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Recreating Benjamin Franklin's words in the way that his contemporaries would have read and understood them, the author chronicles Franklin's use (and abuse) of humor for commercial, diplomatic, and political purposes. The author samples Franklin's apologues on the necessity of living reasonably even when life's circumstances may seem absurd. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBF; DSK; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123714
- ISBN
- 9780813123714
Condition: New
€ 37.83
€ 37.83
Hardcover. Editor(s): Daviau, Donald G. Series: Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture & Thought. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 48. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929497303
- ISBN
- 9780929497303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.27
€ 52.92
€ 41.27
Paperback. The book considers the London theatrical culture which took shape in the 1570s and came to an end in 1642. * Places emphasis on those plays that are readily available in modern editions and can sometimes to be seen in modern productions, including Shakespeare. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631226307
- ISBN
- 9780631226307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 49.20
€ 49.99
€ 49.20
Paperback. This book gathers some of the most important studies from the past twenty-five years of scholarship on the greatest Old English literary work. Editor(s): Baker, Peter S. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815336662
- ISBN
- 9780815336662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 2BM; DSB; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164559
- ISBN
- 9780231164559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.43
€ 36.99
€ 26.43
Hardcover. This revised edition of A History of Old English Literature draws extensively on the latest scholarship to have evolved over the last decade. The text incorporates additional material throughout, including two new chapters on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and incidental and marginal texts. Editor(s): Fulk, R. D.; Cain, Christopher M. Series: Blackwell History of Literature. Num Pages: 502 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 502
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118453230
- ISBN
- 9781118453230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.25
€ 136.25
paperback. Dorian Gray gives his soul for eternal youth. While his portrait changes hideously, reflecting his crimes and corruption, he remains outwardly flawless. This new edition uses the 1891 expanded text and shows how Wilde transformed his many sources. Editor(s): Bristow, Joseph. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 192. Paperback, cover has a small tear otherwise in good condition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRF2233620
- ISBN
- 9780199535989
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 12.99€ 5.12
€ 12.99
€ 5.12
Hardcover. A collection of essays that ranges from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It examines how obligatory state service and the Table of Ranks shaped Russian writers' view of themselves as professionals, raising questions about whether the existence of the rank system prompted the development of specifically Russian types of literary discourse. Series: Ars Rossika. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235513
- ISBN
- 9781936235513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.28
€ 149.28
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc India
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385721981
- ISBN
- 9780385721981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.20
€ 20.99
€ 15.20
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605210
- ISBN
- 9780691605210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.24€ 43.19
€ 55.24
€ 43.19
Hardback. Examines why a woman who was firmly labeled an unbeliever would take up the cause of Judaism and its promise of nationhood and statehood. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594032516
- ISBN
- 9781594032516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.77
€ 27.99
€ 24.77
Paperback. Reveals how "Oriental" tales, pseudo-ethnographies, sexual fantasies, and political satires took Europe by storm during the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226024493
- ISBN
- 9780226024493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.26
€ 40.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Paul Julian; Bergmann, Emilie. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 448 pages, 7 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316152
- ISBN
- 9780822316152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.76
€ 36.99
€ 32.76
Paperback. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481109
- ISBN
- 9780801481109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 48.64
€ 54.99
€ 48.64
Hardback. Editor(s): Bark, Debbie. Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series. Num Pages: 508 pages, 28+ b+w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783080212
- ISBN
- 9781783080212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.94
€ 133.94
Hardback. A study that integrates the biography, creative writing, and criticism of one of the important figures in young adult literature. This work is aimed at teachers, librarians, and scholars of young adult literatures, as well as devoted fans and students doing research on Chambers or the subjects of his novels. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 184 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810850873
- ISBN
- 9780810850873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.04
€ 93.04
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746311769
- ISBN
- 9780746311769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.93
€ 24.99
€ 22.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231137874
- ISBN
- 9780231137874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.36
€ 36.99
€ 26.36
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843382
- ISBN
- 9781843843382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.82
€ 76.82
Paperback. Robert Southwell's poetic view of Spenser's, Signey's and Shakespeare's England is a cold one. This book close reads and contextualises his lighter lyric poetry and its connections to English recusant culture from the music of Willian Bryd to the coded embroideries of Mary Queen of Scots. Num Pages: 321 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085673
- ISBN
- 9780719085673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.07
€ 36.07
Hardcover. The interconnections between histories and memories of the Holocaust, colonialism and extreme violence in post-war French and Francophone fiction and film provide the central focus of this book. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; APFA; DSBH; DSK; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458834
- ISBN
- 9780857458834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.67
€ 155.67
Paperback. This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature of the Hellenistic period. Series: Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DVG; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233220
- ISBN
- 9780631233220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.61
€ 46.99
€ 46.61
Paperback. Chinua Achebe is Africa's most prominent writer, and Things Fall Apart (1958) is the most renowned and widely-read African novel in the global literary canon. The essays collected in this casebook explore the work's artistic, multicultural, and global significance from a variety of critical perspectives. Editor(s): Okpewho, Isidore. Series: Casebooks in Criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195147643
- ISBN
- 9780195147643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.10
€ 43.10
Paperback. Was the Beowulf poet a Christian? Or was he a noble pagan with an outlook coloured by exposure to Christian thinking? This is but one of the fascinating topics discussed in this anthology of criticism on the early medieval masterpiece. Editor(s): Nicholson, Lewis E. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268000066
- ISBN
- 9780268000066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.90
€ 46.99
€ 41.90