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Hardback. Includes poems that illustrate the mingling of classical and vernacular traditions characteristic of the age of Lorenzo de' Medici. Translator(s): Chatfield, Mary P. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031487
- ISBN
- 9780674031487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.28
€ 38.99
€ 33.28
Hardcover. Focuses on the influence of major European Enlightenment and romantic writers on the afterlife of Shakespeare. This book assesses the contribution of Voltaire, Goethe, Schlegel and Coleridge to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays. Editor(s): Paulin, Roger. Series: Great Shakespeareans. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS; DSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826431233
- ISBN
- 9780826431233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.86€ 184.22
€ 209.86
€ 184.22
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498557252
- ISBN
- 9781498557252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.13€ 33.12
€ 50.13
€ 33.12
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364814
- ISBN
- 9781137364814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.26€ 58.27
€ 93.26
€ 58.27
Hardback. Literary professors, and academia in general, have a history of turning a blind eye against popular fiction but why? The Ulysses Delusion explores this question by linking this literary condescension to a wider discussion on the gendered history of reading novels. Topics include Oprah's Book Club, Harry Potter, and Chick Lit. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137553621
- ISBN
- 9781137553621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.14
€ 64.14
Paperback. Series: Semiotics and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DS; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349435296
- ISBN
- 9781349435296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
hardcover. This book examines nineteenth-century interests in beauty, and considers whether these aesthetic pursuits were necessary to British public life. Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 350 pages, 35 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: ACV; DSBF; JFCX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107184084
- ISBN
- 9781107184084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.41
€ 108.41
Hardback. While many studies focus on Obama as a politician, few consider his literary merit. This collection of essays approaches Obama's writings as a negotiation of literary tradition, rhetorical modes, and historical narratives. Obama, in turn, emerges as a notable figure within a long tradition of American literary-political authorship. Editor(s): Purcell, Richard; Veggian, Henry. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501523
- ISBN
- 9781137501523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. This textbook makes a convincing case for a distinctive post-devolution Scottish criticism. In more than 40 essays under four main headings - 'Contexts', 'Genres', 'Authors' and 'Topics' - the volume positions Scottish literature within the broadest possible cultural framework, from history, politics and economics to new creative technologies, ecology and the media. Editor(s): Schoene, Berthold. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1, b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623969
- ISBN
- 9780748623969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.74
€ 41.99
€ 36.74
Paperback. Building on the formula of "York Notes", this Advanced series introduces students to more sophisticated analysis and wider critical perspectives. The notes enable students to appreciate contrasting interpretations of the text and to develop their own critical thinking. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 146 x 6. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582414693
- ISBN
- 9780582414693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.20
€ 11.20
Paperback. Presents a collection of interviews with contemporary British novelists that offers an insight into the authors' views on contemporary fiction; their influences and themes; readers and critics; and, why they write and their writing process. This title provides a snapshot of the reality of living as a writer. Editor(s): Tew, Philip; Tolan, Fiona; Wilson, Leigh. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847140241
- ISBN
- 9781847140241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.30
€ 35.99
€ 30.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231069595
- ISBN
- 9780231069595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.76
€ 36.99
€ 26.76
Paperback. Translator(s): Crossley, Professor of Logic John N (Monash University); Jeffreys, Catherine; Mews, Senior Lecturer Department of History and Director for Studies in Religion and Theology Constant J (University of Melbourne); Williams, Carol J. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AVA; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 210. Weight in Grams: 871.
- Publisher
- Guy of Saint-Denis, Tractatus de tonis
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580442541
- ISBN
- 9781580442541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.74
€ 29.74
Paperback. More than 900 entries, carefully selected, organized, and annotated, and accompanied by informative background material, make this volume a unique and indispensable guide to Chaucer and related studies. Series: Toronto Medieval Texts & Translations. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- SKU
- KRF0006453
- ISBN
- 9780802064080
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. The eighteenth-century salon played an important role in shaping literary culture, while both creating and sustaining transnational intellectual networks. Focusing on archival materials, this book is the first detailed examination of the literary salon in Ireland, considered in the wider contexts of contemporary salon culture in Britain and France. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 250 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137512703
- ISBN
- 9781137512703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.77
€ 122.77
Hardcover. Focuses on Shakespeare's reception by nineteenth-century female actors and scholars. This book offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally. Editor(s): Marshall, Gail. Series: Great Shakespeareans. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826433862
- ISBN
- 9780826433862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.86€ 184.18
€ 209.86
€ 184.18
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501318276
- ISBN
- 9781501318276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.52
€ 55.52
Hardcover. A study and edition of one of the most ignored works of early Spanish literature because of its strong sexual content, this work examines the social ideology that conditioned the reactions of people to the events it describes as well as Fernando de Rojas's masterpiece, Celestina. Num Pages: 616 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 257 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662896
- ISBN
- 9781855662896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.01
€ 118.01
Paperback. Pindar's Odes, blending beauty of poetic form and profundity of thought, are one of the wonders of Ancient Greece. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856686696
- ISBN
- 9780856686696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.54
€ 33.99
€ 30.54
Hardcover. In this study, David Brauner explores the representation of Jewishness in a number of works by postwar British and American Jewish writers, identifying a transatlantic sensibility characterized by an insistent compulsion to explain themselves and their Jewishness in ambivalent terms. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333740354
- ISBN
- 9780333740354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24€ 79.76
€ 128.24
€ 79.76
Paperback. Series: Comics Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; JFCA; WHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813590455
- ISBN
- 9780813590455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.89
€ 45.99
€ 40.89
Hardback. Baldo is a descendant of French royalty who starts out as something of a juvenile delinquent. This poem narrates episodes that include imprisonment; battles with local authorities, pirates, shepherds, witches, and demons; and a journey to the underworld. It provides the English translation of this ancient epic and Renaissance chivalric romance. Translator(s): Mullaney, Ann E. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 480 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 143 x 34. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031241
- ISBN
- 9780674031241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.15
€ 38.99
€ 33.15
Paperback. This book will provide the first study of how the Gothic engages with ecocritical ideas. The book's focus is from the late eighteenth century to the present day, via consideration of a number of national and global contexts and different media including short stories, novels and films. Editor(s): Hughes, William; Smith, Andrew W. M. Series Editor(s): Bronfen, Elisabeth; Bruhm, Steven; Gelder, Ken; Hogle, Jerrold E.; Horner, Avril; Hughes, William. Series: International Gothic Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AFPS; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 303 x 24. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526106896
- ISBN
- 9781526106896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.72
€ 26.99
€ 22.72
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664724
- ISBN
- 9781624664724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.12€ 39.77
€ 50.12
€ 39.77