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Hardback. The work of Mehmedalija 'Mak' Dizdar (1917-1971) is the cornerstone of modern Bosnian literature. His work blends influences from Bosnian Christian culture, Islamic mysticism, and the cultural remains of medieval Bosnia. This book focuses on Dizdar's collection "Stone Sleeper". It discusses Dizdar's mystically influenced poem "Blue River". Translator(s): Risaluddin, Saba. Series: Abrahamic Dialogues. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 221 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823231683
ISBN
9780823231683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

Hardback. Mahmoud Baroud here conducts a detailed comparative textual analysis of 'Hayy Bin Yaqzan' and 'Robinson Crusoe', and concludes that Daniel Defoe was likely to have been deeply influenced by Ibn Tufayl's Arabic text. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848855526
ISBN
9781848855526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.49
€ 137.06

Hardcover. Based on original archival research and dozens of interviews, Kerouac is a fresh, compelling, and substantive critical reassessment of Kerouac's brief and often chaotic life. Num Pages: 484 pages, 24 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878333059
ISBN
9780878333059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.68

Hardcover. The England of Icelandic medieval texts is more of a stage than a country, and chiefly functions to provide saga heroes with fame abroad. Since many of these texts are rarely examined outside of Iceland or in the English language, Fjalldal's book is important for scholars of both medieval Norse culture and Anglo-Saxon England. Series: Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (Tonis). Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802038371
ISBN
9780802038371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.63

Hardcover. A collection of essays that first appeared in the Regency World magazine. It celebrates the quirkiest corners and cleverest contrivances of Jane Austen's art. It features twenty-one topics ranging from coiffure to crime, from gossip to grandmothers. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Crowood Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719820588
ISBN
9780719820588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636993
ISBN
9780691636993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.59

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691608556
ISBN
9780691608556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.14

Paperback. One of the most highly acclaimed biographies of 2006 -- now published in paperback Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566059
ISBN
9780719566059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. This invaluable handbook, provides clear definitions and distinctions between the terms and helps to navigate the complexities of magic, magical and marvellous realism within art and literary criticism. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415268547
ISBN
9780415268547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.91

hardcover. The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and the Arts is the most authoritative and up-to-date guide to Virginia Woolf's artistic influences and associations. Editor(s): Humm, Maggie. Num Pages: 512 pages, 39 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 181 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1210. 512 pages, 39 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations. Editor(s): Humm, Maggie. The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and the Arts is the most authoritative and up-to-date guide to Virginia Woolf's artistic influences and associations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 251 x 181 x 33. Weight: 1210.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635528
ISBN
9780748635528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.96
€ 197.27

Paperback. Reveals the significant role that Turkish locales, cultures, and friends played in James Baldwin's life and thought. This book demonstrates how Baldwin's Turkish sojourns enabled him to re-imagine himself as a black queer writer and to revise his views of American identity and US race relations as the 1960s drew to a close. Num Pages: 416 pages, 53 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341673
ISBN
9780822341673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. The first critical edition of this historical novel set in late-seventeenth-century England. It tells the story of Barbara Skelton, a well-born young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who finds escape from the tedium of her life by leading a double life as a highway robber. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 286 x 35. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
University Of Hertfordshire Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Critical
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909291348
ISBN
9781909291348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.33

Hardback. Editor(s): Romanska, Magda; Ackerman, Alan. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: AN; ASZB; DSA; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 884.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474247894
ISBN
9781474247894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.49
€ 137.06

Paperback. Considered by many as one of the most innovative writers to hit the French literary scene in over 40 years, Chamoiseau made his name with his book Texaco (published in 1992 and winner of the highest literary prize in France, the Prix Goncourt). This book examines the work of the award-winning writer Patrick Chamoiseau. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KJWWM; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846316869
ISBN
9781846316869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.34

Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora theorizes the preeminence of voice and narration (and the consequences of their absence) in the literary and cultural performances of black women. Series: Race & American Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195116595
ISBN
9780195116595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 163.71

Paperback. Dubey argues that for African American studies, postmodernity best names a period, beginning in the early 1970s, marked by acute disenchantment with the promises of urban modernity and of print literacy. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167275
ISBN
9780226167275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5S; DSB; HPS; JFSK; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. .
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816695928
ISBN
9780816695928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Among the best-known and prolific French women writers of the 16th century, Madeleine (1520 - 87) and Catherine (1542 - 87) des Roches were celebrated for their bold assertion of poetic authority for women in the realm of belles letters. This work contains selections from their celebrated oeuvre, suffused with an enduring feminist consciousness. Editor(s): Larsen, Anne R. Translator(s): Larsen, Anne R. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226723389
ISBN
9780226723389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardback. Covering much ground, the author brings an original approach to this playwright's drama, incorporating discussion of every play in his canon. Suitable for readers from 'A' level to postgraduates, the book introduces a variety of debates and interpretations, using previously unpublished material. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Palgrave Schol, Print UK
Publication date
1998
Edition
1998th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333681688
ISBN
9780333681688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.11

Paperback. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801497704
ISBN
9780801497704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. "The Story of Sapho" makes available for the first time in modern English a self contained section from Scudery's novel "Artamene ou le Grand Cyrus". This edition also includes a translation of an oration in which Sapho extols the talents of women to persuade them to write. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226143996
ISBN
9780226143996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Hardback. This study of the poetry and drama of Percy Bysshe Shelley reads the letters and their biographical contexts to shed light on the poetry, tracing the ambiguous and shifting relationship between the poet's art and life. Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786940247
ISBN
9781786940247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.03

Hardback. Providing an overview of all of James M. Cain's fiction, including an analysis of the major themes of his entire literary career, the book examines Cain's impact on and importance in 20th-century culture, film in particular. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810881181
ISBN
9780810881181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.99

Hardcover. Cast in the form of a dialogue, this title treats subjects as diverse as the divinity of the Sun and the quirks of human digestion while showcasing Virgil as the master of all human knowledge from diction and rhetoric to philosophy and religion. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 464 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 115 x 22. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996724
ISBN
9780674996724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.68

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