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Paperback. Shakespeare used the word 'animal' only eight times in his work - which was typical for the sixteenth century, when the word was rarely used. The author reveals that the animal-human divide first came strongly into play in the seventeenth century, with Descartes' formulation that reason sets humans above other species: 'I think, therefore I am'. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 colour plates, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226924175
- ISBN
- 9780226924175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.12
€ 34.99
€ 27.12
Hardback. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403974426
- ISBN
- 9781403974426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 190 x 6. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Inanna Publications and Education Inc. Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771333375
- ISBN
- 9781771333375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.10
€ 17.99
€ 16.10
Paperback. An anthology of the verse of Ryokan (1758-1831), a Buddhist monk of the Zen sect, who was a major figure in Tokugawa poetry. It contains not only representative works influenced by poets of the 8th-century, but also a number of Chinese poems (kanshi) which are doctrinal in nature. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 126 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231044158
- ISBN
- 9780231044158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.34
€ 32.99
€ 24.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226419107
- ISBN
- 9780226419107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 18.82
€ 27.99
€ 18.82
Paperback. This is the first academic book ever written on women and body hair. The study argues that body hair plays a central role in constructing masculinity and femininity and sexual and cultural identitiesThe chapters each analyse through a specific focus how body hair underpins ideas of the 'cultural' and 'natural' in western culture. Editor(s): Lesnik-Oberstein, Karin. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719083235
- ISBN
- 9780719083235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.45
€ 33.45
Paperback. Spare and haunting, whimsical and contemplative snapshot-stories that reveal an unfamiliar Israel by remapping its blind spots. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872864191
- ISBN
- 9780872864191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.50
€ 16.99
€ 15.50
Paperback. A critical study of personal narrative by women with disabilities, this book examines how contemporary writers use life writing to challenge cultural stereotypes about disability, gender, embodiment, and identity. It also suggests that atypical life stories can redefine the relation between embodiment and identity generally. Num Pages: 264 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSK; JFFG; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858301
- ISBN
- 9780807858301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.67
€ 44.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Haboush, JaHyun Kim. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 2GK; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148030
- ISBN
- 9780231148030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.13
€ 42.99
€ 30.13
Hardback. This assessment of American literary history explores the ways in which the interplay of written and oral forms shaped the foundations of both national literature and political identity. It examines numerous texts, written from colonial to modern times, considering how speech and writing interact. Num Pages: 415 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 415
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231084987
- ISBN
- 9780231084987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.01€ 77.50
€ 102.01
€ 77.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814730881
- ISBN
- 9780814730881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.18
€ 34.99
€ 31.18
Hardback. Myers, of prostitution in Restif de la Bretonne by Rori Bloom, of ruins in Lazzaro Spallanzani by Sabrina Ferri, of Arthur Murphy's female characters by Barbara Mackey King, and of recent film adaptations of the century's masterworks by Karen Gevirtz. Editor(s): Erwin, Timothy; Burnham, Michelle. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413761
- ISBN
- 9781421413761
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.10
€ 50.99
€ 42.10
Paperback. Instead of an isolated genius living in retreat from the world, George Herbert appears in this book as a man writing public verse, active within an important social circle and committed to nationalistic Protestantism. Series: Macmillan Literary Lives. Num Pages: 175 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 109 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333669792
- ISBN
- 9780333669792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DQ; MF; MQP; PNN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 9. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1897
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642473074
- ISBN
- 9783642473074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.73
€ 95.73
Paperback. Internationally known collage artist Bernard Bador has been writing some of the most uniquely surrealist poetry of the modern era. This title presents an overview of his works. Translator(s): Eshleman, Clayton. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Black Widow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984264094
- ISBN
- 9780984264094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.93
€ 20.99
€ 18.93
paperback. Employing the insight of contemporray performance theory, "Writing Performances" argues that Dorothy L. Sayers anticipated by decades the postmodern ironizing of Englightenment sensibilities--not in spite of her Anglo-Catholic convictions, but because of them. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DSBH; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349732487
- ISBN
- 9781349732487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492774
- ISBN
- 9781611492774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.73
€ 114.73
Hardcover. Affective Disorder and the Writing Life interrogates the mythos of the 'mad writer' through lived experience, literary analysis, writerly reflection and contemporary neuroscience. It explores how affective disorders colour, drive and sometimes silence the writing mind - and how affective difference has always informed the literary imagination. Editor(s): Stone Horton, Stephanie. Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381651
- ISBN
- 9781137381651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010704
- ISBN
- 9781847010704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.56
€ 89.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813118888
- ISBN
- 9780813118888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.20
€ 48.20
paperback. Prize-winning poetry collection which serves as an elegiacal witness to atrocity and suffering Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 7. Weight in Grams: 127.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803215580
- ISBN
- 9780803215580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.54
€ 18.99
€ 16.54
Hardcover. Offers translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles", "Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles' "The Trackers". In this title, introductions for each play offer information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. Editor(s): Griffith, Mark; Most, Glenn W. Series Editor(s): Grene, David; Lattimore, Richmond. Series: Complete Greek Tragedies. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308777
- ISBN
- 9780226308777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.73
€ 40.99
€ 31.73
Paperback. By looking at the ways in which cultures in Northern Europe interpret lyric songs, this work illuminates both commonalities of interpretive practice and unique features of their musical traditions. It draws on sets of lyric songs from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland to explore the question of meaning in folklore. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 181 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025892
- ISBN
- 9780268025892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.39
€ 38.99
€ 35.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Bostad, Finn; Brandist, Craig; Evensen, Lars Sigfred; Faber, Hege Charlotte. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349513123
- ISBN
- 9781349513123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61