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Hardback. Pindar, though still respected, is considered a difficult poet, and is sometimes dismissed as a reactionary, celebrating an aristocratic world that was passing and that deserved to pass. In this first work on the subject for many years, Richard Stoneman shows that Pindar's works, while at first seeming obscure and fragmentary, reward further study. Series: Understanding Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780761848
- ISBN
- 9781780761848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.97€ 73.57
€ 81.97
€ 73.57
Paperback. This new guide to the English renaissance's most erudite and yet most street-wise dramatist strongly asserts the theatrical brilliance of his greatest plays in performance, then and now. Editor(s): McEvoy, Sean. Series: Renaissance Dramatists. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623020
- ISBN
- 9780748623020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.75
€ 29.99
€ 26.75
Hardcover. An important collection which explores the complex interrelationships between race, gender, and sex as these are conceptualised within contemporary thought. Editor(s): Michlin, Monica; Rocchi, Jean-Paul. Series: FORECAAST (Forum for European Contributions to African American Studies). Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319389
- ISBN
- 9781846319389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.66
€ 138.66
Paperback. Albert Camus is among the most significant French writers of the twentieth century. Opening with his impoverished childhood in Algiers, this biography presents the historical context, focusing on Camus' later agonising conflict between sympathy for the working class Algerians and for the French colonials with a stake in their adopted land. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AHA; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099749110
- ISBN
- 9780099749110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.35
€ 21.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. Suggests that readers understand novels primarily by following the functioning of the minds of characters in the novel storyworlds. This work analyzes constructions of characters' minds in the fictional texts of a wide range of authors, from Aphra Behn and Henry Fielding to Evelyn Waugh and Thomas Pynchon. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218352
- ISBN
- 9780803218352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.96
€ 29.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. This text describes children's fiction about Native Americans and explains the cultural contexts of each work. It provides a balanced discussion of the portrayal of native peoples and customs in children's literature, taking into account that some publications have been inaccurate. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; YFB; YQEF. Category: (EJ) Primary; (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897747820
- ISBN
- 9780897747820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.02
€ 45.99
€ 38.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890967652
- ISBN
- 9780890967652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.40
€ 24.99
€ 21.40
Hardback. Reception studies have transformed the classics. Editor(s): Lovatt, Helen; Hodkinson, Owen. Series: Library of Classical Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; HBLA1; HRKP3; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781788310208
- ISBN
- 9781788310208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.81€ 46.18
€ 128.81
€ 46.18
Hardcover. Together Max Frisch and Friedrich Durrenmatt are not only two of the most esteemed Swiss writers of the twentieth century, but arguably two of the most important European writers since World War II. This title collects the letters that document their unique, unlikely, and extraordinary friendship. Translator(s): Duarte, Birgit Schreyer. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 halftones, 3 fascimiles. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 2ACG; BJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 186 x 37. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906497910
- ISBN
- 9781906497910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.23
€ 19.99
€ 17.23
Paperback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1M; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474426114
- ISBN
- 9781474426114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.14
€ 32.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 213 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349293537
- ISBN
- 9781349293537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1QDA; 3B; 3JMG; BM; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007545131
- ISBN
- 9780007545131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.16
€ 14.99
€ 11.16
Hardback. The only book on Hugh MacDiarmid currently in print, this gives unique focus to the politics of modern Scotland's major cultural figure. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 Frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623341
- ISBN
- 9780748623341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.24€ 106.08
€ 111.24
€ 106.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171241
- ISBN
- 9780691171241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. Series: New Directions in Religion and Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350030374
- ISBN
- 9781350030374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.22
€ 50.22
Hardcover. Adopts a double approach to the poetry composed between the end of the 1st Century BC and the 3rd Century AD. This book examines extant material from this period synchronically with some poems attached to authors and some not. It argues that this was 'one poetry,' created from a shared poetic repertoire and compositional practices. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021365
- ISBN
- 9780674021365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.34
€ 54.99
€ 45.34
Paperback. Introducing the dynamic study of a literary period stretching from 1900 to the Second World War, the book reflects the exciting mix of European avant-garde, writers of the Harlem Renaissance and regional voices within Britain. Three distinct sections explore the major concepts, themes and issues that characterise the literature. Series Editor(s): Coyle, Martin. Series: Palgrave Key Concepts: Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551190
- ISBN
- 9780230551190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.68
€ 42.99
€ 35.68
Hardback. This book examines the rise in popularity of fantasy literature in Taiwan and the crucial but often invisible role that translators have played in making this genre widely available. Topics covered include global fantasy fever, Chinese fantasy, game industry, the social status of translators, and the sociological direction of translations studies. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; CFB; CFP; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332776
- ISBN
- 9781137332776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Hardback. Editor(s): Romanska, Magda; Ackerman, Alan. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: AN; ASZB; DSA; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474247894
- ISBN
- 9781474247894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.22€ 133.93
€ 152.22
€ 133.93
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
€ 128.79€ 79.76
€ 128.79
€ 79.76
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262073035
- ISBN
- 9780262073035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.62
€ 18.99
€ 16.62
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
€ 96.02€ 73.00
€ 96.02
€ 73.00
Hardback. This book deals with the special power of literary texts to put us in contact with the past. A large number of authors, coming from different ages, have described this power in terms of 'the conversation with the dead'. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748615889
- ISBN
- 9780748615889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.10€ 111.49
€ 117.10
€ 111.49
Hardback. An important critical study of Canadian literature, placing internationally successful anglophone Canadian authors in the context of their national literary history. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748621613
- ISBN
- 9780748621613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.53€ 95.24
€ 99.53
€ 95.24