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Hardcover. Shows how The Trial provides an uncanny lens through which to consider flaws in the American criminal justice system today. The author begins with the story, at once funny and grim, of Josef K, caught in the Law's grip and then crushed by it. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; DSBH; DSK; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226167473
- ISBN
- 9780226167473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.37
€ 33.99
€ 26.37
Paperback. This book examines the depiction of physically ugly characters in a striking range of early modern literary and visual texts, offering fascinating insights into the ways in which ugliness and deformity were perceived and represented in the era, particularly with regard to gender and the construction of identity. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719068751
- ISBN
- 9780719068751
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.23
€ 29.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Reveals affinities between antebellum southern and modern American capitalist psychology. This book identifies a calculation-obsessed, anxiety-ridden discourse in which numbers are employed to determine social and racial hierarchies and establish individual worth and identity. Series: New Southern Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820331126
- ISBN
- 9780820331126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.51
€ 43.51
Hardback. Editor(s): Sciban, Shu-ning; Pidhainy, Ihor. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939161581
- ISBN
- 9781939161581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.26
€ 147.26
Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646173
- ISBN
- 9780816646173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Hardcover. This book is particularly helpful for Chaucer studies, for it makes available copies of all Chaucer's sources for his translation: complete texts of Vulgate Consolatio and Meun's translation, along with relevant extracts from the commentaries of Nicholas Trevet and Remigius of Auxerre and collations from the larger Latin and French traditions. Editor(s): Machan, Tim William; Minnis, Alastair J. Series: Chaucer Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327600
- ISBN
- 9780820327600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.67
€ 152.67
Hardcover. Series: Complete Works Robert Browning. Num Pages: 419 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821402207
- ISBN
- 9780821402207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.71
€ 97.71
Hardcover. In the tradition of The Swerve, this thrilling, detective-like work of literary history reveals how a poem created the world we live in today. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 280 x 31. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871406637
- ISBN
- 9780871406637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.36
€ 29.99
€ 25.36
Paperback. A Companion to the Eighteenth-century Novel furnishes readers with a sophisticated vision of the eighteenth-century novel in its political, aesthetic, and moral contexts. * An up-to-date resource for the study of the eighteenth-century novel. Editor(s): Backscheider, Paula R.; Ingrassia, Catherine. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 570 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192453
- ISBN
- 9781405192453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.24
€ 56.24
Paperback. To what extent has the demand for a vicarious experience of other cultures fuelled the expectation that the most important task for writers is to capture and convey authentic cultural material? This text argues that authenticity is in fact a restrictive category of literary judgment. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922553
- ISBN
- 9780813922553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.49
€ 33.49
Paperback. Shirane and Suzuki examine how the Japanese canon of "classics" (The Tale of Genji, The Tale of the Heike, Noh drama, Saikaku, Chikamatsu, and Basho) was constructed as part of the creation of Japan as a modern nation-state and as a result of Western influence. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo; Suzuki, Tomi. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804741057
- ISBN
- 9780804741057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 214 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801436406
- ISBN
- 9780801436406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
paperback. Series: Focus on. Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075286
- ISBN
- 9781906075286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.24
€ 13.99
€ 13.24
Paperback. Includes essays that focus on the tenth book of the Iliad, which has been doubted, ignored, and even scorned. This title uses approaches based on oral traditional poetics to illuminate many of the interpretive questions that literary approaches find unsolvable. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 184 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035591
- ISBN
- 9780674035591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.34
€ 27.99
€ 24.34
Paperback. This epistolary memoir rich with Athill's characteristic wit, humor, eleganceand honesty describes a warm, decades-long friendship. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393345490
- ISBN
- 9780393345490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.98
€ 16.99
€ 15.98
Hardcover. In the early spring of 1358 Francis Petrarch was invited by his friend Giovanni Mandelli to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Petrarch declined, instead offering Mandelli this pilgrimage guide rather than his companionship. Translator(s): Cachey, Theodore J. Num Pages: 245 pages, 11 halftones, 39pp facsimile. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADT; DSBB; DSK; HRC; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038731
- ISBN
- 9780268038731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.95
€ 47.95
Hardback. The first comprehensive description of the published works of American humorist and poet Ogden Nash (1902-1971). Series: The Scarecrow Author Bibliographies Series. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810823327
- ISBN
- 9780810823327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.87
€ 137.87
Paperback. Explores the 19th century's fascination with Dutch painting, as well as its doubts about an art that had long challenged traditional values. This book shows how persistent tensions between high theory and low genre shaped criticism of novels and pictures alike. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 color plates. 55 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 2AB; 2ADF; ACQ; AFC; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143231
- ISBN
- 9780691143231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.38
€ 42.99
€ 30.38
Paperback. Attempts to unearth the ideas and debates that created the literature department as we know it. This book shows that various conflicts of our culture wars echo and recycle controversies over how literature should be taught. It also presents a history of literary pedagogy and a critical classic. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBT; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 20 Anv
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305592
- ISBN
- 9780226305592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Byron's Poetry and Prose presents an extensive selection of Byron's poetry, letters, and journal entries in chronological clusters, allowing readers to see the changes that took place in his writing in the context of the places he lived and his fame, exile, and travels. Editor(s): Levine, Alice. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 145 x 33. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393925609
- ISBN
- 9780393925609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.38
€ 20.99
€ 19.38
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€ 30.69
€ 35.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. The first critical guide to all Seaums Heaney's writings -- poetry, prose and translations. Arranged thematically. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745317342
- ISBN
- 9780745317342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.23
€ 40.99
€ 31.23
Hardback. In this revised and greatly expanded edition of the original Companion, some 80 of the very best modern scholars come together to offer an original assessment of English Renaissance literature and culture. Editor(s): Hattaway, Michael. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 1264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 174 x 76. Weight in Grams: 2492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405187626
- ISBN
- 9781405187626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.75
€ 103.75
Paperback. Olaf Stapledon, philosopher, novelist, educator and social activist, had an imagination unlike that of any other figure in modernist literature. This broad anthology includes a generous sample of his fictional gems, as well as other writings including essays, poems and letters. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815604303
- ISBN
- 9780815604303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.36
€ 20.36