Biography: literary
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Biography: literary
Paperback. Edward Thomas was perhaps the most beguiling and influential of First World War poets. This book is an account of his final five years, centred on his extraordinary friendship with Robert Frost and Thomas' fatal decision to fight in the war. It also evokes an astonishingly creative moment in English literature. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571245994
- ISBN
- 9780571245994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 4.99
€ 12.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Aims to acquaint Proust fans with Jeanne Weil Proust. This book captures the life and times of Proust's mother, from her German-Jewish background and her marriage to a Catholic grocer's son to her lifelong worries about her son's sexuality, health problems, and talent. It explores the culture of fin de siecle France. Translator(s): Kaplan, Alice. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226056425
- ISBN
- 9780226056425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.14
€ 29.99
€ 23.14
Paperback. Editor(s): Chapman, R. W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1536 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1182. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1536
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000131
- ISBN
- 9780199540211
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 32.99€ 20.55
€ 32.99
€ 20.55
Hardcover. Focusing on love and loss, this book celebrates friendship, reading, love of children and the consolations of a landscape. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 770. Good clean copy fine in dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000247
- ISBN
- 9780224088985
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. At the heart of this 'Literary Life' are fresh interpretations of Keats's most loved poems, alongside other neglected but rich poems. The readings are placed in the context of his letters to family and friends, his medical training, radical politics of the time, his love for Fanny Brawne, his coterie of literary figures and his tragic early death. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 214 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030474
- ISBN
- 9781137030474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Paperback. Perhaps the most important writer to emerge from the death camps, Primo Levi spent sixty-five of his sixty-seven years in Turin, Italy, where he worked as a chemist by day and wrote at night in a study that had been his childhood bedroom. This biography illuminates the design of Levi's interior life. Num Pages: 924 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 924
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571276820
- ISBN
- 9780571276820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.42
€ 39.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schocken
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780805212587
- ISBN
- 9780805212587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.85
€ 13.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. F R Leavis is one of the most influential thinkers in twentieth-century theory. Drawing on the work of F R Leavis and the repercussions and responses that have arisen from it, this book examines concepts including: culture; mass; civilisation; tradition; practical criticism; and, life. Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415364171
- ISBN
- 9780415364171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.58
€ 32.99
€ 31.58
Lets us come face to face with literary life of high drama and contemplation. This title provides encounters with Hollywood giants, pop stars and literary titans - all of whom lend this life. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 352
- SKU
- 9780571269433
- ISBN
- 9780571269433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 4.99
€ 20.00
€ 4.99
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGL. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 36. Weight in Grams: 642. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Viking
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0003075
- ISBN
- 9780670922277
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Editor(s): Keatinge, Benjamin; Woods, Aengus. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 646. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0003209
- ISBN
- 9780716529101
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. This volume brings together the complete correspondence dating from the last nineteen months of Conrad's life. Editor(s): Karl, Frederick R.; Davies, Laurence; Moore, Gene M. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Joseph Conrad. Num Pages: 498 pages, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521561976
- ISBN
- 9780521561976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.59
€ 185.59
hardcover. This volume completes the Cambridge edition of the correspondence of Joseph Conrad. Editor(s): Davies, Laurence; Knowles, Owen; Moore, Gene M.; Stape, J. H. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Joseph Conrad. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521881890
- ISBN
- 9780521881890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.59
€ 185.59
hardcover. The standard autorised edition now complete and available as a nine-volume set. Editor(s): Davies, Laurence. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Joseph Conrad. Num Pages: 5000 pages, 84 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 177. Weight in Grams: 8800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 5000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521881906
- ISBN
- 9780521881906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 1,473.18
€ 1,473.18
Hardcover. In 1955, Maxine Kumin submitted a poem to the Saturday Evening Post. "Lines on a Half-Painted House" made it into the magazine - but not before Kumin was asked to produce, via her husband's employer, verification that the poem was her original work. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014074
- ISBN
- 9780226014074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.29€ 53.02
€ 63.29
€ 53.02
Hardcover. "A child is a man in small letter," wrote Bishop John Earle in the seventeenth century. "His father hath writ him as his own little story." In this title, the writer acknowledges the author of his story while simultaneously reminding us that we all confront the blank page of life on our own, as authors of our lives. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014418
- ISBN
- 9780226014418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.48
€ 23.99
€ 19.48
Paperback. Decades after his death, Albert Camus (1913-60) is still regarded as one of the most influential and fascinating intellectuals of the twentieth century. This biography explores the connections between his literary work, his philosophical writings, and his politics. It also highlights the contemporary relevance of an extraordinary man. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075679
- ISBN
- 9780226075679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.92
€ 31.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. After laughing their way through his classic and beloved depictions of nineteenth-century American life, few readers would suspect that Mark Twain's last years were anything but happy and joyful. They would be wrong. This title reveals that Twain ended his life as a frustrated writer plagued by paranoia. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226336473
- ISBN
- 9780226336473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.92
€ 31.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226416953
- ISBN
- 9780226416953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.92
€ 31.99
€ 24.92
Hardcover. While competing with Langston Hughes for the title of "Poet Laureate of Harlem," Countee Cullen (1903-46) crafted poems that became touchstones for American readers, both black and white. Drawing on the poet's correspondence with contemporaries and friends, and presenting an interpretation of his poetic gifts, this book tells his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226533643
- ISBN
- 9780226533643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.15
€ 33.99
€ 27.15