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Hardback. This is the very first English translation of the work and reproduces the original edition, published under the author's supervision in 1855 Editor(s): Davies, Humphrey. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814769843
- ISBN
- 9780814769843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.67
€ 47.67
Hardcover. The first critical monograph to benefit from the textual rigour of Archie Burnett's landmark edition of The Complete Poems (2012), Radical Larkin celebrates Larkin's technical genius by offering seven in-depth analyses of the stylistic strategies he used to create eleven of his most famous poems. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 219 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348240
- ISBN
- 9780230348240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Paperback. This fascinating new book offers a detailed account of the prolific debate about the sensation novel and considers the genre's dialogues with a number of sciences. Well-known and obscure sensation novels are read against this context in order to recover the forgotten history of sensual reading the genre inspired. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349301027
- ISBN
- 9781349301027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. Shirley Werner, On the History of the Commenta Bernensia and the Adnotationes super Lucanum, Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 32. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Department of the Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674379442
- ISBN
- 9780674379442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.53
€ 52.99
€ 44.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226419107
- ISBN
- 9780226419107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.18
€ 27.99
€ 23.18
hardcover. This collection presents the best of George Bernard Shaw's witticisms and other turns-of-phrase. It surveys Shaw's passion for politics, the arts, and life in general. Editor(s): Dukore, Bernard F. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CB; DQ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104784
- ISBN
- 9780231104784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.94
€ 56.94
Paperback. A concise study of the life and poetry of the Victorian priest-poet. The book gives a chronological description and analysis of Hopkins's career and writing, and pays due attention to his Victorian and Jesuit background - a man divided between the religious and the aesthetic life. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333568217
- ISBN
- 9780333568217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.40
€ 65.40
Hardcover. This is an illuminating discussion of guilt, fear, violence and aesthetics from a global perspective. Herlinghaus evaluates new Latin American novels, films and music through the lens of some of Walter Benjamin's controversial writings on violence and religion. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608177
- ISBN
- 9780230608177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.72
€ 53.37
€ 47.72
hardcover. Series: The Cornell Yeats. Num Pages: 432 pages, 175. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 175 x 35. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801442933
- ISBN
- 9780801442933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.92
€ 195.92
Hardcover. Bram Stoker, Dracula and the Victorian Gothic Stage re-appraises Stoker's key fictions in relation to his working life. It takes Stoker's work from the margins to centre stage, exploring how Victorian theatre's melodramatic and Gothic productions influenced his writing and thinking. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298980
- ISBN
- 9781137298980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Albanese, Ralph; Guiney, M. Mort. Series: Yale French Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300118209
- ISBN
- 9780300118209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Focuses on unpublished manuscripts and closely examines Dos Passos's first novels. This book reveals how his practical aesthetics and use of myth come together in a triumph of form that presents an important vision of America. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941664189
- ISBN
- 9780941664189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.23
€ 117.23
Matro of Pitane and the Tradition of Epic Parody in the Fourth Century...
Olson, S. Douglas; Sens, Alexander
hardcover. Sens and Olson offer a new text of the 144 surviving lines of the parodies of Matro of Pitane (c. 300 BC) based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts; a translation; a detailed philological, historical, and gastronomic commentary; and a lively introduction to the poet and his times. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- OUP USA United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780788506147
- ISBN
- 9780788506147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Paperback. Contemporary American women are writing long poems in a variety of styles which repossess history, reconceive female subjectivity, and seek to revitalize poetry itself. This book explores this evolving body of work, offering revealing discussions of its diverse traditions and feminist concerns. Num Pages: 386 pages, 2 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCQ; DSBH; DSC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226429717
- ISBN
- 9780226429717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.65
€ 42.99
€ 33.65
Hardback. Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724630
- ISBN
- 9780804724630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.99
€ 144.99
Hardcover. Drawing on critical frameworks, this study establishes the centrality of language, gender, and community in the quest for identity in contemporary American fiction. Close readings of novels by Alice Walker, Ernest Gaines, Ann Beattie, John Updike, Chang-rae Lee, and Rudolfo Anaya, among others, show how individuals find their American identities. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110458
- ISBN
- 9780230110458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 372 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674139909
- ISBN
- 9780674139909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.31€ 115.96
€ 128.31
€ 115.96
hardcover. In this book, Albert W. Halsall presents the first complete treatment in English of Hugo's plays - a history, plot summary, and detailed analysis of all the dramas, from Cromwel and Torquemada to the juvenilia and the epic melodrama Les Burgraves. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802043221
- ISBN
- 9780802043221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.04
€ 87.04
Paperback. George Seferis and Odysseus Elytis gave Modern Greek language a substantial corpus of translations from poets working in French, Italian, Russian, English and Ancient Greek. This title offers study of translation that is shown to be a powerful tool for study of Modern Greek literature and its relation to other literatures and movements of time. Series: Byzantine and Neohellenic Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, tables and graphs. BIC Classification: CB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 277 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Verlag Peter Lang
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783039119189
- ISBN
- 9783039119189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.41
€ 85.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403977540
- ISBN
- 9781403977540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Mario Vargas Llosa is a heterogeneous writer whose positions have often not been consistent from novel to novel, between his fictional and nonfictional work, between his literary and political commentary, and as his political commentary has proceeded over the decades. This analysis of his work reveals his insights into socio-political matters. Editor(s): De Castro, Juan E.; Birns, Nicholas. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLSR; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105294
- ISBN
- 9780230105294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Paperback. 'Synaesthesia and the Ancient Senses' presents a radical reappraisal of antiquity's textures, flavours, and aromas, sounds and sights. The introduction sets the ancient senses within the history of aesthetics and the subsequent essays explore the senses throughout the classical period and on to the modern reception of classical literature. Series: The Senses in Antiquity. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1; HPCA; HPN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844655625
- ISBN
- 9781844655625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.13
€ 52.13
Paperback. This book traces the evolution of the Faust myth from the Sixteenth century to modern times. The authors studied include Marlowe, Calderon, Milton, Goethe, Byron, Dostoevsky, Wilde, Thomas Mann, and Salman Rushdie. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536290
- ISBN
- 9781349536290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Analyzes Wolf's, Drewitz's, and Weil's views of individual responsibility in history, with reference to theories of memory and feminist ethics. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134431
- ISBN
- 9781571134431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.57
€ 97.57