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Literary studies: general
Paperback. The unhappily married Lady Constantine breaks all the rules of social decorum when she falls in love with Swithin St Cleeve, an astronomer who is ten years her junior. Her husband's death leaves the lovers free to marry, but the discovery of a legacy forces them apart. Editor(s): Shuttleworth, Sally. Num Pages: 336 pages, map, chronology, notes,. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2BMH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435368
- ISBN
- 9780140435368
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.16
€ 14.99
€ 12.16
Paperback. This work considers key aspects of Greek and Roman culture and discusses how they have been reshaped and used in modern drama, film and poetry. Series: New Surveys in the Classics S. Num Pages: 134 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; APFA; DSBB; DSBH; DSG; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxf.U.P. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198528654
- ISBN
- 9780198528654
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Condition: New
€ 29.78
€ 29.78
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive account of the culture of modern Italy. Editor(s): Bara'nski, Zygmunt G.; West, Rebecca J. Series: Cambridge Companions to Culture. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 624. Series: Cambridge Companions to Culture. 392 pages, 30 b/w illus. Editor(s): Bara'nski, Zygmunt G.; West, Rebecca J. Provides a comprehensive account of the culture of modern Italy. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DST; DSB; JFC. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 616.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521559829
- ISBN
- 9780521559829
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Condition: New
€ 33.41
€ 33.41
Paperback. This fascinating 1998 book examines how the poets of classical Rome found artistic inspiration in the words and themes of their poetic predecessors. Series Editor(s): Feeney, Denis. Series: Roman Literature and Its Contexts. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521576772
- ISBN
- 9780521576772
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Condition: New
€ 44.30
€ 44.30
Paperback. This Companion, first published in 2001, aims to provide a broad account of the major features of Proust's work. Editor(s): Bales, Richard. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 266 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 266 pages, 2 b/w illus. Editor(s): Bales, Richard. This Companion aims to provide a broad account of the major features of Proust's work. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 18. Weight: 444.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521669610
- ISBN
- 9780521669610
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Condition: New
€ 33.41
€ 33.41
Paperback. The most current, wide-ranging, and accessible introduction on the post-war novel in Britain available. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 316 pages. The most current, wide-ranging, and accessible introduction on the post-war novel in Britain available. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight: 440.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521669665
- ISBN
- 9780521669665
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.68
€ 40.99
€ 40.68
paperback. An overview of how the legend of Arthur and his Knights evolved from the earliest documentary sources to Spamalot. Editor(s): Archibald, Elizabeth; Putter, Ad. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 288 pages, 1 b/w illus. 1 map. Editor(s): Archibald, Elizabeth; Putter, Ad. An overview of how the legend of Arthur and his Knights evolved from the earliest documentary sources to Spamalot. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; JFHF. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight: 456.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521677882
- ISBN
- 9780521677882
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Condition: New
€ 28.54
€ 28.54
Paperback. Challenging the conception of empowerment associated with the Black Power Movement and its political and intellectual legacies, this title contends that power can be found not only in martial resistance, but, surprisingly, where the black body has been inflicted with harm or humiliation. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 327 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740958
- ISBN
- 9780814740958
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Hardcover. In this powerful and authoritative study Borbala Farago provides the fullest account yet of the work of a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature as well as in contemporary women's writing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782050889
- ISBN
- 9781782050889
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Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 38.37
€ 49.00
€ 38.37
Paperback. BIC Classification: ACX; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138279124
- ISBN
- 9781138279124
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Condition: New
€ 27.36
€ 27.36
Paperback. A critical book on Virgina Woolf that places her world of class, politics, feminism, pacifism, and the family into firm historical perspective. It is a penetrating, learned, wide-ranging appreciation of Virginia Woolf in her social and political context, documenting what muscle and thought there was in her allegedly gossamer work. Num Pages: 375 pages, 2Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520061842
- ISBN
- 9780520061842
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.35
€ 36.99
€ 27.35
Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KKD0006315
- ISBN
- 9780330354912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KSS0004963
- ISBN
- 9780330354912
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Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. An examination of the career of William Butler Yeats with special emphasis upon his connection with English Renaissance literature. Amongst other topics, it looks at the influence on his work of such writers as Arnold, Spenser, Jonson, Milton and Donne. Series: Studies in Anglo-Irish literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper but otherwise clean
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Schol, Print UK
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0005158
- ISBN
- 9780333521779
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The stories of Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) are wonderful evocations of ordinary Italian life, focusing in particular on his native, Sicily. In an original and dynamic prose style, he portrays such eternal human themes as love, honour and adultery with rich and colourful language. Translator(s): McWilliam, G.H. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 2AHA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447415
- ISBN
- 9780140447415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.77
€ 16.99
€ 13.77
Paperback. A discourse on the connection between sex, eroticism and love in literature by the Nobel Prize-winning poet and essayist. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846554360
- ISBN
- 9781846554360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.22
€ 20.99
€ 16.22
Hardback. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 124 x 192 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691154114
- ISBN
- 9780691154114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.56
€ 19.99
€ 13.56
Paperback. Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. This book offers an examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. It shows how the garden has served as a check against the destruction and losses of history. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317908
- ISBN
- 9780226317908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.59
€ 15.99
€ 13.59
Paperback. With "A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu" Marcel Proust achieved a perfect rendering of life in art, of the past created through memory. It is both a portrait of the artist and a discovery of the aesthetic by which the portrait is painted, and it was to have a seminal influence on 20th-century literature. This title presents the life of this writer. Num Pages: 816 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 800.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712674799
- ISBN
- 9780712674799
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.61
€ 24.99
€ 18.61
Paperback. This series introduces students to more sophisticated analysis and wider critical perspectives to enbable students to appreciate contrasting interpretations of the text and to develop critical thinking. This volume explores "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Longman
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- 9780582431638
- ISBN
- 9780582431638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.33
€ 10.99
€ 8.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780099365006
- ISBN
- 9780099365006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.23
€ 14.99
€ 10.23
Hardback. "A remarkable analysis of an important medieval text.. This work will surely initiate new studies of the precolonial frame of mind and the role of distinct versions of medieval manuscripts in the shaping of medieval understanding."-Sixteenth Century Journal Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812233438
- ISBN
- 9780812233438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.69€ 60.21
€ 65.69
€ 60.21
Paperback. First published in 1993, this work is a portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement. It includes an afterword by the author. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781862079083
- ISBN
- 9781862079083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 8.81
€ 11.99
€ 8.81
Paperback. Covers Isabel Allende's three books "City of the Beasts", "Portrait in Sepia: A Novel", and "Daughter of Fortune". This book includes four interviews in which Allende discusses her spiritual adventure and political interests. Editor(s): Rodden, John. Num Pages: 324 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702110
- ISBN
- 9780292702110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.76
€ 35.99
€ 32.76