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Hardback. This book explores the principal thematic and aesthetic preoccupations in MacDiarmid's work, relating his poetry to key national and international concerns in modern culture and politics. Editor(s): Lyall, Scott; Palmer McCulloch, Dr. Margery. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641901
ISBN
9780748641901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.96
€ 89.54

Paperback. This book explores the principal thematic and aesthetic preoccupations in MacDiarmid's work, relating his poetry to key national and international concerns in modern culture and politics. Editor(s): Lyall, Scott; Palmer McCulloch, Dr. Margery. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641895
ISBN
9780748641895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.10

hardcover. A study of one of Ireland's most celebrated playwrights, Brian Friel. Series: Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521873864
ISBN
9780521873864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.41

Paperback. This wide-ranging collection surveys the diversity and energy of Irish literature over the last two decades, a period marked by major cultural, social and political transformations. It examines the work of both well-established writers and emerging literary talents, and also considers creative work in film, visual culture and the performing arts. Editor(s): Brewster, Scott; Parker, Michael; Honohan, Iseult. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; DSBH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Manchester University Press Manchester
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New in paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085604
ISBN
9780719085604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.71

Paperback. Traces the history of the term lyric from its classical origins through the early modern, Romantic and Victorian periods and up to the twentieth-first century. This book demonstrates the influence of lyric on poetic practice, literature, music and other popular cultural forms. It is suitable for students of literature, music and cultural studies. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415319560
ISBN
9780415319560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Feral House,U.S. United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936239603
ISBN
9781936239603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148177
ISBN
9780231148177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.84

Paperback. A comprehensive introduction to Hemingway and his works. Editor(s): Donaldson, Scott. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521455749
ISBN
9780521455749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 37. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148160
ISBN
9780231148160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.56
€ 74.12

Paperback. A study of how Americans wrote, published and read biographies and how their conceptions of the genre changed over the 19th century. It also reveals disputes over the meaning of character, the definition of US history, and the place of US literary practices in a transatlantic world of letters. Num Pages: 464 pages, 15 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807847657
ISBN
9780807847657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.46

Paperback. "The Life and Miracles of Thekla" offers a unique view on the reception of classical and early Christian literature in Late Antiquity. This study examines the "Life and Miracles" as an intricate example of Greek writing and attempts to situate the work amidst a wealth of similar literary forms from the classical world. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019614
ISBN
9780674019614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.08

Hardback. Lively and specially commissioned chapters cover the entire range of Kelman's writing - including novels, short stories, essays, polemics and plays - and the vigorous debates it has provoked. Editor(s): Hames, Scott. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639632
ISBN
9780748639632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.71
€ 94.81

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691630380
ISBN
9780691630380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.80

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691600468
ISBN
9780691600468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.30

Paperback. Tales of "how the other half lives" experienced a surge in popularity. People looking to go slumming without leaving home turned to these narratives for revelations of underworld and sordid details about the deviants who populated it. This book explores how a group of authors manipulated this genre to evade the confines of sexual identification. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5S; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327914
ISBN
9780226327914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.65

Hardback. Tales of "how the other half lives" experienced a surge in popularity. People looking to go slumming without leaving home turned to these narratives for revelations of underworld and sordid details about deviants who populated it. This book explores how a group of authors manipulated this genre to evade the confines of sexual identification. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5S; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327907
ISBN
9780226327907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.07

Paperback. Scathing attack on Hitchens and others who have used Orwell to justify reactionary responses to the 'war on terror'. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745321974
ISBN
9780745321974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 23.85

Hardcover. Perhaps no other work of secular poetry was as widely read as the historical verse tragedy collection "A Mirror for Magistrates". This work shows that modern critics have misconstrued the purpose of the tragic verse narratives of the Mirror, approaching them as uncontroversial meditations on abstract political and philosophical doctrines. Series: Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Edition
Mass. Studies Early Modern Culture ser.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558497061
ISBN
9781558497061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.25

Hardback. The only book on Hugh MacDiarmid currently in print, this gives unique focus to the politics of modern Scotland's major cultural figure. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 Frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623341
ISBN
9780748623341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.21
€ 105.73

Paperback. Argues that the concept of evil is central to the psychology of secularism. Scott M. Powers draws on notions of secularization as a phenomenon of ambivalence or dualism in which religion continues to exist alongside secularity in exerting influence on modern French thought. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557537416
ISBN
9781557537416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.45

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