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Paperback. Translator(s): Ladinsky, Daniel. Num Pages: 67 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 213 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 67
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140196238
- ISBN
- 9780140196238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.80
€ 19.99
€ 17.80
Hardback. Written by eminent scholar David O. Ross, this guide helps readers to engage with the poetry, thought, and background of Virgil's great epic, suggesting both the depth and the beauty of Virgil's poetic images and the mental images with which the Romans lived. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159722
- ISBN
- 9781405159722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.75
€ 115.75
Paperback. Examines the complex intertwining of race and architecture in nineteenth and early-twentieth century American culture Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; AMX; DSBF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780814732472
- ISBN
- 9780814732472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Knopf Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345810250
- ISBN
- 9780345810250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.85
€ 37.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. Translator(s): Lockert, Lacy. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 402 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691627250
- ISBN
- 9780691627250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 46.32
€ 59.21
€ 46.32
Hardback. In this series of essays Betsy Erkkila considers the historical and psychological dramas of blood-as marker of violence, race, sex, kinship-that have stood near the center of American literature, culture, and politics since the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238440
- ISBN
- 9780812238440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.37
€ 88.37
Hardcover. In this text Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. He examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary anecdote, as well as such themes as memorization, plagiarism and forgery and the dream visions of the dead. Translator(s): Cooperson, Michael. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 21 cm. BIC Classification: 1HB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629368
- ISBN
- 9780815629368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.84
€ 47.84
Hardback. Proposing that its roots can be found in Great Plains nonfiction writing, this book explores the many facets of this vital form of critique, exploration, and celebration that weaves together such elements of narrative as natural history, cultural history, geography, memoir, and intertextuality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803245020
- ISBN
- 9780803245020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.45
€ 47.45
Hardback. Set in Germany, northern France, Italy, Poland, and Spain, the essays in this book focus on leading rabbinic scholars and their writings, as well as important issues of Jewish intellectual history, such as the nature of halakhah and aggadah, kabbalah and spirituality, childhood and popular religion. Series: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023932
- ISBN
- 9780674023932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.96
€ 40.99
€ 33.96
Autobiography - Biography - Narration - Research Practice for Biograph...
Kafar, Marcin; Modrzejewska-Siwigulska, Monik...
Paperback. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
- Condition
- New
- Number of pages
- 146
- SKU
- V9788323336976
- ISBN
- 9788323336976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.40
€ 46.99
€ 33.40
Hardback. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739143612
- ISBN
- 9780739143612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.02
€ 137.02
Hardcover. Explores the relationship between Judaism and writing in the works of four twentieth-century Italian writers: Umberto Saba, Natalia Ginzburg, Giorgio Bassani, and Primo Levi. This book examines the different ways in which each author's work responds to Judaism and the notion of Jewish identity. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631989
- ISBN
- 9780815631989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.58
€ 36.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 291.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349226634
- ISBN
- 9781349226634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 31.52
€ 52.99
€ 31.52
Hardcover. Anamorphic devices challenge viewers to experience different forms of perceptual oscillation and uncertainty. This title seeks to demonstrate that much of the literature of the Spanish Golden Age is susceptible, and indeed requires, oblique readings. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532275
- ISBN
- 9781557532275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.12
€ 70.12
Hardcover. A complete literary history of the American Irish during the first part of the twentieth century. Offering a fresh perspective on familiar novelists, dramatists, and poets, the author introduces readers to a number of important writers who are often overlooked, and reveals rarely considered aspects of Irish-American social history. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268027711
- ISBN
- 9780268027711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.31
€ 108.31
Paperback. Late-20th-century critical work on the late-Victorian period has furnished a vocabulary for discussing gender and sexuality. Terms include homo/hetero and patriarchal/feminist. This text exploits that framework to show how Victorians imagined difference in ways that continue to challenge. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142272
- ISBN
- 9780226142272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.34
€ 47.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. A collection of sixteen authoritative, and widely representative, articles on Homer's Odyssey that have appeared over the last 30 years. Papers have been selected for their clarity and accessibility, while a specially written introduction gives an overview of major strands in the interpretation of Homer in the second half of the 20th century. Editor(s): Doherty, Lillian Eileen. Series: Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199233335
- ISBN
- 9780199233335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.69
€ 97.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Simone, Tom. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585101139
- ISBN
- 9781585101139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.61
€ 25.99
€ 19.61
Hardcover. Describes each of Richard Rolle books and includes details of contents and codicology. This book includes an introduction to his work explaining its significance, examining the transmission of his writings, and providing a guide to the conventions of presentation used in the catalogue. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 188 x 20. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898201
- ISBN
- 9780859898201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.78
€ 192.78
Paperback. The "De Rerum Natura" of Lucretius is a lucid explanation of physical phenomena that develops into a majestic vision of the ultimate nature of the universe. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547238
- ISBN
- 9781857547238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.61
€ 18.99
€ 17.61
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353676
- ISBN
- 9780822353676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903517666
- ISBN
- 9781903517666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Satire, written in the verse of heroic epic but focused on the evils of contemporary society, was ancient Rome's original contribution to world literature. Two great practitioners of this art, Persius and Juvenal, wrote under the early emperors. Inspired by their Republican predecessors, both radically reinvented the genre. Editor(s): Braund, Professor Susanna; Osgood, Josiah. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 628 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 254 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 628
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405199650
- ISBN
- 9781405199650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.75
€ 196.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816622771
- ISBN
- 9780816622771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48