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Paperback. Wagering on Transcendence explores the question of ultimate meaning in literature. Through essays, Mount Mary College professors from various disciplines analyze several pieces of literature from a variety of genres and authors to show how each depicts the human struggle to find meaning. Editor(s): Carey, Phyllis. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556129827
ISBN
9781556129827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.41

Paperback. Presents a selection of 13 plays such as: "The Beauty Inside"; "The D Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore"; "Brown"; "Everybody Else"; "Two Monologues for an Actor and a Dog, Queenie, and My Wife, the Rabbit-Eater"; "Reunions"; "Captain Abalone"; "The Changing of the Guard"; "Hermaphrodite"; "Sada"; "5:15 Greyhound"; and, "The Beauty Inside". Editor(s): Young, Glenn. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557837202
ISBN
9781557837202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.89

Hardback. As bleak and agonizing a portrait of war as ever to appear on the stage, The Trojan Women is a masterpiece of pathos as well as a timeless and chilling indictment of war's brutality. Translator(s): Rudall, Nicholas. Series: Plays for Performance Series. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 272 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566632232
ISBN
9781566632232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.48

Hardcover. An anthology of Yiddish short fiction of the Lower East Side, the center of a vibrant Jewish (largely Russian Jewish) life. It presents both the past and present of a population forced by poverty and pogrom to leave its homeland, resettle in America, and adopts its ideals (and hopes) as well as its difficult urban realities. Editor(s): Waldinger, Albert. Num Pages: 327 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575911076
ISBN
9781575911076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.53

Paperback. This collection presents twenty essays on twentieth-century plays by women, from Rachel Crothers to Meredith Monk, as well as overview essays on their predecessors. At least a dozen of the essays explicitly treat particular women's texts as dramas of rejection and rebellion. Editor(s): Schlueter, June. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471397
ISBN
9781611471397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 134.77

Hardcover. Donne and the Resources of Kind is the first book about Donne's writings to focus on their relations to genre. It considers what Donne took from the resources of kind and how he transformed the resources on which he drew. Most of the chapters discuss Donne's secular and religious verse but there is also discussion of Donne's religious prose. Editor(s): Cousins, Anthony D.; Grace, Damian. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472165
ISBN
9781611472165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.42

Hardback. This book is a translation of Salinas's Seguro azar. It includes fifty poems, most of them one or two pages in length, with the Spanish and English texts on facing pages. There is also a prologue by the poet, and introduction by the translator, and a reminiscence by Salinas's friend and fellow poet, Willis Barnstone. Translator(s): Garrison, David Lee. Num Pages: 167 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481259
ISBN
9781611481259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.28

Hardback. Translator(s): Fedorchek, Robert M. Num Pages: 177 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481778
ISBN
9781611481778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.39

Paperback. Celebrates the distinctiveness and diversity of poetry in English. This book looks at eleven poets who are variously rooted in Europe, America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australasia; who write with the imaginative energies less of world travellers than of world citizens. Editor(s): Crawforth, Eleanor; Procter, Stephen; Schmidt, Michael. Series: New Poetries S. Num Pages: 131 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
131
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857548976
ISBN
9781857548976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.66

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Grove Press
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802135971
ISBN
9780802135971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.61

Hardback. Inspired and inspirational, worldly wise, deeply felt, and often delightfully funny, here in one compact volume are 100 of the greatest poems written in English over the last century, memorable masterpieces that everyone should know and enjoy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566636124
ISBN
9781566636124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.81

Hardback. Arguably America s most popular poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a celebrity in his day, and his books consistently sold tens of thousands of copies far more than any American poet before, or since. Introduced by Maine poet laureate Wesley McNair, this is the first collection of its kind to bring us the wisdom and wry wit of America s poet." Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; GBCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 131.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608932610
ISBN
9781608932610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.43

Hardcover. Editor(s): Runge, Laura L.; Rogers, Pat. Num Pages: 298 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491265
ISBN
9781611491265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493092
ISBN
9781611493092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.64

hardcover. Offers a comprehensive examination of the oeuvre of William Trevor Editor(s): Delaney, Paul; Parker, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719087905
ISBN
9780719087905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 5.12

paperback. Editor(s): Rode, Linda; Bodenstein, Hans. Series: Young South African writing. Num Pages: 120 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; YQE. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 9. Weight in Grams: 203.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kwela Books South Africa
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780795700736
ISBN
9780795700736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.95

paperback. Editor(s): King, Michael. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
David Philip Publishers South Africa
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864860866
ISBN
9780864860866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.92

paperback. Editor(s): McPhilemy, Kathleen. Series: Common word. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Katabasis United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780904872330
ISBN
9780904872330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.84

paperback. Editor(s): Constantine, David J.; Constantine, H. Series: Modern Poetry in Translation, Third Series. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
n/a United Kingdom
Edition
3rd ed.
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954536732
ISBN
9780954536732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.93

paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 25 b+w photographs, 1 b+w diagram. BIC Classification: DC; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Liverpool, School of English United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956786241
ISBN
9780956786241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.01

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