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Paperback. What is the fascination that decollation holds for us, as individuals and as a culture? Why does the idea make us laugh and the act make us close our eyes? "Losing Our Heads" explores in both artistic and cultural contexts the role of the chopped-off head. Num Pages: 255 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742709
- ISBN
- 9780814742709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardcover. Melek Ortabasi reassesses the influence of Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962), a folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, in shaping modern Japan's cultural identity. Only the second book-length English-language study of Yanagita, this book moves beyond his pioneering work in folk studies to reveal the full range of his contributions as a public intellectual. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGL; DSB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674492004
- ISBN
- 9780674492004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.34
€ 54.99
€ 46.34
Hardback. What was the Enlightenment? Seeking to recover where, when, and how the concept of 'the Enlightenment' first emerged, this title departs from genealogies that trace it back to political and philosophical developments in England and the Dutch Republic. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184470
- ISBN
- 9780226184470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 79.04
€ 94.74
€ 79.04
Paperback. Traces the growth of ancient biography from the 5th century to the 1st century BC and includes the essay "Second Thoughts on Greek Biography". Momigliano clarifies the social and intellectual implications of the fact that the Greeks kept biography and autobiography distinct from historiography. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CJCW; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674200418
- ISBN
- 9780674200418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.82
€ 35.99
€ 30.82
Paperback. This book discusses political change in the view of Confucian thought. This study focuses on the Book of Change, which is one of the nine basic books of Confucius School, and has dominated oriental thought in this field for more than three thousand years. Num Pages: 164 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851257
- ISBN
- 9780761851257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.56
€ 60.56
Paperback. TheJournal of Turkish Literature(JTL) encompasses the literary output of the Turks in Asia, the Middle East, the Balkans, and elsewhere. This is volume 6. Editor(s): Halman, Talat Sait; Sheridan, Michael D.; Sheridan, R. Ashhan Aksoy; Terzioglu, Oyku. Series: Journal of Turkish Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 191 x 10. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Talat Halman
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815681816
- ISBN
- 9780815681816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.97
€ 33.97
Paperback. A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers. * An exceptionally broad-ranging Companion to the study of American fiction of the post-civil war period and the early twentieth century. Editor(s): Lamb, Robert Paul; Thompson, G. R. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 108 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405195539
- ISBN
- 9781405195539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.70
€ 71.70
Hardback. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) invented the key forms of American fiction - the Western, the sea tale, the Revolutionary War romance. This work is the treatment of Cooper's life. It is the story of how, in literature and other endeavours, Americans in his period sought to solidify their political and cultural economic independence from Britain. Num Pages: 752 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300108057
- ISBN
- 9780300108057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.33€ 40.15
€ 50.33
€ 40.15
Paperback. A compilation of 19th-century French "haunting" tales. Featuring such authors as Balzac, Merimee, Dumas, Verne, and Maupassant, this book offers readers some of the more memorable stories in the genre. Editor(s): Kessler, Joan C. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226432083
- ISBN
- 9780226432083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.34
€ 47.99
€ 37.34
hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936659
- ISBN
- 9780813936659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.85
€ 79.85
The fourth book in a multivolume history of modern Japanese literature by one of the world's most accomplished translators and scholars of Japanese culture and literature, this volume offers unparalleled insight into Japanese poetry, drama, and criticism. Num Pages: 698 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 698
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114387
- ISBN
- 9780231114387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.12
€ 169.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Rossner, Michael; Italiano, Federico. Num Pages: 230 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; GTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837621143
- ISBN
- 9783837621143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.61
€ 45.99
€ 32.61
Paperback. The Tristan Legend. Series: Arthurian Archives. 306 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Kalinke, Marianne E. Text with facing translation of the Scandinavian versions of the Tristan legend. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DN; DSBB; DSK; JFHF. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843054
- ISBN
- 9781843843054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.03
€ 35.99
€ 35.03
Hardback. Cover slightly stained. Keywords: "20th Century, Folklore, History & Criticism, Classic, The Classics, Scottish, Criticism, English" This study examines how various conventions from Irish folklore have been subsumed in 12 Irish novels published between 1912 and 1948, including works by James Joyce, Flann O'Brien, Mervyn Wall, Darrell Figgis, Eimar O'Duffy and James Stephens. black & white illustrations. Series: Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KHS0069877
- ISBN
- 9780313304903
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 30.99€ 4.99
€ 30.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Includes stories that combine passion with forceful feminist argument. In "Mary Wollstonecraft's Mary", the heroine flees her young husband in order to nurse her dearest friend, Ann, and finds genuine love, while Maria tells of a desperate young woman who seeks consolation in the arms of another man after the loss of her child. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005140
- ISBN
- 9780140433715
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
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€ 16.26
€ 16.99
€ 16.26
Paperback. Examining Edward Said's career, this book provides a critical survey of his writings and an interim assessment of his achievements in the cultural and political spheres. It includes essays on the Arab-Islamic context of Said's work, his reception among Israeli and American Jews, and the institutional contexts of his cultural criticism. Editor(s): Sprinker, Michael. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557862297
- ISBN
- 9781557862297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.46
€ 52.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313977
- ISBN
- 9780822313977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611480467
- ISBN
- 9781611480467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.19
€ 158.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801450877
- ISBN
- 9780801450877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.44
€ 67.44
Hardback. This book suggests ways in which the Literature of Loss, both mainstream and noncanonical, might become a part of the counseling techniques employed by psychotherapists to enable patients to identify with examples of literary bereavement and, through analysis of the situations described, might find healing. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838640272
- ISBN
- 9780838640272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.17
€ 118.17
Paperback. During Poland's century-long partition and in the interwar period of Poland's re-emergence as a state, Polish writers on both sides of the ocean shared a preoccupation with national identity. This analysis of these forgotten works examines the immigrant community's own competing visions of itself. Series: Polish and Polish-American Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGP; 3JH; 3JJG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 407. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821414705
- ISBN
- 9780821414705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Hardback. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838753583
- ISBN
- 9780838753583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.81
€ 111.81
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691016795
- ISBN
- 9780691016795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.14€ 51.02
€ 65.14
€ 51.02