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Hardback. Explores the relationship among Romanticism, deconstruction, and Marxism by examining tropes of sensation and sobriety in a set of exemplary texts from Romantic literature and contemporary literary theory. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400662
ISBN
9781421400662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.04
€ 71.18

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155073
ISBN
9781903155073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Paperback. What happens within us when we read a novel? And how does a novel create its unique effects, so distinct from those of a painting, a film, or a poem? This book takes us into the worlds of the writer and the reader, revealing their intimate connections. Translator(s): Dikbas, Nazim. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571326136
ISBN
9780571326136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. Offers a fresh way to understand the divisions that organize twentieth-century poetry. The author argues that the most important conflict is not between styles or aesthetic politics, but between poets who seek to preserve or produce the incommensurable particularity of experience by making powerful objects. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148663
ISBN
9780691148663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Opitz, May; etc. Translator(s): Adams, Anne V. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870237607
ISBN
9780870237607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.24

Paperback. What did it mean to be a 'half caste' in early twentieth-century North America? This collection of short works ranges from magazine romance to story melodrama and provides an introduction to a unique literary personality - Onoto Watanna. It includes nineteen - thirteen stories and six essays - intended to show the versatility of her writing. Editor(s): Moser, Linda Trinh; Rooney, Elizabeth. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliographical references. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBC; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252070945
ISBN
9780252070945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349702763
ISBN
9781349702763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137513175
ISBN
9781137513175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.42

Hardback. Poetry's relevancy as a tool for social and political change continues to be overlooked in a global context. Looking to writers as diverse as Derek Walcott, Paul Muldoon, and Daljit Nagra, Hena shows that poets throughout the world have reinvigorated older poetic traditions to address political realities and the sweeping pressures of modernity. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137502872
ISBN
9781137502872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.26

Paperback. Sens and Olson offer a new text of the 144 surviving lines of the parodies of Matro of Pitane (c. 300 BC) based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts; a translation; a detailed philological, historical, and gastronomic commentary; and a lively introduction to the poet and his times. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780788506154
ISBN
9780788506154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.34

hardcover. Sens and Olson offer a new text of the 144 surviving lines of the parodies of Matro of Pitane (c. 300 BC) based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts; a translation; a detailed philological, historical, and gastronomic commentary; and a lively introduction to the poet and his times. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
OUP USA United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780788506147
ISBN
9780788506147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.68

Hardcover. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 253 x 174 x 30. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772893570
ISBN
9788772893570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.85
€ 43.87

Paperback. Albert Camus is among the most significant French writers of the twentieth century. Opening with his impoverished childhood in Algiers, this biography presents the historical context, focusing on Camus' later agonising conflict between sympathy for the working class Algerians and for the French colonials with a stake in their adopted land. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AHA; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099749110
ISBN
9780099749110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Hardback. Arguing that Palestine has come to signify the colonial, broadly conceived, in the decolonizing world, this book offers the first thorough analysis of the ways in which Moroccan, Algerian, and Tunisian writers have engaged with the Palestinian question and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict for the past fifty years. Editor(s): Harrison, Olivia. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804794213
ISBN
9780804794213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

Hardcover. Widely acknowledged as the most important Russian thinker of the nineteenth century, Vladimir Soloviev's place in the landscape of world philosophy nevertheless remains uncertain. Approaching him through a single synoptic lens, this book foregrounds his unique envisioning of the interaction between humanity and the material world. Series: Studies in Slavic and Russian Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235179
ISBN
9781936235179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Hardback. Leading to protest and debate, same-sex desire in Indian literature and film has appeared in a wide range of works since 1970 including Vikram Seth and the films of Deepa Mehta. Using these works as a focal point, among many others, Ross argues that an Euro-American notion of homosexuality is reinvented when coming into contact with Indian culture. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; 2BM; APFA; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137570758
ISBN
9781137570758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.83

Paperback. Aims to reveal how the novels of Jane Austen illuminate English history in the quarter century between 1792 and 1817. The book builds a picture of Austen's life and personality and of the social and political world she inhabited in the period during and immediately after the Napoleonic Wars. Num Pages: 198 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300054491
ISBN
9780300054491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.74

Hardcover. Henry James's Style of Retrospect examines the last twenty-five years of James's writing life, focussing on the rather the substantial body of retrospective and commemorative non-fiction which he began to produce in the 1890s Num Pages: 300 pages, 2 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198734802
ISBN
9780198734802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.86

Paperback. This drama text is one of a series of important English plays. It includes a critical introduction, biography of the author, discussions of date and sources, textual details, a bibliography and information about the staging of She Stoops to Conquer"." Editor(s): Ogden, James. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 144 pages, c 5 photographs/line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713667943
ISBN
9780713667943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691645261
ISBN
9780691645261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.37

Paperback. Olga M. Davidson's major reassessment of the classical Persian epic the Shahnama argues that its poet is actually a character in the work who coexists with the heroes and kings celebrated in the poem. Documenting the text's oral performance tradition, Davidson shows that the heroic style of the Shahnama stems from ancient Indo-European traditions. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073210
ISBN
9780674073210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. Olga M. Davidson applies comparative literary approaches to classical Persian traditions of composing and performing poetry and song. She focuses on the eleventh-century ce epic Shahnama and its relationship to other genres embedded in it, including forms of verbal art originally composed without the aid of writing, such as women's laments. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 9. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073203
ISBN
9780674073203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.52

Paperback. Glorifies the spectacular achievements of Iranian civilization from its mythologized beginnings to the time of the Arab Conquest. This book takes a fresh look at the reception of Ferdowsi's poetry, especially in the twelfth through fifteenth centuries. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674726802
ISBN
9780674726802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.41

Paperback. A study of Homeric myth-making in the first and longest dialogue of Penelope and Odysseus ("Odyssey 19"). It makes a case for seeing virtuoso myth-making as an essential part of this conversation, a register of communication important for the interaction between the two speakers. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053359
ISBN
9780674053359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.45

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