Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Paperback. Polybius' account of Rome's rise to world power and her method of rule is a major source for the history of the years 220-146 BC. This new translation includes Books 1-5 in their entirety and all of the fragmentary Books 6 and 12 on the Roman constitution and historiography. It is accompanied by an illuminating introduction and notes. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199534708
- ISBN
- 9780199534708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
€ 16.99
€ 13.36
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996373
- ISBN
- 9780674996373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.91
€ 33.99
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Paperback. Originally published: Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 848 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 848
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199535668
- ISBN
- 9780199535668
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Hardcover. The main part of Polybius' history covers the years 264--146 BCE, describing the rise of Rome, her destruction of Carthage, and her eventual domination of the Greek world. For this edition, W. R. Paton's excellent translation has been thoroughly revised, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996588
- ISBN
- 9780674996588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.62
€ 33.99
€ 28.62
Hardcover. The historian Polybius (ca 200-118 BCE) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea) and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. This title offers a translation of Polybius' work. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DB; DSBB; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 117 x 31. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996380
- ISBN
- 9780674996380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.71
€ 33.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Editor(s): Dubrow, Heather; Strier, Richard. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226167664
- ISBN
- 9780226167664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
Hardback. First modern critical edition of one of the most important and popular texts on the Crusades to survive. Editor(s): Kempf, D.; Bull, M. G. Num Pages: 195 pages, 2, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 1 black and white, 1 lin. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838081
- ISBN
- 9781843838081
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Condition: New
€ 97.69
€ 97.69
Paperback. The "High Book of the Grail" (Perlesvaus) is one of the most fascinating of medieval Arthurian romances. The framework of the romance is the struggle of Arthur and his knights to impose - by force - the New Law of Christianity in place of the Old Law. This work presents this view of the Arthurian world to students of medieval literature. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843841210
- ISBN
- 9781843841210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.94
€ 33.99
€ 28.94
Hardback. "The Satyricon of Petronius", a comic novel written in the first century AD, is famous primarily for its amazing banquet tale, "Trimalchio's Feast." In this discussion of Petronius' masterful use of parody, the author offers an interpretation of the "Satyricon" as a whole. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520207158
- ISBN
- 9780520207158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.24€ 45.45
€ 58.24
€ 45.45
Paperback. Describes the literary phenomenon of the Sophoclean tragic hero. This work presents an analysis of three plays, the Antigone, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus, that emphasizes the individuality and variety of the living figures Sophocles created on the same basic armature. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266. Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. 224 pages. Describes the literary phenomenon of the Sophoclean tragic hero. This work presents an analysis of three plays, the Antigone, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus, that emphasizes the individuality and variety of the living figures Sophocles created on the same basic armature. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 12. Weight: 260.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520049574
- ISBN
- 9780520049574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.68
€ 36.99
€ 26.68
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised & expanded ed
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631578
- ISBN
- 9780691631578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.37
€ 133.37
Hardback. This book is a genealogy of reconciliation in modern Ireland. As Seamus Deane has written, reconciliation stands at a nexus between politics and aesthetics in Irish writing, and has therefore often been a vehicle of colonial ideology. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782050681
- ISBN
- 9781782050681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195300079
- ISBN
- 9780195300079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Hardback. By examining how narrative strategies reinforce or contest deterministic paradigms, this work describes modern Chinese fiction's contribution to ethical and literary debates over the possibility for meaningful moral action. It analyses discourses of agency and fatalism and the ethical import of narrative structures. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022676
- ISBN
- 9780674022676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 41.87
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€ 41.87
Hardback. The Heart of Mid-Lothian is precisely focused on the trials for murder of John Porteous and of Effie Deans in 1736 and 1737. Editor(s): Hewitt, David; Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 792 pages, geneal. table, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1092.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 792
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605705
- ISBN
- 9780748605705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.26
€ 175.26
The Heart Has its Reasons. Young Adult Literature with Gay/Lesbian/Que...
Cart, Michael; Jenkins, Christine A.
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
€ 100.44
Hardback. This volume includes over 4000 citations, as well as 15 major new critical studies and 2 new biographies. It includes citations for works published in languages other than English and provides English translations of their titles for quick assessment of their scholarly value. Series: The Scarecrow Author Bibliographies Series. Num Pages: 596 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810834828
- ISBN
- 9780810834828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.62
€ 167.62
Hardcover. Editor(s): Lackey, Professor Michael. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813934860
- ISBN
- 9780813934860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.78
€ 48.78
Paperback. Series: Virago Classic Non-Fiction. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349004358
- ISBN
- 9780349004358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. One of the great 20th century political diaries back in print in a new edition with 20% new material Editor(s): Nicolson, Nigel. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753819975
- ISBN
- 9780753819975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96