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Hardback. Offers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. This book examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 632 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 45. Weight in Grams: 988. The Hellenistic Period. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. 632 pages, Illustrations, maps. Offers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. This book examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFSR1. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 45. Weight: 982.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253360
- ISBN
- 9780520253360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.66€ 72.97
€ 96.66
€ 72.97
Paperback. Hannah Webster Foster's two major Early American works with a wealth of primary materials are now available in a Norton Critical Edition. Editor(s): Harris, Jennifer; Waterman, Bryan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 435
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393931679
- ISBN
- 9780393931679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.88
€ 19.99
€ 17.88
Paperback. Records a major critic's three decades of thinking about the connection between literature and the conditions of people's lives - that is, politics. This book focuses on the nineteenth-century novel, and addresses a range of writers as well, in a textured, contoured, discontinuous history. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231799
- ISBN
- 9780823231799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.87
€ 38.99
€ 34.87
paperback. This Companion offers a chronological sweep of the canon of Arthurian literature - from its earliest beginnings to the contemporary manifestations of Arthur found in film and electronic media. Editor(s): Fulton, Helen. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 586 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 28. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780470672372
- ISBN
- 9780470672372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.99€ 36.04
€ 69.99
€ 36.04
Paperback. This is the first ever critical edition of Mientras los hombres mueren, the most important collection of war poetry to emerge from the Spanish Civil War. It chronicles the consequences of war on women and children: loss of menfolk at the front, physical deprivation, carpet bombing of cities. Editor(s): Andrews, Jean. Series Editor(s): Davies, Catherine. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 192 pages, Halftones, black & white. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077524
- ISBN
- 9780719077524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.08
€ 22.08
Hardback. Concentrating on the role of the imagination in Updike's works, this book shows him to be an original and powerful thinker and not the callow sensationalist that he is sometimes accused of being. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2017
- SKU
- V9781571139429
- ISBN
- 9781571139429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.83
€ 104.83
Paperback. Originally published: New York: Rockland Editions, 1939. Editor(s): Johnson, Thomas Herbert. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3J; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691624099
- ISBN
- 9780691624099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.07
€ 44.07
paperback. Editor(s): Morson, Gary Saul. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- y First printing
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226541334
- ISBN
- 9780226541334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.33
€ 18.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. This introduction provides the guidance that modern readers need to come to an informed appreciation of the writings of medieval England. An introduction to English literature written in the four centuries following the Norman Conquest. Written by the well-known medievalist, Thorlac Turville-Petre. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231721
- ISBN
- 9780631231721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.06
€ 40.99
€ 39.06
Hardback. Based on a survey of early printed books, Used Books describes what readers wrote in and around their books and what we can learn from these marks by using the tools of archaeologists as well as historians and literary critics. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 288 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780812240436
- ISBN
- 9780812240436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.34
€ 112.34
Paperback. A collection of poems in memory of the late Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856463419
- ISBN
- 9780856463419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.43
€ 14.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691621746
- ISBN
- 9780691621746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.68
€ 48.99
€ 34.68
Hardback. This is the author's most influential work of literary theory and criticism in which she explores the relations between literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis. Translator(s): Evans, Martha Noel. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HP; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744485
- ISBN
- 9780804744485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.92
€ 139.92
paperback. From the foreword to the selected bibliography this is the most up-to-date and comprehensive documentary source for the study of Moby-Dick. Editor(s): Parker, Hershel. Series: Norton Critical Editions. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSBF; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Norton
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393285000
- ISBN
- 9780393285000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.92
€ 16.99
€ 15.92
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746307472
- ISBN
- 9780746307472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
Hardback. Offers an in-depth exploration of the libellus - or little book - of six Latin satires left by the Roman satirical writer Persius when he died in AD 62 at the age of twenty-seven. In this book, the author fleshes out the primary importance of this mysterious and idiosyncratic writer. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141411
- ISBN
- 9780691141411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74€ 51.35
€ 66.74
€ 51.35
Hardback. A lively and provocative history of the great achievements of Irish poets from 1800 to the present day. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 530. Good clean copy in illustrated covers with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004314
- ISBN
- 9780521846738
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AB; 3D; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630779
- ISBN
- 9780691630779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.25
€ 145.25
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135124
- ISBN
- 9781571135124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.55
€ 42.99
€ 35.55
Focuses on the work of Umberto Eco - one of Europe's best-known writers and intellectuals. This title covers the range of Eco's work, from his theoretical writings on semiotics to his best-selling novels. It assesses the influence of Eco's work on contemporary culture. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745608495
- ISBN
- 9780745608495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.14
€ 84.14
hardcover. Num Pages: 337 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Sheridan House United States
- Edition
- Limited signed ed
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955024382
- ISBN
- 9780955024382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.49
€ 38.99
€ 32.49
Paperback. Designed to complement DeMariaa s textbook British Literature 1640--1789: An Anthology , this critical reader contains seventeen essays by sixteen contemporary literary critics and covers the full range of works printed in the anthology. Editor(s): Robert Demaria., Prof (Vassar College, New York USA). Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631197416
- ISBN
- 9780631197416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.75
€ 63.75
Hardcover. The grammarian was a pivotal figure in the lives of the educated upper classes of late antiquity. This profession contributed to the social as well as cultural continuity of the Empire. This title provides a study of the place and function of this important but ambiguous figure. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1008.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520055353
- ISBN
- 9780520055353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06€ 69.88
€ 92.06
€ 69.88
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856685002
- ISBN
- 9780856685002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.90
€ 33.99
€ 29.90