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Paperback. Contemporary Canadian poetry got you down? This book of poems operates within the constraints of what the author terms 'synaptic syntax' - poetry that performs the very nature of neuronal activity from the point of view of a mood-enhanced Human Comedy, which, with a quick turn of phrase, or missing neurotransmitter, could become Human Tragedy. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 185.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552451366
ISBN
9781552451366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. Drawing on texts ranging from Thorstein Veblen's groundbreaking "The Theory of the Leisure Class" to "Star Wars" (the nerd Bible) for inspiration, this suite of poems documents the tribulations and insecurities of one's inner geek. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 157.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552451687
ISBN
9781552451687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. The irreverent poetry of report cards, lesson plans, city mottos, invigilation guides, and, of course, Michel Foucault .. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452806
ISBN
9781552452806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.58

Hardback. This is a study of the main literary theories of the late Italian Renaissance that seek to define a poetics of dialogue. Important because it subverts the conventional understanding of what is literary or not, dialogue has ties to Platonism, the dialectic and imaginative fiction. Num Pages: 316 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804714594
ISBN
9780804714594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.59

Hardcover. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810882270
ISBN
9780810882270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559360517
ISBN
9781559360517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.13

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802138279
ISBN
9780802138279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.52

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099588719
ISBN
9780099588719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.22

Hardback. This work begins from the premiss that two modes of verse, free and metrical, engage the creative energies of poetry, creating a rich, fertile environment capable of yielding work valuable to poetry itself and to the society which has given it life. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 308. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333593202
ISBN
9780333593202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.20

Paperback. This work begins from the premiss that two modes of verse, free and metrical, engage the creative energies of poetry, creating a rich, fertile environment capable of yielding work valuable to poetry itself and to the society which has given it life. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333593219
ISBN
9780333593219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 84.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547467
ISBN
9781857547467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.40

Hardcover. This book looks at the post-Holocaust experience with emphasis on aspects of its impact on popular culture. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230604742
ISBN
9780230604742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

Paperback. Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval - the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. This title focuses on the curious artefacts that literature has to offer. It lets you find out why 16 June 1904 mattered so much to Joyce. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Icon Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848312470
ISBN
9781848312470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.09

Hardback. Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval - the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. This title focuses on the curious artefacts that literature has to offer. It lets you find out why 16 June 1904 mattered so much to Joyce. Num Pages: 496 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 46. Weight in Grams: 844.
Publisher
Icon Books
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848311640
ISBN
9781848311640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 17.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062803
ISBN
9780252062803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.65

hardcover. A wide-ranging account of the relationship between romance and history from the medieval to the early modern period. Editor(s): Whitman, Jon. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
SKU
V9781107042780
ISBN
9781107042780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.41

paperback. A series of short lyric bursts give form to a story of loss, grief, and recovery. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Wave Books United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933517148
ISBN
9781933517148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.11

Hardback. 19uu "Contents include : the long death of the chronicle by Ivan Rowan. Commissioning organisation: editor Jon Silkin . 56 p. 22 cm. Paperback. Fine clean copy nearly as new, suggestion of dust dulling to covers edges." Keywords: "Arts , Literature , Pamphlet"
Publisher
Fawcett, Greenwood & Co
Condition
Used, Like New
Format
Hardback
SKU
KEX0125823
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Written as a cultural weapon and a call to arms, Howl touched a raw nerve in Cold War America and has been controversial from the day it was first read aloud nearly fifty years ago. This study of Howl elucidates the nexus of politics and literature in which it was written and gives portraits of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246775
ISBN
9780520246775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583671863
ISBN
9781583671863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.13

Paperback. Offers a look at Italy from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries focusing on a literary tradition. This book moves from a reframing of literature from the first half of the nineteenth century - including readings of works by Byron, de Stael, Barrett Browning, and others - to an examination of Henry James's engagement with Europe. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
y First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120874
ISBN
9780691120874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.64

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

€ 55.64
€ 43.74

Paperback. Series: Field Poetry (Paperback). BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oberlin College Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932440969
ISBN
9780932440969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.23

Hardcover. Explores the city's fateful impact through the writing of classical historians, a Renaissance sculptor, 18th-century tourists, American, British and French novelists and the authors of modern Rome, each testing and unravelling the city's ageless paradoxes. Editor(s): Keates, Jonathan. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 125 x 25. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596228
ISBN
9781841596228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

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