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Paperback. Ilusion aulica e imaginacion caballeresca en El Cortesano de Luis Milan" Series: North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469609980
ISBN
9781469609980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.29

Paperback. Features 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction', 'The Task of the Translator' and 'Theses on the Philosophy of History', as well as essays on Kafka, storytelling, Baudelaire, Brecht's epic theatre, and Proust. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847923868
ISBN
9781847923868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 16.65

Paperback. Dictated in an idiomatic, associative style, this book exposes the doubleness of Carson McCullers's life. A mine of information for anyone interested in McCullers and American literary life in the 1950s, these memoirs are also a testament to the courage and love of life of their author. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 223 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299164447
ISBN
9780299164447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.72

Hardback. Survey of one of the most important surviving medieval manuscripts reveals much of its contemporary cultural, literary and social milieu. Num Pages: 256 pages, 45, 16 colour, 29 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ADF; ACK; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843842804
ISBN
9781843842804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 101 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Viking Society for Northern Research United Kingdom
Number of pages
101
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903521918
ISBN
9780903521918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.16

Paperback. Reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, this study shows cancer for what it is. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187129
ISBN
9780141187129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816695782
ISBN
9780816695782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.82

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
€ 24.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555974718
ISBN
9781555974718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.60

Paperback. Editor(s): Brinker-Gabler, Gisela; Zisselberger, Markus. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572411302
ISBN
9781572411302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.44

Paperback. In this work of criticism, Chekhov's foremost Russian interpreter offers to Western readers a clear appraisal of the master's work. Editor(s): Pitcher, Harvey. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 335.
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566635233
ISBN
9781566635233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.89

Paperback. * The definitive and ONLY complete translation of Sappho, by one of the world's greatest living poets Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080816
ISBN
9781844080816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.66

Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501702112
ISBN
9781501702112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

Hardcover. This volume brings together a number of contributors to look at how and why certain writers have attained celebrity throughout history. Editor(s): Honings, Rick; Franssen, Gaston. Num Pages: 282 pages, 30 full color. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089649638
ISBN
9789089649638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.92

Hardcover. This text seeks to return Marie Corelli, popular novelist of the turn of the 20th century, to conversations about the late-Victorian and Edwardian literary world. It reveals the profusion of the late-Victorian literary imagination and discusses how seriously we should take Corelli's aesthetic. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919157
ISBN
9780813919157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.75

Hardback. Examines the way divisions between Chinese rural workers and the state were recast in the 20th century as divisions between intellectuals and peasants. The author argues that this division was a central concern of the literature, resulting in a picture of a repressed peasantry, allowing them to become a focus of political and revolutionary protest. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733199
ISBN
9780804733199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.04

Hardback. This book offers the first full-length English-language biography of Avraam Uri Kovner, a fascinating and peculiar Russian-Jewish writer and criminal who lived at the end of the nineteenth century. It is also an examination of Russo-Jewish identity in the modern period and of larger questions of hybridity and performativity. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBF; DSK; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732901
ISBN
9780804732901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12

Paperback. Describes the role of lesbian poets as theorists of lesbian identity and activism. This work includes historical writing about the women's and lesbian-feminist movements; discussions of works of Judy Grahn, Pat Parker, Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, and Gloria Anzaldua; and, a chapter on the rise and hegemony of queer theory within lesbigay studies. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 173 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110334
ISBN
9780231110334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.52

Hardback. Levy explores the classic Chinese novel The Story of the Stone(also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), illuminating the work by interpreting its four major themes: the inversion of traditional family dynamics, the function of illness and medicine in a Buddhist society, the role of poetry in a dynastic Chinese society, and the use of poetry as a vehicle for spiritual retribution. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114066
ISBN
9780231114066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.30
€ 82.68

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648637
ISBN
9780691648637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.30

Paperback. The Icelandic sagas, composed between the twelfth and the nineteenth centuries, are one of the world's great literary treasures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB; DSK; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2Rev Ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752428949
ISBN
9780752428949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Hardback. Details how this marginalized region has gradually become part of modern Europe Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DN; DSB; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990835
ISBN
9780295990835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.21

Paperback. Ibsen ascended to the first ranks of European writers in the late nineteenth century and has remained there ever since. Editor(s): Johnston, Brian. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 640 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2ACSN; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
49418th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393924046
ISBN
9780393924046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138941496
ISBN
9781138941496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.97

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