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Paperback. The Epic Hero provides a comprehensive and provocative guide to epic heroes, and to the richly imaginative tales they inhabit. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801870941
- ISBN
- 9780801870941
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.40
€ 45.99
€ 38.40
Paperback. Free when packaged with any Damrosch World Literature title. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACD; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- 9780140444254
- ISBN
- 9780140444254
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Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Paying close attention to text, landscape, and biography, this book examines the relationship between place and art. It focusses on seven midwestern authors who came of age toward the close of the twentieth century, their lives, and their work grounded in distinct places. Series Editor(s): Franklin, Wayne. Series: American Land & Life Series. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877459873
- ISBN
- 9780877459873
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.44
€ 34.99
€ 29.44
Hardcover. Argues that American Jewish writers since the 1980s have created a significant literature by wrestling with the troubled legacy of trauma, loss, and exile. Their ranks in this book include Cynthia Ozick, Todd Gitlin, Art Spiegelman, Pearl Abraham, Aryeh Lev Stollman, Jonathan Rosen, and Gerda Lerner. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299212407
- ISBN
- 9780299212407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 48.83
€ 52.63
€ 48.83
Hardcover. Editor(s): Marcus, Leonard S. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.), photographs. BIC Classification: AC; DSB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 240 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 859.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Candlewick ed.
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780763635060
- ISBN
- 9780763635060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.24
€ 26.99
€ 25.24
Hardback. This volume provides new insights into some of the best examples of this form of writing in the twentieth century and also includes a chapter which explores ways in which the genre is evolving as the century draws to a close. Editor(s): Flower, John; Flower, J.E. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895699
- ISBN
- 9780859895699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.91
€ 135.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403903228
- ISBN
- 9781403903228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
Hardback. From Continuity to Contiguity breaks away from previous attempts attempts to define a common denominator that unifies the various modern Jewish literatures by acknowledging discontinuity as the staple characteristic of modern Jewish writing. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804762007
- ISBN
- 9780804762007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.47
€ 85.47
Hardback. In the 1990s the field of ecocentrism began to establish and define itself. Arguing that the field has matured to the point where it requires a thorough critique and new theoretical underpinnings, this text suggests ways ecocentrism can become more sophisticated in its methodologies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919058
- ISBN
- 9780813919058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.57€ 59.89
€ 65.57
€ 59.89
Paperback. Presents issue 19 of Aarhus University Press' arts and humanities journal "The Dolphin", analysing the impact of the French Revolution on English literature. This work covers topics such as Burke and the debate on the Revolution, Jane Austen's political silence, and William Blake's revolutionary rhetoric. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 148 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772883694
- ISBN
- 9788772883694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.61
€ 12.61
Hardcover. Standing outside elite circles, those who were marginalized by limitations on their freedom and their need to labor for a living had a unique grasp on the social nature of print and its power to influence public opinion. "Empowering Words" explores how broadsides, pamphlets, and newspapers garnered wide appeal in early America. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820343235
- ISBN
- 9780820343235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.75€ 102.72
€ 114.75
€ 102.72
Paperback. This collection makes the case for literary criticism as an informed, aggressive, personal, and often humorous response to writers and writing. These eloquent commentaries on English and American writers are arranged chronologically, beginning with Shakespeare, and proceed through the 19th and 20th centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558497870
- ISBN
- 9781558497870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.57
€ 37.99
€ 32.57
Hardcover. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: CF; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674379350
- ISBN
- 9780674379350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.64
€ 54.99
€ 45.64
Paperback. Shaping individual and collective war memories through the art of commemoration. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; DSB; HBW; JWL; JWTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773547940
- ISBN
- 9780773547940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.82
€ 41.99
€ 41.82
Hardcover. Analyzes how various American authors have reified class, consciously or unconsciously, through their writing, spanning from the first influx of industrialism in the 1850s to the end of the Great Depression in the early 1940s. This work is useful for scholars and students of American literature and culture. Series: Class: Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472115693
- ISBN
- 9780472115693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.16€ 81.16
€ 90.16
€ 81.16
paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349502455
- ISBN
- 9781349502455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardcover. Editor(s): Wheeler, Bonnie. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969705
- ISBN
- 9781403969705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, A; Hughes, W. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349430574
- ISBN
- 9781349430574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.21
€ 133.21
Hardcover. What is Quebecois literature? This title shows that to answer it is to chart the cultural history of French Canada, to put francophone writing in Canada in postcolonial context and to ask whether literary history, with its focus on the nation, is in fact obsolete. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 224 pages, 25 black & white tables. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319730
- ISBN
- 9781846319730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.45
€ 46.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Edition
- Original paperback
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411562
- ISBN
- 9781572411562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.99
€ 29.99
€ 21.99
Paperback / so. Series: Kulturwissenschaftliche Studien Zur Deutschen Literatur. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CB; DSB; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531120409
- ISBN
- 9783531120409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.95
€ 69.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 217.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333239643
- ISBN
- 9780333239643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. Building on recent work in critical animal studies and posthumanism, this book challenges past assumptions that animals were only explored as illustrative of humanity, not as interesting in their own right. The contributors combine close reading of Chaucer's texts with insights drawn from cultural or critical animal studies. Editor(s): Van Dyke, Carolynn. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338586
- ISBN
- 9780230338586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.96
€ 122.96
Paperback. "What if truth were a woman?" asked Nietzsche. In ancient Greek thought, truth in language has a special relation to the female by virtue of her art-form - the one Freud believed was even invented by women - weaving. This book contains essays that explore the implications of this nexus: language, the female, weaving, and the construction of truth. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023727
- ISBN
- 9780674023727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.20
€ 21.99
€ 20.20