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Hardback. Contains various of W H Auden's prose works from 1949 through 1955, including various essays that exemplify his range, wit, depth, and wisdom. This book includes the text of Auden's first separately published prose book, "The Enchafed Flood", or, "The Romantic Iconography of the Sea", followed by more than one hundred essays, reviews and lectures. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 824 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1266.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press New Jersey
- Number of pages
- 824
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133263
- ISBN
- 9780691133263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.12€ 68.86
€ 89.12
€ 68.86
Hardback. W H Auden's first ten years in the United States were marked by rapid and extensive change in his life and thought. He became an American citizen, fell in love with Chester Kallman, and began to reflect on American culture. This volume contains prose that Auden wrote during these years, including essays and reviews he published under pseudonyms. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 44. Weight in Grams: 964.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089355
- ISBN
- 9780691089355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.32€ 83.75
€ 109.32
€ 83.75
Hardcover. Compiled in three beautifully slip-cased hardback editions, with an introduction by Toni Morrison, this book focuses on the understanding of the human condition and philosophical exploration of the polarities of good and evil. Num Pages: 3008 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 171 x 175. Weight in Grams: 5010.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713999563
- ISBN
- 9780713999563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.59€ 100.25
€ 142.59
€ 100.25
Paperback. Rip-roaring and rib-tickling, Francois Rabelais' irreverent story of the giant Gargantua, his giant son Pantagruel, and their companion Panurge is a classic of the written word. This translation, annotated for the nonspecialist, brings to twentieth-century English all the exuberance and invention of the original sixteenth-century French. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 1114 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1560.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1114
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520064010
- ISBN
- 9780520064010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
paperback. Brings together eleven of the author's shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". This title includes fairy stories that range from traditional fantasy - good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dream worlds. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140437379
- ISBN
- 9780140437379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.74
€ 13.99
€ 9.74
paperback. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, the author creates a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. It shows you a wily fox being outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock the author. Editor(s): Temple, Robert K.G. Translator(s): Temple, Olivia; Temple, Robert K.G. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140446494
- ISBN
- 9780140446494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
Hardcover. "The Frame translation of the complete essays was initially published in 1957 in The complete works of Montaigne."--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Frame, Donald M. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 908 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804704854
- ISBN
- 9780804704854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.59
€ 193.59
Paperback. "The Frame translation of the complete essays was initially published in 1957 in The complete works of Montaigne."--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Frame, Donald M. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 908 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3887 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press Stanford, CA
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 906
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804704861
- ISBN
- 9780804704861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. Containing various essays, this work discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience. Translator(s): Screech, M. A. Num Pages: 1360 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DNF; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 151 x 58. Weight in Grams: 932. Some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140446043
- ISBN
- 9780140446043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.76
€ 26.99
€ 18.76
Paperback. Woolf attempts to see literature from the perspective of the "common reader", someone whom she distinguished from the critic and the scholar. She invesigates medieval England, tsarist Russia, Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian novelists and modern essayists. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099443674
- ISBN
- 9780099443674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Woolf attempts to see literature from the perspective of the "common reader", someone whom she distinguished from the critic and the scholar. She invesigates medieval England, tsarist Russia, Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian novelists and modern essayists. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099443667
- ISBN
- 9780099443667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Presents 84 selections, most of which are notable examples of oratory on such subjects as nationalism, religious faith, individual liberty, freedom, and slavery. This book includes pieces by Washington, Franklin, Milton, Socrates, and Cicero, as well as heroic poetry and dramatic dialogues. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Bicentennial Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814713235
- ISBN
- 9780814713235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. Offers an overview of 20th-century writing from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Containing stories from the colonial period in Taiwan, literature by Tibetan authors, samplings from the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution, and others, this book gives an introduction to Chinese society and culture. Editor(s): Lau, Joseph S. M.; Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1064.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138413
- ISBN
- 9780231138413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Hardcover. "John Sherman" is the only work of realistic fiction Yeats ever completed. The novelette contains biographical elements and is of interest for its treatment of Yeats's recurring themes. "Dhoya" depicts a liaison between a mortal and a fairy, a motif that recurs in Yeats's poetry and other works Editor(s): Finneran, Richard J.; Finnerman, Richard J. Series: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333563489
- ISBN
- 9780333563489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Hardback. During the winter of 1818-1819, Samuel Taylor Coleridge gave 14 lectures on the history of philosophy. This edition presents an indexed text of the lecture series and provides, in addition, the complete texts of the shorthand reports and of Coleridge's own notes, along with newspaper and manuscript reports by people who attended the lectures. Editor(s): Jackson, J. R. de J. Series: Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Num Pages: 1192 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 78. Weight in Grams: 1628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691098753
- ISBN
- 9780691098753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 367.16€ 273.85
€ 367.16
€ 273.85
Hardback. Presents the manuscripts that provide insight into a crucial period of the author's intellectual development, as he became increasingly dissatisfied with Naturphilosophie and struggled to affirm Trinitarian Christianity on a rational basis. Editor(s): McFarland, Thomas. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 664 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 0. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691098821
- ISBN
- 9780691098821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 386.17€ 287.86
€ 386.17
€ 287.86
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
€ 292.30€ 218.66
€ 292.30
€ 218.66
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
€ 83.17€ 64.47
€ 83.17
€ 64.47
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
€ 129.46€ 115.96
€ 129.46
€ 115.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 7154 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 447 x 358 x 179. Weight in Grams: 12650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 7154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865979642
- ISBN
- 9780865979642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 260.22€ 202.42
€ 260.22
€ 202.42