Literary essays
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Literary essays
Hardback. Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter in order to ensure the good fortune of his forces in the Trojan War is, despite its heroic background, in many respects a domestic tragedy. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance Series. Num Pages: 69 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 163 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 69
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566631129
- ISBN
- 9781566631129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.32
€ 21.32
hardcover. Euripides' romantic melodrama of the reunion in Tauris of Iphigenia with the brother she thought was dead abounds in situations of danger and of touching reminiscence. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance Series. Num Pages: 67 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 67
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566631143
- ISBN
- 9781566631143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.35
€ 21.35
Paperback. Translator(s): Warner, Rex. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Rep Una
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486275482
- ISBN
- 9780486275482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.07
€ 7.07
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
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393352719
- ISBN
- 9780393352719
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Condition: New
€ 16.83
€ 16.83
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGL; DNF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633572
- ISBN
- 9780691633572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.53
€ 135.53
Paperback / so. Illustrator(s): Cisneros, Jose. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; DNF; DQ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595347442
- ISBN
- 9781595347442
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.94
€ 15.99
€ 14.94
paperback. This series collects together the best-known aphorisms, epigrams and reflections of a wide variety of figures from antiquity to our own age: humorists and novelists, poets and philosophers, politicians and playwrights. Series: Duckworth Sayings Series. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 115. Weight in Grams: 76. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039583
- ISBN
- 9780715626108
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 455 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 33. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226511047
- ISBN
- 9780226511047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.62
€ 72.62
Paperback. In times of great uncertainty, the urgency of the artist's task is only surpassed by its difficulty. This work suggests fruitful ways of thinking about both the artist's role and the condition of doubt. It focuses on questions of race, gender, religion, faith, language, and political thought. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 40.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238404
- ISBN
- 9780520238404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.58
€ 38.58
Hardcover. Essays by historians on aspects of republicanism in Ireland (north and south) from the early 20th century to the present. Splits, schism and rivalry emerge as a significant dynamic of the political culture and republican organizations are shown to be ideologically incoherent and opportunist. Editor(s): McGarry, Fearghal. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFN; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Pr
- Edition
- 1st.ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621946
- ISBN
- 9781900621946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.32
€ 54.99
€ 46.32
paperback. When President Habyarimana's jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundred-day orgy of killing - which left up to a million dead. The author travelled through the country as the genocide was continuing. This analysis aims to reveal the terrible truth behind the headlines. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, chronology. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; DNF; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140247602
- ISBN
- 9780140247602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.33
€ 14.99
€ 11.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 157 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Sybylla Co-operative Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 157
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780908205042
- ISBN
- 9780908205042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Includes three essays on regional writing, including "The Fiction Writer and His Country" and "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction"; two pieces on teaching literature, including "Total Effect and the 8th Grade"; and four articles concerning the writer and religion, including "The Catholic Novel in the Protestant South." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571309597
- ISBN
- 9780571309597
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.73
€ 17.99
€ 12.73
Paperback. A selection of extracts documenting the friendship between Louis Bouilhet and Gustave Flaubert. Editor(s): Raitt, A. W. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 83 pages, bibliography, colour frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 83
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894418
- ISBN
- 9780859894418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.73
€ 37.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNF; DSB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772892634
- ISBN
- 9788772892634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.97
€ 43.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845197100
- ISBN
- 9781845197100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.34
€ 38.34
Paperback. Series: Dover Books on Biology. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198. What it is and What it is Not. 140 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; MQC. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 10. Weight: 178.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486223407
- ISBN
- 9780486223407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.43
€ 9.99
€ 9.43
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.74
€ 44.74
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213174
- ISBN
- 9780253213174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.50
€ 50.99
€ 45.50