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Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571233199
- ISBN
- 9780571233199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.48
€ 13.99
€ 9.48
Paperback. This book explores how modernity gives rise to temporal disorders when time cannot be assimilated and integrated into the realm of lived experience. It turns to Baudelaire and Flaubert in order to derive insights into the many temporal disorders (such as trauma, addiction, and fetishism) that pervade contemporary culture. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804740722
- ISBN
- 9780804740722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Paperback. Diana Spencer and her lover are visiting Paris. An international fixer puts a team in place to watch the Princess. Former Special Branch man John Harper is recruited as part of the team. Ritz Hotel Deputy Director of Security Henri Paul and paparazzo supreme James Andanson are their targets. But they are not the only ones watching Spencer. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KKD0005074
- ISBN
- 9780571223411
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Widely praised for his translations of Boethius and Ariosto, esteemed translator David R. Slavitt here returns to Ovid, once again bringing to the contemporary ear the spirited, idiomatic, audacious charms of this master poet. The love here described is of the anguished, ruinous kind, like a sickness, and Ovid prescribes cures. Translator(s): Slavitt, David. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674059047
- ISBN
- 9780674059047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.52
€ 46.99
€ 38.52
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTK0091147
- ISBN
- 9780753817858
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Playscripts S. Num Pages: 93 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 93
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714507637
- ISBN
- 9780714507637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.01
€ 13.99
€ 13.01
Hardback. Series: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843311140
- ISBN
- 9781843311140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.80
€ 133.80
Hardback. Editor(s): Letellier, Robert Ignatius. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611471854
- ISBN
- 9781611471854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.43
€ 207.43
Paperback. Since the discovery over one hundred years ago of a body of Mesopotamian poetry preserved on clay tablets, what has come to be known as the Epic of Gilgamesh has been considered a masterpiece of ancient literature. This title presents the Epic to the general reader in a clear narrative. Translator(s): Kovacs, Maureen Gallery. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSB; DCF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804717113
- ISBN
- 9780804717113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.91
€ 16.99
€ 16.91
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630731
- ISBN
- 9780691630731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.54
€ 192.54
Paperback. The brilliant Aztec poetic tradition would have all but vanished after the Spanish Conquest in 1521 without the friars who painstakingly transcribed and preserved the poems in the years that followed. This title gives us echoes of the lyrical and philosophical songs, the songs of rejoicing, sorrow, ritual and war, and the epics of myth and legend. Translator(s): Kissam, Edward; Schmidt, Michael. Series: Poetica. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2JNN; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856464232
- ISBN
- 9780856464232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.21
€ 19.99
€ 18.21
Paperback. Drawing its name from the spacecraft departing our solar system on an embassy to the beyond, this title culminates in a chilling Dantean allegory of leadership and its failure in the cause of humanity. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 31.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268852
- ISBN
- 9780520268852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
hardcover. This volume is an "A to Z" collection of over 700 authoritative yet highly readable articles containing descriptive information about the major types, elements, characters, themes, titles and reference points in storytelling. Editor(s): Leeming, David Adams; Sader, Marion. Num Pages: 556 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; DSB; GBC; HBTD; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 187 x 265 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 556
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573560252
- ISBN
- 9781573560252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.67
€ 114.67
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594481932
- ISBN
- 9781594481932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. Beaumarchais was a man of immense wit and feeling and it is our loss that his two great plays are only known to us through Rossini and Mozart. It was Beaumarchais who brought fun back into the theatre and broke the convention of formality which had grown up since Moliere. Translator(s): Wood, J. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KOG0005651
- ISBN
- 9780140441338
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A reassessment of the achievements of British playwright Harold Pinter by an international group of scholars. This work contains eighteen essays that represent the state of Pinter criticism and an affirmation of Pinter's preeminence in modern British theatre. Editor(s): Burkman, Katherine H.; Kundert-Gibbs, John Leeland. Series: Drama & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; AS; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253208118
- ISBN
- 9780253208118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.41
€ 29.99
€ 26.41
Hardback. Using the events of May '68 as a historical touchstone, this book examines the political ramifications of the literary, philosophical, and psychoanalytic work known as French theory. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724456
- ISBN
- 9780804724456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.28
€ 89.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 153 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Playdead Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 153
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910067161
- ISBN
- 9781910067161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Hardback. In this deconstructive critique of the work of Henry James representation taken in a series of senses, from the formal and linguistic to the social and political is the focus of the book. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726177
- ISBN
- 9780804726177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.70
€ 77.70
Paperback. Offers separate but interrelated close readings of four medieval Roland texts in French and Occitan, paying attention to scenes in which the speeches of various characters perform or mirror narrative functions. This book focuses on discourse and narrative within the fictional universe. It compares multiple medieval Roland texts. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 184 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268022037
- ISBN
- 9780268022037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.16
€ 46.99
€ 41.16
hardcover. This study of the Chinese novel in the eighteenth century focuses on the autobiographical features of three important works: The Dream of the Red Chamber, or The Story of the Stone (Honglou meng), The Scholars (Rulin waishi), and the relatively neglected The Humble Words of an Old Rustic (Yesou puyan). Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804724623
- ISBN
- 9780804724623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.42
€ 79.42
Paperback. The internationalization of American studies Editor(s): Shu, Yuan; Pease, Donald E. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Dartmouth College Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688474
- ISBN
- 9781611688474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 41.24
€ 53.99
€ 41.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. Dimension: 202 x 138. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811225151
- ISBN
- 9780811225151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.05
€ 15.99
€ 14.05
A comprehensive study of the most influential figure in postwar American literature, Thomas Pynchon Series: Contemporary American & Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719076282
- ISBN
- 9780719076282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.22
€ 150.22