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Hardback. Challenges the conventional belief that the English-language literary traditions of East Africa are restricted to the former British colonies of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. This book begins with a chronology of key historical events and an overview of the emergence and transformation of literary culture in the region. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125208
- ISBN
- 9780231125208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.56€ 74.12
€ 96.56
€ 74.12
Paperback. Examines the literary output of American writers - major and minor - who treated the Civil War in their works. The author seeks to understand why this devastating and defining military conflict has failed to produce more literature of a notably high and lasting order. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350024
- ISBN
- 9780817350024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.65
€ 54.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Brearton, Fran. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780716533047
- ISBN
- 9780716533047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.57
€ 29.99
€ 20.57
Hardback. Shakespeare was not, strictly speaking, a philosopher. That is, he did not write essays or treatises arguing philosophical positions or proposing an all-embracing philosophical scheme. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405167956
- ISBN
- 9781405167956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.48
€ 96.48
Paperback. Translator(s): Sprinchorn, Evert. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JH; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679737
- ISBN
- 9780816679737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.45
€ 39.45
Paperback. A study of the twelve small gold lamellae from Crete that were tokens for entrance into a golden afterlife: the deceased who were buried or cremated with them believed that they had 'earned Paradise.' It adduces parallels to the texts on the lamellae from the Byzantine period and modern Greece to illuminate the human quest for 'earning Paradise.' Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 2AHA; DSBB; HDDK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023796
- ISBN
- 9780674023796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.09
€ 19.99
€ 18.09
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSK; JFFK; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637174
- ISBN
- 9780691637174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.35
€ 137.35
Paperback. In this work, real geographies merge with spiritual ones, just as details of the speaker's physical and emotional worlds intertwine with the transcendent realms of science, religion and myth. Joanna Goodman's poems share a sense of spatial and temporal displacement. Num Pages: 66 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 145 x 7. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877458067
- ISBN
- 9780877458067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99
€ 23.99
Perfect Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Akron Press United States
- Number of pages
- 61
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931968553
- ISBN
- 9781931968553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.27
€ 16.99
€ 15.27
Paperback. Lacroix's poems connect readers to the physical and emotional struggles of Chopin, Schumann, and Debussy. Series: Robert Kroetsch Series. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 18.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888646620
- ISBN
- 9780888646620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.55
€ 21.99
€ 17.55
Paperback. Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) was the sister and wife to kings and a pivotal influence in sixteenth-century France. This book contains sampling of Marguerite's varied works: from verse letters and fables to mythological-pastoral tales, from spiritual songs to a selection of novellas. Editor(s): Cholakian, Rouben; Skemp, Mary. Translator(s): Cholakian, Rouben; Skemp, Mary. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 432 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142722
- ISBN
- 9780226142722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.81
€ 38.99
€ 30.81
Hardcover. The vision of the South American rainforest in the Spanish American novela de la selva has often been interpreted as a belated imitation of European travel literature. This book explores how writers throughout post-independence Latin America turned to the jungle as a locus for the contestation of both national and literary identity. Series: Liverpool Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781846311956
- ISBN
- 9781846311956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.12
€ 135.12
Lucrezia Marinella and the 'Querelle Des Femmes' in Seventeenth-Centur...
Malpezzi Price, Paola; Ristaino, Christine
Hardback. This book argues that Lucrezia Marinella should be included in the Italian and European literary canons as a most remarkable contributor. It examines the place that Marinella holds within the dominant literary tradition of seventeenth-century Italy as a writer, as well as a woman who lived within a predominantly patriarchal culture. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611473513
- ISBN
- 9781611473513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
Paperback. Studies the place of the feminine in Nietzsche's work, bringing together scholars in philosophy, feminism, comparative literature and German studies. Without dismissing his misogyny, the work argues that Nietzsche's many statements about women are ambivalent and cannot be labelled simply. Editor(s): Burgard, Peter J. Series: Feminist Issues: Practice, Politics, Theory S. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; DSBF; HPC; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914954
- ISBN
- 9780813914954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.05
€ 38.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220297
- ISBN
- 9780863222801
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856685613
- ISBN
- 9780856685613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.34
€ 33.99
€ 30.34
Paperback. Taboo words are the subject of this text, which traces the psychic origins of dirty words to early infancy and childhood, and their place and value in life and analytic therapy. It refers to "dirty" words used by Rabelais, Quevado, Mozart, Voltaire, the Marquis de Sade, Joyce and Lawrence. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CFD; CFF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st softcover ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568217994
- ISBN
- 9781568217994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.76
€ 95.76
paperback. Editor(s): Murdoch, Brian O. Translator(s): Murdoch, Brian. Series: Medieval Literature S. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Dedalus Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873982020
- ISBN
- 9781873982020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.92
€ 14.99
€ 13.92
Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light age and shelf wear, sunned to spine, remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0029214
- ISBN
- 9780316727747
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 54.00
€ 54.00
Paperback. This text offers a systematic account of the theology behind Shakespeare's poetry. Investigating the poetic stakes of Christianity's efforts to assimilate Jewish scripture, the book reads Shakespeare through the history of Christian allegory. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123259
- ISBN
- 9780231123259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.71
€ 49.71
Paperback. A study of how Americans wrote, published and read biographies and how their conceptions of the genre changed over the 19th century. It also reveals disputes over the meaning of character, the definition of US history, and the place of US literary practices in a transatlantic world of letters. Num Pages: 464 pages, 15 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807847657
- ISBN
- 9780807847657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.46
€ 57.46
Paperback. The diverse tales selected for this volume display the astonishing virtuosity of Rudyard Kipling's early writings Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158. 2010 printing with new introduction by Cedric Watts
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853261794
- ISBN
- 9781853261794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.47
€ 6.47
Paperback. A collection of 17 essays first printed in "American Quarterly", the journal of the American Studies Association. To mark the Association's 50th anniversary, the editor has brought together works which provide a window into the history and evolution of the practice of American studies. Editor(s): Maddox, Lucy. Num Pages: 458 pages, 4, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; DNF; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801860560
- ISBN
- 9780801860560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.08
€ 42.99
€ 35.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 214 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801436406
- ISBN
- 9780801436406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23