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Hardback. Examining three works of vernacular fiction dating from 1750 to 1828, this book studies the intellectual and literary factors that in the mid-Qing dynasty contributed to the development of vernacular fiction of unprecedented scholarly and satirical sophistication. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731317
- ISBN
- 9780804731317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.25
€ 86.25
Paperback. Digital media is increasingly finding its way into the discussions of the humanities classroom. This book presents contributions by scholars and teachers from different countries and academic environments who articulate their approach to the study and teaching of digital literature. Editor(s): Simanowski, Roberto; Schafer, Jorgen; Gendolla, Peter. Series: Media Upheavals. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 colour illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JNU; UD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837611304
- ISBN
- 9783837611304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.94
€ 50.99
€ 36.94
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hagen, Margareth; Skagen, Margery Vibe. Num Pages: 340 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771241747
- ISBN
- 9788771241747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.58
€ 30.58
Paperback. Offers a reconception of the person generally assumed to be the first woman writer in French, the woman referred to as Marie de France in contemporary times. This book considers almost all of the writing ascribed to Marie, including her famous "Lais", her 103 animal fables, and the earliest vernacular, "Saint Patrick's Purgatory". Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226059846
- ISBN
- 9780226059846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.37
€ 47.99
€ 37.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSBF; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268026165
- ISBN
- 9780268026165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.04
€ 42.99
€ 42.04
Hardcover. A comparative reading of the "literary" works of Abbot Thomas Walsingham, highlighting his reaction to contemporary historical events. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABC; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153635
- ISBN
- 9781903153635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Hardback. This work looks at the use of language in the "Iliad" and examines the portrayal of the opposing forces in terms of nationality and of linguistics. It argues that the way the Greeks and the Trojans speak, reflects their disparate cultural structures and their relative position in the Trojan War. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CFH; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847682546
- ISBN
- 9780847682546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.25
€ 142.25
Paperback. Taboo words are the subject of this text, which traces the psychic origins of dirty words to early infancy and childhood, and their place and value in life and analytic therapy. It refers to "dirty" words used by Rabelais, Quevado, Mozart, Voltaire, the Marquis de Sade, Joyce and Lawrence. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CFD; CFF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st softcover ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568217994
- ISBN
- 9781568217994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.81
€ 93.81
Paperback. A biography of Robert Desnos (1900-1945), which re-evaluates the surrealist movement through the life and works of one of its founders. Desnos was as famous among the surrealists for his independence of mind as for his elaborate "automatic" drawings and his brilliant oral and written performances during the incubational period of the group. Num Pages: 282 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218413
- ISBN
- 9780803218413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. The Blackwell Companion to Greek Tragedy provides readers with a fundamental grounding in Greek tragedy, and also introduces them to the various methodologies and the lively critical dialogue that characterize the study of Greek tragedy today. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 31. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405175494
- ISBN
- 9781405175494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.41
€ 57.41
Paperback. A complete translation of the cycle of ten novellas that Lou Andreas-Salome wrote between 1895 and 1898. This collection contributes to the rediscovery of Andreas-Salome's significance as a thinker and writer, above all with regard to her literary contribution to modern feminism and the principles of women's emancipation. Translator(s): Whitinger, Raleigh. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259522
- ISBN
- 9780803259522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Green, Mary Jean; etc.; Gould, Karen (Associate Dean, Graduate College and Professor of French, Bowling Green State University, USA); et al. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816626298
- ISBN
- 9780816626298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. Milton in Translation demonstrates the breadth of John Milton's international reception, from the seventeenth century through today. New essays by an international roster of experts explore the translation of Milton's works into twenty-three languages, in essays that are grouped geographically and, by and large, chronologically. Editor(s): Duran, Angelica; Issa, Islam; Olson, Jonathan R. Num Pages: 528 pages, With 8 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198754824
- ISBN
- 9780198754824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.08
€ 195.08
Hardback. Series: Harvard Armenian Texts and Studies S. Num Pages: 250 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AJKR; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- National Association for Armenian Studies & Research United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935411225
- ISBN
- 9780935411225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.05
€ 45.99
€ 38.05
Paperback. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019621
- ISBN
- 9780674019621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.45
€ 21.99
€ 20.45
Paperback. Investigates the figure of Mary Magdalene in post-medieval English religious writings and visual representations. This title argues that the medieval Magdalene story was not discarded as part of Reformation iconoclasm, but was enthusiastically embraced by English writers and artists and retold in a wide array of genres. Series: Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern. Num Pages: 304 pages, 37 illustrated halftones. BIC Classification: 3JD; AGR; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268022150
- ISBN
- 9780268022150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.34
€ 40.99
€ 36.34
hardcover. Beyond Spectacle will cement Haywood's deservedly prominent place in the canon of eighteenth-century fiction and position her as a writer whose work speaks not only to female agency, but to eighteenth-century writers, gender relations, and power politics as well. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802035400
- ISBN
- 9780802035400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Paperback. The Ends of Literature analyzes the part played by literature within contemporary Latin American thought and politics, above all the politics of neoliberalism. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADSL; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743464
- ISBN
- 9780804743464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardcover. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 2ACSC; DNF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772895703
- ISBN
- 9788772895703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.28
€ 38.99
€ 28.28
Hardcover. Anthropology has long had a vexed relationship with literature, and nowhere has this been more acutely felt than in France, where most ethnographers, upon returning from the field, write not one book, but two: a scientific monograph and a literary account. The author puzzles out this phenomenon. Translator(s): Izzo, Justin. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226106908
- ISBN
- 9780226106908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.13€ 103.91
€ 126.13
€ 103.91
Hardback. An annotated bibliography to the criticism of the work of James Fenimore Cooper, regarded as a pioneer in the development of the American social and political novel. The material is divided into broad subject categories and, where appropriate, subdivided by the Cooper work in question. Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in American Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; GBCR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313279195
- ISBN
- 9780313279195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.90
€ 93.90
hardcover. Daniels, author of Caleb, My Son, here tells of her troubled childhood, which included bouts of anorexia and mental illness. Her struggle to overcome her problems resulted in a bestselling book and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 169 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1007.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568332505
- ISBN
- 9781568332505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.78
€ 32.99
€ 31.78
Hardback. Covering a diverse range of figures and issues from Jonathan Swift's pornographic poetry to Oscar Wilde's famous cello-shaped coat this book collapses Irish studies into the critical perspective of disability studies: linking 'Irishness' and 'disability' together allows the emergence of a new critical perspective, an Irish disability studies. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy in illustrated covers with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004414
- ISBN
- 9780230574656
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Remy Cazals provides a critical edition of this little-known text accompanied by a biography of its author, who became inflamed by the passions of the Revolution, and who was guillotined in 1794. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 104 pages, 80pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DCF; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895354
- ISBN
- 9780859895354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.62
€ 39.62