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Paperback. In his play "Bacchae", Euripides chooses as his central figure the god who crosses the boundaries among god, man, and beast, between reality and imagination, and between art and madness. This book builds gradually from concrete details of cult, setting, and imagery to the work's implications for the nature of myth, language, and theater. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Expanded
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015972
ISBN
9780691015972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.91
€ 54.59

Hardcover. Why were so many late-nineteenth-century homosexuals passionate about the Italian Renaissance? This book answers that question by showing how the Victorian coupling of criminality with self-fashioning under the sign of the Renaissance provided queer intellectuals with an enduring model of ruthlessly permissive individualism. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 249 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ACND; DSB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219977
ISBN
9780230219977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.18

Paperback. A manifesto against systematic thinking, this text on literary theory, first published 70 years ago in 1928, is a difficult book by a famously difficult writer. Editor(s): Samuels, Lisa. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520213944
ISBN
9780520213944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1989
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349197231
ISBN
9781349197231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99

Hardcover. The final volume of poems assembled by America's most powerful and distinctive poetic voice. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 41. Weight in Grams: 920.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393089561
ISBN
9780393089561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.57

Paperback. British Literature of the Blitz interrogates the patriotic, utopian ideal of the People's War by analyzing conflicted representations of class and gender in literature and film. Its subtitle Fighting the People's War describes how British citizens both united to fight Nazi Germany and questioned the nationalist ideology binding them together." Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; DSBH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349364787
ISBN
9781349364787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Poems derived from yogic practice, capturing the journey of the physical body to transcendent awareness. Illustrator(s): Tanimoto, Akiko. Num Pages: 112 pages, Two-color art throughout. BIC Classification: DCQ; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933330938
ISBN
9781933330938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.86

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408140024
ISBN
9781408140024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.70

Paperback. Ends the "roving days" of young Ralph Moody Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803282179
ISBN
9780803282179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.98

Hardback. This selection of source readings brings together diverse materials from the Christian tradition which discuss the implications of religious plurality. Beginning with the Bible, the volume goes on to present primary texts from the history of Christian thought. Editor(s): Plantinga, Richard J. Series: Blackwell Readings in Modern Theology. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631209140
ISBN
9780631209140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.56

Paperback. Offers close readings of Middle English texts placed within the culture with which they interact. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748634606
ISBN
9780748634606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.29

Hardcover. A compilation of Joseph W. Polisi's articles and speeches from his tenure as president of the Juillierd school Num Pages: 208 pages, One 8-page colour photo insert. BIC Classification: AS; AV; DNF; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 276 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Amadeus Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574674866
ISBN
9781574674866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 2AGZ; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195533
ISBN
9781845195533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.25

Paperback. Series: Evil Inc Annual Report Tp (Toonhound). Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FL; FXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 218 x 6. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Greystone Inn Comics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780615136202
ISBN
9780615136202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.99

Paperback. Innovative poetry that combines lyricism, narrative, and biography Series: MVP. Num Pages: 78 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New Rivers Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
78
Condition
New
SKU
V9780898232059
ISBN
9780898232059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. London has long been understood through the poetry it has inspired. Mark Ford has assembled the most capacious and wide-ranging anthology of poems about London to date, from Chaucer to Wordsworth to the present day, providing a chronological tour of urban life and of English literature. The volume includes an introductory essay by the poet. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088047
ISBN
9780674088047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.67

Paperback. Provides an unparalleled view of the art of traditional Chinese short fiction. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993713
ISBN
9780295993713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 64.50

paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BGA; DSA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816626076
ISBN
9780816626076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.86

Hardback. An annotated bibliography to the criticism of the work of James Fenimore Cooper, regarded as a pioneer in the development of the American social and political novel. The material is divided into broad subject categories and, where appropriate, subdivided by the Cooper work in question. Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in American Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; GBCR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313279195
ISBN
9780313279195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.51

Hardback. A consideration of the ways in which the past was framed and remembered in the pre-modern world. Editor(s): Cox, Elizabeth; McAvoy, Liz Herbert; Magnani, Roberta. Series: Gender in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 215 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844037
ISBN
9781843844037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.48

Paperback. An exciting new anthology of plays and performance texts by British and American women from the late nineteenth century to the early 1930s. Written in an accessible style for students it contains an overview and two introductory essays, as well as biographical materials on each of the writers. Editor(s): Gale, Maggie B.; Bush-Bailey, Gilli. Series: Women, Theatre and Performance. Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719082047
ISBN
9780719082047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.39

Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSG; HRCM; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403972774
ISBN
9781403972774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 40.30

Paperback. This innovative new book examines the ways in which writers' houses contribute to the making of memory. It shows that houses built or inhabited by poets and novelists both reflect and construct the author's private and artistic persona. Editor(s): Hendrix, Harald. Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 47 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415540827
ISBN
9780415540827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.16

Paperback. In this work philosopher Wolfgang Iser offers a fresh perspective on questions such as why do human beings need fictions? And why do human beings need to interpret, despite the fact that complete interpretation is unattainable? Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231119030
ISBN
9780231119030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.43

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