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Literary studies: general

Hardback. The legend of Mulan remains one of the most popular Chinese folktales despite (or because of) its lack of supernatural demonstrations or interventions. In addition to a translation of the earliest recorded version of the legend, this title offers translations of several later iterations of the tale. Translator(s): Kwa, Shiamin; Idema, Wilt L. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9781603841979
ISBN
9781603841979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.28
€ 41.27

Paperback. The legend of Mulan remains one of the most popular Chinese folktales despite (or because of) its lack of supernatural demonstrations or interventions. In addition to a translation of the earliest recorded version of the legend, this title offers translations of several later iterations of the tale. Translator(s): Kwa, Shiamin; Idema, Wilt L. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841962
ISBN
9781603841962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.61

Hardback. This reference discusses the experiences of writers active since 1945 who were shaped by cultures other than their own. Editor(s): Amoia, Alba; Knapp, Bettina L. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; DSBH; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1447.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313306884
ISBN
9780313306884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.94
€ 79.38

Paperback. This book explores the literary traditions of four different cultural groups within Israeli society (Palestinians, Mizrahim, Russian-and Ethiopian-Israelis) to illustrate the diversity within a literary arena, commonly portrayed with a homogeneous narrative. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536808
ISBN
9781557536808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.24

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
D.S.Brewer
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859915632
ISBN
9780859915632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.75

Hardback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498500326
ISBN
9781498500326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 17.02

Paperback. Examines a small group of early papyrus manuscripts of Homer's Iliad, known as the Ptolemaic papyri, which, although fragmentary, are the oldest surviving physical evidence of the text of the Iliad, dating from the third to the first centuries BCE. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 9. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674053236
ISBN
9780674053236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.52

Paperback. American crime novels are often derided for containing misogynistic attitudes. This book argues that such novels are in fact psychologically complex and sophisticated works which demand that readers take responsibility for the images of masculinity that they project on to these works. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814726914
ISBN
9780814726914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Westlake, Donald E. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195104875
ISBN
9780195104875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.38

Hardcover. Provides a perspective on the documentary diversity of Muriel Rukeyser's work and influences. This study of twentieth-century American poet Muriel Rukeyser explores the multiple avenues of her 'poetics of connection' to reveal a profound engagement with the equally intertextual documentary genre. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748670536
ISBN
9780748670536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.58

Paperback. A resource for students and scholars alike, this volume provides information about Spark's oeuvre while featuring current, theoretically informed interpretations of individual texts. Editor(s): Herman, David. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801895548
ISBN
9780801895548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.06

Hardback. A resource for students and scholars alike, this volume provides information about Spark's oeuvre while featuring current, theoretically informed interpretations of individual texts. Editor(s): Herman, David. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801895531
ISBN
9780801895531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.11
€ 64.05

Paperback. Ekphrasis is the art of describing works of art. Heffernan explores this ambivalent poetry, which simultaneously celebrates the power of the silent image while circumscribing that power with the authority of the word. The canon of this work is known as the 'Museum of Words'. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226323145
ISBN
9780226323145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GM; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271029917
ISBN
9780271029917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.43
€ 60.75

Hardback. Music from a Speeding Train challenges the view that there was no Jewish culture in the Soviet Union by exploring over one hundred Russian and Yiddish works from the 1920s to the turn of the 21st century. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 697.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804774437
ISBN
9780804774437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 47 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AVGC; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783272006
ISBN
9781783272006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

Hardcover. Illuminates unexplored dimensions of the music-literature relationship and the sometimes unrecognized talents of certain famous writers and composers. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 307 x 2. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139733
ISBN
9781571139733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.98

Hardback. It will interest English-language medievalists of several other disciplines: intellectual historians and specialists of English, as well as scholars of Italian and Iberian literature. Translator(s): Curley, Michael J.; Rendall, Steven. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 568 pages, 14, 12 black & white line drawings, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; DSA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 43. Weight in Grams: 904.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411248
ISBN
9781421411248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.78
€ 75.66

Paperback. An historical tragedy by an eighteenth century playwright. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 75 pages, 1 b&w plate, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
75
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859893770
ISBN
9780859893770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.64

Hardback. A wry and beautifully observed memoir about coming of age in the era of conceptual art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 48 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393240719
ISBN
9780393240719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.64

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