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Hardback. This is the first English translation of Sara Pujol Russell's poetry. It has density of presence and lyrical complexity. This is conceptualized, metaphysical poetry that challenges us to unwrap her imagery and thus to enter intimately into her universe. Such poetry relies less on narrative and more on the compulsion of words themselves. Translator(s): Valis, Noel Maureen. Num Pages: 123 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 123
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910994
- ISBN
- 9781575910994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.90
€ 91.90
Hardback. Argues that the discipline of comparative literature should be expanded to include all of the world, not only a favored segment, and that translation represents a legitimate and indispensable tool for readers. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874132779
- ISBN
- 9780874132779
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Condition: New
€ 115.19
€ 115.19
Hardcover. Captures the learning process of Nazi-era literary exiles following in the footsteps of legendary literary exemplars of exile. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 212 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JJG; 3JJH; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135902
- ISBN
- 9781571135902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.43
€ 97.43
Paperback. An examination of the intriguing question: what happens when the ideas of a thinker such as William James, who, despite his originality, was deeply rooted in American traditions, are refracted through a culture that draws on a heritage profoundly different from his own? Editor(s): Grossman, Joan Delaney; Rischin, Ruth. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HPCD; HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739105276
- ISBN
- 9780739105276
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Condition: New
€ 61.56
€ 61.56
Paperback. Experiencing the Afterlife provides an analysis of depictions of the afterlife written in Italy before the Divine Comedy by authors such as Uguccione da Lodi, Glacomino da Verona, and Bonvesin da la Riva. Manuele Gragnolati uses his readings of these poets to provide an interpretation of Dante's work. Series: William & Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268029654
- ISBN
- 9780268029654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856686535
- ISBN
- 9780856686535
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.50
€ 33.99
€ 30.50
hardcover. A survey of the literature of United States, from prehistoric cave narratives to the radical movements of the sixties and the experimentation of the eighties. Num Pages: 1263 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 69. Weight in Grams: 1970.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 1263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231058124
- ISBN
- 9780231058124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.00€ 130.82
€ 167.00
€ 130.82
Paperback. Traces the evolution of Russia's onetime capital from a 'conceptual hierarchy' to a living cultural system. This book seeks to revise the literary monumentalization of St Petersburg - with Pushkin and Dostoevsky representing two traditional albeit opposing perspectives - to offer a view of an urban landscape. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130323
- ISBN
- 9780691130323
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.27
€ 46.99
€ 33.27
Hardback. Kathryn Sutherland presents an edition of the fiction manuscripts of Jane Austen: the first substantial collection of autograph writings to survive for a British novelist. Volume IV contains the facsimiles and transcriptions of The Watsons, Persuasion, Susan, Opinions of Mansfield Park and Opinions of Emma, Plan of a Novel, Profits of my Novels. Editor(s): Sutherland, Kathryn. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrated with facsimile pages of Austen's manuscript throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199680955
- ISBN
- 9780199680955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.10
€ 208.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226233369
- ISBN
- 9780226233369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23
Hardback. This study of the learned book trade of the late Renaissance reveals how many features of today's publishing world were in place even then. Beginning in Frankfurt, Maclean surveys the authors, publishers, censors, and sellers who operated in this fraught religious atmosphere and overheated market, and ends with the market's decline in the 1620s. Num Pages: 400 pages, 37 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; DSB; HR; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 30. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062085
- ISBN
- 9780674062085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.10€ 55.60
€ 61.10
€ 55.60
Paperback. Examines constructions of racial identity through the exploration of passing narratives including forties jazz musician Mezz Mezzrow's memoir Really the Blues Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325154
- ISBN
- 9780822325154
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. A biography of the Anglo-American poet and activist Denise Levertov that brings to life one of the major voices of the second half of the twentieth century, when American poetry was a powerful influence worldwide. It chronicles Levertov's role as a passionate social activist in volatile times and her importance as a teacher of writing. Num Pages: 532 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 36. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272460
- ISBN
- 9780520272460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.46
€ 49.99
€ 35.46
Paperback. What is lesbian literature? Must it contain overtly lesbian characters, and portray them in a positive light? Must the author be overtly (or covertly) lesbian? Does there have to be a lesbian theme and must it be politically acceptable? This book examines the work of such writers as Adrienne Rich, Marion Zimmer Bradley to address these questions. Series: Heterosexual Plots and Lesbian Narratives. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814726402
- ISBN
- 9780814726402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Calin explores the 20th-century renaissance of literature in the minority languages of Scots, Breton, and Occitan, and demonstrates that all three literatures have evolved in a like manner, repudiating their romantic folk heritage. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802083654
- ISBN
- 9780802083654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 46.42
€ 49.99
€ 46.42
Hardcover. Translator(s): Jones, W. Glyn. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DCF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772894430
- ISBN
- 9788772894430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.38
€ 43.99
€ 31.38
Paperback. When Brautigan took his own life in September of 1984 his close friends and network of artists and writers were devastated though not entirely surprised. To many, Brautigan was shrouded in enigma, erratic and unpredictable in his habits and presentation. This title offers portraits of a man destroyed by his genius. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 864
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619021051
- ISBN
- 9781619021051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.61
€ 38.99
€ 27.61
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605029
- ISBN
- 9780691605029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.94
€ 52.92
€ 41.94
Hardback. Editor(s): Liste-Noya, Jose; Barros-Grella, Eduardo. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611470062
- ISBN
- 9781611470062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.51
€ 137.51
Hardback. These essays by renowned feminist scholars re-think the methods and content of contemporary feminist history. The vibrant work of feminist literary historians in the last three decades has produced a new archive of knowledge on women's writing and new narratives of the cultrual past. But, these essays ask, where has this revisioning taken us? Editor(s): Binhammer, Katherine; Wood, Jeanne. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138245
- ISBN
- 9780874138245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.38
€ 124.38
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843842200
- ISBN
- 9781843842200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.00
€ 96.00
Hardback. This work argues that the songs sung by choruses of young girls in ancient Greek poetry functioned as initiatory rituals in Greek cult practices. Using semiotic and anthropologic theory, the author reconstructs the religious and social institutions surrounding the songs. Translator(s): Collins, Derek; Orion, Janice. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- New and Revised Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742515246
- ISBN
- 9780742515246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.59
€ 156.59
Paperback. Argues that the emergence of historiography and romance was linked to large-scale transformations in the structure of power attendant on Capetian and Anglo-Norman state-making. This book provides a different understanding of the large variety of overlapping institutional, epistemological, and practical structures of power. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 176 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268041205
- ISBN
- 9780268041205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Hardcover. Editor(s): Matthews, David. Series: ND Studies Age Chaucer. Num Pages: 522 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ND Studies in Age of Chaucer
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780933784321
- ISBN
- 9780933784321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.24
€ 70.24