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Paperback. Presents the original text of the translation of the Homeric hymns. This title also includes epigrams and poems attributed to Homer and known as "The Lesser Homerica," as well as his famous "The Battle of Frogs and Mice." Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DB; DCF; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136769
- ISBN
- 9780691136769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism. Editor(s): Jones, Eldred Durosimi. Series: African Literature Today. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011190
- ISBN
- 9781847011190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.18
€ 26.99
€ 26.18
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644738
- ISBN
- 9780691644738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.05€ 72.49
€ 95.05
€ 72.49
Hardback. Contemporary American Fiction introduces the work of a range of American authors, all of whom can be said to engage with postmodernism. Num Pages: 272 pages, glossary, index, bibliographies. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748613809
- ISBN
- 9780748613809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.89€ 138.57
€ 144.89
€ 138.57
Hardback. Series: The Palgrave Lacan Series. Num Pages: 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPQ; JMAF; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319552743
- ISBN
- 9783319552743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.50
€ 143.50
Hardback. Editor(s): Bennett, Michael Y. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137579577
- ISBN
- 9781137579577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.47
€ 143.47
Paperback. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415329224
- ISBN
- 9780415329224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.91
€ 27.91
Paperback. A major new book by one of the leading feminist writers in France today. Cixous explores the themes of love, memory, language and loss. This is a work of literary fiction and at the same time a philosophical work: like Sartre, Camus and other great writers, Cixous blends together fiction and philosophy. Translator(s): Kamuf, Peggy; Chevalier, Marion Frances. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 148
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639895
- ISBN
- 9780745639895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.59
€ 21.59
hardcover. This book demonstrates that reading and writing catechisms were crucial sites of women's literary engagements in early modern England. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107198258
- ISBN
- 9781107198258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.74
€ 110.74
Hardback. Knights in Arms moves beyond the best-known examples of the genre, such as Philip Sidney's Arcadia, to consider the broad range of texts which featured the Eastern Mediterranean in this era. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442648876
- ISBN
- 9781442648876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.70
€ 69.70
Paperback. A major new study of Africa's most important writer, offering a comprehensive reassessment of Achebe's work as a novelist, broadcaster and political thinker Series Editor(s): Thieme, John. Series: Contemporary World Writers. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526116796
- ISBN
- 9781526116796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.19
€ 33.19
Hardcover. The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c 205-184 BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. This title features the 21 of Plautus' extant comedies. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 114 x 33. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996533
- ISBN
- 9780674996533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.99
€ 32.99
€ 29.99
Hardback. Through discussion of the ways in which major Northern Irish poets (such as John Hewitt, Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, Louis MacNeice and Derek Mahon) have been influenced by America, this study shows how Northern Irish poetry overspills national borders, complicating and enriching itself through cross-cultural interaction and hybridity. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137330383
- ISBN
- 9781137330383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Rieber, Robert W.; Carton, Aaron S. Series: Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 349 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSB; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461362128
- ISBN
- 9781461362128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 357.32
€ 357.32
Hardcover. Focusses on a major revaluation of experimental poetry's social function in the US. The author explores the direct and practical relationships avant garde poets have had with power politics, social organization and cultural movements. It provides detailed readings of major poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748682850
- ISBN
- 9780748682850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.32€ 100.65
€ 104.32
€ 100.65
Paperback. Francesco Petrarca, one of the greatest of Italian poets, was the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive ancient Roman language and literature. Petrarch's four "Invectives", written in Latin, were inspired by the eloquence of the great Roman orator Cicero. This title includes the English translation of three of the four invectives. Translator(s): Marsh, David. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030886
- ISBN
- 9780674030886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.07
€ 38.99
€ 33.07
Paperback. Examines a key moment in the development of the modern gay novel by analysing four novels by German, British, and American writers. James P. Wilper studies how the texts are influenced by and respond and react to four schools of thought regarding male homosexuality in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series: Compartive Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ACG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537317
- ISBN
- 9781557537317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.87
€ 57.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319562667
- ISBN
- 9783319562667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.24
€ 69.24
Paperback. The description for this book, Letters of Ford Madox Ford, will be forthcoming. Editor(s): Ludwig, Richard. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691624419
- ISBN
- 9780691624419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
Paperback. Provides the English-speaking reader with what he needs to read and understand the Purgatorio. This volume consists of the prose translation of Giorgio Petrocchi's Italian text (which faces the translation on each page). Translator(s): Singleton, Charles S. Series: The Divine Comedy S. Num Pages: 872 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 146 x 51. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 872
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st Pbk. Ed. in 2 Vols
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691019109
- ISBN
- 9780691019109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.28€ 47.09
€ 60.28
€ 47.09
Hardback. This book provides new explications of Loy's most redolent poems from The Lost Lunar Baedeker. It offers a short biography, an explanation of Loy's composition process, and compelling close readings that uncover the source materials that inspired her poetry, including modern artwork, Baedeker travel guides, and long-forgotten cultural venues. Num Pages: 292 pages, 44 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611488128
- ISBN
- 9781611488128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.53€ 61.72
€ 98.53
€ 61.72
Hardcover. Series: Memento. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Little Island Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993505621
- ISBN
- 9780993505621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.25
€ 21.99
€ 17.25
Hardback. An introduction to internationally successful writers such as Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Bharati Mukherjee, Gish Jen, Chang-Rae Lee and Amitav Ghosh, set in a range of literary-cultural contexts. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andy. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 443.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748622719
- ISBN
- 9780748622719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.53€ 95.24
€ 98.53
€ 95.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349044207
- ISBN
- 9781349044207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.87
€ 68.87