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paperback. Num Pages: 402 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CB; CJB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9789024721009
ISBN
9789024721009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Paperback. The Baader-Meinhof Group and other violent underground organizations have provided material to many novels by leading German and international writers. This book is the first to examine this rich literary corpus, treating it as a political unconscious which expresses submerged anxieties and moral blind-spots in Europe's most powerful country. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349343904
ISBN
9781349343904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Hardcover. Peter of Blois pursued the life of a twelfth-century intellectual with vigor and passion tinged with anxiety. This book offers a study of Peter of Blois' life, thought, and writings. It explores how Peter brought classical, patristic, monastic, and scholastic traditions into an uneasy synthesis, and deployed them in letters. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; BGL; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813216768
ISBN
9780813216768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.16

paperback. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442612983
ISBN
9781442612983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.15

Paperback. Providing details of Wilde's life and work in an easily accessible profile, this biography makes use of surviving letters, notebooks, diaries and documents, as well as other researched biographies. Other author's in the series include Pope, Byron, Dickens, Kipling, and Tennyson. Editor(s): Page, Professor Norman. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 105 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
105
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349100712
ISBN
9781349100712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349272990
ISBN
9781349272990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.95

hardcover. Looking East examines how English encounters with the Ottoman Empire helped shape national identities and imperial ambitions. Engagingly written in an accessible style, this book demonstrates how the so-called 'conflict of civilizations' separating the Muslim East from the Christian West is a false and dangerous myth. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 2AB; DSBB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2007th Edition
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230019676
ISBN
9780230019676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.83

Paperback. The third book in Kristeva's trilogy on female genius,Colette interlaces commentary on the life and work of this notorious French novelist who made it possible for women to write erotic literature. The result is an elegant and sophisticated critique filled with psychoanalytic insight. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 448 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 348 x 36. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128971
ISBN
9780231128971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.58

Hardcover. Bridging the gap between decadence as it is traditionally understood in literary and cultural studies and its relevance to current phenomena, this interdisciplinary collection examines literary texts and movies from Europe and the United States since 1945. Editor(s): Landgraf, Diemo. Num Pages: 245 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137431011
ISBN
9781137431011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.74

hardcover. This work reshapes our understanding of contemporary Irish poetry and offers a new account of poetic form. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484. 245 pages. This work reshapes our understanding of contemporary Irish poetry and offers a new account of poetic form. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 161 x 228 x 22. Weight: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107018136
ISBN
9781107018136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.47

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691615578
ISBN
9780691615578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.44

Hardback. This collection responds to the critical legacy of Penn R. Szittya. Its contributors investigate how medieval poetic language reflects and shapes social, political, and religious worlds. In addition to new readings of canonical poetic texts, it includes readings of texts that have previously not held a central place in critical attention. Editor(s): Chaganti, Seeta. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823243242
ISBN
9780823243242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Paperback. A modern long poem, focusing on William Penn, Quaker origins of American ideals, and subsequent history, Native American and European American. Series: Pennsylvania Paperbacks. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 287.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812217360
ISBN
9780812217360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874134889
ISBN
9780874134889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.13

Paperback. First published in 1994 as Tropical Synagogues: Short Stories by Jewish-Latin American Writers, Ilan Stavans s classic anthology is expanded and updated in this new edition." Editor(s): Stavans, Ilan. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2AB; 2ADSL; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826354952
ISBN
9780826354952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.38

Hardback. This work explores the appropriation and transformation of classical mythology by French culture from the mid-12th century to about 1430. Each of the five chapters focuses on a specific moment in this process and asks questions including what were the purposes of transforming classical myth? Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3H; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728102
ISBN
9780804728102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.55

hardcover. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739145531
ISBN
9780739145531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.16

Hardback. This book rethinks the origins and nature of magical realism and provides detailed readings of key novels by Asturias, Carpentier, Garcia Marquez, Rushdie, and Okri. Identifying two different strands of the mode, one characterized by faith, the other by irreverence, Warnes makes available a new vocabulary for the discussion of magical realism. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230545281
ISBN
9780230545281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Hardback. In "Howards End", Forster remarks that the imperialist "hopes to inherit the earth" and with the strong temptation he has to acclaim it "as a superyeoman, who carries his country's virtue overseas". This volume explores the realm of Forster' politics and imperialism. Translator(s): Beer, J. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333741368
ISBN
9780333741368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.21

Paperback. Taking concepts such as place and community, freedom and control, Miller shows how they operate in Laura Ingalls Wilder's novels of prairie life. The book is grounded in detailed research of the Dakotas of the 1880s. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16 llustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; DSY; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700607136
ISBN
9780700607136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.03

Hardcover. Analyzes literary works in the contexts of natural science, consumer culture, and philosophical change to show how and why the perception and representation of space in the eighteenth-century novel and other prose narratives became so textually visible. This title examines maps, scientific publications, country house guides, and auction catalogs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226871585
ISBN
9780226871585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.73
€ 76.71

Hardcover. In their own time, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson and Algernon Charles Swinburne were highly successful writers. Part of the "Lives of Victorian Literary Figures" series, this three-volume facsimile edition draws together a range of biographical sources relating to these three celebrated Victorian authors. Editor(s): Pite, Ralph; Hubbard, Tom; Rooksby, Rikky. Series: Lives of Victorian Literary Figures. Num Pages: 1360 pages, Illustrations, ports, facsims. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 2494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1360
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781851969050
ISBN
9781851969050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 606.19

Paperback. Homeric figure Nestor has a special relation to Ionia, where the Homeric poems were composed, and through Ionia to early Athens. The relationship between the Ionian city of Miletus and early Athens is particularly important. This book covers the role of these cities, and the location of Nestor's city Pylos. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 600 pages, 17 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674032903
ISBN
9780674032903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.15

Paperback. "..beautiful, unusual pieces. Romtvedt strips his voice to only that which he can say with certainty."--Sharon Doubiago Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 1. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877727597
ISBN
9781877727597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.15

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