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Hardback. This book offers a discussion of Elizabeth Bishop's translations through close-readings of a selection of poems, with particular attention to the features that relate them to translation, and suggests that translation can be seen as a poetic principle that can be related to the poet's original works. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498520638
ISBN
9781498520638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.84

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783483983
ISBN
9781783483983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.59
€ 19.53

Hardback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498500326
ISBN
9781498500326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.21
€ 15.70

Hardback. A Companion to the Eighteenth-century Novel furnishes readers with a sophisticated vision of the eighteenth-century novel in its political, aesthetic, and moral contexts. An up-to-date resource for the study of the eighteenth-century novel. Editor(s): Backscheider, Paula R.; Ingrassia, Catherine E. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 568 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 191 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1286.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
568
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101578
ISBN
9781405101578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.58

Hardcover. The Arabian Nights and Orientalism in Resonance was especially commissioned to celebrate the tercentenary of the first Western edition of The Arabian Nights. Num Pages: 240 pages, 72ill. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850437680
ISBN
9781850437680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.13

Hardback. Al-Tanuki was a judge who was born in Basra and lived in Baghdad during the tenth century CE. During his life, he wrote three books which compiled poetry, stories, anecdotes and hadith. This introduction to his works and thought identifies the central theme of hardship and deliverance within narratives about love, generosity and the journey. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; 3F; DSBB; HBJF1; HBLC1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848851177
ISBN
9781848851177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.31

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

€ 185.56

Paperback. Introduces readers to the ancient rhetorical tradition by investigating key questions about the origins, nature and importance of rhetoric. This book explores the role of the orator, especially the two greatest figures of the tradition, Demosthenes and Cicero. It also investigates the place of rhetoric at the center of ancient education. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235156
ISBN
9780631235156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.71

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

€ 22.42

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
€ 29.51

Hardcover. Explores the relationship between touching and writing in contemporary literature. This title provides a timely intervention in the field, investigating the different ways that literary texts make contact with or 'touch' their readers. It explores literary touch in the work of often neglected contemporary thinkers and writers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748685318
ISBN
9780748685318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.08

Paperback. Focusing on modernist narrative, this book suggests that style conceived expansively as attitude, stance, posture, and consciousness helps to explain many other, nonliterary formations of cosmopolitanism in history, anthropology, sociology, transcultural studies, and media studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137515
ISBN
9780231137515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.43

Hardback. This book provides a radical reading of Edmund Spenser and argues for a re-orientation in Renaissance criticism. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621910
ISBN
9780748621910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.22

Hardcover. From domestic commonplaces, Loretta Bonnier Anawalt has invented a surreal evocation in prose and verse poems, presented as a pattern of dreams "printed" on the mind, as one might observe images emerging in a photographer's darkroom. Here, art and literature intertwine to provide evocative power, mystery, and intellectual pleasures. Illustrator(s): Helm, Robert. Num Pages: 200 pages, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; AFC; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 311 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1275.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Eastern Washington University
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
KEX0212755
ISBN
9780910055512
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226446622
ISBN
9780226446622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.78

Hardcover. Divided into two sections, Sources and Archives and Theories and Translations, and containing work by some of the world's leading Beckett scholars, this volume reflects both a distinctive European emphasis as well as the 'new pragmatism' within Beckett Studies. It gathers 5 textual essays laying out the underpinnings of Beckett's texts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 240 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748665709
ISBN
9780748665709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.11

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474234849
ISBN
9781474234849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.14

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

€ 35.99
€ 26.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Kerrigan, Anthony; Nozick, Martin. Series: Selected Works of Miguel de Unamuno. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691611792
ISBN
9780691611792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.43
€ 48.78

Paperback. This illustrated history surveys English literature in India from the 1800s to the 1900s, covering not only what is considered literature proper but also other genres such as polemical, anthropological and wildlife writings. Editor(s): Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna. Num Pages: 450 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850656814
ISBN
9781850656814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.29

Hardback. Editor(s): Denton, Kirk A. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170086
ISBN
9780231170086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.34
€ 103.72

Hardcover. Bibliography and Reference.Clean Copy in Dustwrapper.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KDK0008382
ISBN
9780874133646
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

hardcover. Explores a new area of ancient literary theory and criticism by examining how landscape and metaphor shape discussions of style. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521769556
ISBN
9780521769556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.90

Hardback. Provides a unique insight into the pivotal themes, both political and cultural, which have shaped 20th century state and society. There is detailed consideration of the works of leading figures in art, literature, politics and scholarship. Editor(s): Louis, Wm Roger. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780760575
ISBN
9781780760575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.00

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