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Literary studies: general

Paperback. A unique edition of three early modern utopian texts, using a contemporary translation of More's Utopia and examining the Renaissance world view as shown by these writers. The edition includes the illustrative material that accompanied early editions of Utopia, full chronologies of the authors, notes, and glossary. Editor(s): Bruce, Susan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537990
ISBN
9780199537990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.38

Paperback. Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking essay is now presented as it was first published, with original photographic illustrations. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; GTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 117 x 17. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554811083
ISBN
9781554811083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.27

Paperback. Part of the Casebooks Series Editor(s): Holdsworth, R.V. Series: Casebook S. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333383384
ISBN
9780333383384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.34

Paperback. The three plays in this volume reflect the variety of belief in witches and practice of witchcraft in the Jacobean period. Jacobean understanding of witchcraft is illuminated by the close study of these contrasting texts in relation to each other, and other contemporary works. Editor(s): Sedge, Douglas. Num Pages: 260 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719019531
ISBN
9780719019531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.17

Paperback. Focusing on the most recent triad of Italian poetic genius--Umberto Saba, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Eugenio Montale--Joseph Cary guides us through the first few decades of twentieth-century Italy. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226095271
ISBN
9780226095271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and students in further education. This title covers three novels by Iain Banks. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; YQC. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 211 x 154 x 5. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948877483
ISBN
9780948877483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664724
ISBN
9781624664724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.09
€ 39.77

Hardback. Both comical and horrific, 'The Three Perils of Woman' is essentially a combination of two stories on similar themes. One is set in the Highlands following the Battle of Culloden and the other in Hogg's Edinburgh. Daring in its subject matter, the novel touches on such delicate topics as prostitution and venereal disease. Editor(s): Groves, Colin; Mack, Douglas S.; Hasler, Antony J. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 42. Weight in Grams: 820.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748604777
ISBN
9780748604777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.68
€ 106.08

Paperback. This volume brings together three little-known plays that convey England's early 17th-century fascination with travel and exploration. The texts are modernized with extensive commentaries and an introduction setting them in historical and cultural context. Editor(s): Parr, Anthony. Series: Revels Plays Companion Library. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719058004
ISBN
9780719058004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.98

Paperback. Franz Kafka was a self-conscious writer whose texts were highly if mysteriously autobiographical. Three giants of contemporary fiction - J M Coetzee, Philip Roth, and W G Sebald - have acknowledged their debt to the work of Kafka. This work shows that the use of Kafka by Coetzee, Roth, and Sebald is similarly self-reflexive and autobiographical. Series Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Rumold, Rainer. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810125681
ISBN
9780810125681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.51

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691624181
ISBN
9780691624181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.01

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRCF2; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650784
ISBN
9780691650784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.14

Hardback. Presents a collection of three "Turk" plays namely "Selimus, Emperor of the Turks"; "A Christian Turned Turk"; and "The Renegado". It represents Islamic power and wealth in scenes of piracy on the high seas, on-stage execution by strangulation, and rites of religious conversion. It is useful for understanding the English identity. Editor(s): Vitkus, Daniel J. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illus; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110280
ISBN
9780231110280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.53

Paperback. Presents a collection of three "Turk" plays namely "Selimus, Emperor of the Turks"; "A Christian Turned Turk"; and "The Renegado". It represents Islamic power and wealth in scenes of piracy on the high seas, on-stage execution by strangulation, and rites of religious conversion. It is useful for understanding the English identity. Editor(s): Vitkus, Daniel J. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illus; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110297
ISBN
9780231110297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.84

Hardback. Through a series of literary and cultural analyses, this book examines current theories of resistance and their impact on contemporary Latin American cultural discourse, developing a cultural theory of "illiteracy" Series: Just Ideas. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257096
ISBN
9780823257096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.20

Hardback. Liu Yuan's "Lingyan ge", a woodblock-printed book from 1669, re-creates a portrait gallery that memorialized 24 vassals of the early Tang court. This book presents a study that examines the dialogues created among the texts and images in "Lingyan ge" from multiple perspectives. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 218 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JD; AKLB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032804
ISBN
9780674032804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.36
€ 54.40

Hardcover. Brings together a group of women interested in, even consumed by, the region they inhabit physically or mentally. This volume contains self-narratives that propel themselves and their authors to the centre of critical debates concerning the status of the subject, the nature of self-representation, the globalisation of the regional, and more. Num Pages: 278 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
278
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9788778387110
ISBN
9788778387110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.85

Paperback. Armed with literacies of difference stemming from both their natures and their social situations, this book shows how Melungeons are using literacy practices to embrace the difference that they cannot escape. Series: Melungeon Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, index, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Mercer University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881461503
ISBN
9780881461503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.40

Hardcover. This English-language study of Francois Mauriac's "Bloc-notes", presents these poignant, incisive editorials on social justice, war, and human rights in postwar France as both symptomatic of a culture imbued with the past and emblematic of a Christian humanist's ethical approach to history and memory. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813213804
ISBN
9780813213804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.38
€ 85.09

Though best known as poets, Zbigniew Herbert, Joseph Brodsky, and Adam Zagajewski also wrote prose. It is this prose that this text examines, exploring the connections between the sensory experience of travel and the perception of the visual arts found in their writings. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 2AGP; 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810118379
ISBN
9780810118379
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816622634
ISBN
9780816622634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.23

Mabel Lang's long career as a scholar and teacher has given her a unique perspective on one of the most important authors in western literature. This book brings together several of her most thoughtful papers on figures and issues including the 400, Cleon, and Alcibiades, and joins them with new material on narrative technique. Editor(s): Hamilton, Richard; Dickey, Eleanor; Rusten, Jeffrey S. Series: Cultural Legacies. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBAH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Michigan Classical Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979971341
ISBN
9780979971341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.88

Paperback. Offers a better way to read Thucydides through the explanation of grammar and a glimpse into the history of classical scholarship Num Pages: 148 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472068470
ISBN
9780472068470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.42

Hardcover. Offers a better way to read Thucydides through the explanation of grammar and a glimpse into the history of classical scholarship Num Pages: 148 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472098477
ISBN
9780472098477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.45

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