Literary essays
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Literary essays
Hardcover. Offers a selection of the poet's work, including all the lyrics and the important prophetic books. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150346
- ISBN
- 9781857150346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.31
€ 21.99
€ 16.31
Paperback. The commentary in this edition of one of Plutarchs Lives concentrates on the historical aspects of the work and includes much detailed comparison of Plutarch's narrative with those of other sources such as Herodotos, Thucydides, Diodorus and Cornelius Nepos. Greek text with facing translation. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856686771
- ISBN
- 9780856686771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.42
€ 33.99
€ 30.42
Paperback. Plutarch's Lives have always attracted a large number of admirers, particularly because of his pragmatic concern with ethics and politics. But Plutarch intended his Lives to be read in pairs, an intention that is often ignored by those who treat these works as merely historical sources. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856684227
- ISBN
- 9780856684227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.57
€ 33.99
€ 30.57
hardcover. Offering close readings of novels by Sherman Alexie to Leslie Marmon Silko, this book documents the reinvention of Anglo-European nationality in the interests of sustaining the indigenous traditions that long-preceded colonization. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613423
- ISBN
- 9780230613423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
Paperback. Pliny's letters sent to Trajan from Bithynia, and Trajan's replies are the only surviving file of letters between a provincial governor and his emperor. The edition makes this record accessible to even those with no knowledge of Latin. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 241 x 14. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First published 1990. Reprinted with addenda 2007.
- SKU
- V9780856684081
- ISBN
- 9780856684081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.73
€ 33.99
€ 30.73
Hardcover. From jazz fantasy camp to running a movie studio; from a fight between an old guy and a fat guy to a fear of clowns, this book delivers two dozen essays that revolve around the themes and obsessions that have characterized Rotella's writing from the start: boxing, music, writers, and cities. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DNF; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226729091
- ISBN
- 9780226729091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.44
€ 31.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Halliwell, Stephen. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages, commentary, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Edition
- Reprinted edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856685361
- ISBN
- 9780856685361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.57
€ 33.99
€ 30.57
Paperback. The dating of the Phaedrus has been hotly debated: sometimes it has been counted among Plato's earliest works; sometimes with the dialogues of the 'middle' period (Phaedo, Symposium, Republic); sometimes with the late works (e.g. Sophist, Statesman). Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 232 pages, commentary, notes. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First published 1986, reprinted with corrections 2
- SKU
- V9780856683145
- ISBN
- 9780856683145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.73
€ 33.99
€ 30.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Sharples, R. W. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 210 pages, commentary, notes. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856682490
- ISBN
- 9780856682490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.57
€ 33.99
€ 30.57
Hardback. Editor(s): Pettersson, Olof; Songe-Moller, Vigdis. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319455839
- ISBN
- 9783319455839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.62
€ 133.62
hardcover. Plato Opera Vol. V (Minos, Leges; Ep., Epp., Deff., Spuria) Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 610 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 670. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1922
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024295
- ISBN
- 9780198145462
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Translator(s): Brann, Eva; Kalkavage, Peter; Salem, Eric. Series: Focus Philosophical Library. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Focus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941051514
- ISBN
- 9780941051514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.16
€ 17.99
€ 14.16
Paperback. In this sequel to Catherine Cookson's collection of essays and poems, "Let Me Make Myself Plain", she offers a further selection of thoughts, recollections and observations on life - and death - together with more of the poems she prefers to describe as "prose on short lines". Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 107 x 24. Weight in Grams: 200. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0010071
- ISBN
- 9780552143844
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Translator(s): Gilbert, Stuart; O'Brien, Justin. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152784
- ISBN
- 9781857152784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.07
€ 23.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. This is a collection of film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum's work. Written over a span of 21 years, these essays cover a broad range of films - from Hollywood blockbusters to foreign art movies to experimental cinema. They include reviews, commentary and analysis of the practice of film criticism. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520086333
- ISBN
- 9780520086333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.83
€ 37.99
€ 27.83
Hardback. Editor(s): McNair, Wesly. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892727605
- ISBN
- 9780892727605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.77
€ 26.99
€ 24.77
Paperback. This allegory of Christian life describes the pilgrimage of the hero, Christian, from the Shadow of Destruction via the Slough of Despond, the Hill of Difficulty, the Valley of the Shadow of Death and Vanity Fair, over the River of the Water of Life and into the Celestial City. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853264689
- ISBN
- 9781853264689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.24
€ 7.24
Hardcover. The extraordinary story of abundance being hunted to extinction in a New World unused to ecological husbandry. An extinction which coincided with the outbreak of World War 1 - another example of mass destruction. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 full colour 1 black & white. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 112 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907903656
- ISBN
- 9781907903656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.45
€ 19.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. Italy's famous sights are all to be found here - St Peter's in Rome, Naples with Vesuvius smouldering in the background and canals of Venice. In this book, the author portrays a nation of great contrasts: between grandiose buildings and squalid poverty, and between past and present, as he observes everyday life beside ancient monuments. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434316
- ISBN
- 9780140434316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.44
€ 15.99
€ 12.44
Paperback. Picasso's extraordinary capacity to work in a variety of mediums and styles amazed his critics since the first years of the century. This collection of critical and personal reactions to Picasso provides an account of the many innovations and changes of direction that baffled his contemporaries. It also reveals his working methods and attitudes. Editor(s): McCully, Marilyn. Num Pages: 288 pages, 55 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AFC; AGB; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691003481
- ISBN
- 9780691003481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.93
€ 45.99
€ 32.93
Hardcover. Offers an analysis of fundamental shifts in German cultural memory. This study challenges the institutional boundaries of Germany's memory culture that have guided and arguably limited German identity debates by focusing on the resurgence of family stories in fiction, autobiography and in film. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APFA; DNF; JFC; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554054
- ISBN
- 9780230554054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.58
€ 64.58
Paperback. This play by a young Toulouse lawyer-poet, was published posthumously in 1611 and has since been largely neglected. It is reprinted here for the first time, accompanied by an introductory study, explanatory notes and a glossary. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 84 pages, 1 b&w halftone, glossary. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894883
- ISBN
- 9780859894883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.18
€ 39.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Rowe, Christopher. Translator(s): Rowe, Christopher. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140449747
- ISBN
- 9780140449747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.61
€ 11.99
€ 9.61
Paperback. Features an appendix that contains the fragments of early Greek love poetry which helps the reader appreciate the rich, and perhaps elusive, meaning of eros. Editor(s): Nehamas, Alexander; Woodruff, Paul. Translator(s): Nehamas, Alexander; Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 141
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872202207
- ISBN
- 9780872202207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.27
€ 15.99
€ 13.27