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Hardback. Quintus Ennius, often considered the father of Roman poetry, is best remembered for his epic poem, the Annals, a history of Rome from Aeneas until his own lifetime. This book represents an important bridge between Homer's works in Greek and Vergil's Aeneid. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411293
- ISBN
- 9781421411293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 64.35
€ 70.56
€ 64.35
Hardback. Milestones on a Golden Road examines works of fiction written in China between 1945 and 1980, when the arts were required to reflect a Maoist vision of history and society. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774823722
- ISBN
- 9780774823722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.17
€ 113.17
Paperback. Arabic literary salons emerged in ninth-century Iraq and, by the tenth, were flourishing in Baghdad and other urban centers. Looking at the period from 500 to 1250 AD, this title interprets Arabic manuscripts in order to answer fundamental questions about literary salons as a social institution. Series: Poetics of Orality & Literacy S. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB; HBLC1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020323
- ISBN
- 9780268020323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.55
€ 36.99
€ 35.55
paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551617
- ISBN
- 9781871551617
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. The stories gathered here explore the vagaries of sexual desire, gender identity, and erotic attachment, revealing the surprising queerness of nineteenth-century American literature. Editor(s): Looby, Christopher. Series: Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223668
- ISBN
- 9780812223668
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
paperback. Investigates the discourses of aesthetics and philosophy alongside economic thought, arguing that their domains are not mutually exclusive. This book documents the extent to which economics influenced literature and philosophy and the surprising degree to which literature and philosophy participated in the creation of modern economic paradigms. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; HPCD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295988375
- ISBN
- 9780295988375
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Condition: New
€ 38.36
€ 38.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, x, 178 p. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226104591
- ISBN
- 9780226104591
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41
Hardback. Some of Emerson's most famous essays, such as "Self-Reliance," "Compensation," and "The Over-Soul," appeared in his Essays of 1841. This edition provides the authoritative text of the Essays, with an introduction, notes, and supplementary material valuable for studying the evolution of Emerson's thought and style. Num Pages: 424 pages, 4 halftones, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: DN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 871.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674139800
- ISBN
- 9780674139800
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Condition: New
€ 128.13€ 112.74
€ 128.13
€ 112.74
Paperback. Haunted by its unburied past, late Soviet and post-Soviet culture has produced unique mourning and memorial practices this book details these practices and provides new interpretations of the cultural artifacts produced in Russia from the 1930s through the 2010s." Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 221 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804773935
- ISBN
- 9780804773935
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Hardback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Num Pages: 422 pages, Plans transparencies :Includes index. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810820517
- ISBN
- 9780810820517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.98
€ 153.98
This collection offers students and scholars of Eliot s work a timely critical reappraisal of her corpus, including her poetry and non-fiction, reflecting the latest developments in literary criticism. Editor(s): Anderson, Amanda; Shaw, Harry E. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655993
- ISBN
- 9780470655993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.63
€ 225.63
Paperback. In AD 986, Earl Hakon, ruler of most of Norway, won a triumphant victory over an invading fleet of Danes in the great naval battle of Hjorunga Bay. Sailing under his banner were no fewer than five Icelandic skalds, the poet-historians of the Old Norse world. Translator(s): Hollander, Lee Milton. Num Pages: 116 pages, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292776234
- ISBN
- 9780292776234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.74
€ 21.99
€ 21.74
Hardcover. Peter of Blois pursued the life of a twelfth-century intellectual with vigor and passion tinged with anxiety. This book offers a study of Peter of Blois' life, thought, and writings. It explores how Peter brought classical, patristic, monastic, and scholastic traditions into an uneasy synthesis, and deployed them in letters. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; BGL; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813216768
- ISBN
- 9780813216768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.74
€ 92.74
Hardcover. Almon suggests that Texas autobiography reveals as much about the state as it does the writer, recording geography and history; and economic, social, and religious practices. A sense of place distinguishes Texas autobiographical writing, for it springs from a state considered unique. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652665
- ISBN
- 9780875652665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.02
€ 40.99
€ 37.02
Hardback. This text presents an analysis of censorship from the perspective of a writer who has lived and worked under its shadow. Seeking to understand the passion that plays itself out in acts of silencing and censoring, Coetzee focuses on the ways authors have historically responded to censorship. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226111742
- ISBN
- 9780226111742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.22
€ 41.99
€ 32.22
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
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Hardcover. With its exploration of magazines and imperialism as a context for Romantic writing, culture, and aesthetics, this book is suitable for scholars of book history and reading cultures and also to those of nineteenth-century British writing and history. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928746
- ISBN
- 9780813928746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.79
€ 53.79
Hardcover. Presents some of the emergent scholarship in American literary and cultural studies of the "long" nineteenth century. Featuring eleven essays from senior scholars across the discipline, this book responds to critical challenges to the boundaries, both spatial and temporal, that have traditionally organized scholarship within the field. Editor(s): Luciano, Dana; Wilson, Ivy. Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479857722
- ISBN
- 9781479857722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
Paperback. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481109
- ISBN
- 9780801481109
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 49.90
€ 49.99
€ 49.90
Hardcover. Consists of ten essays that explore early English culture, from Caxton's introduction of the press, through questions of audience, and genre, to the fascination with Caxton's books. This book suggests that the first century of print production is defined less by transition or break, than by a dynamic transformation in literary production itself. Editor(s): Kuskin, William. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268033088
- ISBN
- 9780268033088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.63
€ 169.63
Offers a broad selection of Middle English poetry from about 1200 to 1500 CE, including more than 150 secular and religious lyrics and nine complete or extracted longer works, all translated into Modern English verse. Editor(s): Glaser, Joseph. Translator(s): Glaser, Joseph. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208803
- ISBN
- 9780872208803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.22
€ 53.99
€ 38.22
Hardback. This text presents an advanced introduction to the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, focusing on the concepts of carnival, dialogism and historicism. It examines the impact of the historical context in the Soviet Union and to the importance of his own dialogic mode of discourse. Series: Contributions to the Study of World Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSA; DSBH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313295263
- ISBN
- 9780313295263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.31
€ 71.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Spadaccini, Nicholas; Talens, Jenaro. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816629114
- ISBN
- 9780816629114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Critically engaging the thought of Heidegger, Gadamer and others, this work contributes both to the criticism of Dante's "Divine Comedy", and to the theory of interpretation. It uses hermeneutical theory to provide a reading of the poem, focusing on Dante's address to the reader. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC; HPCB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259987
- ISBN
- 9780226259987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.12
€ 36.99
€ 29.12