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Literary studies: general

Hardback. An examination of the figure of Briseis, Achilles' concubine in the "Iliad", as an example of the traditional artistry enabled by the oral poetic system. It argues that Briseis' role in the "Iliad" is enormously compressed, both in relation to the "Iliad" and the tradition of the epic cycle. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742522183
ISBN
9780742522183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.42

Paperback. Includes essays that focus on the tenth book of the Iliad, which has been doubted, ignored, and even scorned. This title uses approaches based on oral traditional poetics to illuminate many of the interpretive questions that literary approaches find unsolvable. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 184 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035591
ISBN
9780674035591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.62

Paperback. Full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 212 x 9. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405896238
ISBN
9781405896238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.36

Paperback. An engaging overview of the Russian literary tradition, with a glossary and guide to further reading. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 304 pages, 1 b/w illus. 1 map. An engaging overview of the Russian literary tradition, with a glossary and guide to further reading. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight: 494.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521606523
ISBN
9780521606523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Wolfe, Cary. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816641062
ISBN
9780816641062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Mazer, Cary M. Series: Great Shakespeareans. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474253840
ISBN
9781474253840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.20

Hardback. Society does not make it easy for young people, regardless of their sexual orientation, to find accurate, nonjudgmental information about homosexuality. It makes it even more difficult for young homosexuals. This book examines these issues and evaluates the body of literature, published for young adults that offer homosexual themes and characters. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 5S; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810850712
ISBN
9780810850712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.44

paperback. A collection of Carson McCullers' work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. It contains the working outline of "The Mute," which became her novel "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter". Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140081954
ISBN
9780140081954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. This supplementary volume attempts to evaluate and simplify Pound's often bewildering work. It contains over 10,000 separate glosses that identify all proper names, literary and historical allusions, with exegeses based upon Pound's original sources. Num Pages: 816 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1322. 816 pages, bibliography, index. This supplementary volume attempts to evaluate and simplify Pound's often bewildering work. It contains over 10,000 separate glosses that identify all proper names, literary and historical allusions, with exegeses based upon Pound's original sources. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 24. Weight: 1138.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520082878
ISBN
9780520082878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Hardback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646377
ISBN
9781442646377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145077
ISBN
9780231145077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145060
ISBN
9780231145060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.69
€ 85.15

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; AN; DSB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166508
ISBN
9780231166508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. 'All men must die': or 'Valar Morghulis', as the traditional Essos greeting is rendered into High Valyrian. And die they do - in prodigious numbers; in imaginatively varied and gruesome ways; and often in pain, terror and ordure within the blood-spattered and viciously unpredictable world that is HBO's sensational evocation of Game of Thrones. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APT; DSBB; FM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784539320
ISBN
9781784539320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.00

Hardcover. A fresh reading of the Legend shows it to be one of Chaucer's most carefully crafted and significant works. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153499
ISBN
9781903153499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.66

Paperback. Published in 1994, this is a paperback edition edition of a study of the life and writings of literary pioneer, Lydia Maria Child. Her writing made and impact on American life as she addressed the issues of her time: slavery, women's rights, treatm Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 832 pages, 10 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 254 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1429.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
832
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KEX0212593
ISBN
9780822321637
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardback. Amid the national shame and subjugation following World War I in France, journalists, novelists, doctors, and legislators worked to rehabilitate what was perceived as an unhealthy social body. This title shows how they attempted to reconstruct the 'bodily integrity' of the nation by pointing to the dangers of homosexuality and pornography. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press Berkeley
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219953
ISBN
9780520219953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.61
€ 45.84

Paperback. A groundbreaking anthology containing the work of poets who have witnessed war, imprisonment, torture, and slavery. Editor(s): Forche, Carolyn; Wu, Duncan. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340426
ISBN
9780393340426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.80

Hardback. In this volume, medievalist Carolyn Dinshaw offers a powerful critique of modernist temporal regimes through a revelatory exploration of queer ways of being in time as well as the potential queerness of time itself. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822353539
ISBN
9780822353539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353676
ISBN
9780822353676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

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