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Literary studies: general
Paperback. Since the discovery over one hundred years ago of a body of Mesopotamian poetry preserved on clay tablets, what has come to be known as the Epic of Gilgamesh has been considered a masterpiece of ancient literature. This title presents the Epic to the general reader in a clear narrative. Translator(s): Kovacs, Maureen Gallery. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSB; DCF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804717113
- ISBN
- 9780804717113
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.47
€ 16.99
€ 16.47
Paperback. The Epic Hero provides a comprehensive and provocative guide to epic heroes, and to the richly imaginative tales they inhabit. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801870941
- ISBN
- 9780801870941
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Condition: New
€ 51.93
€ 51.93
Paperback. With the environmental crisis comes a crisis of the imagination, a need to find new ways to understand nature and humanity's relation to it. This is the challenge the author takes up in this book, using Thoreau's "Walden" as a touchstone. Num Pages: 600 pages, 4 fine line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBF; JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674258624
- ISBN
- 9780674258624
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.75
€ 42.99
€ 35.75
Hardback. What was the Enlightenment? Seeking to recover where, when, and how the concept of 'the Enlightenment' first emerged, this title departs from genealogies that trace it back to political and philosophical developments in England and the Dutch Republic. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184470
- ISBN
- 9780226184470
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Condition: New
€ 95.09€ 79.04
€ 95.09
€ 79.04
Paperback. Offers an understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. This title seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as "The Wealth of Nations" and "The Life of Samuel Johnson" were made by their authors alone. Num Pages: 842 pages, 45 halftones, 16 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 842
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226752532
- ISBN
- 9780226752532
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
Paperback. What was the Enlightenment? Seeking to recover where, when, and how the concept of 'the Enlightenment' first emerged, this title departs from genealogies that trace it back to political and philosophical developments in England and the Dutch Republic. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184494
- ISBN
- 9780226184494
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Hardcover. Translator(s): Cribb, Victoria. Series: Islandica. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DSBB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Library
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935995183
- ISBN
- 9780935995183
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Condition: New
€ 71.14
€ 71.14
Num Pages: 403 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGL; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618112804
- ISBN
- 9781618112804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.50€ 130.46
€ 130.50
€ 130.46
Paperback. This volume reassesses Renaissance English literature and its place in Elizabethan society. It examines, in particular, the role of Italianate literary imitation in addressing the ethical and political issues of the 16th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631190295
- ISBN
- 9780631190295
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Condition: New
€ 65.06
€ 65.06
Paperback. This lively and stimulating book guides students through the historical contexts, key figures, texts, themes and issues in sixteenth-- and early seventeenth--century English literature. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220244
- ISBN
- 9780631220244
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Condition: New
€ 60.85
€ 60.85
textbook. This collection of essays on the English novel in the 18th-century reflects the state of transatlantic criticism on the 18th-century novel and outlines developments in critical trends since the 1970s. Arguments focus on the "origins" of the novel. Series: Longman Critical Readers. Num Pages: 320 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780582088559
- ISBN
- 9780582088559
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Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardcover. Describes each of Richard Rolle books and includes details of contents and codicology. This book includes an introduction to his work explaining its significance, examining the transmission of his writings, and providing a guide to the conventions of presentation used in the catalogue. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 188 x 20. Weight in Grams: 978.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898201
- ISBN
- 9780859898201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.78
€ 192.78
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650173
- ISBN
- 9780691650173
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Condition: New
€ 197.28
€ 197.28
Paperback. The English Handbook: A Guide to Literary Studies is a comprehensive new textbook providing essential practical and analytical reading and writing skills for literature students at all levels. The Handbook features coverage of all key areas, from sonnets to irony to close textual analysis. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405183758
- ISBN
- 9781405183758
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Condition: New
€ 33.23
€ 33.23
Hardcover. What constitutes reading? This work seeks to transform the nineteenth-century field of ""Religion and Literature"" into ""Reading and Religion,"" emphasizing both the material and the institutional contexts for each. It aims to make a contribution to various models for understanding change in Britain during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925714
- ISBN
- 9780813925714
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Condition: New
€ 67.96
€ 67.96
Paperback. A new account of medieval and Renaissance clown traditions reveals the true extent of their cultural influence. Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature. Num Pages: 258 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations, 6 black and white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843566
- ISBN
- 9781843843566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.58
€ 33.99
€ 32.58
Hardback. From the late-medieval period through to the 17th century, English theatrical clowns carried a weighty cultural significance, only to have it stripped from them, sometimes violently, by the close of the Renaissance when the famed 'license' of fooling was effectively revoked. This survey of clown traditions in the period looks at their history. Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843842002
- ISBN
- 9781843842002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.87
€ 88.87
Drawing on the disciplines of book history, translation studies, comparative literature, and visual studies, the author focuses on the book as an object, examining how specific copies of manuscripts and printed books were presented to an English readership by a variety of translators. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646032
- ISBN
- 9781442646032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.14
€ 103.14
Paperback. The two Shelleys, Byron, Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont, and John William Polidori (Byron's physician) spent a "wet, ungenial summer in the Swiss Alps." Byron suggested that "each write a ghost story." If one is to trust Mary Shelley's account, only she and "poor Polidori" took the contest seriously. Editor(s): Levine, George; Knoepflmacher, U. C. Num Pages: 362 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520046405
- ISBN
- 9780520046405
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.28
€ 38.99
€ 28.28
Paperback. The Ends of Literature analyzes the part played by literature within contemporary Latin American thought and politics, above all the politics of neoliberalism. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADSL; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743464
- ISBN
- 9780804743464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51