Literature
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Chretien's Equal: Raoul de Houdenc: Complete Works [Hardback]
Raoul de Houdenc(Author); Nigel Bryant(Author); Nigel Bryant(Translator)
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Of and About Ageing [Paperback]
Laura Tommaso(Author)
$21.99ISBN: 9788869772603
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Literature | Language
In navigating different representations from a discursive and linguistic perspective, the book offers new vistas on the role of language in the personal and societal ageing experience addressing debates on ageism, anti-ageing, age care, active age... .... Learn More -
The Atom in Seventeenth-Century Literature [Hardback]
Cassandra Gorman(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843845935
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature
Volume: Volume 39
The early modern "atom" - understood as an indivisible particle of matter - captured the poetic imagination in ways that extended far beyond the reception of Lucretius and Epicurean atomism. Contrarily to fears of atomisation and materia... .... Learn More -
The Forest of the Hanged [Paperback]
Liviu Rebreanu(Author)
$29.99ISBN: 9781592111138
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
Series: Classics of Romanian Literature
Volume: I
This classic Romanian novel lends valuable psychological insight into the tragic situation confronting minorities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I. It is the story of Apostol Bologa, a middle-class Romanian officer serving in the ... .... Learn More -
We Women of Tehran [Paperback]
Farian Sabahi(Author)
$11.99ISBN: 9788869773266
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Literature
Originally written for the stage, "We, the Women of Tehran" illustrates from a female standpoint the origins and contradictions of the Iranian capital, and the rights of religious minorities and women. It showcases women who have played ... .... Learn More -
The Boy Who Saw with His Hands [Hardback]
Tomasz Małkowski(Author); Joanna Rusinek(Illustrator)
$18.99ISBN: 9788869773389
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Out of Series
Kamil is a cheerful, lively five-year-old, who goes to kindergarten and loves to make silly jokes. Is he a boy like anyone else? Yes and no: he behaves normally but he is blind from birth.
This book shows the daily life of a special child... .... Learn More -
Keorapetse Kgositsile & the Black Arts Movement [Hardback]
Uhuru Portia Phalafala(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781847012777
Published by : James Currey
Series: African Articulations
Volume: 10
The cultural configurations of the Black Atlantic and, more broadly, the Black diaspora, cannot be fully understood without recognizing the presence and extensive influence of writers and artists from the African continent itself,among these the c... .... Learn More -
Kamba Proverbs from Eastern Kenya: Sources, Origins & History [Hardback]
Jeremiah M. Kitunda(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781847012807
Published by : James Currey
Series: Eastern Africa Series
Volume: 52
Not simply relics of the past, proverbs are an oral tradition containing historical and anthropological knowledge missing from conventional sources, and as micro-histories, provide a valuable source for the reconstruction of the manners, character... .... Learn More -
Saints and their Legacies in Medieval Iceland [Hardback]
Dario Mario Bullitta(Author); Kirsten Wolf(Author); Kirsten Wolf(Editor); Dario Mario Bullitta(Editor)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843846116
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Studies in Old Norse Literature
Volume: 9
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The Literature of Hell [Hardback]
Margaret Kean(Editor); Helen Appleton(Contributor); Charlotte Jones(Contributor); Jeya Ayadurai(Contributor); Laura Seymour(Contributor)
$39.95ISBN: 9781843846093
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Essays and Studies
Volume: 74
Narratives of a descent to the underworld, of the sights to be seen and the punishments meted out there, have kept a hold on the popular imagination for millennia. The legacy from doctrinal warnings and the deep-set literary markers that identify ... .... Learn More