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paperback. A story of arms and heroism that follows the adventures of Aeneas, who flees the ashes of Troy to embark upon a tortuous course that brings him to Italy and fulfills his destiny as founder of the Roman people. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 33. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143105138
- ISBN
- 9780143105138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Iain Crichton Smith's SCOTNOTE study guide is a skilful and intelligent guide to the themes and characters of the novel, and explores the religious, philosophical and moral questions that it poses. Suitable for senior school pupils and students of all ages. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK; YFB; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 4. Weight in Grams: 102. "The Cone-gatherers". Series: Scotnotes. 46 pages. Iain Crichton Smith's SCOTNOTE study guide is a skilful and intelligent guide to the themes and characters of the novel, and explores the religious, philosophical and moral questions that it poses. Suitable for senior school pupils and students of all ages. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK; YFB; YQE; YQZ. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 4. Weight: 98.
- Publisher
- Assn for Scottish Lit Studies
- Number of pages
- 60
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948877261
- ISBN
- 9780948877261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.35
€ 10.35
Paperback. This text argues that melodrama is a crucial mode of expression in modern literature. After studying stage melodrama as a dominant popular form in the 1800s, the author looks at Balzac and Henry James, to show how these "realist" novelists created fiction using rhetoric and excess of melodrama. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADF; AN; DSBF; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300065534
- ISBN
- 9780300065534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.18
€ 32.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411432
- ISBN
- 9781572411432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Brings to life the rich variety of pre-modern Arabic social and cultural life, where secular texts happily coexisted with religious ones Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814738269
- ISBN
- 9780814738269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Aristocrat, literary celebrity, 'Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new biography. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007486984
- ISBN
- 9780007486984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Samuel Beckett is a funny writer. He is also an author whose work is taken to respond ethically to the unspeakable seriousness of the post Holocaust situation. This title features readings of the comedy found in Beckett's fiction, drama and critical writings. It also provides an introduction to the theoretical debates. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Dundee University Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474401401
- ISBN
- 9781474401401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. This is an amazing book, a major achievement in the field of women's studies."-Renaissance Quarterly, reviewing Women's Writing in Italy, 1400-1650 Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408880
- ISBN
- 9781421408880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.20
€ 46.20
Paperback. A volume that introduces new areas of critical thinking which go beyond the standard 'isms': Literary Reading in a Digital Age; Critical Making in the Digital Humanities; Thing Theory; Memory Work and Criticism; Body, Objects, Technology; Criticism and 'The Animal'; and, Multimodality and Linguistic Approaches to Literary Study. Editor(s): Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699643
- ISBN
- 9780748699643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Maunder, Eliot (North London Collegiate School, UK). Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 4KL; DB; DSBB; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474266062
- ISBN
- 9781474266062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.07
€ 21.07
Paperback. The heart-warming, true story of a young woman, her single father, and the books they shared as he read to her every night of her childhood, from Harry Potter to Alice in Wonderland. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444715262
- ISBN
- 9781444715262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Hardcover. The main part of Polybius' history covers the years 264--146 BCE, describing the rise of Rome, her destruction of Carthage, and her eventual domination of the Greek world. For this edition, W. R. Paton's excellent translation has been thoroughly revised, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996588
- ISBN
- 9780674996588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.96
€ 33.99
€ 32.96
Hardback. One of our most acclaimed translators of Chinese drama and a specialist of Ming period literature translates one of the greatest Chinese tragedies of the first half of the seventeenth century, available for the first time in English. Translator(s): Birch, Cyril. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227798
- ISBN
- 9780231121682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Features translations of "The Woman From Andros"; "The Mandrake"; and "Clizia", a work inspired by Plautus' "Casin". This work explores English plays whose racy vernacular language, subtle characterisation, and innovative dramatic construction preceded Shakespeare's establishment of English-speaking theatrical comedy by more than a half century. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209015
- ISBN
- 9780872209015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.67
€ 26.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 94
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906841058
- ISBN
- 9781906841058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.35
€ 10.35
Paperback. For thousands of years we have recorded real lives - the lives of others, and of ourselves. For what purpose and for whom has this universal and timeless pursuit endured? What obstacles have lain in the path of biographers in the past, and what continues to confound biographers today? This title answers these questions. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 140 x 48. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034716
- ISBN
- 9780674034716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.06
€ 36.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 278 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. 278 pages, Ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 16. Weight: 410.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096287
- ISBN
- 9780231096287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. This collection of essays examines core authors and texts. Written by scholars from a range of Irish third-level institutions, these essays provide introductions to less familiar authors and open up critical readings of established texts. Editor(s): Kelleher, Margaret. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4PCR; CF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KTJ0049811
- ISBN
- 9781901866469
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Celebrated American literary critic Harold Bloom turns his attention to the writers of his own national literary tradition, from Walt Whitman and Herman Melville to William Faulkner and Hart Crane. The distillation of a lifetime of criticism, it is one of Bloom's most profoundly personal books to date. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 159 x 47. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198753599
- ISBN
- 9780198753599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.94
€ 35.99
€ 25.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 217 x 2. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231179690
- ISBN
- 9780231179690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 141 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403961815
- ISBN
- 9781403961815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.60
€ 67.60
Paperback. The Lives of the Poets is one of the greatest works of English criticism, but also one of the most diverting. This is the only one-volume paperback edition to make available Johnson's most substantial Lives in unabridged form. Texts are drawn from Roger Lonsdale's authoritative complete edition, and introduced by John Mullan. Editor(s): Lonsdale, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199226740
- ISBN
- 9780199226740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.19
€ 18.99
€ 15.19
Hardback. The Inarticulate Renaissance explores the conceptual potential of the disabled utterance in the English literary Renaissance. Num Pages: 360 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 32. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812241389
- ISBN
- 9780812241389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.98
€ 99.98