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Paperback. A Companion to the Classical Tradition accommodates the pressing need for an up-to-date introduction and overview of the growing field of reception studies. * A comprehensive introduction and overview of the classical tradition - the interpretation of classical texts in later centuries. Editor(s): Kallendorf, Craig W. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 30. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444334166
- ISBN
- 9781444334166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.69
€ 57.69
Paperback. The second book of a major two-volume biographical study of the author William Makepeace Thackeray and his family, including new research that sheds light on the lives of his daughters Minny and Annie. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, geneal. table. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718892258
- ISBN
- 9780718892258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.96
€ 58.96
Hardcover. A study of the Irish modernist poet, Brian Coffey (1905-95), whose work has always been regarded as difficult. This text aims to explain how the poems release their meaning and guide the reader in understanding the poet's work. Num Pages: 160 pages, 4 photographs, 2 line illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621434
- ISBN
- 9781900621434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.45
€ 43.99
€ 36.45
Hardback. Mark Twain's letters for 1874 and 1875 encompass one of his most productive and rewarding periods as author, husband and father, and man of property. This is sixth volume contains 348 of his letters covering this period, all of which have been thoroughly annotated and indexed. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 957 pages, 51 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 957
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237728
- ISBN
- 9780520237728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.93€ 90.42
€ 118.93
€ 90.42
Hardback. A reflection of the American psyche as revealed in US literature and politics, this study guides the reader through two centuries of American literary history. It examines the emerging American nation and the theme of new beginnings used by American writers in their search for a national identity. Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231070508
- ISBN
- 9780231070508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.67€ 76.28
€ 99.67
€ 76.28
Paperback. A collection of essays by political theorists on Agamben's Homo Sacer. Editor(s): Norris, Andrew. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335375
- ISBN
- 9780822335375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816683840
- ISBN
- 9780816683840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. An up-to-date introduction to an analysis of new women's writing in contemporary France, including both new writers of the 1990s and their more established counter-parts Editor(s): Rye, Gill; Worton, Michael. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719062278
- ISBN
- 9780719062278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.51
€ 33.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700019
- ISBN
- 9781501700019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.44
€ 69.44
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691623535
- ISBN
- 9780691623535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.10
€ 71.10
hardcover. First scholarly edition of Samuel Richardson's correspondence with Sarah Wescomb, Frances Grainger and Laetitia Pilkington. Editor(s): Dussinger, John A. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of Samuel Richardson. Num Pages: 450 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521830348
- ISBN
- 9780521830348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.28
€ 121.28
Paperback. The text of Middlemarch is that of the 1874 edition, the last corrected by the author. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 688 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393974522
- ISBN
- 9780393974522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.98
€ 15.99
€ 14.98
Paperback. The antebellum period has long been identified with the belated emergence of a truly national literature. Restoring a political dimension to accounts of the economic grounds of antebellum literature, this book presents the arguments and struggles that produced an American "culture of reprinting" and held it in place for two crucial decades. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780812219951
- ISBN
- 9780812219951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.87
€ 36.99
€ 34.87
Hardcover. An examination of the career of William Butler Yeats with special emphasis upon his connection with English Renaissance literature. Amongst other topics, it looks at the influence on his work of such writers as Arnold, Spenser, Jonson, Milton and Donne. Series: Studies in Anglo-Irish literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper but otherwise clean
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Schol, Print UK
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0005158
- ISBN
- 9780333521779
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In this study, Marian Demos seeks to demonstrate the significance of three famous lyric quotations within their respective contexts in the dialogues of Plato. These passages include the Simonides poem in the "Protagoras" and the misquotation of Pindar in the "Gorgias". Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 6. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689095
- ISBN
- 9780847689095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.08
€ 53.08
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780691613802
- ISBN
- 9780691613802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.69€ 51.53
€ 65.69
€ 51.53
Hardback. The study of Greece as an icon of culture appears to be as old as Greece itself, as if its cultural significance had attained full maturity at birth. In Silent Urns, the author reveals how Greece attained such significance as the result of the attempt to reconcile individuality, freedom, history, and modernity in 18th-century aesthetics. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735834
- ISBN
- 9780804735834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.80
€ 150.80
Hardback. Carol Harrison counters the assumption that Augustine of Hippo's (354-430) theology underwent a revolutionary transformation around the time he was consecrated Bishop in 396. Instead, she argues that there is a fundamental continuity in his thought and practice from the moment of his conversion in 386. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HRAB; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199281664
- ISBN
- 9780199281664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 233.15
€ 233.15
Hardback. Charts how the cartographies of American literature as an institutional category have varied. Arguing that American literature was consolidated as a distinctively nationalist entity only in the wake of the U S Civil War, this title identifies this formation as extending until the beginning of the Reagan presidency in 1981. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136134
- ISBN
- 9780691136134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.90€ 46.29
€ 58.90
€ 46.29
Hardcover. A close analysis of the notions of authorship in fanfiction related to Sherlock, Supernatural, and Game of Thrones and the fictions' sites, receptions, and fan rejections. Series: Transmedia. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0 black and white; 17 full color. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 20.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089649959
- ISBN
- 9789089649959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.42
€ 124.42
Paperback. Presents a collection of essays that centres on the implications of an intricate conception of Irish history and identity. This work emphasises both the historical considerations and the literary representations of Irish identities. It contains contributions by American, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish scholars. Editor(s): Westarp, Karl-Heinz; Boss, Michael. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 179 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; HBJD1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772883809
- ISBN
- 9788772883809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.46
€ 17.46
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134622
- ISBN
- 9781571134622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Paperback. An examination fo the major fiction writing of Octave Marie Henry Mirbeau. Num Pages: 132 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085901
- ISBN
- 9780719085901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.81
€ 30.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910170052
- ISBN
- 9781910170052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.95
€ 13.99
€ 12.95