Literature
Results 73 - 96 of 31187
Literature
Hardback. Virgil offers undergraduates, graduate students and general readers a comprehensive and carefully balanced introduction to the works and literary reception of Virgil. Offering a fresh, comprehensive introduction to Virgil in translation, this book traces the poet's literary influence on later authors and his impact on the arts. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159494
- ISBN
- 9781405159494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.78
€ 41.99
€ 41.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759588
- ISBN
- 9781894759588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.11
€ 16.11
Paperback. Offers translations of Chekhov's major plays and one-acts along with an introduction focused on the plays' power to elicit the widely divergent of responses, the life of the playwright in its historical and aesthetic contexts, suggestions for reading the plays 'under a microscope', and notes designed to bring Chekhov's world into focus. Translator(s): Carnicke, Sharon Marie. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209978
- ISBN
- 9780872209978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.75
€ 18.99
€ 14.75
Paperback. Focusing on the most recent triad of Italian poetic genius--Umberto Saba, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Eugenio Montale--Joseph Cary guides us through the first few decades of twentieth-century Italy. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226095271
- ISBN
- 9780226095271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.55
€ 36.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. Explores the troubled relationship between postcolonial theory and 'politics', both in the sense of a radical, revolutionary politics associated with anti-colonial struggle, and the almost inevitable implication of literary writers in institutional discourses of power. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846311420
- ISBN
- 9781846311420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.40
€ 36.40
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856682452
- ISBN
- 9780856682452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.87
€ 38.99
€ 34.87
Hardback. This book examines the ways six contemporary American novels (October Light; American Psycho; Vineland; Et Tu, Babe; In Country; and White Noise) formulate critiques of a late-capitalist consumer culture proclaimed to be all but unassailable. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Lehigh University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611460544
- ISBN
- 9781611460544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.87
€ 125.87
Paperback. To find out more about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 99 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 99
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556128059
- ISBN
- 9781556128059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 7. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Katabasis United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780904872415
- ISBN
- 9780904872415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.94
€ 10.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. Remember the werewolves of classic stories and films, those bloodthirsty monsters that transformed under the full moon, reminding us of the terrible nature that lives within all of us? This book is a collection of stories which show that today's werewolves are much more suave - and even sexy - and they've moved from British moors to New York City. Editor(s): Sedia, Ekaterina. Num Pages: 352 pages, chiefly Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Prime Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607012191
- ISBN
- 9781607012191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.53
€ 16.99
€ 16.53
Hardback. This is the first book-length study to explore the question of poetry and genre by investigating, through an analysis of both textual and manuscript evidence, the ways in which Dante redefines the medieval theory of authorship as defined by Medieval scholars, among whom Bonaventure was the most prominent one. Series: Dante's World: Historicizing Literary Cultures of the Due and Trecento. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823270231
- ISBN
- 9780823270231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691628820
- ISBN
- 9780691628820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.80
€ 170.80
Paperback. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period,Subjects - Fiction - General"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHS0048628
- ISBN
- 9781902011073
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.99€ 4.99
€ 17.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Myth and Poetics. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; G; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801480485
- ISBN
- 9780801480485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.41
€ 48.99
€ 43.41
Paperback. This work places the literary texts of such noted authors as George Washington Cable, W.E.B. DuBois, Alex Haley and Zora Neale Hurston in the context of the history, spiritual traditions, folklore, music, linguistics and politics out of which they were written. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190891
- ISBN
- 9780813190891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.57
€ 37.57
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Lumsden, Anne Mieke. Num Pages: 62 pages, b/w drawings. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132. 62 pages, b/w drawings. Illustrator(s): Lumsden, Anne Mieke. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 5. Weight: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Katabasis
- Number of pages
- 62
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780904872460
- ISBN
- 9780904872460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.94
€ 10.99
€ 10.94
Hardback. Introduces ten works of philosophical literature. Each chapter is dedicated to an individual masterpiece, providing an overview of the life and career of the author, and exploring philosophical and literary features of the work. An introductory essay considers the nature of philosophical literature, and the volume closes with a bibliography. Series: Greenwood Introduces Literary Masterpieces. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313331732
- ISBN
- 9780313331732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 50.87
€ 51.99
€ 50.87
Paperback. The antebellum period has long been identified with the belated emergence of a truly national literature. Restoring a political dimension to accounts of the economic grounds of antebellum literature, this book presents the arguments and struggles that produced an American "culture of reprinting" and held it in place for two crucial decades. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780812219951
- ISBN
- 9780812219951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.87
€ 36.99
€ 34.87
Paperback. A discourse on the connection between sex, eroticism and love in literature by the Nobel Prize-winning poet and essayist. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846554360
- ISBN
- 9781846554360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.22
€ 20.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. Offering a look at the creative power of institutions, this book explores the rise of the modern idea of the artist in the 19th century, a period that also witnessed the emergence of the museum and the professional critic. Drawing upon neoclassical art and theory, it aims to bring to life the artistic passions and anxieties of an entire era. Num Pages: 328 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV; DSBF; DSC; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049144
- ISBN
- 9780691049144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.24€ 43.74
€ 55.24
€ 43.74
Paperback. Hanan has translated six of the twelve stories in the Sh'ier lou collection, which is the most famous individual collection of vernacular stories from premodern China. With Hanan's introduction and notes, and containing Li Yu's emphasis marks, notes, and critiques, this volume will interest students of Chinese literature and general readers alike. Translator(s): Hanan, Patrick. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DNF; DSBD; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113854
- ISBN
- 9780231113854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.43
€ 42.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564781413
- ISBN
- 9781564781413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.45
€ 13.45
Paperback. This book, winner of the Robert Penn Warren-Cleanth Brooks award, examines all of Jarrell's work, incorporating new research such as previously undiscovered essays and poems. Burt situates the poet- critic among his peers, including Bishop and Arendt, in literature and cultural criticism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125956
- ISBN
- 9780231125956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.54
€ 45.54
hardcover. Editor(s): Potter, Lois; Calhoun, Joshua. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, printed music items, colour plates. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611490756
- ISBN
- 9781611490756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.57
€ 134.57