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Literary studies: general

Hardback. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 258 pages, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 2GDC; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137512253
ISBN
9781137512253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.89

Hardcover. Focusing on its adaptation in the Chinese context, Catherine Vance Yeh traces the rise of the political novel to international renown between the 1830s and the 1910s. Yeh explores in detail the tensions characteristic of transcultural processes, among them the dynamics through which a particular, and seemingly local, literary genre goes global. Num Pages: 441 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504356
ISBN
9780674504356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 54.73

Hardcover. This text examines the ways that Classical and Renaissance epic poems often work against their expressed moral and political values. It combines a formal and tropological analysis that stresses difference and disjunction with a political analysis of the epics figurative economy. Num Pages: 496 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 38. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719179
ISBN
9780804719179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Paperback. Includes translated commentaries, dating from the sixth century, that show the persisting survival of Greek learning in an increasingly Christianised world. This work takes the form of a series of explanations and glosses of classical references in Gregory's original Sermons. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HRAX; HRCX4; HRKP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853239178
ISBN
9780853239178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801048821
ISBN
9780801048821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.42

Hardcover. A literary reading informed by the recent temporal turn in Queer Theory, this book analyzes medieval Biblical drama for themes representing modes of power such as the body, politics, and law. Revitalizing the discussions on medieval drama, Sturges asserts that these dramas were often intended not to teach morality but to resist Christian authority. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230115781
ISBN
9780230115781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349008759
ISBN
9781349008759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.64

Hardcover. A sweeping intellectual history of the relationship between literary translation, authoritarian politics, linguistic ideologies, juristic philology, religion, and poetry in late nineteenth-century Colombia. Num Pages: 261 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 2ADS; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430. Poetry and Ideology in Nineteenth-century Colombia. 292 pages, Illustrations. A sweeping intellectual history of the relationship between literary translation, authoritarian politics, linguistic ideologies, juristic philology, religion, and poetry in late nineteenth-century Colombia. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 2ADS; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230615335
ISBN
9780230615335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.23

paperback. A sweeping intellectual history of the relationship between literary translation, authoritarian politics, linguistic ideologies, juristic philology, religion, and poetry in late nineteenth-century Colombia. Num Pages: 290 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH5; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2010
SKU
V9781349379156
ISBN
9781349379156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Presents war stories that are often shocking accounts of the incivilities perpetrated by and on men suddenly confronting their own mortality. This book presents stories that center on the subject of the awareness of imminent violent death. It includes the classic "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", "Chickamauga", "The Mocking Bird," and others. Editor(s): Hopkins, Ernest Jerome. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 6. Weight in Grams: 159.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
139
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260870
ISBN
9780803260870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.53

Hardback. The Classical Moment is a reexamination of the concept of a supreme moment in the literatures of Greece, Mesopotamia, India, China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Taking the case of Greece as its starting point, it examines what such "moments" have in common, how they are created, and what effect they have on subsequent literary creation. Editor(s): Holst-Warhaft, Gail; McCann, David R. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847694198
ISBN
9780847694198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 381 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231051040
ISBN
9780231051040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.43
€ 102.15

Paperback. The Classical Roman Reader provides access to literary, artistic, social, religious, political, scientific, and philosophical texts that shaped Roman thinking and helped form the backbone of Western culture. Editor(s): Atchity, Kenneth John. Num Pages: 480 pages, 49 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AH; DSB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 187 x 32. Weight in Grams: 843.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195127409
ISBN
9780195127409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.80

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 135.61

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

€ 70.78

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

€ 98.73

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

€ 108.92

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

€ 98.09

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

€ 62.52

Paperback. Robert Brasillach was executed in 1945 for what he wrote during the Nazi occupation of France. The author raises the question of whether he was condemned for his writing, or singled out as a homosexual; and why he was shot, when those responsible for the murder of thousands were set free. Num Pages: 318 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226424156
ISBN
9780226424156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.08

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

€ 211.11

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

€ 71.38
€ 55.72

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

€ 73.76
€ 57.37

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

€ 150.39

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