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Paperback. Building a theory of the modern epic which has provided many of the "sacred texts" of Western literary culture, this work covers epics from "Faust" to "One Hundred Years of Solitude". The West's reception of these texts constitutes a ritual of self-absolution for centuries of colonialism. Translator(s): Hoare, Quintin. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 232 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859840696
- ISBN
- 9781859840696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.12
€ 26.12
Paperback. Buenos Aires, 1992. Hacker Felipe Felix is summoned to the twin towers of magnate Fausto Tamerlan and charged with finding witnesses to a very public crime. Refusal is not an option. After a decade immersed in virtual realities, trying to forget the Falklands War, Felix has to confront the city - and realises that the war never really ended. Translator(s): Barnett, Ian. Num Pages: 548 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276087
- ISBN
- 9781908276087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.90
€ 17.90
Paperback. From essays like "Extended Notes from Sight Point Road" to Serra's extended commentary on the "Tilted Arc" fiasco, the pieces in this volume comprise a document of one artist's engagement with the practical, philosophical and political problems of art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AFK; AGB; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226748801
- ISBN
- 9780226748801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.12
€ 42.99
€ 33.12
Hardback. Drawing on ideas from linguistics, logic, and sociology about the grammar of conversations, the author considers the rhetoric of conversation in Dicken's novels. Series: AMS Studies in the Nineteenth-century. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- AMS Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780404644703
- ISBN
- 9780404644703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.23
€ 143.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Pbk. Ed
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780609800980
- ISBN
- 9780609800980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.58
€ 17.99
€ 14.58
Paperback. London has long been understood through the poetry it has inspired. Mark Ford has assembled the most capacious and wide-ranging anthology of poems about London to date, from Chaucer to Wordsworth to the present day, providing a chronological tour of urban life and of English literature. The volume includes an introductory essay by the poet. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088047
- ISBN
- 9780674088047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.60
€ 40.99
€ 33.60
Paperback. Thoreau's encounters with nature, the author argues, allowed him to resist his all-too-human tendency toward intellectual laziness, social conformity and political complacency. Bennett pursues this theme by constructing a series of dialogues between Thoureau and modern contemporaries. Series: Modernity and Political Thought. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; HPCD; HPCF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521414
- ISBN
- 9780742521414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Paperback. Covers Soiled, Otherwise Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- A Signet Classic
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KDK0014143
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 5. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571119509
- ISBN
- 9780571119509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.35
€ 21.35
Paperback. Gathers all of Beckett's texts for theatre, from 1955 to 1984. This book includes both the major dramatic works and the short and more compressed texts for the stage, as well for radio. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 436 476pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571229154
- ISBN
- 9780571229154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 16.45
€ 22.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Boyd, Matthieu. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBB; HBJD; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268037369
- ISBN
- 9780268037369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.97€ 50.93
€ 50.97
€ 50.93
Paperback. Series: Longman Cultural Editions. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US) United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780321435835
- ISBN
- 9780321435835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.96
€ 31.96
Paperback. Draws attention to the existence in France of an AIDS literature from 1985 to 1988 before AIDS writing became either a widely recognised genre or a culturally influential form of writing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFFH2; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853235781
- ISBN
- 9780853235781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.36
€ 27.99
€ 26.36
Paperback. Andy Rooney is a fellow who had 'the most singularly ingenious knack of doing everything the wrong way'. Written by Samuel Lover, author, artist and musician; this volume focuses on tales of Irish folklore. Series: Nonsuch Classics. Num Pages: 539 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nonsuch Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845881986
- ISBN
- 9781845881986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.24
€ 9.24
Paperback. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KST0010599
- ISBN
- 9781848400047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This study discusses whether there is a linguistic difference between classical Attic prose texts intended for public oral delivery and those intended for written circulation and private performance, establishing a rigorous methodology for the reconstruction of the native perception of clarity in the original contexts of textual reception. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 black-and-white figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; CF; D; DN; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780198795902
- ISBN
- 9780198795902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.23
€ 169.23
Paperback. Discovering gothic fiction's role in the development of sexuality Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780252073533
- ISBN
- 9780252073533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. A rich anthology of feminist writings by Arab women over more than a century Editor(s): Badran, Margot; Cooke, Miriam G. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217035
- ISBN
- 9780253217035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.80
€ 35.99
€ 32.80
Paperback. Designed to help electronic literature move into the classroom, this book addresses its major genres, the challenges it poses to traditional literary theory, and the complex and compelling issues at stake. It develops a theoretical framework for understanding how electronic literature draws on the print tradition. Series: Ward-Phillips Lectures in English Language & Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268030858
- ISBN
- 9780268030858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.12
€ 21.99
€ 21.12
Paperback. In Print and the Poetics of Modern Drama, W. B. Worthen asks how the print form of drama bears on how we understand its dual identity. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780521602693
- ISBN
- 9780521602693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.24
€ 49.24