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Hardcover. Offering nuanced readings of Sappho s poems, written in an archaic Aeolic dialect, DuBois skillfully draws out their sharp images and rhythmic melody. She further discusses the exciting discovery of a new verse fragment in 2004, and the ways in which Sappho influenced Catullus, Horace and Ovid, as well as later writers and painters." Series: Understanding Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784533601
- ISBN
- 9781784533601
€ 56.79
€ 56.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415748827
- ISBN
- 9780415748827
€ 42.30
€ 42.30
Hardcover. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 282 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Lehigh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611462272
- ISBN
- 9781611462272
€ 68.74
€ 68.74
Paperback. Series: Historicizing Modernism. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; APW; DSBH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350028456
- ISBN
- 9781350028456
€ 47.19
€ 47.19
Hardback. Edward Albee won critical acclaim for such plays as The Zoo Story and Who"s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? This book describes Albee's life as the adopted child of rich, unloving parents and covers the highs and lows of his career.' Series: Oberon Books S. Num Pages: 452 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 452
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840021318
- ISBN
- 9781840021318
€ 19.75
€ 19.75
Hardcover. The comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205--184BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. Twenty-one of his plays are extant. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 115 x 30. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996823
- ISBN
- 9780674996823
€ 25.99€ 25.62
€ 25.99
€ 25.62
Paperback. Offers an evaluation of Ford Madox Ford's "novels of war, which are also novels about peace". In this book, the author traces the development of the novelist's art in various phases: characteristic moods and general patterns of his novels, his borrowings from French, effects of his association with Conrad, and more. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press Austin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292741003
- ISBN
- 9780292741003
€ 20.99€ 20.80
€ 20.99
€ 20.80
Yale French Studies, Number 131/132: Bande Dessinée: Thinking Outsid...
Grove, Laurence, Syrotinski, Michael
Paperback. The latest installment of Yale French Studies explores the history and development of bande dessinee, Franco-Belgian comics Editor(s): Grove, Laurence; Syrotinski, Michael. Series: Yale French Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CJB; DSB; FZG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300225983
- ISBN
- 9780300225983
€ 43.99€ 16.10
€ 43.99
€ 16.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Absolute Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899791484
- ISBN
- 9781899791484
€ 9.99€ 9.78
€ 9.99
€ 9.78
Hardcover. The book addresses influences and affinities in the context of the history of ideas, literary theory and criticism. It brings together American Transcendentalism, Negritude, African religions and philosophy. Series: Literary & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783631681251
- ISBN
- 9783631681251
€ 52.99€ 50.93
€ 52.99
€ 50.93
Hardcover. Drawing on the wealth of the unpublished Archives Romain Rolland, this book offers a perspective on the events of an often-turbulent life and traces the changing patterns of his thought, which disconcerted his friends by its constant evolution. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859732700
- ISBN
- 9781859732700
€ 110.39
€ 110.39
Women Ethnographers and Native Women Storytellers: Relational Science,...
Brill de Ramírez, Susan Berry
Hardcover. Series: Native American Literary Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498510042
- ISBN
- 9781498510042
€ 79.49
€ 79.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Foundation Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788175963276
- ISBN
- 9788175963276
€ 25.99€ 10.57
€ 25.99
€ 10.57
Paperback. The British state and war machine struggled to produce a fully modernized and persuasive war culture in two world wars by freely cannibalizing art and literature. Deer explores writers' attempts to find their perspectives on the action in the face of the shattering violence and alienation of total war and an overpowering official war culture. Num Pages: 342 pages, 12 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198715580
- ISBN
- 9780198715580
€ 48.23
€ 48.23
Hardcover. From the earliest airfields to the post-9/11 turn, this book investigates how airports figure in the American cultural imagination. Working at the intersection of literary studies and cultural theory, it tracks airport stories in American literature, as well as in a range of visual texts. It shows how airports demand to be read. Num Pages: 176 pages, 45 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441175212
- ISBN
- 9781441175212
€ 89.04
€ 89.04
Paperback. In this, his second book about the essence and depth of Samuel Beckett's thinking and literary art, John Calder analyses the dualism of Beckett's theological writing, his debt to the Gnostics, Manichaeism and Geulincx in particular, the presence of ghosts in his work, and why his late writing has received so little attention. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714543833
- ISBN
- 9780714543833
€ 12.89
€ 12.89
Paperback. The 1854 seven-volume edition of journals and correspondence by the author Fanny Burney (1752-1840), spanning the period 1778-1840. Editor(s): Barrett, Charlotte. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies. Num Pages: 386 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108064088
- ISBN
- 9781108064088
€ 37.18
€ 37.18
Hardcover. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Keats. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138020740
- ISBN
- 9781138020740
€ 136.63
€ 136.63
Hardcover. Highlights the creative use of Old English models in both manuscripts and disprove the hypothesised close link between the Otho Brut and the romance genre. This study of the lexical fields 'hero', 'warrior' and 'knight' in the Brut chronicle investigates the backward orientation of the Caligula Brut towards Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry. Series: Muenchener Universitaetsschriften. Num Pages: 470 pages, 99, tables. BIC Classification: CFF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783631596692
- ISBN
- 9783631596692
€ 73.17
€ 73.17
Hardcover. Becoming Fiction: Reassessing Atheism in Durrenmatt's Stoffe sets forth a clarification of the importance of Friedrich Durrenmatt. Series: Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 2ACG; 3JJP; DSA; DSBH; DSK; HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433135262
- ISBN
- 9781433135262
€ 76.51
€ 76.51
Paperback. In this, the first Reader of Geoffrey Hartman's work, significant essays reflect his abiding interest in English and American poetry, focusing not only on Romanticism but also on the transition from early modern to modern and including reflections on the radical elements in artistic representation. Editor(s): Hartman, Geoffrey H.; O'Hara, Daniel T. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748620173
- ISBN
- 9780748620173
€ 37.89
€ 37.89
Hardcover. In this book, leading Wallace Stevens scholars explain in clear language fundamental aspects of his work. Editor(s): Serio, John N. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521849562
- ISBN
- 9780521849562
€ 70.78
€ 70.78
Paperback. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 194
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403916532
- ISBN
- 9781403916532
€ 62.47
€ 62.47
Paperback. This book discusses how and why American modernist writers turned to Ireland at various stages during their careers. By placing events such as the Celtic Revival and the Easter Rising at the centre of the discussion, it shows how Irishness became a cultural determinant in the work of American modernists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526116765
- ISBN
- 9781526116765
€ 22.06
€ 22.06