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Paperback. Plato's frontal attack on poetry has always been a problem for sympathetic students, who have often minimized or avoided it. Beginning with the premise that the attack must be taken seriously, Eric Havelock shows that Plato's hostility is explained by the continued domination of the poetic tradition in contemporary Greek thought. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674699069
- ISBN
- 9780674699069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.28
€ 34.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897142288
- ISBN
- 9781897142288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.72
€ 26.99
€ 18.72
Hardcover. Perhaps no other work of secular poetry was as widely read as the historical verse tragedy collection "A Mirror for Magistrates". This work shows that modern critics have misconstrued the purpose of the tragic verse narratives of the Mirror, approaching them as uncontroversial meditations on abstract political and philosophical doctrines. Series: Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- Mass. Studies Early Modern Culture ser.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558497061
- ISBN
- 9781558497061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.55
€ 44.99
€ 37.55
hardcover. Offers the reader unique refreshment and perspective BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Lost Horse Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780983997511
- ISBN
- 9780983997511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Hardback. Explores the relationship among Romanticism, deconstruction, and Marxism by examining tropes of sensation and sobriety in a set of exemplary texts from Romantic literature and contemporary literary theory. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400662
- ISBN
- 9781421400662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.45€ 70.11
€ 77.45
€ 70.11
Paperback. Presents an introduction to Japanese fiction. This book profiles the writers Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio, Abe Ko bo, and Shiba Ryo taro. It also describes the author's personal encounters with thesm and his literary and cultural analysis. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126113
- ISBN
- 9780231126113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.08
€ 29.99
€ 22.08
Paperback. This is the first complete English translation of Oswald von Wolkenstein's poems, regarded as lyric masterpieces of the late Middle Ages. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 253 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349376339
- ISBN
- 9781349376339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642222
- ISBN
- 9780691642222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.66
€ 103.66
Building on recent research in medieval optics, physiology, and memory in relation to the devotional practices of the late Middle Ages, Jessica A. Boon probes the implications of an 'embodied soul' for the intellectual history of Spanish mysticism. Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JB; DSBB; HRCS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644281
- ISBN
- 9781442644281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.21
€ 81.21
Hardcover. Far from being a unique, defining property of the confessional poets, confessionalism is a central trope of American literature. This book examines confessional writing not as a private, apolitical art, but rather one that demonstrates an engagement with the politics of literary influence, of gender relations, and of American culture more broadly. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219564
- ISBN
- 9780230219564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Ferdinand, Horst. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 34. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810033383
- ISBN
- 9783810033383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.93
€ 87.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 78 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Birch Brook Press United States
- Edition
- first
- Number of pages
- 78
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984200344
- ISBN
- 9780984200344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.85
€ 20.99
€ 16.85
paperback. Explores more than 1,000 literary terms and themes. This dictionary gives readers the knowledge of related theoretical, historical, and cultural terms they need in the interdisciplinary world of contemporary literary studies. It includes essays on major themes in literature such as evil, power, love, death, time, and more. Num Pages: 480 pages, index, cross-references, further reading. BIC Classification: DSB; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Checkmark Books United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816062447
- ISBN
- 9780816062447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
Hardback. Translator(s): Toscano, Alberto. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 41. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857423351
- ISBN
- 9780857423351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.18
€ 30.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. "The Story of Sapho" makes available for the first time in modern English a self contained section from Scudery's novel "Artamene ou le Grand Cyrus". This edition also includes a translation of an oration in which Sapho extols the talents of women to persuade them to write. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143996
- ISBN
- 9780226143996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.44
€ 31.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Tells the story, in letters, of the beautiful and virtuoso Clarissa Harlowe's pursuit and abduction by the rake Robert Lovelace. The epistolary structure creates layered and fully realized characters, as well as an intriguing uncertainty about the reliability of the various 'narrators'. Editor(s): Richetti, John; Bowers, Toni. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- Abridged
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551114750
- ISBN
- 9781551114750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.49
€ 38.99
€ 32.49
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Wynkin deWorde
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0017247
- ISBN
- 9780954260743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. This study of the afterlife of Robinson Crusoe offers insights into the continued popularity and relevance of Crusoe's story and how modern conceptions of childhood are shaped by nostalgia and ideas of 'the popular'. Examining many adaptations in a variety of formats, it reconsiders the place Crusoe has occupied in our culture for three centuries. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349323463
- ISBN
- 9781349323463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Paperback. Kristi Maxwell's fourth collection is an eye opening exploration of language's tangled relationship to the physical world Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 148 x 6. Weight in Grams: 95.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Saturnalia
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780991545414
- ISBN
- 9780991545414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.34
€ 19.34
Paperback. Ilusion aulica e imaginacion caballeresca en El Cortesano de Luis Milan" Series: North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469609980
- ISBN
- 9781469609980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.88€ 63.87
€ 69.88
€ 63.87
Hardcover. Gabriela Mistral (1889-1967), Chile's 'other' great poet of the twentieth century, is little known outside the Spanish-speaking world, and unlike Pablo Neruda has not been extensively translated into English. Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780856687631
- ISBN
- 9780856687631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.61
€ 139.61
Paperback. One summer. Four strangers. A tragedy that will change their lives..A brilliant novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of HEART AND SOUL. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KEX0245847
- ISBN
- 9780752865362
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Broadview Drama. Num Pages: 74 pages, music. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 74
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551115139
- ISBN
- 9781551115139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.46
€ 29.99
€ 24.46
Paperback. Articulates how Margaret Laurence addresses decolonization and nation building in 1950s Somalia and Ghana, and 1960s and 1970s English-Canada. Laurence displaces the simple notion that Canada is a sum total of different cultures, and conceives Canada as a mosaic that is in flux and constituted through continually changing social relations. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771121477
- ISBN
- 9781771121477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.56
€ 31.99
€ 31.56