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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
€ 86.98
€ 86.98
hardcover. The fifteen essays in this volume honor Battestin's many contributions to our understanding and appreciation of the literature and art of the Augustan period. Spanning over one hundred years, the essays focus on writers such as Behn, Swift, Defoe, and Pope, as well as Fielding's connections with Richardson and Smollett's fictional heroines. Num Pages: 311 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874136166
- ISBN
- 9780874136166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.38
€ 134.38
Paperback. Translator(s): Knechtges, David R. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691606583
- ISBN
- 9780691606583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.98€ 59.26
€ 76.98
€ 59.26
Hardback. In "Works and Days", the poet writes of farming, morality, and what seems to be a very nasty quarrel with his brother Perses over their inheritance. This book extracts from the poem a picture of the social structure of Ascra, the hamlet in northern Greece where Hesiod lived, most likely during the seventh century bce. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236585
- ISBN
- 9780520236585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.08€ 65.15
€ 84.08
€ 65.15
Hardback. The essays in this volume demonstrate how the performance of sincerity is culturally specific and is enacted in different ways in different media and disciplines, including law and the arts. Editor(s): Alphen, Ernst van; Bal, Mieke; Smith, Carel. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758277
- ISBN
- 9780804758277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
paperback. The latest installment of Yale French Studies explores the history and development of bande dessinee, Franco-Belgian comics Editor(s): Grove, Laurence; Syrotinski, Michael. Series: Yale French Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CJB; DSB; FZG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300225983
- ISBN
- 9780300225983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 6.49
€ 16.99
€ 6.49
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691609751
- ISBN
- 9780691609751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Uses the writings of 16th and 17th century women to construct a feminist perspective on drama by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, Ford, and their contemporaries. This book includes plays such as: "Doctor Faustus", "Measure for Measure", "The Spanish Tragedy", "The Revenger's Tragedy" and "The Maid's Tragedy". Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205098
- ISBN
- 9780631205098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.19
€ 51.19
Hardback. The first book in English to examine one of the most important and influential texts from a literary perspective. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843528
- ISBN
- 9781843843528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.65
€ 97.65
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632391
- ISBN
- 9780691632391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.37
€ 133.37
Hardback. Benjamin and Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. With material dating from 1918 to 1923, this text aims to make their more obscure work accessible to a wider audience. The topics discussed include messianism, language and divine justice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJG; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126564
- ISBN
- 9780231126564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43€ 90.18
€ 118.43
€ 90.18
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Erb, Andreas. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531128948
- ISBN
- 9783531128948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.87
€ 47.87
Surveying this expanded field of inquiry, Buckley weaves together a coherent formal genealogy of the drama during this period and offers a new, more continuous generic history of modern drama in its first and most turbulent phase of development. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884344
- ISBN
- 9780801884344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.33
€ 64.33
Paperback. Ranging from the realists to the abstract expressionists, from the famous to the obscure, Schultz reveals how various artists have tried to capture the essence of the meaning of "Moby-Dick" and to use it as a springboard for their own imaginations. Num Pages: 440 pages, 61 colour plates, 232 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; ACX; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 270 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1619.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607426
- ISBN
- 9780700607426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.50
€ 62.50
Hardback. Comprises texts from the American colonial period, which bear witness to the extraordinary diversity of writing at this time. Editor(s): Radzinowicz, Mary Ann. Series: Cambridge English Prose Texts. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 48. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear with slight sunning to spine
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000789
- ISBN
- 9780521244268
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; DSBD; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226456966
- ISBN
- 9780226456966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.19
€ 51.99
€ 40.19
Hardback. Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611480108
- ISBN
- 9781611480108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.86
€ 98.86
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907650574
- ISBN
- 9781907650574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. A compilation of Martinez Celaya's 2007-9 blog entries providing cultural commentary. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Whale & Star Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979975226
- ISBN
- 9780979975226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.15
€ 24.99
€ 22.15
Hardback. Editor(s): Bisson, Thomas N.; Benton, John F. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 446 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 2AB; 3H; DNF; DSBB; HBLC1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647319
- ISBN
- 9780691647319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.48
€ 215.48
Hardback. * A novel introduction to American literature and culture from 1900-1960. * Illustrates the artistic and social climate in the USA during this period. * Organized by four ideas about America: that it is "big", "new", "rich" and "free". Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101264
- ISBN
- 9781405101264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.53
€ 121.53
Paperback. First printed in the United States during the American Revolution, the Bible underwent many revisions, translations, and changes in format as different editors and publishers appropriated it to meet a wide range of changing ideological and economic demands. Num Pages: 276 pages, 45 half-tones 4 tables 3 graphs 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSB; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804743396
- ISBN
- 9780804743396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. Translator(s): Lehman, J.Lee. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSBH; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877288947
- ISBN
- 9780877288947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.37
€ 18.99
€ 16.37
Hardback. Shelley has long been viewed as a dreamer isolated from reality, a "beautiful and ineffectual angel," in Arnold's words. In contrast, Sperry's book emphasizes the life forces originating in the poet's childhood that impelled and shaped his career, and reasserts Shelley's relevance to the social and cultural dilemmas of contemporary life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674806252
- ISBN
- 9780674806252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.76€ 79.92
€ 88.76
€ 79.92