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Hardback. Myers, of prostitution in Restif de la Bretonne by Rori Bloom, of ruins in Lazzaro Spallanzani by Sabrina Ferri, of Arthur Murphy's female characters by Barbara Mackey King, and of recent film adaptations of the century's masterworks by Karen Gevirtz. Editor(s): Erwin, Timothy; Burnham, Michelle. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413761
- ISBN
- 9781421413761
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.45
€ 49.99
€ 41.45
paperback. Editor(s): Hoffmann, Lukas. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Transcript Publishing Germany
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837636611
- ISBN
- 9783837636611
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.46
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€ 35.46
Hardcover. "Stanley Corngold's translation is a triumph. This is a glorious achievement, a Werther for the ages."-Christopher Prendergast Translator(s): Corngold, Stanley. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393079388
- ISBN
- 9780393079388
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.19
€ 25.99
€ 22.19
Paperback. A sparkling collection of new plays easy to perform with small groups, much used in schools, colleges and youth theatres. Editor(s): Setren, Phil. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Aurora Metro Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780951587782
- ISBN
- 9780951587782
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.14
€ 16.99
€ 16.14
Paperback. Considering the singular experience of the African American writer, this title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures, even as it adapted and transformed the cultural traditions and religions of Africa and the African diaspora along the way. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789972
- ISBN
- 9780226789972
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.07
€ 35.99
€ 28.07
Paperback. During Poland's century-long partition and in the interwar period of Poland's re-emergence as a state, Polish writers on both sides of the ocean shared a preoccupation with national identity. This analysis of these forgotten works examines the immigrant community's own competing visions of itself. Series: Polish and Polish-American Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGP; 3JH; 3JJG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 407. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821414705
- ISBN
- 9780821414705
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. Introduces Tennyson's famous elegy to first-time readers, students and teachers of the poem. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780748641352
- ISBN
- 9780748641352
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Condition: New
€ 79.69
€ 79.69
paperback. Examines the role of psychoanalysis within Latin literary studies, focusing on what psychoanalytic theory has to contribute to interpretation. Series: Roman Literature and Its Contexts. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521609104
- ISBN
- 9780521609104
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.53
€ 34.99
€ 31.53
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652580
- ISBN
- 9780691652580
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Condition: New
€ 102.25
€ 102.25
Hardback. An insightful tour of the great masters of the last century and an argument that challenges long-held paradigms, Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art will appeal to mathematicians, humanists, and artists, as well as instructors teaching the connections among math, literature, and art. Num Pages: 184 pages, 19, 9 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBH; PB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421413792
- ISBN
- 9781421413792
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Condition: New
€ 73.33
€ 73.33
Paperback. Editor(s): Terhune, Alfred McKinley; Terhune, Annabelle Burdick. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 688 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615813
- ISBN
- 9780691615813
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Condition: New
€ 133.34
€ 133.34
Paperback. Analyses texts drawn from the Bleek and Lloyd Archive - one of the important collections for the understanding of South African cultural heritage and in particular the traditions of the /Xam, South Africa's 'first people'. This book offers an analysis of the corpus of /Xam narratives found in the Bleek and Lloyd collection. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; DSB; HBJ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Witwatersrand University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144709
- ISBN
- 9781868144709
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Condition: New
€ 38.73
€ 38.73
Paperback. Romanticism and the Rise of English provides a revisionary account of Romantic literature in light of the eighteenth-century transformation of the English language. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; CF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804773621
- ISBN
- 9780804773621
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. Includes stories that combine passion with forceful feminist argument. In "Mary Wollstonecraft's Mary", the heroine flees her young husband in order to nurse her dearest friend, Ann, and finds genuine love, while Maria tells of a desperate young woman who seeks consolation in the arms of another man after the loss of her child. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005140
- ISBN
- 9780140433715
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. An introduction to the poetry of Jorge Teillier (Chile, 1935-1986). Commonly referred to as ?poesie larica? (poetry of the lar or hearth), Tellier's poetry looks to the countryside, to familiar domestic objects in the provincial home, and to the folklore of an illusive past as a way of restoring meaning to individual existence. Num Pages: 149 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838755051
- ISBN
- 9780838755051
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Condition: New
€ 104.74
€ 104.74
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608655
- ISBN
- 9780691608655
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.02
€ 38.99
€ 28.02
Hardback. Examining both why and how Emerson evades the ancient quarrel between literature and philosophy, this book entirely rethinks the nature of Emerson's radical individualism and its relation to the possibility of an ethics and a politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730150
- ISBN
- 9780804730150
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Condition: New
€ 83.72
€ 83.72
Paperback. The place of poetry in modern democracy is no place, according to conventional wisdom. This work shows that the voice of poetry resonates with profound themes at the very heart of democratic culture. As part of the entertainment industry, it concludes, poetry will always be small and overlooked. Series: The University Center for Human Values Series. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 101 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122632
- ISBN
- 9780691122632
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.44
€ 29.99
€ 21.44
Hardcover. New translation of the thirteenth century account of the life and achievements of the tenth century Castillian leader Fernan Gonzalez and historical study of his life and of the historical background to the poem. Translator(s): Such, Peter; Rabone, Richard. Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics. Num Pages: b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3F; DCF; DSBB; DSC; HBJD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 29. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910572009
- ISBN
- 9781910572009
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Condition: New
€ 135.27
€ 135.27
Paperback. Series: Chicken Soup for the Soul. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; VFX; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935096191
- ISBN
- 9781935096191
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.55
€ 16.99
€ 15.55
Paperback. Examining Edward Said's career, this book provides a critical survey of his writings and an interim assessment of his achievements in the cultural and political spheres. It includes essays on the Arab-Islamic context of Said's work, his reception among Israeli and American Jews, and the institutional contexts of his cultural criticism. Editor(s): Sprinker, Michael. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557862297
- ISBN
- 9781557862297
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 49.03
€ 49.99
€ 49.03
Paperback. This study explores all of Auster's artistic output - both published and unpublished - for the first time, and considers, in considerable depth, his major themes of New York life, identity, community, writing and storytelling. Series Editor(s): Monteith, Sharon; Yousaf, Nahem. Series: Contemporary American and Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719073977
- ISBN
- 9780719073977
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Condition: New
€ 31.38
€ 31.38
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075422
- ISBN
- 9781906075422
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.90
€ 15.99
€ 14.90
Paperback. Traces Herman Melville's response to an array of nineteenth-century writings that includes literary scriptures, biblical scholarship, Holy Land travel narratives, political sermons, and women's bibles. This book shows how Melville raised with verve the question of what counts as Bible and what counts as interpretation. Num Pages: 206 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSK; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254558
- ISBN
- 9780520254558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10