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Hardback. This text studies the work and methods of 18th-century Russian poet Vasilii Trediakovsky. This material is used to detect mythological patterns in accounts of the past - in this case 18th-century Russian literature - and to investigate the role of mythmaking in modern cultural consciousness. Num Pages: 332 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JF; DSBD; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718240
- ISBN
- 9780804718240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.81
€ 106.81
Paperback. The success of the Caine Prize for African Writing and the growth of online publishing have played key roles in putting the short story in its rightful place within the study and criticism of African literature. Editor(s): Emenyonu, Ernest N. Series: African Literature Today. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010810
- ISBN
- 9781847010810
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Condition: New
€ 25.81
€ 25.81
Afro-Cuban identity in Post-Revolutionary Novel and Film examines the changing discourse on race as portrayed in Cuban novels and films produced after 1959. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; APFA; DSB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611484229
- ISBN
- 9781611484229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.09
€ 118.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 179 pages, b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772898605
- ISBN
- 9788772898605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 19.72
€ 23.00
€ 19.72
Rituals of Self-Revelation: Shishosetsu as Literary Genre and Socio-Cu...
Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
Hardback. This work is an English translation of the author's own work on the shishosetsu, a genre in Japanese literature. It provides a means of researching and interpreting the tradition of the genre, linking it to forms of autobiographical fiction as well as to classical cultural assumptions. Translator(s): Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Irmela (Professor of Japanese Literature, Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany). Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674773196
- ISBN
- 9780674773196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.41
€ 49.99
€ 41.41
paperback. Collected in this volume are Bartleby the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd-presented in the best texts available, those published during Melville's lifetime and corrected by the author. Editor(s): McCall, Dan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393976410
- ISBN
- 9780393976410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.85
€ 18.99
€ 16.85
Hardback. A Short History of Early Modern England presents the historical and cultural information necessary for a richer understanding of English Renaissance literature. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405195607
- ISBN
- 9781405195607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.59
€ 98.59
Written by prominent scholars, this title explores the relationship between property and personhood. It considers a range of topics, including: the establishment of the rule of property in US-occupied Iraq; the work of John Locke; and reflections on property and personhood in the art of Jenny Holzer and the novels of Stanislaw Lem. Editor(s): Maurer, Bill; Schwab, Gabriele. Series: Critical Theory Institute Book. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137843
- ISBN
- 9780231137843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.60
€ 82.60
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Celtic Studies Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781891271106
- ISBN
- 9781891271106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99
€ 43.99
hardcover. Theatre and print began their tense relations and imperfect alliance in the late 17th century. This text focuses on the most active phase of the career of William Congreve, a crucial juncture in the history of print and publishing and a time when the book trade was becoming a lucrative business. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804717519
- ISBN
- 9780804717519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.43
€ 91.43
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647845
- ISBN
- 9780691647845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.94
€ 153.94
Paperback. Takes readers on a geographic journey through Dante's underworld circle by circle - from the Dark Wood down to the ninth circle of Hell - in much the same way Dante and Virgil proceed in their infernal descent. Each chapter of this book begins with a summary of the action, followed by entries, significant verses, and useful study questions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 map, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 212 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226702681
- ISBN
- 9780226702681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.27
€ 27.99
€ 22.27
paperback. The history of women's writing in Britain from the Restoration to the French Revolution, now in paperback. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 87.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521130516
- ISBN
- 9780521130516
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.90
€ 36.99
€ 35.90
Hardcover. Presents the history of development through the ages of Plato's "Atlantis" story - the imperialist island state that disappeared in a cataclysm, leaving Athens to survive it. Instead of simply focusing on the various attempts to 'find' Atlantis, the author re-examines the very different uses made of the myth in different contexts and periods. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780859898058
- ISBN
- 9780859898058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.52
€ 135.52
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 446 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691609959
- ISBN
- 9780691609959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.01
€ 87.01
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DSE; CFF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649658
- ISBN
- 9780691649658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.58
€ 117.58
Paperback. When "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" was published anonymously in 1844, it sparked one of the greatest sensations of the Victorian era. The author uses the story of "Vestiges" to create a panoramic portrait of life in the early industrial era from the view of its readers. Num Pages: 624 pages, 155 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226744117
- ISBN
- 9780226744117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
hardcover. This is the first of the projected eight-volume edition comprising the surviving correspondence of Joseph Conrad. It touches on both the personal and the professional, including letters to family, friends, and editors. Editor(s): Karl, Frederick R.; Davies, Laurence. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Joseph Conrad. Num Pages: 512 pages, index, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Cambridge ed.
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521242165
- ISBN
- 9780521242165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.32
€ 211.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 269 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875801964
- ISBN
- 9780875801964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.68
€ 46.99
€ 46.68
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691613444
- ISBN
- 9780691613444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Hardback. Presents the interface between literature and life through the prism of the lives and works of three poets: the German-Jewish poet and Holocaust survivor, Paul Celan (1920-1970); the Leningrad native, US poet laureate, and Nobel Prize winner, Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996); and, Germany's premier contemporary poet, Durs Grunbein (born 1962). Series: Verbal Art: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758314
- ISBN
- 9780804758314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.92
€ 89.92
Hardback. This book suggests ways in which the Literature of Loss, both mainstream and noncanonical, might become a part of the counseling techniques employed by psychotherapists to enable patients to identify with examples of literary bereavement and, through analysis of the situations described, might find healing. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838640272
- ISBN
- 9780838640272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.95
€ 118.95
Paperback. An annotated parallel-text edition of Wordsworth's autobiographical poem in blank verse. Editor(s): Wordsworth, Jonathan. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140433692
- ISBN
- 9780140433692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 14.45
€ 21.99
€ 14.45
Paperback. Marie de France's beautiful poems of courtly love, enchantment and mystery are now available in a Norton Critical Edition. Editor(s): Gilbert, Dorothy. Translator(s): Gilbert, Dorothy. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Critical
- SKU
- V9780393932683
- ISBN
- 9780393932683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.90
€ 19.99
€ 17.90