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Paperback. Documents the struggles and successes of three generations of African writers as they strive to establish their artistic, literary, and cultural identities in France. This work explores African writing and identity in France from the early negritude movement and the founding of the Presence Africaine publishing house in 1947 to the mid-1990s. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 photographs, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252069352
- ISBN
- 9780252069352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. El ritmo is a collection of letters from Salvador Rueda to the Catalonian critic Jose Yxart, first published in Madrid in 1894. El ritmo sets out, in a sometimes ironical tone, a panorama of the state of poetry in Spanish at the end of the nineteenth century. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 66 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 5. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 66
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894012
- ISBN
- 9780859894012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.42
€ 39.42
paperback. Presents short stories, written by Welsh men and women, for the most part about Welsh people, providing depictions of valley and mountain, country and town, as well as insights into the nature of the people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241955468
- ISBN
- 9780241955468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Translator(s): Spitzer, Susan. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352. A Tragedy in Three Acts /Tragedie En Trois Actes. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. 216 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DD; HPCF7. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight: 352. Translator(s): Spitzer, Susan.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157759
- ISBN
- 9780231157759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
hardcover. A study of the life and work of Charles Perrault, 17th-century intellectual and author of the "Mother Goose Tales" who enjoyed the status of a prominent public intellectual during the first half of the reign of Louis XIV but later fell from political favour. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 half-tones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804724104
- ISBN
- 9780804724104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.75
€ 91.75
Paperback. Series: Focus on. 65 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 5. Weight: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange
- Number of pages
- 65
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075064
- ISBN
- 9781906075064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.42
€ 15.99
€ 14.42
Paperback. As new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220899
- ISBN
- 9780863220494
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843214
- ISBN
- 9781843843214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.09
€ 98.09
Hardback. Num Pages: 602 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 917.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 602
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810867413
- ISBN
- 9780810867413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.62
€ 213.62
Hardcover. This book is particularly helpful for Chaucer studies, for it makes available copies of all Chaucer's sources for his translation: complete texts of Vulgate Consolatio and Meun's translation, along with relevant extracts from the commentaries of Nicholas Trevet and Remigius of Auxerre and collations from the larger Latin and French traditions. Editor(s): Machan, Tim William; Minnis, Alastair J. Series: Chaucer Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327600
- ISBN
- 9780820327600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.81
€ 154.81
Paperback. A compilation of 19th-century French "haunting" tales. Featuring such authors as Balzac, Merimee, Dumas, Verne, and Maupassant, this book offers readers some of the more memorable stories in the genre. Editor(s): Kessler, Joan C. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226432083
- ISBN
- 9780226432083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.34
€ 47.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events - the accidental death of a child, his best friend's feelings of guilt and eventual disappearance, his father's decision to leave the family for another woman - will change his life forever. Translator(s): Born, Anne. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000468
- ISBN
- 9780099506133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Focuses on Native literatures in a postcolonial context. This work contains essays that consider the complex social and political influences that have shaped American Indian literatures in the second half of the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on core themes of identity, sovereignty, and land. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231117647
- ISBN
- 9780231117647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.17
€ 120.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Lodge, Kirsten. Translator(s): Rosen, Margo; Dashewski, Grigory. Num Pages: 322 pages. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Dedalus Limited
- Edition
- First edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903517604
- ISBN
- 9781903517604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.44
€ 16.99
€ 15.44
Hardback. What happens when we read imaginative literature? What do we learn from reading such texts? Reading complements our experience, sharpens our perceptions, gives us insight into how other humans live, enables us to understand other cultures and periods, and gives us aesthetic pleasure. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405130981
- ISBN
- 9781405130981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.12
€ 104.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887484193
- ISBN
- 9780887484193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.39
€ 19.99
€ 17.39
Paperback. The poet went to hospital for a scan. By Magnetic Resonance Imaging it was possible for doctors to look through his skull and spine, into his brain and spinal cord. The author's poems emerge from his engagement with this experience and its aftermaths, and the readings it provides. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857549676
- ISBN
- 9781857549676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.65
€ 20.99
€ 18.65
Hardback. Following the vicissitudes of friendship between the sexes in some of England's key writers, the author traces a history of idioms for today's friendships--their vulnerability, limits, and potential for change. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721684
- ISBN
- 9780804721684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.77
€ 160.77
hardcover. Born in 1877 on the British Columbia frontier, Constance Lindsay Skinner died in New York City in 1939, a successful and prolific writer. In contrast to her reputation in the United States, she remains virtually unknown in the country of her birth. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 701.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802036780
- ISBN
- 9780802036780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780679724766
- ISBN
- 9780679724766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.84
€ 12.84
Paperback. In 1892, in the broad daylight of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, a middle class woman named Alice Mitchell slashed the throat of her lover, Freda Ward, killing her instantly. Local, national, and international newspapers, medical and scientific publications, and popular fiction writers all clamoured to cover the ensuing "girl lovers" murder trial. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; GTB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326175
- ISBN
- 9780822326175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879288720
- ISBN
- 9781879288720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.05
€ 34.05
Paperback. Two contemporary poets turns their attention to poetry as a living, rhythmic, often musical performance. This book cover iambs, ballads, and more exotic metres like amphibrachs, dipodics, hendecasyllabics and sapphics. Editor(s): Finch, Annie; Oliver, Alexandra. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 116 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0004836
- ISBN
- 9781841598000
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 5S; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 38. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816696826
- ISBN
- 9780816696826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40