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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

€ 81.07
€ 73.57

Paperback. Bilingual literary scholar builds bridges spanning institutional silos to found an inclusive "literatures of Canada." Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888645456
ISBN
9780888645456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.57

Paperback. Character Studies. Series: Character Studies. 160 pages. Aims to promote sophisticated literary analysis through the concept of character. This series demonstrates the necessity of linking character analysis to texts' themes, issues and ideas, and encourages students to embrace the complexity of literary characters and the texts in which they appear. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight: 194.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826493460
ISBN
9780826493460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.26

Hardback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498531016
ISBN
9781498531016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.33
€ 54.84

Hardcover. This wide-ranging Companion provides a vital overview of modern Chinese literature in different geopolitical areas, from the 1840s to now. Series: BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO LITERA. Num Pages: 584 pages, NO. BIC Classification: DS. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1042.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118451625
ISBN
9781118451625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 213.73

Paperback. First translation of French novella (1801) about passion, social convention, obsession, and despair. Translator(s): Delany, Sheila. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HRCV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772121230
ISBN
9781772121230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.55

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

Paperback. .
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472033560
ISBN
9780472033560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.79

Paperback. Focusing on the sexualized violence of Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy including the novels, Swedish film adaptations, and Hollywood blockbusters this collection of essays puts Larsson's work into dialogue with Scandinavian and Anglophone crime novels by writers including Jo Nesbo, Hakan Nesser, Mo Hayder and Val McDermid." Editor(s): Astrom, Berit; Gregersdotter, Katarina; Horeck, Tanya. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSBH; DSBH5; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349338986
ISBN
9781349338986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Paperback. Explores the sacred and the feminine in art, architecture, literature, art history, music, philosophy, theology, critical theory and cultural studies. This book addresses key issues in feminist questions of creativity, the imaginary and the sacred as 'otherness', examining the ways in which visual practices have explored this territory. Series: New Encounters: Arts, Cultures, Concepts. Num Pages: 288 pages, 45 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 704.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845115210
ISBN
9781845115210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.30

hardcover. This book is the first and only systematic, broad study of the history and character of American working-class literature. Editor(s): Coles, Nicholas; Lauter, Paul. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSR; GBC; JFSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 920.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107103382
ISBN
9781107103382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.75

Hardcover. A critical study of fictional responses by authors inside and outside Rwanda to the 1994 genocide. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; DSK; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381946
ISBN
9781781381946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.66

Hardback. Editor(s): Gelder, Ken. Num Pages: 474 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 272 x 30. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137523457
ISBN
9781137523457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.19

Hardback. This multi-genre anthology brings together a wide selection of women's published writing from the Early Modern period. Editor(s): Hodgson-Wright, Stephanie. Series: Women's Writing Anthologies. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DQ; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 889.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748610969
ISBN
9780748610969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.13
€ 154.81

Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748633470
ISBN
9780748633470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.02
€ 105.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 colour / 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501329548
ISBN
9781501329548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.30

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 514 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642161
ISBN
9780691642161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 202.66
€ 152.25

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845196462
ISBN
9781845196462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.90

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

€ 104.23
€ 100.62

Hardcover.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125043
ISBN
9781905125043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.13

Paperback. A collection of literature anthologies and reference books for Key Stage 3 onwards. Series: Cambridge School Anthologies. Num Pages: 112 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 4KHN; 5AM; DSG; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 6. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521598750
ISBN
9780521598750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.80

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

Hardback. Editor(s): Graham-Bertolini, Alison; Kayser, Casey. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319402918
ISBN
9783319402918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.61

Hardback. The book traces the development of British Indian literature from the early days of the 19th century through the Victorian period. Previously unstudied poems and essays drawn from the thriving periodicals culture of British India are examined alongside novels and travel-writing by authors including Emma Roberts and Philip Meadows Taylor. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748640683
ISBN
9780748640683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.23
€ 100.65

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