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Hardcover. Attempts to survey the poetic production of African women, collecting work by forty-seven poets from a dozen francophone African countries. This title includes poems which are accompanied by brief biographies of the poets, a glossary, and a bibliography. Editor(s): D'Almeida, Irene Assiba. Translator(s): Mayes, Janis A. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927657
- ISBN
- 9780813927657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.35
€ 94.35
Hardcover. Anglophone postcolonial studies has been characterized by its secular nature. Yet as the first generation of scholars grapples with mortality, a yearning for spiritual meaning is emerging in many texts. This study synthesizes the sacred language used in these texts with critical theory in order to create a holistic frame for interpretive analysis. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFGR; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332967
- ISBN
- 9781137332967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.16
€ 63.16
Paperback. Octavio Paz called the late Roberto Juarroz, one of Latin America's most distinguished contemporary poets, "a poet of absolute instants." Translator(s): Crow, Mary. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- White Pine Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935210221
- ISBN
- 9781935210221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.00
€ 16.99
€ 16.00
Hardcover. Marking five years since the devasting Haitian earthquake, this important book explores the impact of the catastrophe on the literature of Haiti. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 2ADF; DSBH; JFFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381465
- ISBN
- 9781781381465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.66
€ 181.66
Paperback. Translator(s): Yang, H. Series: Cornell East Asia Series,. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell Univ East Asia Program
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885445179
- ISBN
- 9781885445179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403942326
- ISBN
- 9781403942326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.49
€ 64.49
Paperback. Corporate Romanticism offers an alternative history of the connections between modernity, individualism, and the novel. Early-nineteenth-century England saw two developmentsGCothe rise of corporate persons and the expanded scale of industrial actionGCoboth of Series: Lit Z. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272242
- ISBN
- 9780823272242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.36
€ 39.36
Paperback. Editor(s): Linker, Robert White. Num Pages: 54 pages, black & white illustrations, printed music items. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 54
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807879139
- ISBN
- 9780807879139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.05
€ 41.05
Paperback. Includes D H Lawrence's fundamental belligerence, and how all the significant relationships in his life, including those with his readers and critics, were characterised by intense intimacy and ferocious conflict. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099513322
- ISBN
- 9780099513322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.30
€ 13.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 68 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 150 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- CavanKerry Press United States
- Number of pages
- 68
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933880471
- ISBN
- 9781933880471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.14
€ 17.99
€ 15.14
Hardcover. This text examines what De Quincey called "psychological criticism", a mode of studying how "literature of power" arouses ideas and images dormant in the subconscious. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333774038
- ISBN
- 9780333774038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Paperback. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 124 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 173.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349090150
- ISBN
- 9781349090150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.84
€ 67.84
Paperback. "The Smoking Book" is built on the foundation of two questions: how does it feel to smoke, and what does smoking mean? Lesley Stern muses on these questions through intersecting stories and essays. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFH1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226773339
- ISBN
- 9780226773339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.35
€ 30.99
€ 24.35
Paperback. An anthology of nearly two hundred "hieroglyphics," or allegorical emblems, said to have been used by the Pharaonic scribes in describing natural and moral aspects of the world. This work tells how various types of natural phenomena, emotions, virtues, philosophical concepts, and human character-types were symbolized. Translator(s): Boas, George. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 148 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 2CX; CF; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000923
- ISBN
- 9780691000923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.88
€ 36.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. This book is a discussion of seventeenth century mothers' advice books that contextualizes women within the culture of the period. It also includes an edition of the unique mothers' advice book Age Rectified. Num Pages: 217 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349532360
- ISBN
- 9781349532360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardback. This text explores the contemporary response to the picture books of the three pioneer Victorian illustrators of children's books: Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12pp photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; AFF; AGB; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837393
- ISBN
- 9780810837393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.78
€ 158.78
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375756931
- ISBN
- 9780375756931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.48
€ 14.48
Hardcover. * A highly and engaging work by one of the worlda s most renowned medievalists. * Recreates and connects the places that appear in the works of Langland, Chaucer, Dante, Petrarch, Spenser, Shakespeare, Aphra Behn, and many others. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405113939
- ISBN
- 9781405113939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.57
€ 134.57
Hardback. This critical study of the African writer, Chinua Achebe, has been revised and a new chapter added. The underlying concern throughout is with his system of values and its response to the turbulent history of modern Nigeria - colonialism, independence, political disillusionment and military rule. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333490808
- ISBN
- 9780333490808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.44
€ 122.44
Paperback. Originally published in 1955, this introductory text was created for the general reader or students of the classics seeking a greater understanding of Ovid. Num Pages: 506 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107480308
- ISBN
- 9781107480308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.47
€ 42.99
€ 42.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Hayles, N. Katherine; Pressman, Jessica. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 black and white illustrations and 2 color plates. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816680047
- ISBN
- 9780816680047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.94
€ 31.99
€ 28.94
paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Milkweed Editions United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571314543
- ISBN
- 9781571314543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.62
€ 16.99
€ 15.62
Hardcover. The essays in this volume exploring the construction of gender ideology in early modern England, focus attention on the implications of the gender debate for women writers and their literary relations, cultural ideology and the family, and political discourse and ideas of nationhood. Editor(s): Malcolmson, Cristina; Suzuki, Mihoko. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSBB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294571
- ISBN
- 9780312294571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.63
€ 64.63
paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022778
- ISBN
- 9780140431391
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95