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Literary studies: general
Hardback. A pioneer of the the new law and literature movement narrates its central vision, which he calls poethics: the revival of jurisprudence through literary sources and techniques. He argues that lawyers, like novelists, must use language that is precise in order to tell their stories persuasively. Num Pages: 312 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074544
- ISBN
- 9780231074544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.81
€ 92.81
Paperback. Unlike the literary traditions of the United States, England, and France, the first century of Hebrew literature was lacking in women novelists; women tended to write poetry, while prose fiction was mainly the domain of male writers. This book presents a comparative analysis of Israeli fiction by women and some of its Western models. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111478
- ISBN
- 9780231111478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Focuses on Native literatures in a postcolonial context. This work contains essays that consider the complex social and political influences that have shaped American Indian literatures in the second half of the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on core themes of identity, sovereignty, and land. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231117647
- ISBN
- 9780231117647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.93
€ 125.93
Hardback. The T'ang dynasty was the great age of Chinese poetry, and Po Chu-i (772-846) was one of that era's most prolific major poets. This text brings together 128 of Po Chu-i's poems and one short prose piece that exemplify the earthly grace and deceptive simplicity of this master poet. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118385
- ISBN
- 9780231118385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.43
€ 121.43
Paperback. Challenges critical assumptions about the way Aestheticism responded to anxieties about nationality, sexuality, identity, influence, originality and morality. This book also shows how these conflicting energies animated the late 19th century's most exciting transatlantic cultural enterprise. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697533
- ISBN
- 9780748697533
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Condition: New
€ 50.79
€ 50.79
Hardcover. The "Psammead Trilogy" written by Edith Nesbit includes "Five Children and It", "The Phoenix and the Carpet", and "The Story of the Amulet". The essays collected in this volume celebrate the completion of the "Psammead Trilogy". These essays employ differing strategies and place Edith Nesbit in various contexts to assess her achievement. Editor(s): Jones, Raymond E. Series: Children's Literature Association Centennial Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810854017
- ISBN
- 9780810854017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.76
€ 119.76
Hardcover. Editor(s): Horne, Jackie C.; Sanders, Joe Sutliff. Series: Children's Literature Association Centennial Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810881877
- ISBN
- 9780810881877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.99
€ 132.99
Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, 1939-1962
Christopher (Editor) Williams/William Carlos;...
Paperback. Series: New Directions Paperbook. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 270 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Ltd United States
- Edition
- Reprinted edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811211888
- ISBN
- 9780811211888
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.20
€ 30.99
€ 29.20
Paperback. This title brings together texts by and about Thomas More - poet, scholar, statesman, educational reformer, philospher, historian and saint. The writings focus upon More's views of education, political theory, church-state relations, love and friendship, practical politics and conscience. Editor(s): Wegemer, Gerard B.; Smith, Stephen W. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD; DSK; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813213767
- ISBN
- 9780813213767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.42
€ 48.42
Paperback. Offers translations of twenty-five Latin sermons written between 1350 and 1450, which demonstrate how preachers constructed them and shaped them to their own purposes. This book contains a general introduction and short historical notes on the individual selections. Translator(s): Wenzel, Siegfried. Series: Medieval Texts in Translation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215297
- ISBN
- 9780813215297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.01
€ 46.01
Hardcover. This volume is an exploration of the innovative ways in which history, both as a narration of events and the events themselves, has been dealt with by three generations of women writers in modern Italy. The works of Anna Banti, Maria Bellonci, Dacia Maraini and Silvana La Spina are examined. Editor(s): Marotti, Maria Ornella; Brooke, Gabriella. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 0. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838637715
- ISBN
- 9780838637715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.38
€ 137.38
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- D.S.Brewer
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859915632
- ISBN
- 9780859915632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.20
€ 134.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Pate, Alexs D.; Fletcher, Pamela R.; Powell, Otis J. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873519731
- ISBN
- 9780873519731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.29
€ 20.99
€ 20.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Nicolas-Hays, Inc.
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892540518
- ISBN
- 9780892540518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.13
€ 25.99
€ 23.13
Paperback. Wagering on Transcendence explores the question of ultimate meaning in literature. Through essays, Mount Mary College professors from various disciplines analyze several pieces of literature from a variety of genres and authors to show how each depicts the human struggle to find meaning. Editor(s): Carey, Phyllis. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556129827
- ISBN
- 9781556129827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.55
€ 53.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- New Amsterdam Books United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781561310401
- ISBN
- 9781561310401
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.28
€ 21.99
€ 21.28
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brien, John. Series: The Review of Contemporary Fiction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564782762
- ISBN
- 9781564782762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.73
€ 11.73
Hardback. Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter in order to ensure the good fortune of his forces in the Trojan War is, despite its heroic background, in many respects a domestic tragedy. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance Series. Num Pages: 69 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 163 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 69
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566631129
- ISBN
- 9781566631129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.01
€ 23.01
hardcover. Euripides' romantic melodrama of the reunion in Tauris of Iphigenia with the brother she thought was dead abounds in situations of danger and of touching reminiscence. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance Series. Num Pages: 67 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 67
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566631143
- ISBN
- 9781566631143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.03
€ 23.03
Paperback. In eighteen enlightening essays, the critic Brooke Allen explores the lives and work of some of the last century's most brilliant and eccentric literary talents. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBH; GT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635974
- ISBN
- 9781566635974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.46
€ 16.99
€ 16.46