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Literary studies: general

The Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought presents an authoritative, coherent, and wide-ranging guide to the afterlife of Greco-Roman antiquity in later Western cultures and a ground-breaking reinterpretation of large aspects of Western culture as a whole from a classical perspective. Num Pages: 530 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1QDA; 2ADL; 2AHA; AC; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 30. Weight in Grams: 988.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
530
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405155496
ISBN
9781405155496
Condition: New

€ 133.66

Paperback. A monumental work of literary scholarship, reissued with a legacy-establishing foreword by Harold Bloom. Num Pages: 808 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; DSBH; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 138 x 48. Weight in Grams: 844.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
808
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199377695
ISBN
9780199377695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.92

Hardcover. A comparative reading of the "literary" works of Abbot Thomas Walsingham, highlighting his reaction to contemporary historical events. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABC; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153635
ISBN
9781903153635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.95
€ 98.58

Hardcover. Bringing together translation theory and literary history, this volume conveys how Pound in his influential and controversial Homage to Sextus Propertius enriched the art of translation. The work of Louis Zukofsky, Basil Bunting, J. V. Cunningham, and Peter Porter is also discussed. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941664820
ISBN
9780941664820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.04

Hardcover. Peter of Blois pursued the life of a twelfth-century intellectual with vigor and passion tinged with anxiety. This book offers a study of Peter of Blois' life, thought, and writings. It explores how Peter brought classical, patristic, monastic, and scholastic traditions into an uneasy synthesis, and deployed them in letters. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; BGL; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813216768
ISBN
9780813216768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; DSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536075
ISBN
9781557536075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.24

Hardback. The Cold of May Day Monday is an account of one of the most interesting literary histories in the world, offering insights into the connections between Irish legend and literature, and accounts of the best Irish writers of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199686841
ISBN
9780199686841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.02

hardcover. Robert Louis Stevenson was one of the finest and most delightful of letter writers. This is one of a set of eight volumes containing his collected letters. The edition contains nearly 2800 letters. Volumes V and VI cover the period from July 1884 to September 1890. Series: The Collected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 474 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 950.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300061901
ISBN
9780300061901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.85

Hardback. Editor(s): Kelvin, Norman. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632988
ISBN
9780691632988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 209.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Kelvin, Norman. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691603698
ISBN
9780691603698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.41
€ 55.64

Paperback. In the spring of 1919, two British solar eclipse expeditions confirmed the correctness of general relativity theory and propelled Albert Einstein to instant celebrity. This work include a collection of papers of Einstien. Translator(s): Engel, Alfred. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; DSBH; DSK; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691057187
ISBN
9780691057187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.75
€ 56.74

Hardback. A new edition of RLS's poetry, including many previously unpublished pieces. Editor(s): Lewis, Roger C. Series: The Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 672 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1294.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
672
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615575
ISBN
9780748615575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.21

Hardback. Meticulously edited, this volume builds on recent pioneering scholarship to restore and burnish Tighe's reputation as a major Romantic-era poet. Editor(s): Feldman, Paula R.; Cooney, Brian C. Num Pages: 640 pages, 79 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418766
ISBN
9781421418766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.41
€ 65.18

Hardback. Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) is not only the greatest poet that California has produced, but a major poet of the 20th century who occupies a prominent place in the tradition of American prophetic poetry. This text is the final volume in the complete edition of his work. Editor(s): Hunt, Tim. Series: The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers. Num Pages: 1152 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 203 x 66. Weight in Grams: 2381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
1152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738170
ISBN
9780804738170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.34

Hardback. .
Publisher
The Library of America
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Box
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598535280
ISBN
9781598535280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.00
€ 71.98

hardcover. Num Pages: 382 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674139701
ISBN
9780674139701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85
€ 114.10

Paperback. "Biographia Literaria" has emerged over the last century as a supreme work of literary criticism and one of the classics of English literature. This is a completely annotated edition of the highly allusive work. Series: Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Num Pages: 856 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1326.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
856
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691018614
ISBN
9780691018614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.14
€ 63.47

Hardcover. Poetry in its many guises is at the center of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's multifarious interests. This edition contains his complete poetical works. It opens with an introduction and chronological tables. Each poem is accompanied by a headnote and commentary that together provide its historical-biographical context and offer key textual variants. Editor(s): Mays, J. C. C. Series: Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Num Pages: 1616 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2158.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
1616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691004839
ISBN
9780691004839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 381.37
€ 297.24

Hardcover. Comprises annotations on more than fifty books and manuscripts (from "Valckenaer" to "Zwick", and "Addenda"). This book includes comments on Wordsworth's "Benjamin the Waggoner," "The Prelude," and "Translation of Virgil's Aeneid," as well as on William Godwins's verse drama "Abbas." Editor(s): Jackson, H. J. Series: Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Num Pages: 760 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DNF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 46. Weight in Grams: 999.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
732
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691004952
ISBN
9780691004952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 288.66
€ 215.74

Hardcover. Poetry in its many guises is at the center of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's multifarious interests. This edition contains his complete poetical works. It is intended for historians, editorial theorists, as well as readers and students of poetry. The textual information also reveals changes in such areas as linguistic and grammatical usage. Editor(s): Mays, J. C. C. Series: Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Num Pages: 1528 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 91. Weight in Grams: 2028.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
1528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691004846
ISBN
9780691004846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 381.37
€ 293.67

Hardback. This book explores the 'colonial fortune' in light of contemporary concerns with issues of fate, economics, legacy, and debt and the persistence of the colonial in today's political and cultural conversation. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786940292
ISBN
9781786940292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.20

Hardcover. American regionalism has become a contested subject in literary studies alongside the ubiquitous triad of race, class, and gender. This book argues that regional writing provided Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, and Willa Cather with the means to explore social transformation in a form of fiction already associated with women readers and writers. Series: Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817316617
ISBN
9780817316617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.16

Paperback. Offers fresh ways of thinking about whiteness by exploring its surprisingly ambivalent partnership with heterosexuality. This book examines white-supremacist American texts written and produced between 1852 and 1915 - literary romances, dime novels, religious and scientific tracts, film - and exposes the perverse infrastructure of whiteness. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326205
ISBN
9780822326205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.32

Hardback. "With poetry selections by Amy Vladeck Heinrich, Leith Morton, and Hiroaki Sato, poetry editors." Editor(s): Rimer, J. Thomas; Gessel, Van C. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Abridged Edition
Number of pages
896
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157223
ISBN
9780231157223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.68
€ 112.58

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