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Literary studies: general
Hardcover. Our common image of the Middle Ages, constructed partly from popular accounts by Tuchman and Huizinga, is a period in European history when cultural activity was in decay. This title convincingly challenges this notion by presenting evidence of a lively medieval court culture in the northern Netherlands. Translator(s): Pomerans, Arnold J. Num Pages: 392 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 2ACD; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 513.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520067776
- ISBN
- 9780520067776
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Condition: New
€ 62.33€ 48.20
€ 62.33
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paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 68.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520069817
- ISBN
- 9780520069817
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€ 38.99€ 28.04
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Paperback. Explores unconventional texts and dimensions of culture involved in constituting Hiroshima memories - including history textbook controversies, discourses on the city's tourism and urban renewal projects, campaigns to preserve atomic ruins, survivors' testimonial practices, ethnic Koreans' narratives on Japanese colonialism. Series: Twentieth-century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power S. Num Pages: 301 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085879
- ISBN
- 9780520085879
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€ 38.99€ 27.80
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Paperback. This anthology presents Aristotle's "Rhetoric" in its original context, providing examples of the kind of oratory whose success Aristotle explains and analyzes. It assesses the role and the techniques of rhetorical persuasion in philosophic discourse and the public sphere. Editor(s): Rorty, Amelie Oksenberg. Series: Philosophical Traditions S. Num Pages: 466 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520202283
- ISBN
- 9780520202283
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€ 41.99€ 29.51
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Hardback. Until the late 19th century, Jews were identified in their own religious and poetic imagination as wanderers, their sacred center - Jerusalem, Zion - fatefully out of reach. This book examines the work of medieval Hebrew poet Yehuda Halevi to chart a journey whose end was envisioned as the realignment of the people with their original center. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 370 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSB; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206458
- ISBN
- 9780520206458
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€ 62.33€ 48.50
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Paperback. A manifesto against systematic thinking, this text on literary theory, first published 70 years ago in 1928, is a difficult book by a famously difficult writer. Editor(s): Samuels, Lisa. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213944
- ISBN
- 9780520213944
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€ 40.99€ 28.62
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Hardback. Offers a comprehensive reconsideration of the life and literary works of Paulinus of Nola (ca 352-431), a Roman senator who renounced his political career and secular lifestyle to become a monk, bishop, impresario of a saint's cult, and prominent Christian poet. This title traces Paulinus' intellectual and spiritual journey. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 404 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; BG; DSBB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217096
- ISBN
- 9780520217096
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€ 68.21€ 52.77
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Paperback. This text argues that Catullus challenges us to think about the nature of lyric in new ways. It shows how Catullus's poetry reflects the conditions of its own consumption as it explores the terms and possibilities of the poet's license. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 319 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221567
- ISBN
- 9780520221567
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€ 38.99€ 27.80
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Paperback. This anthology of treasures from the oral literature of native California includes a selection of stories, anecdotes, myths, reminiscences, and songs drawn from a wide sampling of California's many native cultures. Introductions provide cultural and biographical context. Editor(s): Luthin, Herbert W. Num Pages: 651 pages, 12 black & white photographs, 5 maps, 4 musical examples, 1 line figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2ABM; DQ; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Annotated.
- Number of pages
- 651
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222700
- ISBN
- 9780520222700
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
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Hardback. Hagiography,or writing about and illustrating the lives of saints, was one of the most creative areas for artistic inspiration in the Middle Ages. This book explores the sumptuously illustrated saints' lives that were made in medieval Europe. Num Pages: 455 pages, 8 color illustrations, 149 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; AKLB; DSB; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 264 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 455
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520223202
- ISBN
- 9780520223202
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€ 68.21€ 52.45
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Hardback. For over two millennia, the "Cyropaedia", an imaginative biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great, was Xenophon's most popular work. This study examines the work, demonstrating its overall coherence and unity and focusing, in particular, on the notoriously difficult ending. Num Pages: 211 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 2AHA; DSBB; DSK; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224049
- ISBN
- 9780520224049
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€ 57.63€ 45.08
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Paperback. Presents essays on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. This book draws from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history and challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West. Editor(s): Yu, Pauline; Bol, Peter; Owen, Stephen; Peterson, Willard. Series: Studies on China. Num Pages: 292 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224667
- ISBN
- 9780520224667
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
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Hardback. In "Works and Days", the poet writes of farming, morality, and what seems to be a very nasty quarrel with his brother Perses over their inheritance. This book extracts from the poem a picture of the social structure of Ascra, the hamlet in northern Greece where Hesiod lived, most likely during the seventh century bce. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236585
- ISBN
- 9780520236585
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Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.51
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Paperback. Drawing on Korean and Japanese texts ranging from critical essays to short stories produced in the colonial and post-colonial periods, this book analyzes the ways in which Japanese colonial and Korean nationalist discourse pivoted on such concepts as language, literature, and culture. Series: Seoul-California Series in Korean Studies. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSA; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289857
- ISBN
- 9780520289857
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€ 40.99€ 28.82
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Hardback. This book explores the fascinating world of sex and gender roles in the classical period. It provides readers with essays that represent a range of perspectives on women, gender and sexuality in the ancient world. Editor(s): Mcclure, Professor Laura K (University of Wisconsin-Madison USA). Series: Interpreting Ancient History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; JFSJ; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631225881
- ISBN
- 9780631225881
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€ 139.75
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Hardcover. This collection of essays focus on the concept and role of the author and the emergence of authorship in Greece and Rome. The volume looks at what generic rules were observed by the classical writers, how genres were classified and the role of authors in developing generic context. Editor(s): Depew, Mary; Obbink, Dirk. Series: Center for Hellenic Studies: Colloquia S. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674003385
- ISBN
- 9780674003385
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Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 83.98
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Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; GTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005167
- ISBN
- 9780674005167
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€ 43.99€ 36.47
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Hardcover. In this study of the rhetoric, narrative patterns, and intellectual content of the Zuozhuan and Guoyu, David Schaberg reads these two collections of historical anecdotes as traces of a historiographical practice that flourished around the 4th century BCE among the followers of Confucius. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 530 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 179 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008618
- ISBN
- 9780674008618
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.72
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Paperback. This colloquium volume celebrates an Hellenistic epigram collection attributed to the third-century BCE poet Posidippus. Included in this collection are an unusual collection of voices and perspectives - papyrological, art historical, archaeological, historical, literary and aesthetic. Editor(s): Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin; Baumbach, Manuel; Kosmetatou, Elizabeth. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011052
- ISBN
- 9780674011052
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.34
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Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016552
- ISBN
- 9780674016552
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.64
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Paperback. Editor(s): Yatromanolakis, Dimitrios; Roilos, Panagiotis. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674017924
- ISBN
- 9780674017924
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.47
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hardcover. Editor(s): Witzel, Michael. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 330 pages, 38 colour plates, 39 halftones & 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSBB; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 24. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Critical
- SKU
- V9780674018068
- ISBN
- 9780674018068
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€ 44.99€ 37.47
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Hardback. Offering powerful new perspectives on Lincoln, Emerson, Whitman and Melville, Meltzer reveals how the Constitution counterintuitively generated such oft-noted tendencies as these writers' penchant for self-contradiction, their willingness to court radical discontinuity, and their intensely conflicted, romance-directed fictions. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019126
- ISBN
- 9780674019126
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€ 68.15€ 61.73
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Hardback. Throughout his life, John Donne was well acquainted with the consequences of desire. This book explores this dialectic of desire, re-evaluating both Donne's poetry and the complex responses it has inspired, while taking into account the developments in the fields of historicism, feminism, queer theory, and post-modern psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023475
- ISBN
- 9780674023475
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Condition: New
€ 58.74€ 53.65
€ 58.74
€ 53.65