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Hardback. An investigation into the connections between military and literary culture in the late medieval period, and how warfare shaped such texts as Malory's Morte. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843245
- ISBN
- 9781843843245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.48
€ 82.48
Paperback. This "Critical Edition" uses the text of the first edition, published in 1901. Accompanying material includes contemporary reviews, eight essays which present a variety of critical perspectives, and a collection of letters that reveal the process by which the autobiography was written. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; JFSL3; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Critical
- SKU
- V9780393967258
- ISBN
- 9780393967258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.85
€ 17.99
€ 16.85
Hardback. In late medieval and early modern Spain, physicians began to translate and refashion medical information for lay readers. This book explores the concept of the sickly reader, a highly motivated individual whom medical writers encouraged to seek out useful remedies and efficacious hygienic practices in various vernacular health guides. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812242553
- ISBN
- 9780812242553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.46
€ 89.46
hardcover. This book examines the ways in which the literary genre of hagiography and the hermeneutical paradigm of Biblical typology together entered into the construction of "the Renaissance" as a canon and period. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBD; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726436
- ISBN
- 9780804726436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.14
€ 84.14
paperback. A collection of poems produced by Brian Cox since his retirement as a Manchester professor, which portray scenes from his own life and convey a sense of ending and losing a role. Num Pages: 55 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 55
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857545449
- ISBN
- 9781857545449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.05
€ 20.99
€ 18.05
Paperback. Forges the links between disparate aspects and individuals in the Irish literary landscape, ranging back and forth between modern and medieval. From Beckett and Bowen, through MacNeice, Swift and Yeats, this work moves through Irish writing. Num Pages: 160 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571238699
- ISBN
- 9780571238699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 12.03
€ 18.99
€ 12.03
Paperback. Documenting four painful years in the life of German writer Christa Wolf, this volume of essays, letters and diary entries portrays the cultural and political situation in the former German Democratic Republic. An admired writer, Wolf was reviled after the publication of her novel "What Remains". Editor(s): Heurck, Jan Van. Translator(s): Heurck, Jan Van; Heurck, J.V. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; BG; DNF; HBG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press Chicago
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226905037
- ISBN
- 9780226905037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.81
€ 33.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. In this comprehensive and lucid critical study, Andrew Teverson examines the intellectual, biographical, literary and cultural contexts from which Rushdie's fiction springs in order to help the reader make sense of the often complex debates that surround the life and work of this major contemporary figure. Series Editor(s): Thieme, John. Series: Contemporary World Writers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719070518
- ISBN
- 9780719070518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DQ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 152. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921867200
- ISBN
- 9781921867200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.23
€ 21.99
€ 17.23
Paperback. Ema Saiko (1787-1861) was a remarkably evocative poet, one of the few known woman writers of kanshi poems--verse written in classical Chinese but read as Japanese. Writing in this form, Saiko distinguished herself during the Tokugawa period, when composition in Chinese was largely a men's province. Translator(s): Sato, Hiroaki. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 202 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110655
- ISBN
- 9780231110655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.47
€ 35.99
€ 26.47
Hardback. Oscar Wilde's grand U.S. tour, captured in dozens of newspaper interviews Editor(s): Hofer, Matthew; Scharnhorst, Gary. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 photographs; 1 drawing. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252034725
- ISBN
- 9780252034725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.26
€ 123.26
Paperback. The best of Hagger's many poems, grouped under 'Quest for the One' and 'Follies and Vices' (the two aspects of the fundamental theme of world literature). Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 42. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- O Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780997513
- ISBN
- 9781780997513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.57
€ 34.99
€ 30.57
Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 186 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585100194
- ISBN
- 9781585100194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.41
€ 20.99
€ 16.41
Hardback. Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader. * Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relation to content. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 188 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405151405
- ISBN
- 9781405151405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.54
€ 92.54
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Tachyon Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781892391117
- ISBN
- 9781892391117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.31
€ 32.99
€ 28.31
Paperback. Presenting an abridgement of the author's 2004 translation of "The Mangy Parrot", this title aims to captures the narrative drive, literary innovations, and biting social commentary. Translator(s): Frye, David. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- Abridged ed
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206700
- ISBN
- 9780872206700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.41
€ 20.99
€ 16.41
Paperback. The author connects the accidents of the poet Wordsworth's life with the originality of his works, tracking the impulses that turned him to poetry after the death of his parents and during his years as an enthusiastic disciple of the French Revolution. Bromwich argues that his political idealism deeply motivated his writings of the 1790s. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075570
- ISBN
- 9780226075570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
€ 31.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Features three works attributed to Constantine two of which were certainly not written by him which are important sources for historians of the papacy, Christianity and Constantine himself. This title includes "The Oration to the Saints" and the "Edict of Constantine". Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853236481
- ISBN
- 9780853236481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.25
€ 35.99
€ 32.25
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843849
- ISBN
- 9781843843849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.15
€ 88.15
Hardback. This study of the poetry and drama of Percy Bysshe Shelley reads the letters and their biographical contexts to shed light on the poetry, tracing the ambiguous and shifting relationship between the poet's art and life. Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786940247
- ISBN
- 9781786940247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.00
€ 136.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593765095
- ISBN
- 9781593765095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.52
€ 14.99
€ 14.52
Paperback. Good clean copy. Showing some shelf and reading wear, otherwise remains in good condition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0010803
- ISBN
- 9780140014853
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Fiction that reconsiders, challenges, reshapes, and/or upholds national narratives of history has long been an integral aspect of Canadian literature. This title raises (and answers) questions about the significance of the roles historical fiction has played within Canadian culture for nearly two centuries. Editor(s): Cabajsky, Andrea; Grubisic, Brett Joseph. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554580613
- ISBN
- 9781554580613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.67
€ 53.67
paperback. Num Pages: 83 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Josef Weinberger Plays United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 83
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856762215
- ISBN
- 9780856762215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.95
€ 13.99
€ 12.95