medieval English literature, with a particular focus on manuscripts and writing. Editor(s): Matsuda, Takami; Linenthal, Richard A.; Scahill, John. Num Pages: 552 pages, 82 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 270 x 183 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1565.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844051
ISBN
9781843844051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 49.56

Paperback. We have all wondered about the meaning of life. Is there an answer? Is it up to us? Or is the question a bogus one? Terry Eagleton takes a witty, stimulating look at this most compelling of questions - and proposes his own answer. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 128 pages, 12 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199532179
ISBN
9780199532179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. The text of this edition is based on the Wessex Edition of 1912, which was revised and corrected by the author. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 480 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
462
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393974980
ISBN
9780393974980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.21

Paperback. This work brings together the three volumes of Olson's long poem (originally published in 1960, 1968 and 1975 respectively) in one book. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 256 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
664
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520055957
ISBN
9780520055957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.11

Hardcover. MawlanaJalal al-Din Rumi's poem, the Mathnawi, is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest known manuscript, including the earliest, dated 1278, and preserved in the Mawlana Museum at Qonya. Editor(s): Nicholson, Reynold A. Num Pages: 373 pages, 373 & 474 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; HRH; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1397.
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094280
ISBN
9780906094280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.44
€ 73.45

Hardcover. The Masters of the Revels and Elizabeth I's Court Theatre offers a complete revision of established views of the structure and function of Elizabeth I's Revels Office, arguing that the revels essentially became a commercial enterprise, paid for by the ordinary Londoners. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
342
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198719670
ISBN
9780198719670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.04

Paperback. Readers of Herodotus' Histories are familiar with its reports of bizarre portents, riddling oracles, and striking dreams. This book represents an examination of signs and their interpreters, as well as the terminology Herodotus uses to describe sign transmission, reception, and decoding. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
298
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055889
ISBN
9780674055889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.25

Paperback. This Very Short Introduction aims to disentangle the 'real' Marquis de Sade from his mythical and demonic reputation of the past two hundred years. Phillips examines Sade's life and work: his libertine novels, his championing of atheism, and his uniqueness in bringing the body and sex back into philosophy. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192804693
ISBN
9780192804693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408865507
ISBN
9781408865507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537259
ISBN
9780199537259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. The ultimate collection of tasteless and sick jokes that just shouldn't be told. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849010559
ISBN
9781849010559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713642889
ISBN
9780713642889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.29

Hardback. Whether you're a devoted Janeite or simply Jane-curious, The Making of Jane Austen will have you thinking about how a literary icon is made, transformed, and handed down from generation to generation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422824
ISBN
9781421422824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.12

Hardcover. Adopts a double approach to the poetry composed between the end of the 1st Century BC and the 3rd Century AD. This book examines extant material from this period synchronically with some poems attached to authors and some not. It argues that this was 'one poetry,' created from a shared poetic repertoire and compositional practices. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021365
ISBN
9780674021365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.36

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
856
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862418205
ISBN
9780862418205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 21.72

Paperback. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 714 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 2ADP; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 44. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213445
ISBN
9781910213445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.43

Hardback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 168 x 40. Weight in Grams: 918.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170468
ISBN
9780231170468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.92
€ 55.84

Paperback. Designed for students, teachers, scholars, poets, and readers with a general interest in poetics, this book presents an intellectual history of the theory of lyric reading that has circulated both within and beyond the classroom, wherever poetry is taught, read, discussed, and debated today. Editor(s): Jackson, Virginia; Prins, Yopie. Num Pages: 680 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 181 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412009
ISBN
9781421412009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 48.80

Hardcover. Science has transformed understandings of the mind, supplying physiological explanations for what once seemed transcendental. Nikki Skillman shows how lyric poets-caught between a reductive scientific view and naive literary metaphors-struggled to articulate a vision of consciousness that was both scientifically informed and poetically truthful. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DS; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674545120
ISBN
9780674545120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.33

Paperback. Editor(s): White, Landeg. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539963
ISBN
9780199539963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.05

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