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Hardback. Mahmoud Baroud here conducts a detailed comparative textual analysis of 'Hayy Bin Yaqzan' and 'Robinson Crusoe', and concludes that Daniel Defoe was likely to have been deeply influenced by Ibn Tufayl's Arabic text. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848855526
- ISBN
- 9781848855526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.27€ 137.06
€ 154.27
€ 137.06
Hardback. An analysis of the complex relations between narrative, theory, interpretation and homosexuality in the work of Marcel Proust, Roland Barthes, Michel Tournier and Renaud Camus. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724173
- ISBN
- 9780804724173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.18
€ 76.18
Hardcover. Turns the canonical vision of those events on its head by demonstrating how the defenders of Greek literature rather than clinging to an outmoded tradition celebrated the radically different practices of the ancient world. This title explores how the authoritative status of Greek texts allowed them to justify literary depictions of the scandalous. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 2AHA; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226591483
- ISBN
- 9780226591483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.33€ 50.42
€ 59.33
€ 50.42
Hardback. This work offers a tour of Romantic visual culture, from the West End stage to the Scottish Highlands, from Leicester Square to the photography studios of Second Empire Paris. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACVC; DSBD; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312226541
- ISBN
- 9780312226541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.06
€ 65.06
Paperback. Demonstrates that even in the short novels there is more depth and sophistication than has generally been acknowledged Editor(s): Benson, Jackson J. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Durham, NC
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822309949
- ISBN
- 9780822309949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Hardback. This collection comprise eight pieces of shorter fiction all from periodicals. They show both Scott's versatility and his continuous exploration of the possibilities of fiction. Editor(s): Tulloch, Professor Graham; King, Dr. Judy. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605897
- ISBN
- 9780748605897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.88
€ 143.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801495939
- ISBN
- 9780801495939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.43
€ 41.99
€ 37.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319408286
- ISBN
- 9783319408286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.14
€ 113.14
The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader. From Sherlock Holmes to Spiritualis...
Meyers, Jeffrey; Meyers, Valerie. Ed(S): Meye...
Hardback. Sampling works by the creator of Holmes and Watson, this collection features Doyle's detective stories, horror tales, journalism, historical stories, and the complete text of his science-fiction novel The Poison Belt. Editor(s): Meyers, Jeffrey; Meyers, Valerie. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 35. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815412021
- ISBN
- 9780815412021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.22
€ 30.99
€ 29.22
Paperback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature S. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691013527
- ISBN
- 9780691013527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Offers satirical and bitter denunciation of the degeneracy of Roman society. This work draws forth a world of whores, fortune-tellers, boozy politicians, slick lawyers, shameless sycophants, ageing flirts and downtrodden teachers. It portraits of decadent aristocrats - male and female - and the jumped-up sons of newly-rich former slaves. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ACD; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236. Good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks and creases, remains a good readable copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCW0017533
- ISBN
- 9780140447040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 15.99€ 11.12
€ 15.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. Series: Collected Works of Joseph Campbell. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- New World Library United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608681662
- ISBN
- 9781608681662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.60
€ 26.99
€ 18.60
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639864
- ISBN
- 9780691639864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37
€ 106.37
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691611907
- ISBN
- 9780691611907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630649
- ISBN
- 9780691630649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.84
€ 109.84
Hardback. The Book of "Esther" in Slavonic translation is known from East Slavic manuscripts of the late-14th to the late-16th centuries. Working from the Masoretic Hebrew texts and Greek translations, this work examines textological clues to the circumstances of its translation, sources and redactions. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRCG9. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 222 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1040.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458805
- ISBN
- 9780916458805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.97
€ 47.99
€ 39.97
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636832
- ISBN
- 9780691636832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.09
€ 186.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 231 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226424309
- ISBN
- 9780226424309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. Presents the theoretical foundations of the study of prefaces and the corpus of the 19th-century Canadian novel prefaces. The book also examines the typology of Canadian novel prefaces, and gives an analysis of the systematic dimensions of the preface typologies and of the systematic data. Series: Konzeption Empirische Literaturwissenschaft. Num Pages: 191 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783528073350
- ISBN
- 9783528073350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
hardcover. A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 57 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; DSB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300208290
- ISBN
- 9780300208290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.79
€ 29.99
€ 22.79
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639468
- ISBN
- 9780691639468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.73€ 85.89
€ 112.73
€ 85.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370. 174p. dw. First Edition. Keywords: "Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - General,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Literary Studies - General,Education Resources - Books - English Liter"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- 1980th Edition
- SKU
- KON0730544
- ISBN
- 9780333288450
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 11.99€ 4.99
€ 11.99
€ 4.99
The Song of Middle-earth: J. R. R. Tolkien´s Themes, Symbols and Myth...
Distinguished Profess David Harvey
Paperback. Available for the first time in paperback, this is the pre-eminent critical study, and exploration, of how myth and legend played such a significant role in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Num Pages: 192 pages, Index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008184810
- ISBN
- 9780008184810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.63
€ 13.99
€ 10.63
Paperback. This collection of essays examines the linguistic and rhetorical features of Homer's work. Arguing that there can be no purely historical interpretation, Pucci focuses on two features of Homer's rhetoric - repetition of expression and its effects on meaning, and the issue of intertexuality. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CFG; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822630593
- ISBN
- 9780822630593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.83
€ 70.83