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Literary studies: general

Hardback. This work examines the notion of Europe as expressed in Romanian and British fiction. It surveys symbolic notions of the common cultural links which seem to embody "European identity". In particular, the author examines the shift in post-Iron Curtain literary concepts of this ancient identity. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVWR; DSB; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761817468
ISBN
9780761817468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.40

Paperback. Translator(s): Joyce, Jane Wilson. Series: Masters of Latin Literature. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482854
ISBN
9780801482854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.75

Hardback. Argues that early modern English engagements with romance's infidel conversion motif - in which Jews and Muslims convert to Christianity - register theological formations of race in post-Reformation England. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBD; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257140
ISBN
9780823257140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.77

Hardback. The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary texts. Written by international experts, the volume's essays challenge earlier readings of childhood and offer fascinating contributions to the current upsurge of interest in constructions of childhood. Editor(s): Gavin, Dr. Adrienne. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230348271
ISBN
9780230348271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.02
€ 66.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Elliot, Jeffrey M. Series: Literary Conversations S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 429.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878053629
ISBN
9780878053629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Stevick, Robert D. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252063794
ISBN
9780252063794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jones, Rocet Arwel. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFW; BG; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708315613
ISBN
9780708315613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.23

Paperback. Long out of print and now published together for the first time, these three volumes of autobiography of the Cornish author and schoolteacher Anne Treneer cover the period from her birth at Gorran in 1891 to her retirement from teaching in 1948. Num Pages: 600 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; 1DBKEWC; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 37. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895125
ISBN
9780859895125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Duke University Press U.S.A.
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822312246
ISBN
9780822312246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.45

Paperback. Includes essays that explore music and its relationship to language, aesthetics, and culture in the life and work of the preeminent Modernist writer Virginia Woolf (Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, A Room of One's Own, and other works). Num Pages: 348 pages, 9 music exx., 3 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012555
ISBN
9780253012555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Hardcover. Between Two Fires examines the transnational movement of poetry during the Cold War, revealing patterns of influence previously uncharted. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198744436
ISBN
9780198744436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.95

Paperback. This is a guide to the field of women's autobiography. The 39 essays explore narratives across the centuries, including testimonies, diaries, memoirs, letters, trauma accounts, prison narratives, coming out stories, coming of age stories and spiritual autobiographies. Editor(s): Smith, Sidonie; Watson, Julia. Series: Wisconsin Studies in American Autobiography. Num Pages: 880 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 889.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
880
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299158446
ISBN
9780299158446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.02

Paperback. First full-length biography for 30 years of the great First World War poet. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 38. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753825778
ISBN
9780753825778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.42

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Random House USA Inc India
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385721981
ISBN
9780385721981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.48

Hardcover. Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi's great poem, the Mathnawi is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest known manuscripts, including the earliest, dated 1278 and preserved in the Mevlana Museum at Konya. Editor(s): Nicholson, Reynold A. Num Pages: 529 pages, notes, translation, commentary. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; HRH; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 758. English Translation. 529 pages, notes, translation, commentary. Editor(s): Nicholson, Reynold A. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; HRH; HRLK2. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 32. Weight: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust
Edition
2Rev Ed
Number of pages
529
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094105
ISBN
9780906094105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Hardback. Gore Vidal has been entertaining - and occasionally outraging - the American public for 50 years. This study examines Vidal's recent and early novels, and considers the recurring theme of the decline of the United States. Series: Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313295799
ISBN
9780313295799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manohar Publishers and Distributors India
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9788173048319
ISBN
9788173048319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.39

Paperback. This is a new translation in verse of Medea by a well-regarded poet with an introduction and notes by a scholar of Euripides. The result is a distinguished new edition of a canonical play, one of the most widely read and performed of all the Greek dramas. Translator(s): Collier, Michael; Machemer, Georgia Ann. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195145663
ISBN
9780195145663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. Montaigne is known for his exploration of the subject or the self. This work discusses these and other aspects of Montaigne's work "Essais" as features in the mapping of a mental landscape. Taking passages from different chapters of the "Essais", it guides readers through Montaigne's investigation of the subtle shades and stirrings of the mind. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; HPCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781862079441
ISBN
9781862079441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.90

Paperback. In Meetings with Mallarme, top scholars from the UK and USA have been specially commissioned to explore the significance of Mallarme's influence on some of the major players in French psychoanalysis, music, poetry, philosophy and literary theory. Editor(s): Temple, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Exeter Press Devon
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895620
ISBN
9780859895620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.45

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