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Paperback. With an approach to the text that is both grounded in scholarship and intensely personal, and in a style both rhetorically elegant and passionate, this book offers readings of specific passages that are nuanced and suggestive as it focuses on the "somber and nourishing fictions" in Vergil's poem. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 90 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226252230
- ISBN
- 9780226252230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.47
€ 27.99
€ 22.47
Paperback. Started by Headlam and completed by Pearson, this 1910 edition of Agamemnon includes a careful translation and detailed explanatory notes. Editor(s): Pearson, A. C. Translator(s): Headlam, W. G. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9781108012096
- ISBN
- 9781108012096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.88
€ 33.88
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635293
- ISBN
- 9780691635293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.85
€ 212.85
Hardback. Between Page and Screen shows the continuing relevance of film as a cultural medium for contemporary literature. Its integrative approach allows readers to situate current shifts within the literary field in a wider, long-term perspective. Editor(s): Brillenburg Wurth, Kiene. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: APF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823239054
- ISBN
- 9780823239054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.59
€ 105.59
Hardback. Exploring deep-rooted understandings of race and gender and describing how differently their "Americanness" resonates in both writers' works, What Else But Love? considers the legacy of slavery in a variety of ways, from the meaning of mammies and mothers to the question of black manhood. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102766
- ISBN
- 9780231102766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.04
€ 131.04
Hardback. This collection of nine essays focuses on those writings of Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) on literature and language that have a direct relevance to contemporary literary theory, notably his analyses of myth, violence, history, criticism, literature, and mass media. Editor(s): Ferris, David S. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 507.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725699
- ISBN
- 9780804725699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.89
€ 133.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 199 x 12. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415742177
- ISBN
- 9780415742177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.74
€ 30.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Larkin, Peter. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 267 x 18. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580442015
- ISBN
- 9781580442015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.83
€ 36.83
Paperback. Filled with provocative new assessments and new facts, this biography presents the contradictory, tormented life of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim , and one of the great figures of modern literature. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411123
- ISBN
- 9780815411123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.75
€ 20.75
Paperback. This thought-provoking combination of social history and intellectual art criticism opens this powerful moment in history to renewed and dynamic interpretation and sharper discussion. Editor(s): Ogbar, Jeffrey O.G. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894619
- ISBN
- 9780801894619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.69
€ 37.99
€ 31.69
Hardback. Hagiography,or writing about and illustrating the lives of saints, was one of the most creative areas for artistic inspiration in the Middle Ages. This book explores the sumptuously illustrated saints' lives that were made in medieval Europe. Num Pages: 455 pages, 8 color illustrations, 149 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; AKLB; DSB; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 264 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 455
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520223202
- ISBN
- 9780520223202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53€ 51.53
€ 66.53
€ 51.53
Paperback. Questing the educational suitability of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in the classroom, this work argues that the book teaches misguided lessons about race relations. It aims to challenge the typical understanding of "Huck Finn", and guides readers through an analysis that demonstrates how racism functions in the book and the classroom. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSL3; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742545205
- ISBN
- 9780742545205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196479
- ISBN
- 9781845196479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23€ 61.49
€ 63.23
€ 61.49
Paperback. Within a growing scholarly literature devoted to the topics of biography and autobiography, especially in the Arabic literary tradition, the essays in this volume explore the forms and meanings of these genres with particular reference to Persian writings, as well as to writings in Arabic and Turkish that were also composed in Persianate societies. Editor(s): Marlow, L. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060661
- ISBN
- 9780674060661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.81
€ 21.99
€ 19.81
The Handbook to Romanticism Studies is an accessible and indispensible resource providing students and scholars with a rich array of historical and up-to-date critical and theoretical contexts for the study of Romanticism. Editor(s): Faflak, Joel; Wright, Dr. Julia M. Series: Critical Theory Handbooks. Num Pages: 434 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 61. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444334968
- ISBN
- 9781444334968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.13
€ 187.13
Paperback. Conversations with Writers and Artists. 308 pages, black & white illustrations. Since the 1980s, a prolific "second wave" of Chicanolandia writers and artists has tremendously expanded the range of genres and subject matter in Chicanolandia literature and art. This book presents interviews with twenty-one "second wave" Chicanolandia poets, fiction writers, dramatists, documentary filmmakers, and playwrights. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSB; GTB; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 19. Weight: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713123
- ISBN
- 9780292713123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Hardback. Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader. * Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relation to content. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 188 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405151405
- ISBN
- 9781405151405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.54
€ 92.54
Editor(s): Monte-Proust, Patricia. Translator(s): Bacon, Josephine; Naturel, Mireile. Num Pages: 192 pages, 350 photos & illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 345 x 302 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2078.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Edition Olms Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783283012182
- ISBN
- 9783283012182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.78€ 40.49
€ 51.78
€ 40.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pages black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. 333pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712697552
- ISBN
- 9780712697552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.78
€ 16.99
€ 12.78
Hardback. This issue deals with translation and norms. Norms are models of correct or appropriate behaviour and of correct or appropriate behavioural products. Since translational behaviour is contextualised social behaviour, translational norms are understood as internalised behavioural constraints which embody the values shared by a community. Editor(s): Schaffner, Christina. Series: Current Issues in Language and Society Monographs. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: CFP; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853594380
- ISBN
- 9781853594380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.95
€ 116.95
Paperback. Tales of "how the other half lives" experienced a surge in popularity. People looking to go slumming without leaving home turned to these narratives for revelations of underworld and sordid details about the deviants who populated it. This book explores how a group of authors manipulated this genre to evade the confines of sexual identification. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5S; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327914
- ISBN
- 9780226327914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.17
€ 41.99
€ 32.17
Paperback. Compares the discourses of indigeneity used by Maori and Native American peoples and proposes the concept treaty discourse to characterize the relevant form of postcolonial situation. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBN; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329473
- ISBN
- 9780822329473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.69
€ 32.99
€ 29.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811200684
- ISBN
- 9780811200684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.94
€ 11.99
€ 11.94
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639888
- ISBN
- 9780691639888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.97
€ 145.97