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hardcover. This book examines Boccaccio's pivotal role in legitimizing the vernacular literature of Dante, Petrarch and Cavalcanti through argument, narrative and transcription. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 260 pages, 7 b/w illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107041660
- ISBN
- 9781107041660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.80
€ 69.80
Hardback. This brilliantly original study uncovers a side to Napoleon Bonaparte which has hitherto been ignored by biographers -- that of the aspiring novelist and man of letters. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625355
- ISBN
- 9780745625355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.74
€ 70.74
Hardback. Covington explores the manner in which the theme of physical and symbolic woundedness was claimed by a range of discourses in a century of turbulence and change. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616011
- ISBN
- 9780230616011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Paperback. 'Perceptive, original and thought provoking, this slim volume presents a real contribution to the understanding of the nature of the Piyyut.' Journal of Jewish Studies Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New in paperback
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904113164
- ISBN
- 9781904113164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.40
€ 40.40
The Voice of a Giant. Essays on Seven Russian Prose Classics.
. Ed(S): Cockrell, Roger; Richards, David
Paperback. The Voice of a Giant looks at seven masterpieces of Russian nineteenth-century prose fiction. Each chapter concentrates primarily on a detailed analysis of one of these works but reference is also made to historical background, the seven author's general attitudes and the distinguishing characteristics of Russian literature. Editor(s): Cockrell, Roger; Richards, David. Num Pages: 104 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 147. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859892414
- ISBN
- 9780859892414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.04
€ 35.04
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bristow, Joseph; McDonagh, Josephine. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137597052
- ISBN
- 9781137597052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.87
€ 111.87
paperback. The interviews in this book reflect a range of Caribbean voices from several generations, from poets influenced by a dynamic interplay between the popular culture of reggae, calypso, folk music and "yard" theatre to those whose work is closer to classical forms of literature and oral narrative. Editor(s): Dawes, Kwame. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919461
- ISBN
- 9780813919461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.97
€ 32.97
Paperback. Translator(s): MacGillivray, Catherine A.F. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC; DSK; FA; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816621170
- ISBN
- 9780816621170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.53
€ 25.99
€ 23.53
Critical analysis of the importance and influence of Elizabethan biblical typology on Spenser and the composition of the Faerie Queene. Series Editor(s): Lethbridge, J. B. Series: The Manchester Spenser. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719083846
- ISBN
- 9780719083846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 153.07
€ 153.07
Hardcover. This book is about an aspect of mediaeval Arabic culture and literature known in Arabic as mujUn (roughly 'libertinism, licentiousness, frivolity, indecency, profligacy, shamelessness, impertinence', etc.) Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1; HPDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 245 x 34. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094617
- ISBN
- 9780906094617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.94€ 83.62
€ 86.94
€ 83.62
Paperback. An interdisciplinary study of women and language in England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, this book uses language texts, schoolbooks, diaries, letters, conduct books, and works of literature to show how 18th-century English women used "woman's language" while insisting that gender was not the most salient feature of their identities. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751179
- ISBN
- 9780804751179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99
€ 36.99
Paperback. This book provides students and scholars of classical literature with a practical guide to modern literary theory and criticism. Using a clear and concise approach, it navigates readers through various theoretical approaches, including Russian Formalism, structuralism, deconstruction, gender studies, and New Historicism. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405153744
- ISBN
- 9781405153744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.65
€ 43.99
€ 43.65
Hardcover. Ecocriticism is a field that is expanding dramatically. This volume is a collection of essays by ecocritics and scholars from the literary and environmental arenas. Together, their work seeks to signal a new direction in the field and offer insights into a broad spectrum of texts. Editor(s): Armbruster, Karla; Wallace, Kathlee R. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920139
- ISBN
- 9780813920139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.01
€ 107.01
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691648712
- ISBN
- 9780691648712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.08
€ 148.08
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DNF; DSBD; HBJD; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632469
- ISBN
- 9780691632469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.11
€ 104.11
Hardback. This is a study of Friel's entire oeuvre, relating his work to the problems of subjectivity, representation, history and the body, with a view to offering some placement of Friel in relation to both postmodernism and traditional humanism. Central to the study is Friel's concept of "translation". Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333600757
- ISBN
- 9780333600757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.70
€ 186.70
hardcover. Editor(s): Shapiro, Gavriel. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AGR; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780801439094
- ISBN
- 9780801439094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.45
€ 94.45
Hardback. What was the Enlightenment? Seeking to recover where, when, and how the concept of 'the Enlightenment' first emerged, this title departs from genealogies that trace it back to political and philosophical developments in England and the Dutch Republic. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184470
- ISBN
- 9780226184470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.73€ 76.95
€ 92.73
€ 76.95
Hardcover. Transatlantic Literature and Culture After 9/11 asks whether post-9/11 America has chosen the 'wrong side of paradise' by waging war on terror rather than working for global peace. Analyzing transatlantic literature and culture, the book refocuses our view of Ground Zero through the lenses of imperial power and cosmopolitan exchange. Editor(s): Miller, Kristine A. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443205
- ISBN
- 9781137443205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Paperback. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434. Animal Representations and Biopolitical Subjectivity. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. 312 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HPCF7. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231161237
- ISBN
- 9780231161237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.18
€ 49.18
Paperback. The middlebrow is a dominant cultural force in the twenty-first century. This book defines the new literary middlebrow through eight key features: middle class, feminized, reverential, commercial, emotional, recreational, earnest and mediated. Case studies include Oprah's Book Club, the Man Booker Prize and the Harry Potter phenomenon. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486847
- ISBN
- 9781349486847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.34
€ 63.34
Hardcover. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403984357
- ISBN
- 9781403984357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560729198
- ISBN
- 9781560729198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.42€ 48.04
€ 61.42
€ 48.04
Paperback. aeo Will serve students as a readable introduction and useful reference volume throughout their Victorian studies. aeo Includes extensive bibliographies directing the student to further reading. aeo Examines Victorian literature in its cultural and historical context. Editor(s): Tucker, Herbert F. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 512 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218760
- ISBN
- 9780631218760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48
€ 53.48