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paperback. Auden's dedication as a writer was matched only by his commitment to challenging the received view of political and personal life. This biography offers a commentary on Auden's work, ideas and life within the context of the wars, ideologies, spiritual quests and sexual attitudes of this century. Series: Vintage Lives. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099442561
- ISBN
- 9780099442561
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 15.29
€ 29.99
€ 15.29
paperback. It also includes extracts from a wealth of poems inspired by his work - including Spenser's Faerie Queen, Milton's Paradise Lost, Ezra Pound's Cantos and T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140423884
- ISBN
- 9780140423884
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€ 23.99€ 17.36
€ 23.99
€ 17.36
paperback. A catalogue of mass slaughter, torture and slavery, which showed that the evangelizing vision of Columbus had descended under later conquistadors into genocide. It demands that the Indians be entitled to the basic rights of humankind. Editor(s): Griffin, Nigel. Translator(s): Griffin, Nigel. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; 3JB; DSBB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140445626
- ISBN
- 9780140445626
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€ 10.99€ 9.75
€ 10.99
€ 9.75
paperback. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, the author creates a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. It shows you a wily fox being outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock the author. Editor(s): Temple, Robert K.G. Translator(s): Temple, Olivia; Temple, Robert K.G. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140446494
- ISBN
- 9780140446494
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€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
paperback. A comprehensive selection of Voltaire's very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often no more than a few pages long. Their genre is something between a tale and a polemic - more gestures than stories. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, chronlogy, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140446869
- ISBN
- 9780140446869
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
hardcover. Considers fifteen South Asian literary traditions - including Hindi, Indian-English, Persian, Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Urdu - in their full historical and cultural variety. This title makes a contribution to historical cultural studies and to literary theory in addition to the new perspectives it offers on what literature has meant in South Asia. Editor(s): Pollock, Sheldon. Num Pages: 1105 pages, 6 maps, 2 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 1105
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228214
- ISBN
- 9780520228214
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€ 99.68€ 76.12
€ 99.68
€ 76.12
Paperback. "In this book Natasha Distiller explores historic and contemporary uses of Shakespeare in South African society which illustrate the complexities of colonial and post-colonial realities as they relate to iconic Englishness."--Back cover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145614
- ISBN
- 9781868145614
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
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The Four Hundred Songs of War & Wisdom – An Anthology of Poems from ...
. Ed(S): Hart, George L.; Heifetz, Hank
hardcover. Two prominent translators present the first complete English-language edition of one of India's greatest works of classical literature: the Purananuru. This anthology of four hundred poems by more than 150 poets between the first and third centuries C.E. delves into living and dying, despair, love, poverty, and the changing nature of existence. Editor(s): Hart, George L.; Heifetz, Hank. Translator(s): Heifetz, Hank; Hart, George L. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 436 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 2BRT; DC; DSBB; DSC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 817.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780231115629
- ISBN
- 9780231115629
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Condition: New
€ 148.09
€ 148.09
hardcover. Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) was arguably the most famous playwright in Japanese history and wrote more than 100 plays for the kabuki and bunraku theaters. This volume includes five plays, four histories and one contemporary piece that complement other collections of Chikamatsu's work, revealing various dimensions to the work of this artist. Translator(s): Gerstle, C. Andrew. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 862.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780231121668
- ISBN
- 9780231121668
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Condition: New
€ 148.47
€ 148.47
Paperback. Features letters that are addressed, with just two exceptions, to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom the author was married. This book became an instant bestseller on its publication in 1998 and won the Forward Prize for Poetry in the same year. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 214 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571194735
- ISBN
- 9780571194735
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.01
€ 17.99
€ 13.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, B/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1M; 2AB; DSB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855755447
- ISBN
- 9780855755447
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Paperback. An abbess in the Franciscan abbey of Longchamp, Agnes of Harcourt wrote a biography of Isabelle of France and a letter detailing Louis IX's involvement with the abbey, both of which provide a window on 13th-century religious life. This translation also contains an introduction to her life and work. Editor(s): Field, Sean L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA). Translator(s): Field, Sean L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA). Series: Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3H; BG; DN; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268044046
- ISBN
- 9780268044046
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AJB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807068809
- ISBN
- 9780807068809
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.51
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€ 36.51
paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 555.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252063916
- ISBN
- 9780252063916
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.14
€ 25.99
€ 24.14
Hardcover. This volume contains diverse essays on the works of Susan Fenimore Cooper. They discuss Cooper's uses and manipulations of various literary conventions and illuminate her positions on conservation, religion, and woman's place in society. Editor(s): Johnson, Rochelle; Patterson, Daniel. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820323268
- ISBN
- 9780820323268
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Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
paperback. Colin Macleod died in December 1981. Many regarded him as one of the most profound interpreters in our times of Greek and Latin literature and ideas. This is a collection of his essays which particularly focus on the work of Thucydides, Horace, and Gregory of Nyssa. Num Pages: 370 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 619.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198150848
- ISBN
- 9780198150848
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Condition: New
€ 149.61
€ 149.61
paperback. Establishing an imaginative space for blackness, four mid-century American writers resist literary segregation Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- American Literatures Initiative United States
- Edition
- American Literatures Initiative
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439909430
- ISBN
- 9781439909430
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Ashgate Critical Essays on Women Writers in England, 1550-1700: Volume...
Dr. Micheline . Ed(S): White
hardcover. Anne Lock, Isabella Whitney and Aemilia Lanyer are important literary figures. This book collects essays that elucidate these women's works from a wide range of feminist, literary, aesthetic, economic, racial, sexual and theological perspectives. Editor(s): White, Dr. Micheline. Series Editor(s): Lamb, Professor Mary Ellen. Series: Ashgate Critical Essays on Women Writers in England, 1550-1700. Num Pages: 506 pages, Includes 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754660866
- ISBN
- 9780754660866
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Condition: New
€ 224.19
€ 224.19
Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 287.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195326550
- ISBN
- 9780195326550
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Condition: New
€ 39.06
€ 39.06
Paperback. Makes the case that diversity, innovation, and canon expansion are essential to maintaining the vitality of African American literary studies Editor(s): King, Lovalerie; Moody-Turner, Shirley. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006264
- ISBN
- 9780253006264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60