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Hardcover. Series: Alberta Reflections. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888643162
- ISBN
- 9780888643162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.26
€ 44.99
€ 32.26
Hardcover. A selection of myths at the heart of Roman mythology and literature that manages to relate many of the episodes in that world-historical march toward the Age of Augustus and accompanied by an Introduction that deftly sets them in their cosmological, theological, and Augustan contexts. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603846257
- ISBN
- 9781603846257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.98
€ 37.99
€ 27.98
Hardcover. Editor(s): Forsas-Scott, Helena; Stenberg, Lisbeth; Thomsen, Bjarne Thorup. Num Pages: 351 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: BGH; BGL; CBX; CFP; DSK; DSR; GT; KNT; KNTC; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Publisher
- Nordic Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789187351211
- ISBN
- 9789187351211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.69
€ 47.99
€ 39.69
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108080088
- ISBN
- 9781108080088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.43
€ 58.43
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. Speculative fiction often shows the complicated and rather fraught history of medicine as it relates to black women. Through prominent writers like Octavia Butler, Nnedi Okorafor, and Nalo Hopkinson, Jones highlights how personal experiences of illness and disease frequently reflect larger societal sicknesses in connection to race and gender. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520609
- ISBN
- 9781137520609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.78
€ 132.78
Hardback. This guide examines the production and reception of poetry by a range of women writers - predominantly although not exclusively writing in English - from Sappho through Anne Bradstreet and Emily Bronte to Sylvia Plath, Eavan Boland and Susan Howe. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andy. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 117.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623051
- ISBN
- 9780748623051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.53€ 95.24
€ 99.53
€ 95.24
Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177726
- ISBN
- 9780231177726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.40€ 50.01
€ 64.40
€ 50.01
Hardback. According to Oscar Wilde, 'the primary aim of the critic is to see the object as in itself it really is not'. Through a series of close and often unusual readings, this book endeavours to develop Wilde's remark into a detailed and creative theory of reading. It focuses on a series of neologisms from writing of the period. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192945
- ISBN
- 9781845192945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.90
€ 126.90
hardcover. This book offers a wide-ranging international history of environmental writing from ancient Mesopotamian and Asian works to the present. Editor(s): Parham, John; Westling, Louise. Num Pages: 459 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 2. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107102620
- ISBN
- 9781107102620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.10
€ 120.10
Paperback. Series: Understanding Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 134. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848858800
- ISBN
- 9781848858800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.08
€ 24.99
€ 21.08
Paperback. By combining historical spread with a thematic structure, this volume explores the ways in which gender has shaped literary output and addresses the changing situations in which women lived and wrote. It also places the work of established writers such as Margaret Oliphant, Naomi Mitchison and A L Kennedy in new contexts. Editor(s): Norquay, Glenda. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. 240 pages. Editor(s): Norquay, Glenda. By combining historical spread with a thematic structure, this volume explores the ways in which gender has shaped literary output and addresses the changing situations in which women lived and wrote. It also places the work of established writers such as Margaret Oliphant, Naomi Mitchison and A L Kennedy in new contexts. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSB. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 12. Weight: 334.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748644315
- ISBN
- 9780748644315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.42
€ 41.99
€ 36.42
Hardback. The ideal guide for students and theatre-lovers alike, the Companion explores the longstanding and vibrant Scottish dramatic tradition and the important developments in Scottish dramatic writing and theatre over the last hundred years. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641086
- ISBN
- 9780748641086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.68€ 89.82
€ 93.68
€ 89.82
Hardcover. Editor(s): White, Jeffrey A. Translator(s): White, Jeffrey A. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 211 x 37. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017436
- ISBN
- 9780674017436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.61
€ 40.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. A guide to Chaucer's poem "The Canterbury Tales" which introduces readers to Chaucer's life and times and reconsiders both the impact and the context of its inception. It details Chaucer's cultural and literary world, as well as reviews the publishing history of the Tales. Series: A Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826489364
- ISBN
- 9780826489364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.28
€ 29.99
€ 25.28
Paperback. Public spectacle formed a crucial component of the language of power in ancient Rome. This text presents a description of Rome's early history, by the historian Livy (16 BCE-17 CE). He presents his account of the growth of the Roman state itself as a visual monument and public spectacle. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520210271
- ISBN
- 9780520210271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.83
€ 37.99
€ 27.83
Hardback. A fresh and exciting approach to this great work of classical literature, which brings it alive for today's students and gives them the tools to appreciate and explore the work themselves. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641109
- ISBN
- 9780748641109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.97€ 78.98
€ 81.97
€ 78.98
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
€ 146.37€ 138.57
€ 146.37
€ 138.57
Hardback. For poetry in England, the Regency years (1811-1820) were a time of cultural revolution, with key figures such as Robert Southey and Leigh Hunt. Revisiting the wide impact of this period, this collection shows not only how the Regency transformed Romanticism but also literature, re-conceptualizing how scholars view what it means to be Romantic. Editor(s): Fulford, Tim; Eberle-Sinatra, Michael; Sinatra, Michael E. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. 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
- V9781137543370
- ISBN
- 9781137543370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810859654
- ISBN
- 9780810859654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.24
€ 169.24
Paperback. Dazzling, playful, and intellectually complex examination of personal recollections and archival materials about Kroetsch's poetry. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772121193
- ISBN
- 9781772121193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.34€ 39.77
€ 50.34
€ 39.77
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; HBTB; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137597144
- ISBN
- 9781137597144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Hardcover. Peral Vega explores the importance of Pierrot as a symbol of failure in matters of love in Garcia Lorca's imagery and his literary and personal life. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 181 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662964
- ISBN
- 9781855662964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.67
€ 78.67
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