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Hardback. The diverse motives and mysteries of why we read are explored in this groundbreaking new work by Rita Felski. Challenging many time-worn homilies and theories put forth in contemporary literary criticism, Uses of Literature offers refreshing new insights into the purpose and value of reading literature. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405147231
- ISBN
- 9781405147231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.59
€ 98.59
Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Jonathan. Num Pages: 144 pages, facsim. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- Bilingual Edition
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811218856
- ISBN
- 9780811218856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.88
€ 19.99
€ 17.88
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; DSK; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631530
- ISBN
- 9780691631530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.67
€ 139.67
Paperback. A medieval Arab-Islamic folk romance, this book offers unusual perspectives on issues of gender, religion, race, and ethnicity, as woven into the art of an oral narrative. The folk are composed between the 13th and 16th centuries during the Mamluk age. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Lena. Series: A Prota Book S. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213426
- ISBN
- 9780253213426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. A rich and diverse collection of prose poetry from around the world. Editor(s): Alexander, Robert; Maloney, Dennis. Series: Marie Alexander Poetry Series. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- White Pine Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781893996984
- ISBN
- 9781893996984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.50
€ 17.99
€ 16.50
Offers translations of Chekhov's major plays and one-acts along with an introduction focused on the plays' power to elicit the widely divergent of responses, the life of the playwright in its historical and aesthetic contexts, suggestions for reading the plays 'under a microscope', and notes designed to bring Chekhov's world into focus. Translator(s): Carnicke, Sharon Marie. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209985
- ISBN
- 9780872209985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.97
€ 46.99
€ 32.97
Paperback. The only English translation to include the complete work - a must-have for all students of early Norse literature. Editor(s): Faulkes, Anthony. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32col.ill. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Everyman Paperback
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780460876162
- ISBN
- 9780460876162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.93
€ 11.99
€ 9.93
Paperback. These essays include discussions of the "Odyssey" and "Ulysses", the "Metamorphoses" of Ovid and Apuleius, Mallarme's English and T.S. Eliot's religion, and the mutually antipathetic minds of Edmund Burke and Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226074252
- ISBN
- 9780226074252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.21
€ 41.99
€ 32.21
Hardcover. The first complete collection of extant Medieval French Lays. Lays are short (typically 600-1000 lines), rhymed tales of love and chivalry. Series: Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 300 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781383360
- ISBN
- 9781781383360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.52
€ 135.52
Hardcover. Editor(s): Nathwani, Ravi; Vogt, Kate. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; HRLK; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New World Library United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608684106
- ISBN
- 9781608684106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.14
€ 20.99
€ 19.14
Paperback. Alice Taylor takes her readers along the byways of Ireland and into the heart of the country. In stories by turn comic and poignant, she explores the character of family and friends, testing the bonds of concern and kindness which hold people together. Editor(s): Ayrton, Pete. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162. Some slight shelf wear to cover but overall in a very good condition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSC0002265
- ISBN
- 9780863221682
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Presents two texts in English translation. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853235729
- ISBN
- 9780853235729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.25
€ 35.99
€ 32.25
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555976293
- ISBN
- 9781555976293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.11
€ 16.99
€ 14.11
paperback. Editor(s): McPhilemy, Kathleen. Series: Common word. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Katabasis United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780904872330
- ISBN
- 9780904872330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.84
€ 16.99
€ 15.84
Hardback. This book focuses on the works of America's premier colonial poet, Edward Taylor (1642-1729). Series Editor(s): Gelpi, Albert; Posnock, Ross. Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 605. Clean copy in dust wrapper. DW sunned to spine and edges. Previous owner's ex-libris stamp to FFEP. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0013782
- ISBN
- 9780521308656
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "Joyce and the G-Men" explores Hoover's suspicions that James Joyce was a Communist. In his FBI file, Culleton tracks the evidence of the FBI's surveillance of Joyce to show the culture of the FBI under Hoover and the resurgence of American anti-intellectualism. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349386420
- ISBN
- 9781349386420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.08€ 63.07
€ 63.08
€ 63.07
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801447075
- ISBN
- 9780801447075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.94
€ 82.94
Hardback. A multi- and interdisciplinary collection of essays addressing ethical, political and aesthetic questions raised in the ten-film cycle Decalogue (1989) by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski. Editor(s): Badowska, Eva. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DS; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267101
- ISBN
- 9780823267101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.59
€ 105.59
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691628677
- ISBN
- 9780691628677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.11
€ 104.11
Paperback. As new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220896
- ISBN
- 9780863220494
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A biographical account of John Milton. It features readings, chronologies, and attention to symbol from etymology to archetype. The work seeks to take the reader into the most interior stirrings of a 17th-century mind. Series: Studies in the English Renaissance. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190211
- ISBN
- 9780813190211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.90
€ 42.99
€ 38.90
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Lumsden, Anne Mieke. Num Pages: 62 pages, b/w drawings. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132. 62 pages, b/w drawings. Illustrator(s): Lumsden, Anne Mieke. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 5. Weight: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Katabasis
- Number of pages
- 62
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780904872460
- ISBN
- 9780904872460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.94
€ 10.99
€ 10.94
Hardback. The author was one of our most fascinating poets of the last century. Born in London in 1895, he served in the First World War and was mistakenly reported killed in action at the Battle of the Somme, as he vividly recounted in his memoir, Goodbye To All That (1929). This book deals with his works. Series: Poets of the Great War. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571315086
- ISBN
- 9780571315086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.39
€ 19.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. "A gifted poet has given us an astute, adroit, vigorous, inviting, eminently readable translation.. The challenging gamut of Langland's language .. has here been rendered with blessed energy and precision. Economou has indeed Done-Best."-Allen Mandelbaum Translator(s): Economou, George D. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215618
- ISBN
- 9780812215618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65