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Hardcover. This innovative book provides an original approach to the analysis of the representation of myth, ritual, and 'magic' in African literature. Emphasizing the ambivalent nature of the sacred, it advances work on the religious dimension of canonical African texts and attends to the persistence of pre-colonial cultures in postcolonial spaces. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; DNF; DSB; GTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577558
- ISBN
- 9780230577558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Paperback. For 30 years Anvil championed the idea of poetry as a free space for the imagination and spirit. In the process the press has gained recognition as one of the liveliest publishers of British and international poetry. This book celebrates that endeavour with the author's selection of the most memorable poetry he has encountered since 1968. Editor(s): Jay, Peter. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856463013
- ISBN
- 9780856463013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.46
€ 14.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. Offers satirical and bitter denunciation of the degeneracy of Roman society. This work draws forth a world of whores, fortune-tellers, boozy politicians, slick lawyers, shameless sycophants, ageing flirts and downtrodden teachers. It portraits of decadent aristocrats - male and female - and the jumped-up sons of newly-rich former slaves. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ACD; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236. Good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks and creases, remains a good readable copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCW0017533
- ISBN
- 9780140447040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 15.99€ 11.12
€ 15.99
€ 11.12
Hardback. This book argues that the representation of Jews in European literature has little to do with actual, human Jews, but rather is derived from the conception of Jews as Christianity's paradigmatic Other, eternally reenacting their morally ambiguous New Testament role as the Christ-bearing and -killing chosen people of God. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 512 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770552
- ISBN
- 9780804770552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.65
€ 86.65
Paperback. Looking at representations of the Irish landscape in contemporary literature and the arts, this volume discusses the economic, political and environmental issues associated with it, questioning the myths behind Ireland's landscape, from the first Greek descriptions to present day post Celtic-Tiger architecture. Editor(s): Mianowski, Marie. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AF; AM; D; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 423.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349339914
- ISBN
- 9781349339914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. Series: FILM. Num Pages: 180 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: APF; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 213 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868195759
- ISBN
- 9780868195759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. The first collection of poetry by the young Irish poet, Joseph Woods. Num Pages: 54 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. . 8vo.Original printed wrappers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Worple Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0307340
- ISBN
- 9780953094769
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Hardcover. Examines some of the responses of Japanese authors to the transformation of Tokyo in the early decades of the 20th Century. This book explores the themes and formal strategies of the modernist literature that flourished in the 1920s, focusing on the work of Hagiwara Kyojiro (1899-1938) and Hayashi Fumiko (1903-1951). Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 180 x 31. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021297
- ISBN
- 9780674021297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.30
€ 47.99
€ 39.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040573
- ISBN
- 9780252040573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.66
€ 125.66
Paperback. Editor(s): Keenoy, Ray. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boulevard Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899460663
- ISBN
- 9781899460663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
Hardcover. The different versions of Hamlet constitute one of the most vexing puzzles in Shakespeare studies. In this groundbreaking work, Shakespeare scholar Terri Bourus argues that this puzzle can only be solved by drawing on multiple kinds of evidence and analysis, including book and theatre history, biography, performance studies, and close readings. Series: History of Text Technologies. Num Pages: 305 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137465610
- ISBN
- 9781137465610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.46€ 45.34
€ 51.46
€ 45.34
Paperback. Presents the personal narratives of four women in the early days of American settlement. These are tales of exploration beyond conventional boundaries, women's voyages of self-discovery in a new world. The authors include Mary Rowlandson, Sarah Knight, Elizabeth Trist and Elizabeth Ashbridge. Editor(s): Andrews, William L.; Bush, Sargent (Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA); Kolodny, Annette (Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Arizona, USA); Shrager Lang, Amy (Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University, USA); Shea, Daniel B. (Professor of English, Washington University, USA). Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSBD; HBJK; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299125844
- ISBN
- 9780299125844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349423743
- ISBN
- 9781349423743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.03
€ 122.03
Hardcover. The two-volume Encyclopedia of British Writers: 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries provides curriculum-based information on some 600 British writers - from William Shakespeare and John Milton to Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope. Entries include details of the author's life, a synopsis of the writer's major works, and suggestions for further reading. Editor(s): Hager, Alan. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 190 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1751.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Facts on File
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816051328
- ISBN
- 9780816051328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.47€ 154.54
€ 174.47
€ 154.54
Hardcover. From the artistic practice of improvisation to the politics of nationalism, the essays in this volume break new ground and significantly extend our understanding of the relations between British and Italian culture in its analysis of the reception of Dante and Italian literature in British Romanticism. Editor(s): Burwick, Frederick; Douglass, Paul. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 267 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114487
- ISBN
- 9780230114487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations, plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; DSY; JFSL9; JNLB; JNU; YQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810822405
- ISBN
- 9780810822405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.48
€ 108.48
Paperback. This fully revised second edition of "The Modern Arabic Short Story" is an anthology offering English translations of previously unavailable Arabic texts. Each story has been translated and collected with an introduction and overview of this classical form of storytelling. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333641378
- ISBN
- 9780333641378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. Series: Contemporary North American Poetry Series. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press United States
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609381196
- ISBN
- 9781609381196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Bantam USA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780553212426
- ISBN
- 9780553212426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 7.50
€ 10.99
€ 7.50
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630045
- ISBN
- 9780691630045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.31€ 64.49
€ 84.31
€ 64.49
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 239 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBB; HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 300 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349288274
- ISBN
- 9781349288274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.46€ 45.44
€ 51.46
€ 45.44
Paperback. Series: Focus on. 65 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 5. Weight: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange
- Number of pages
- 65
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075064
- ISBN
- 9781906075064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.28
€ 14.99
€ 14.28
Hardcover. Examines consumer culture and race in the United States from 1893-1933 as they were manifested in advertising, literary texts, mass culture, and the public events of the period. This book proves that - in America - advertising, publicity, and the development of the modern economy cannot be understood apart from the question of race. Series: Class: Culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472099870
- ISBN
- 9780472099870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.80€ 73.06
€ 80.80
€ 73.06
Paperback. A tribute to the enduring power of the printed word. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782069423
- ISBN
- 9781782069423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66