Literary essays
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Literary essays
Paperback. Written for the very audience it portrays, "The Excursion" introduces the heroine, Maria Villiers, to London's "gentle" society and its glittering pastimes. Brooke drew upon the English courtship novel in the tradition of Elize Haywood and Henry Fielding for her novel's plot structure. Series: Eighteenth-century Novels by Women. Num Pages: 224 pages, references. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; FC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813108810
- ISBN
- 9780813108810
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Condition: New
€ 44.74
€ 44.74
Paperback. The author is the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of "Fanny Hill", and who once found herself poring over a 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only thing in her apartment that she had not read at least twice. This title recounts her lifelong obsession with books. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111 x 11. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140283709
- ISBN
- 9780140283709
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.33
€ 14.99
€ 11.33
Paperback. A gift for anyone who loves good liquor and high-proof prose: a collection of hilarious and deeply informed writings about drink from one of the all-time authorities. With an Introduction by Christopher Hitchens. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WBXD; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781408803837
- ISBN
- 9781408803837
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 7.79
€ 13.99
€ 7.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 470 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DNF; JFFA; JP; KNTJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 31. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House India
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140259841
- ISBN
- 9780140259841
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.04
€ 19.99
€ 16.04
paperback. Offers translation and commentary on Eutropius, whose Breviarium (Abbreviated History of Rome) was a major vehicle for transmitting knowledge of Roman history to people of the Middle Ages and beyond. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 186 pages, 3 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Number of pages
- 186
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853232087
- ISBN
- 9780853232087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.61
€ 45.61
Hardback. Editor(s): Parker, William Nelson; Jones, Eric L. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; KCN; KCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644608
- ISBN
- 9780691644608
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Condition: New
€ 179.79
€ 179.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Open Letter
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934824894
- ISBN
- 9781934824894
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.54
€ 14.99
€ 14.54
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 275 x 31. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700613
- ISBN
- 9781501700613
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Condition: New
€ 93.60
€ 93.60
Hardback. This student's edition of Hecuba prepared by Justina Gregory offers the first modern, full-length commentary suitable for classroom use. It includes an introduction, appendix on lyric meters, bibliography, and index. Editor(s): Gregory, Justina. Series: American Philological Association Textbook Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus, map. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780788506123
- ISBN
- 9780788506123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.72
€ 96.72
Hardcover. Euripides (c. 485 406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive complete, including "Medea," "Hippolytus," and "Bacchae," one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also survive. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 120 x 29. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995338
- ISBN
- 9780674995338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.05
€ 33.99
€ 32.05
hardcover. Euripides (c. 485 406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive complete, including "Medea," "Hippolytus," and "Bacchae," one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also survive. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 112 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- REV ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995604
- ISBN
- 9780674995604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.22
€ 42.22
Paperback. Provides a coherent picture of reality, and a guide to the meaning of an ethical life. This book follows a logical format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, the emotions, human bondage to the emotions, and the power of understanding. Translator(s): Curley, E. M. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics London
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435719
- ISBN
- 9780140435719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.59
€ 13.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. First published in a posthumous edition of 1677, this work by Spinoza is a systematic attempt to work out the nature of God, the relation between mind and body, human psychology, and the best way to live. Translator(s): Stirling, A. K.; White, W. H. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 368 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840221190
- ISBN
- 9781840221190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.37
€ 7.37
Hardback. Theodor W Adorno (1903-1969), one of the principal figures associated with the Frankfurt School, wrote extensively on culture, modernity, aesthetics, literature, and - more than any other subject - music. This collection of twenty-seven essays represents the full range of Adorno's music writing. Editor(s): Leppert, Richard. Translator(s): Gillespie, Susan H. Num Pages: 760 pages, 1 music example. BIC Classification: AV; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 760
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520226722
- ISBN
- 9780520226722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.05
€ 105.05
Paperback. Theodor W Adorno (1903-1969), one of the principal figures associated with the Frankfurt School, wrote extensively on culture, modernity, aesthetics, literature, and - more than any other subject - music. This title presents the full range of Adorno's music writing. Editor(s): Leppert, Richard. Translator(s): Gillespie, Susan H. Num Pages: 760 pages, 1 music example. BIC Classification: AV; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 760
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520231597
- ISBN
- 9780520231597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.35
€ 45.99
€ 40.35
Hardcover. The essays in this collection range widely not only over Karolina Pavlova's oeuvre but also in their analytical stances. The volume includes close poetic and prosodic analysis, literary history, gender studies, intertextual comparison and biography. Editor(s): Fusso, Ms. Susanne; Lehrman, Alexander. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; DNF; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press,U.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810115446
- ISBN
- 9780810115446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.73
€ 122.73
Hardback. Translator(s): Kowal, Michael. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 540 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691645858
- ISBN
- 9780691645858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.32
€ 256.32
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691622637
- ISBN
- 9780691622637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.77
€ 64.77
Hardcover. Part of "The Collected Works of Langston Hughes" series, this volume features his essays, from his radical pieces praising revolutionary socialist ideology in the 1930s to the more conservative, previously unpublished "Black Writers in a Troubled World". Editor(s): De Santis, Christopher C. (Assistant Professor of American and African American Literature, Illinois State University, USA). Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 632 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826213945
- ISBN
- 9780826213945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.83
€ 83.83
Hardback. Editor(s): McCloskey, Donald N. Series: Quantitative studies in History Series. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DNF; KCA; KCZ. 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
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646909
- ISBN
- 9780691646909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.24
€ 212.24
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; KCHS; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650180
- ISBN
- 9780691650180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.98
€ 238.98
paperback. Offers two works on life's fleeting pleasures by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different world-view. This book includes ribald stories of drunken monks to aching nostalgia for the fading traditions of the Japanese court. Translator(s): McKinney, Meredith. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192109
- ISBN
- 9780141192109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.59
€ 13.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619020009
- ISBN
- 9781619020009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.33
€ 16.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. Presents essays on Turgenev, Goldsmith, Congreve, Gibbon and Horace Walpole. This title is suitable for for students, common readers and scholars alike. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780701206710
- ISBN
- 9780701206710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 32.80
€ 51.99
€ 32.80