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Paperback. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555974787
ISBN
9781555974787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555973087
ISBN
9781555973087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.37

Paperback. The work of Jane Kenyon is a gift to poetry. Her quietly musical poems are intensely moving, compassionate meditations intently probing the life of the heart and spirit. Observing and absorbing small miracles in everyday life, these apparently simple poems grapple with fundamental questions of human existence. Series: Bloodaxe World Poets S. Num Pages: 160 pages, ports. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
BLOODAXE BOOKS
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246976
ISBN
9781852246976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.87

paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801493904
ISBN
9780801493904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.35

Hardback. Explores the tension in European drama between allegory and neoclassicism from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century. This work reveals the allegorical survivals in the works of major figures such as Shakespeare, Calderon, Racine, Vondel, Metastasio, Goethe, and Wagner and reads tragedy, comedy, masque, opera, and school drama. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812239669
ISBN
9780812239669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.72

Hardback. This work explores the best of contemporary Italian theatre, from Luigi Pirandello to Massimo Bontempelli. It covers the period from the end of the 19th century to the aftermath of World War II, and includes a number of translations of plays never before published in English. Editor(s): House, Jane; Attisani, Antonio. Num Pages: 622 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1135.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231071185
ISBN
9780231071185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.37
€ 74.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92. 60 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 5. Weight: 92.
Publisher
Indigo Dreams
Number of pages
60
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907401794
ISBN
9781907401794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.15

Paperback. Hirshfield is one of America's leading poets. This is her fourth book from Bloodaxe, following Come, Thief (2012), T.S. Eliot Prize shortlisted After (2006) and Each Happiness Ringed by Lions: Selected Poems (2005). Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780372464
ISBN
9781780372464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.83

Paperback. Features poems that reveal complex truths in language luminous and precise. This work examines the human condition through subjects ranging from spareness, possibility, judgement and hidden grief to global warming, insomnia, meanings in overlooked parts of speech, and the metaphysics of sneezing. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247416
ISBN
9781852247416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Knopf
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345806840
ISBN
9780345806840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.97

Paperback. Jane Hirshfield is a visionary American writer whose poems ask nothing less than what it is to be human. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372. Selected Poems. 256 pages. Jane Hirshfield is a visionary American writer whose poems ask nothing less than what it is to be human. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 17. Weight: 372.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246938
ISBN
9781852246938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.64

Paperback. New collection by leading American poet whose last book, After (2006), was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249243
ISBN
9781852249243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.83

Paperback. Examines the roles of hiddenness, uncertainty and surprise as they appear in poetry and other works of literature, in the life and psyche of the writer, and in the broader life of the culture as a whole. Series: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry S. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 5. Weight in Grams: 110. Three Generative Energies of Poetry. Series: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry S. 64 pages. Examines the roles of hiddenness, uncertainty and surprise as they appear in poetry and other works of literature, in the life and psyche of the writer, and in the broader life of the culture as a whole. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 5. Weight: 112.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247973
ISBN
9781852247973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.65

Hardcover. Explores the relation between poststructuralist thought and postcoloniality, and identifies in that interaction the expression of a particular anxiety concerning the form of theoretical writing. This book argues that this anxiety betrays an unprecedented lucidity concerning the particular challenges of writing about ourselves and others. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 207 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846312304
ISBN
9781846312304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.71

Hardcover. This book explores the impossible dilemma facing Francophone intellectuals writing in the lead-up to decolonisation: How could they redefine their culture, and the 'humanity' they felt had been denied by the colonial project, in terms that did not replicate the French thinking by which they were formed? Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781380321
ISBN
9781781380321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.71

Paperback. For more than fifty years, Assia Djebar, winner of the Neustadt Prize for Contribution to World Literature, used the tools of poetry, fiction, drama and film to vividly portray the world of Muslim women in all its complexity. This book traces Djebar's development as a writer against the backdrop of North Africa's tumultuous history. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 220 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846316852
ISBN
9781846316852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Series: Currency Theatre S. Num Pages: 36 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 4. Weight in Grams: 96.
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
36
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868197975
ISBN
9780868197975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.71

Hardcover. First modern scholarly edition of a number of late medieval Scottish poems, in the comic tradition. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACC; DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Scottish Text Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897976388
ISBN
9781897976388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 49.24

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843658
ISBN
9781843843658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.08

Hardcover. The Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622 studies the conception of Persia in the literary, political and pedagogic writings of Renaissance England and Britain. It argues that writers of all kinds debated the means and merits of English empire through their intellectual engagement with the ancient Persian empire. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230343269
ISBN
9780230343269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. Presents poems about home, exile and shifting frontiers. This work includes a selection from the author's collections, "A Grip on Thin Air" and "Icarus on Earth". It celebrates the landscapes the author lives in by observing and recording them, yet with an awareness that these places exist in and of themselves, regardless of her observation. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247942
ISBN
9781852247942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.18

Paperback. Fourth book of poems by Jane Griffiths, whose previous Bloodaxe title "Another Country" was shortlisted for Forward Prize for Best Collection. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 6. Weight in Grams: 134. 64 pages. Fourth book of poems by Jane Griffiths, whose previous Bloodaxe title "Another Country" was shortlisted for Forward Prize for Best Collection. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 6. Weight: 136.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249274
ISBN
9781852249274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.37

Paperback. Fifth collection by Forward-shortlisted poet drawing on the houses and landscapes of childhood. Physical things are remembered both for their own sake and to explore how they continue to shape the self. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780373560
ISBN
9781780373560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.18

hardcover. A useful and illuminating overview, covering the major works in detail. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 170 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 421.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521838832
ISBN
9780521838832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.66

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