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Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691614168
- ISBN
- 9780691614168
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 35.30
€ 48.99
€ 35.30
hardcover. This is a study of male fantasy, representation anxiety, and narratorial authority in two 16th-century books, Baldassare Castiglione's "Il libro del Cortegiano" (1528) and "Giovanni Della Casas Galateo" (1558). Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; 3JB; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ2; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804739047
- ISBN
- 9780804739047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.92
€ 139.92
Hardback. There is no more powerful symbol in American political life than the presidency, and the image of presidential power has had no less profound an impact on American fiction. This book illuminates the fundamental concern with democratic sovereignty that informs the literary works of the twentieth century. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136950
- ISBN
- 9780691136950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74€ 51.21
€ 66.74
€ 51.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Lojek, Helen. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AS; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carysfort Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004145
- ISBN
- 9781904505013
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. NFS Grundtvig is the 19th-century Denmark produced figure of international significance in the field of religious thought and life. This work presents a collection of essays, mostly European and North American. It suggests that in NFS Grundtvig we have a 19th-century thinker with unexpected relevance to the dilemmas of the new century. Editor(s): Allchin, A. M.; Bradley, S. A. J.; Hjelm, Norman A.; Schjorring, Jens Holger. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DSBF; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772888354
- ISBN
- 9788772888354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.50
€ 21.50
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134769
- ISBN
- 9781571134769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.65
€ 38.99
€ 32.65
Paperback. Fauset sees Kavanagh as a significant but neglected writer and returns her to her proper place in the history of women's writing. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090134
- ISBN
- 9780719090134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.86
€ 36.86
hardcover. Translator(s): Martin, S. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714528946
- ISBN
- 9780714528946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.80
€ 19.99
€ 17.80
Hardback. W B Yeats, widely regarded as the greatest English-language poet of the twentieth century, believed that the life of a lyric poet was an experiment in living that should be told. This biography seeks to tell that story as it unfolded in the various contexts in which Yeats worked as an artist and as a public figure. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631182986
- ISBN
- 9780631182986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.63
€ 108.63
Paperback. A collection of in-depth analytical interviews with twelve of the best-known gay novelists writing in English today, including Armistead Maupin, David Leavitt, Alan Garganus, and others. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5S; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116954
- ISBN
- 9780231116954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.43
€ 36.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Halleran, Michael R. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856682414
- ISBN
- 9780856682414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.28
€ 36.99
€ 33.28
Paperback. Shakespeare used the word 'animal' only eight times in his work - which was typical for the sixteenth century, when the word was rarely used. The author reveals that the animal-human divide first came strongly into play in the seventeenth century, with Descartes' formulation that reason sets humans above other species: 'I think, therefore I am'. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 colour plates, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226924175
- ISBN
- 9780226924175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.76
€ 33.99
€ 26.76
Paperback. "Agenda" was established in 1959 by William Cookson in response to a suggestion by Ezra Pound. This anthology is divided into antecedents, modern poetry, criticism, memoirs and polemics. Editor(s): Cookson, William. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DCQ; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 134. Weight in Grams: 564.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Carcanet P. United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857543025
- ISBN
- 9781857543025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.65
€ 26.99
€ 24.65
Hardcover. Examines the poets Plath, Larkin, Heaney, Walcott, Middleton, Fisher, and Duffy, through the lens of displacement. Series: Poetry &.. Num Pages: 246 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846311161
- ISBN
- 9781846311161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.12
€ 135.12
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718893606
- ISBN
- 9780718893606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.84
€ 49.84
hardcover. The first modern literary commentary on Pliny the Younger's Epistles II, essential reading for students and scholars of Roman literature. Editor(s): Whitton, Christopher. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 338 pages, 2 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107006898
- ISBN
- 9781107006898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.32
€ 73.32
Hardcover. MawlanaJalal al-Din Rumi's poem, the Mathnawi, is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest known manuscript, including the earliest, dated 1278, and preserved in the Mawlana Museum at Qonya. Editor(s): Nicholson, Reynold A. Num Pages: notes, translation, commentary. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; HRH; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 158. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718902056
- ISBN
- 9780718902056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.36
€ 52.36
Paperback. An examination of the misogynist writings in the commonplace books of William Byrd II and Thomas Jefferson. This work explores the structures, contexts and significance of these writings in the wider historical contexts of gender and power. Num Pages: 148 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JF; 3JH; BG; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814750896
- ISBN
- 9780814750896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.46
€ 31.99
€ 28.46
Paperback. This is a study of the nine prose fiction works of Christiane Rochefort written between 1958 and 1988. Despite establishment recognition and a popular mass-market following, Christiane Rochefort has hitherto received little critical attention. Her fiction forms an approachable learning tool for all students of post-war French politics and culture. Num Pages: 277 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895866
- ISBN
- 9780859895866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.56
€ 49.56
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 484 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636139
- ISBN
- 9780691636139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.17€ 144.36
€ 192.17
€ 144.36
Hardback. The essays in this volume demonstrate how the performance of sincerity is culturally specific and is enacted in different ways in different media and disciplines, including law and the arts. Editor(s): Alphen, Ernst van; Bal, Mieke; Smith, Carel. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758277
- ISBN
- 9780804758277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.11
€ 129.11
Paperback. An attempt to understand the complexity of the vision and contributions of the African-American writer, James Baldwin, without needing to name him as exclusively homosexual, expatriate, black or activist. A group of scholars discuss Baldwin's life, his presence and his political thought and work. Editor(s): McBride, Dwight A. Num Pages: 356 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814756188
- ISBN
- 9780814756188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691164472
- ISBN
- 9780691164472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.78€ 40.56
€ 51.78
€ 40.56
Paperback. Ralph Moody, just turned twenty, had only a dime in his pocket when he was put off a freight in western Nebraska. It was the Fourth of July in 1919. Three months later he owned eight teams of horses and rigs to go with them. This work illustrates the old-time virtues of hard work ingenuity, and respect for others. Illustrator(s): Mawicke, Tran. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 13. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803282162
- ISBN
- 9780803282162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.01
€ 19.99
€ 19.01