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Hardback. Solomon, famous from the Bible is pit against a wily peasant named Marcolf. The king and jester, sage and fool, prophet and blasphemer bandy back and forth questions and comments. Whereas Solomon is solemn and pompous, Marcolf resorts to low language and earthy topics. Marcolf tricks Solomon time and again. Translator(s): Ziolkowski, Jan M. Series: Harvard Studies in Medieval Latin/ Harvard University Department of Classics. Num Pages: 275 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674028418
ISBN
9780674028418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.63

Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349536832
ISBN
9781349536832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
SKU
9780330354912
ISBN
9780330354912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. "John Sherman" is the only work of realistic fiction Yeats ever completed. The novelette contains biographical elements and is of interest for its treatment of Yeats's recurring themes. "Dhoya" depicts a liaison between a mortal and a fairy, a motif that recurs in Yeats's poetry and other works Editor(s): Finneran, Richard J.; Finnerman, Richard J. Series: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333563489
ISBN
9780333563489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.62

hardcover. This volume explores the idea of decadence through readings of major modernist writers such as Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107079328
ISBN
9781107079328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.64

Hardback. Latest volume in a series which is "a monumental achievement" (Review of English Studies) Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844228
ISBN
9781843844228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.34

Paperback. Race, Ethnicity and Publishing in America considers American minority literatures from the perspective of print culture. Putting in dialogue European and American scholars and spanning the slavery era through the early 21st century, they draw on approaches from library history, literary history and textual studies. Editor(s): Cottenet, C. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349482658
ISBN
9781349482658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, pages lightly toned, text is clear and remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KSG0023760
ISBN
9781841955094
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; CFG; DSB; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816627875
ISBN
9780816627875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFGA; D. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312221539
ISBN
9780312221539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BJ; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Anchor
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780804171441
ISBN
9780804171441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.85

Paperback. Editor(s): Ozieblo, Barbara; Hernando-Real, Noelia. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AF; AN; AS; DS; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349342464
ISBN
9781349342464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.87
€ 45.44

Paperback. The first in a series of bilingual poetry anthologies featuring 25 poems (one for each year from 1978-2002) from a particular European country, 'Hungarian Original' charts a politically turbulent quarter-century during which Hungary made its transition to democracy. Editor(s): Turczi, Istvan; Turczi, Anna Palos. Translator(s): Morgan, Edwin; Butlin, Ron; Reid, Angus. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781857547962
ISBN
9781857547962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.99

Paperback. * The first comprehensive introductory guide to contemporary British fiction from 1979 to the present. * Provides accessible chapters on a broad range of leading British writers, including Salman Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson, Will Self, Pat Barker, Kazuo Ishiguro, Martin Amis and Zadie SmithMartin Amis to Zadie Smith. Editor(s): Lane, Richard; Mengham, Rod; Tew, Philip. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745628677
ISBN
9780745628677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.10

Hardback. Explores the blurring of boundaries between genres (skaldic and eddic), periods (Viking Age, medieval, early modern) and cultures (Icelandic, Scandinavian, English, continental) in Old Norse-Icelandic poetry. Editor(s): Chase, Martin. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823257812
ISBN
9780823257812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.27

Paperback. This book traces the transformations of social space in early modern England and their stage representations. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349429820
ISBN
9781349429820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Hardcover. This study shows how poets worked within and against the available forms of nature writing to challenge their place within physical, political, and cultural landscapes. Looking at the treatment of different ecosystems, it argues that writing about the environment allowed labouring-class poets to explore important social and aesthetic questions. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230536968
ISBN
9780230536968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.18

Hardcover. Wang Yun (1749-1819) was a famous playwright in imperial China. Her play "A Dream of Glory" is a significant full length chaunqi written by a woman about a woman's dream and desire. This volume provides an English translation with detailed annotations and introduction of traditional Chinese women's drama. Translator(s): Wu, Qingyun. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629963095
ISBN
9789629963095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.88

Paperback. A collection of poems that explores the sharp edge of relationships, from the intimacy of lovers to the brutality of political violence. It also explores cruelty and vengeance wherever they may be found: in love, in work and against political backdrops. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 6. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571223824
ISBN
9780571223824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216196
ISBN
9780812216196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.87

Paperback. These unique essays focus primarily on Woolf's non-fiction and considers her in the context of the modernist marketplace. With research based on new archival material, thic volume makes important new contributions to the study of 'gift economy'. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349290550
ISBN
9781349290550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.87

Paperback. A collection of short stories from leading Irish writers including tales of a mad hatter, a bald Cinderella called Jacky Ashe, a belle dame, a ghostly band and a stone goddess. Contributors include Vincent Banville, Gordon Snell, Eanna Brophy, Thoe Dorgan and Par Boran. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12ill. BIC Classification: DQ; YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 200. Weight in Grams: 105. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Attic Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0000975
ISBN
9781855940956
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Explores interdisciplinary approaches to the poetics, intertexts, and influence of the work of C P Cavafy (Konstantinos Kavafis), one of the most important twentieth-century European poets. Editor(s): Roilos, Panagiotis. Series: Cultural Politics, Socioaesthetics, Beginnings. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DCF; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053397
ISBN
9780674053397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.81
€ 48.30

Hardcover. Focusing on works by Shakespeare and Spenser, this study shows the connection between visuality and ethical action in early modern English literature. The book places early modern debates about the value of visual experience into dialogue with subsequent philosophical and ethical efforts. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230108097
ISBN
9780230108097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

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