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paperback. This book embraces an era of enormous creative variety--the formative period during which the Romantic traditions of the past were abandoned or transformed and a major new literature created. More than a hundred poets are treated in this volume, and many more are noticed in passing. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 42. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674399457
ISBN
9780674399457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.09
€ 47.80

Hardback. Offers a study of autobiographies by French and Francophone African writers and filmmakers, all of whom reject simple first-person narration and experiment with narrative voice and form to represent fragmented subjectivity. This work investigates autobiography across media, from print to photography and film, and across the colonial encounter. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804753562
ISBN
9780804753562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348. The Rise of Maori Literature. 288 pages, black & white illustrations. From Silence to Voice portrays the early 'silence' of Maori in New Zealand literature - characterised in caricature by colonial writers, then in increasingly sympathetic portraits from the likes of Frank Sargeson, Janet Frame and Noel Hilliard - through to the new and challenging works presented by Maori writers themselves. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1MBN; DSBH5. Dimension: 212 x 148 x 16. Weight: 346.
Publisher
Oratia Media
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877514111
ISBN
9781877514111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 30.73

Paperback. Contains the proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium organised by the Centre for the Study of Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages held at the Odense University on 15-16 November 1982. Num Pages: 172 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9788774925682
ISBN
9788774925682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 20.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049403
ISBN
9780691049403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.34
€ 42.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138642065
ISBN
9781138642065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.30

Paperback. From a modernist/postmodernist perspective, this title addresses questions of literary and cultural nationalism. It reveals that since 17th century, American writing has reflected the political and historical climate and helped define America's cultural and social parameters. It argues that American literature has always been essentially modern. Num Pages: 480 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140144352
ISBN
9780140144352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.84

Hardcover. Considered an important figure in medieval French literature, Chretien de Troyes is credited with inventing the modern novel. This work demonstrates that Chretien learned the importance of translation from the Mediterranean-centered classical tradition. It examines how Irish monastic scholarship influenced the cultural identity of medieval Europe. Series: Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631606
ISBN
9780815631606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.05

Paperback. What can the printed texts of plays from Shakespeare's time say about performance? How have printed plays been read and interpreted? This collection, now available in paperback, considers the evidence of early modern printed plays and their histories of production and reception, from early performance to the psychology of Hamlet. Editor(s): Holland, Peter; Orgel, Stephen. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230210134
ISBN
9780230210134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.18
€ 63.81

Hardcover. Editor(s): Holland, Peter; Orgel, Stephen. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403992284
ISBN
9781403992284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.21

hardcover. Series: American University Studies, Series 7: Theology & Religion. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; HRCJ; HRCM; HRCX7; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 660.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KIN0001469
ISBN
9780820414010
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Among the best-known and prolific French women writers of the 16th century, Madeleine (1520 - 87) and Catherine (1542 - 87) des Roches were celebrated for their bold assertion of poetic authority for women in the realm of belles letters. This work contains selections from their celebrated oeuvre, suffused with an enduring feminist consciousness. Editor(s): Larsen, Anne R. Translator(s): Larsen, Anne R. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226723389
ISBN
9780226723389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. A survey of medieval literature from both a critical and an historical standpoint. The book contains essays on feminist and structural approaches to the medieval text, and case studies from the Renaissance, the 18th century and the 19th century. Editor(s): Simons, John. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333532744
ISBN
9780333532744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.87

Paperback. Exploring the functions of space in the Iliad, Christos Tsagalis shows how active spatial representation in similes and descriptive passages influences characterization and narrative action. He also analyzes Homeric modes of visual memory, implicit knowledge, and mnemonic formats in order to better understand descriptive and ekphrastic passages. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 566 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
566
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674067110
ISBN
9780674067110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.62

By comparing Anglo-Saxon charters, sermons, and law codes with Langland's Piers Plowman and similar poems, Yeager demonstrates that this legal and homiletical literature had an influential afterlife in the fourteenth-century poetry of William Langland and his imitators. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643475
ISBN
9781442643475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.23

Hardback. First comprehensive biography of R.C. Sherriff - an important 20th-century literary figure for over 30 years Num Pages: 388 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 190 x 39. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473860698
ISBN
9781473860698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.47

Paperback. An anthology of essays that approach literature as communicative structures dependent on media and on rhetorical and narrative modes. Ranging from ancient Greece to the present, the essays are preoccupied with the formal constructions of literature rather than conceptions of particular aesthetic experiences. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9788778386793
ISBN
9788778386793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. Why has shame displaced guilt as a dominant emotional reference in the West? This book presents a genealogical-critical study of the vicissitudes of the concept of survivor guilt and the significance of guilt's replacement by shame. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTZ1; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143323
ISBN
9780691143323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.89

Paperback. From Goethe to Gide brings together twelve essays on canonical male writers commissioned from leading specialists from Britain and North America. These essays, aimed at final year undergraduates and postgraduates, focus on Rousseau, Goethe, Schiller, Hoffmann, Stendhal, Baudelaire, Flaubert, Heine, Fontane, Zola, Kafka, Gide. Editor(s): Orr, Mary; Sharpe, Lesley. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897228
ISBN
9780859897228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.23

Hardback. From Goethe to Gide brings together twelve essays on canonical male writers commissioned from leading specialists from Britain and North America. These essays, aimed at final year undergraduates and postgraduates, focus on Rousseau, Goethe, Schiller, Hoffmann, Stendhal, Baudelaire, Flaubert, Heine, Fontane, Zola, Kafka, Gide. Editor(s): Orr, Mary; Sharpe, Lesley. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897211
ISBN
9780859897211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 159 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231054409
ISBN
9780231054409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.30
€ 79.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 144 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
East European Monographs
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880337038
ISBN
9780880337038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.82

Hardback. From Continuity to Contiguity breaks away from previous attempts attempts to define a common denominator that unifies the various modern Jewish literatures by acknowledging discontinuity as the staple characteristic of modern Jewish writing. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804762007
ISBN
9780804762007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691608556
ISBN
9780691608556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.34
€ 42.27

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