Romance, Italic & Rhaeto-Romanic languages
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Romance, Italic & Rhaeto-Romanic languages
Paperback. Dramatist, poet, novelist, and journalist Matei Visniec, born in Romania and living in France since seeking political asylum in 1987, has been one of the most trenchant voices of Europe, condemning the atrocities of totalitarianism as well as excesses of consumer culture. This is an anthology of his dramatic work made available in English. Editor(s): Komporaly, Jozefina. Num Pages: 400 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADR; DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857422200
- ISBN
- 9780857422200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.41
€ 44.99
€ 34.41
Paperback. How to get on well with people, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought. This biography of Montaigne relates the story of his life by way of the questions he posed and the answers he explored. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099485155
- ISBN
- 9780099485155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.11
€ 16.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. Montaigne is known for his exploration of the subject or the self. This work discusses these and other aspects of Montaigne's work "Essais" as features in the mapping of a mental landscape. Taking passages from different chapters of the "Essais", it guides readers through Montaigne's investigation of the subtle shades and stirrings of the mind. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; HPCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781862079441
- ISBN
- 9781862079441
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.66
€ 11.99
€ 9.66
Paperback. Introduces the Marquis de Sade's highly original and thoroughly subversive depiction of human sexuality, and the philosophical and political thinking that underpins it. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862077270
- ISBN
- 9781862077270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.31
€ 9.99
€ 8.31
Paperback. Presents a selection of the works of Hrotsvit, the first-known woman dramatist, that contain legends, dramas, and epics. Series: Library of Medieval Women. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ADL; DNF; DQ; DSBB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859914895
- ISBN
- 9780859914895
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Condition: New
€ 30.99
€ 30.99
Paperback. Alfredo Bryce Echenique is one of the most widely-read and most widely translated Latin American authors of recent decades, yet this is the first critical edition that makes his work available to students of Hispanic literatures in the English-speaking world. Editor(s): Wood, David. Series Editor(s): Davies, Catherine. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719064135
- ISBN
- 9780719064135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.89
€ 24.89
Paperback. A collection of plays including "Lucifer and the Lord", "Huis Clos", and "The Respectable Prostitute". Translator(s): Black, Kitty; Gilbert, Stuart. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184555
- ISBN
- 9780141184555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Hardcover. Editor(s): Grund, Gary R. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017443
- ISBN
- 9780674017443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.07
€ 38.99
€ 33.07
Hardback. Humanist Tragedies offers a sampling of Latin drama from the Tre- and Quattrocento. These five tragedies--Ecerinis, Achilleis, Progne, Hyempsal, and Fernandus servatus--were nourished by a potent amalgam of classical, medieval, and pre-humanist sources. Humanist tragedy testifies to momentous changes in literary conventions during the Renaissance. Translator(s): Grund, Gary R. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057258
- ISBN
- 9780674057258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.15
€ 38.99
€ 33.15
Hardcover. The author examines the role of comedy in the novels of four key postmodern Spanish-American writers: Gustavo Sainz, Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Jaime Bayly and Fernando Vallejo. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662971
- ISBN
- 9781855662971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.10
€ 78.10
Paperback. Exactly 500 years after its first publication by the great Venetian printing house Aldus Manutius, Francesco Colonna's weird, erotic, allegorical antiquarian tale, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, was translated into English and reprinted in full, together with all of its 174 original - and enchanting - woodcut illustrations. Translator(s): Godwin, Joscelyn. Num Pages: 496 pages, 174 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500285497
- ISBN
- 9780500285497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.03
€ 22.03
hardcover. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; DSR; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491241
- ISBN
- 9781611491241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.22
€ 134.22
Paperback. Translator(s): Leslie, Tanya. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583220528
- ISBN
- 9781583220528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Exploring the many different contact points between Iberian colonialism and indigenous cultures, this title features contributors who identify the crucial parameters of language evolution that have led to today's state of linguistic diversity in Latin America. Editor(s): Mufwene, Salikoko S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 halftones, 3 line drawings, 27 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADP; 2ADS; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226126203
- ISBN
- 9780226126203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.26
€ 47.99
€ 37.26
Hardcover. Exploring the many different contact points between Iberian colonialism and indigenous cultures, this book features contributors who identify the crucial parameters of language evolution that have led to today's state of linguistic diversity in Latin America. Editor(s): Mufwene, Salikoko S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 halftones, 3 line drawings, 27 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADP; 2ADS; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226126173
- ISBN
- 9780226126173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.72€ 106.37
€ 128.72
€ 106.37
Hardcover. Of late the term Iberian Studies has been gaining academic currency, but its semantic scope still fluctuates. This title brings together contributions from leading international scholars who demonstrates the cultural and linguistic complexity of the field by reflecting on the institutional challenges to the practice of Iberian Studies. Editor(s): Resina, Joan Ramon. Series: Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 2ADP; 2ADS; DSB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318337
- ISBN
- 9781846318337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.12
€ 135.12
paperback. Series: Step into Reading. Num Pages: 48 pages, colour photographs. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 5AJ; YQCR; YQH; YQSB. Category: (EJ) Primary. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 4. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780679856474
- ISBN
- 9780679856474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.49
€ 19.99
€ 6.49
Paperback. Is Lucan's epic "Civil War" an example of ideological poetry, or does it proclaim the meaninglessness of ideology? The author finds in the paradoxes of Lucan's poetry both a political irony that responds to the need for, yet suspicion of, ideology; and the redemptive power of storytellings. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; DSK; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005501
- ISBN
- 9780674005501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.06
€ 41.99
€ 35.06
Hardback. Described as Tasso's most ambitious project, this epic poem, part history, part fiction, is based on the events of the First Crusade, and was composed upon his release from a seven year confinement in Ferrara. This translation into English also contains the original Italian text. Translator(s): Passaro, Maria Pastore. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823216338
- ISBN
- 9780823216338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.72
€ 108.72
Hardback. Survey of one of the most important surviving medieval manuscripts reveals much of its contemporary cultural, literary and social milieu. Num Pages: 256 pages, 45, 16 colour, 29 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ADF; ACK; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843842804
- ISBN
- 9781843842804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.73
€ 134.73