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Paperback. Examines a number of contemporary cultural texts - from "Fight Club" and "Toy Story" to "The Matrix" and "The Moor's Last Sigh" - by reflecting them against a cluster of early modern Spanish literary works, principally Miguel de Cervantes' "Don Quixote". Num Pages: 228 pages, 24 movie stills, index. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826516039
- ISBN
- 9780826516039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.12
€ 53.12
Hardcover. Contains the letters that trace young Sam Clemens' remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of "The Jumping Frog", soon to be a national and international celebrity. Editor(s): Smith, Harriet Elinor; Bucci, Richard; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 703 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 703
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520036697
- ISBN
- 9780520036697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.74€ 91.86
€ 121.74
€ 91.86
hardcover. An exploration of the ways fiction mimics the real and the links between cyber realities, fiction, and human beings. It also explores the foundations of mimeticism in order to explain the important effect fiction has on human beings. Translator(s): Cohn, Dorrit. Series: Stages. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 figures and 4 tables. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 220 x 31. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803217584
- ISBN
- 9780803217584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.51
€ 69.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; DSBH; DSK; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403977564
- ISBN
- 9781403977564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.34
€ 64.34
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551884
- ISBN
- 9781871551884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.16
€ 15.99
€ 15.16
Hardcover. Good copy with mylar covered dust wrapper. DW with some warping and shelf wear and clipped to the inside front cover. Ex-libris with usual markings to inside covers, end papers, title pages and page edges. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1953
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0003486
- ISBN
- 9780224605793
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. A discussion of Latin literature and its form with emphasis on its influence on European education. Num Pages: 474 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1952
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231018487
- ISBN
- 9780231018487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.12€ 81.87
€ 110.12
€ 81.87
This book defends and outlines the key issues surrounding the philosophy of content as demonstrated in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSBH; HPCF; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748611072
- ISBN
- 9780748611072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.39
€ 199.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 268 pages, plans. BIC Classification: AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874136142
- ISBN
- 9780874136142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.35
€ 135.35
Paperback. WS Merwin is an influential American poet. This book contains a selection of his poems which cover over five decades of his poetry, from "The Dancing Bears" (1954) to "Present Company" (2005). It draws its contents from his American retrospective, "Migration". Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852247690
- ISBN
- 9781852247690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.72
€ 15.99
€ 12.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156950
- ISBN
- 9780231156950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Hardback. Covers a period of twenty-two months during which Thomas Jefferson spent most of his time at Monticello, where in his short-lived retirement from office he turned in earnest to the renovation of his residence and described himself as a 'monstrous farmer'. Editor(s): Oberg, Barbara B. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 744 pages, 8 duotones, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; DN; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 243 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090436
- ISBN
- 9780691090436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.64€ 123.11
€ 164.64
€ 123.11
Hardcover. Recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of 'the Fariyaq,' alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the intellectual and literary history of the modern Arab world. This book celebrates the genius and beauty of the classical Arabic language. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 149 x 32. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Library of Arabic Literature
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479842247
- ISBN
- 9781479842247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 47.29
€ 51.99
€ 47.29
Paperback. This volume situates the individual works of Marlowe within the context of his overall literary career. Areas covered include Marlowe's preference for foreign settings and his unusually accurate depictions of them, and the importance of his scholarly background. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333698259
- ISBN
- 9780333698259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.32
€ 121.32
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857388391
- ISBN
- 9780857388391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 147 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DQ; KC; KJM; TVR; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1885
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642898020
- ISBN
- 9783642898020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.44
€ 68.44
Hardcover. A study of literary epiphany, whose varying constructions of spirituality are crucial to the shaping of character in the British and American novel. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137021847
- ISBN
- 9781137021847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Hardcover. A collection of essays form Louisa McCord, a 19th-century Southern US conservative intellectual. A supporter of slavery and a believer in the superiority of the white race, she broke the confines of Southern gender roles, supported laissez-faire political economy and abhorred socialism. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915708
- ISBN
- 9780813915708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.19
€ 91.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403903235
- ISBN
- 9781403903235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854114402
- ISBN
- 9781854114402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.49
€ 20.99
€ 19.49
Hardcover. This collection reveals the variety of literary forms and visual media through which travel records were conveyed in the long nineteenth century, bringing together a group of leading researchers from a range of disciplines to explore the relationship between travel writing, visual representation and formal innovation. Editor(s): Murray, Brian H. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 262 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543387
- ISBN
- 9781137543387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. Presents a collection of poems that feature nuanced mysteries of light, darkness, presence, and memory as central themes. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781852248543
- ISBN
- 9781852248543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.50
€ 11.99
€ 11.50
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662667
- ISBN
- 9781855662667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.13
€ 26.99
€ 23.13
Paperback. This collection of essays examines the linguistic and rhetorical features of Homer's work. Arguing that there can be no purely historical interpretation, Pucci focuses on two features of Homer's rhetoric - repetition of expression and its effects on meaning, and the issue of intertexuality. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CFG; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822630593
- ISBN
- 9780822630593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.22
€ 73.22