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Paperback. An exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions. The author draws on his own fieldwork and analyzes how the oral tradition of the south Indian cult of the goddess Draupadi and five regional martial oral epics compare with one another and tie in with the Sanskrit epics. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 576 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBB; HRG; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226340517
- ISBN
- 9780226340517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.90€ 69.60
€ 82.90
€ 69.60
paperback. "Originally published in French as aEcritures en transhumance entre Maghreb et Afrique subsaharienne: Littaerature, oralitae, arts visuels, 2007 aEditions l'Harmattan"--T.p. verso. Translator(s): de Jager, Marjolijn. Num Pages: black & white halftones, colour illustrations, maps, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813932101
- ISBN
- 9780813932101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.58
€ 45.58
Part detective story, part fable, this novel takes the reader to a mythical post-industrial city where the boundaries between East and West, civilization and barbarianism have been erased. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Num Pages: 183 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080200
- ISBN
- 9780231080200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.39
€ 47.39
Editor(s): Monte-Proust, Patricia. Translator(s): Bacon, Josephine; Naturel, Mireile. Num Pages: 192 pages, 350 photos & illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 345 x 302 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2078.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Edition Olms Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783283012182
- ISBN
- 9783283012182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.09
€ 53.29
€ 42.09
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813570631
- ISBN
- 9780813570631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 43.03
€ 47.99
€ 43.03
Paperback. Translator(s): Maraniss, James E. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSC; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318651
- ISBN
- 9780822318651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. This is a 1996 commentary on selected texts of Plato concerned with poetry: the Ion and relevant sections of the Republic. Editor(s): Murray, Penelope. Series Editor(s): Easterling, P. E.; Hardie, Philip; Hunter, Richard; Kenney, E. J. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 123 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298. Ion; Republic 376e-398b9; Republic 595-608b10. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. 264 pages, bibliography, index. Editor(s): Murray, Penelope. This is a 1996 commentary on selected texts of Plato concerned with poetry: the Ion and relevant sections of the Republic. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 184 x 123 x 16. Weight: 304. Series Editor(s) :Easterling, P. E.; Hardie, Philip; Hunter, Richard; Kenney, E. J.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521349819
- ISBN
- 9780521349819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.53
€ 38.53
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brien, John. Series: The Review of Contemporary Fiction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564782762
- ISBN
- 9781564782762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.25
€ 11.25
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479889327
- ISBN
- 9781479889327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Entering the debate on American literary history, this study offers a perspective on what constitutes not only the canon of American literature, but also the notion of America itself. The author argues for a conception of American culture which is more responsive to trans-national ideologies. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3658 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822311690
- ISBN
- 9780822311690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 219 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DNF; DSB; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611474862
- ISBN
- 9781611474862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.55
€ 125.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 552 pages, 1. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 39. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448171
- ISBN
- 9780801448171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. Editor(s): Moisan, Thomas; Bruster, Douglas; Evan, G. Num Pages: 357 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 357
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838639023
- ISBN
- 9780838639023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.33
€ 142.33
Paperback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPR; 3JMC; DSB; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816681006
- ISBN
- 9780816681006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Includes a poem that tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year. Editor(s): Foley, Helene P. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 halftones 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691014791
- ISBN
- 9780691014791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.14
€ 53.29
€ 42.14
Paperback. This work presents selections from the whole of Pascal's career as a writer, including her adolescent poetry and her pioneering treatise on the education of women. Editor(s): Conley, John J. (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University, USA). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226648330
- ISBN
- 9780226648330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Hardcover. In this frank memoir, John Bayley describes the life he has shared with his wife, Iris Murdoch, afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. He explains how he has coped emotionally and practically with the illness that has beset the woman he loves and cherishes. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162. Weight in Grams: 519. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has some minor wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KDK0016825
- ISBN
- 9780715628485
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.38
€ 5.38
Hardback. This is a study of Virginia Woolf's lifelong preoccupation with silence and the barrier between the sayable and the unsayable. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718318
- ISBN
- 9780804718318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardcover. This work brings together in one volume the diverse and articulate voices of 17 Irish women writers from a variety of backgrounds and geographic locations. It examines the complicated maps of experience that these women's public, private, and literary lives represent. Editor(s): Moloney, Caitriona; Thompson, Helen. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DNF; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629719
- ISBN
- 9780815629719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.44
€ 62.44
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brien, John. Series: The Review of Contemporary Fiction. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Pr
- Edition
- Summer 2003, Volume 23, No. 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564783363
- ISBN
- 9781564783363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.57
€ 10.57
Hardcover. A Handbook to Middle English Studies presents a series of original essays from leading literary scholars that explore the relationship between critical theory and late medieval literature. Editor(s): Turner, Marion. Series: Critical Theory Handbooks. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655382
- ISBN
- 9780470655382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.45
€ 152.45
Paperback. Points to the late work of Jacques Derrida, the writing by and about him in the period roughly from 1994 to 2004. This volume also deconstructs the whole question of lateness and the usefulness of periodization. It calls into question the "fact" of Derrida's turn to politics, law, and ethics and highlights continuities throughout his oeuvre. Editor(s): Mitchell, W. J. T.; Davidson, Arnold I. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 99 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226532578
- ISBN
- 9780226532578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.20
€ 25.99
€ 21.20
Hardback. In David Cope's strikingly intense new collection, Fragments for the Stars, we see the continued development of a highly original art. Rising directly out of Williams' graphic American measure, Cope's voice is everywhere infused with a characteristic stark lyricism-producing the powerful work that Carl Rakosi has called his "compassionate realism." Series: Vox Humana. Num Pages: 120 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896031722
- ISBN
- 9780896031722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.21
€ 66.21
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