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Hardcover. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; BGH; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Clean copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220096
- ISBN
- 9781843510178
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. This original study suggests that James Joyce, like Yeats and his fellow Revivalists, was attracted to the west of Ireland as a place of authenticity and freedom. It shows how his acute historical sensibility is reflected in Dubliners, posing new questions about one of the most enduring collections of short stories ever written. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781380024
- ISBN
- 9781781380024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. Exploring deep-rooted understandings of race and gender and describing how differently their "Americanness" resonates in both writers' works, What Else But Love? considers the legacy of slavery in a variety of ways, from the meaning of mammies and mothers to the question of black manhood. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102759
- ISBN
- 9780231102759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.91
€ 42.91
Landress explores the intricacies of fiction about Orthodox women in contemporary contexts, offering a subtle interpretation of the conflicts in Orthodox women's lives as they weave their way through daughterhood, motherhood, politics, and personal dilemmas, negotiating between tradition and modernity. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618111715
- ISBN
- 9781618111715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.54
€ 138.54
Paperback. Lippit offers the first book-length study in English of Japanese modernist fiction from the 1920s to the 1930s. Through close readings of four leading figures of this movement-Akutagawa, Yokomitsu, Kawabata, and Hayashi-Lippit aims to establish a theoretical and historical framework for the analysis of Japanese modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125314
- ISBN
- 9780231125314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816641819
- ISBN
- 9780816641819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Exploring the narratives that orient the lives of women scholars Editor(s): Hearne, Betsy; Hearne, Betsy Gould; Trites, Roberta Seelinger. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076114
- ISBN
- 9780252076114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.98
€ 31.99
€ 28.98
Hardcover. Este libro muestra que Gabriel Miro no ha sido olvidado, sino que ha influido en la literatura hispanica posterior, en particular la novela de postguerra. ENGLISH VERSION This book shows that Gabriel Miro has been undervalued and how he has influenced Hispanic literature, particularly the novel of the post-Civil War period. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JJ; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662704
- ISBN
- 9781855662704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.15
€ 88.15
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635156
- ISBN
- 9780691635156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.58
€ 117.58
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634876
- ISBN
- 9780691634876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.66
€ 134.66
Hardback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164405
- ISBN
- 9780231164405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.67€ 79.61
€ 105.67
€ 79.61
Hardback. Here, Mark Knight offers an analysis of Gilbert Keith Chesterton and the influence of his late 19th- and early 20th-century fiction. Arguing that a serious analysis of the nature of evil is at the center of Chesterton's fiction, Knight provides a means of locating Chesterton's work among theological and cultural concerns of his age. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823223091
- ISBN
- 9780823223091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.33
€ 92.33
Hardback. Toibin's remarkable insights provide scholars, students, and general readers a fresh encounter with James's well-known texts. Editor(s): Griffin, Susan M. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore, Md
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897788
- ISBN
- 9780801897788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.35€ 53.12
€ 57.35
€ 53.12
Paperback. An examination of the hero figure in the stories of two major Victorian authors of children's literature and the complex way in which they engaged with the dominant ideologies of the time. Num Pages: 254 pages, 3 B&W illustraions, 2 diagrams. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718893590
- ISBN
- 9780718893590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.02
€ 50.02
Hardback. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739143612
- ISBN
- 9780739143612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.04
€ 133.04
Hardcover. Carrying his story into the twentieth century, the author mounts an argument for freeing fairy tales from their bland contemporary forms, and reinvigorating your belief that we still can find new, powerfully transformative ways of telling these stories. Num Pages: 448 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: DSK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226242965
- ISBN
- 9780226242965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.13€ 47.44
€ 55.13
€ 47.44
Paperback. Don Randall's comprehensive study situates acclaimed author David Malouf within the field of contemporary international and psotcolonial writing, but without losing sight of the author's affiliation with Australian contexts. The book presents an original reading of Malouf, but also engages with the full body of preceding Malouf criticism. Series Editor(s): Thieme, John. Series: Contemporary World Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719068331
- ISBN
- 9780719068331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.80
€ 45.80
Hardback. Argues that four French writers - Michel Tournier, J.M.G. Le Clezio, Tahar Ben Jelloun and Leila Sebbar - practice "activist writing" which, when combined with the work of certain photographers, reframes a picture of Maghreb produced by two centuries of Orientalist misrepresentation. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AJC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742515451
- ISBN
- 9780742515451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.22
€ 167.22
Hardcover. Contains the letters that trace young Sam Clemens' remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of "The Jumping Frog", soon to be a national and international celebrity. Editor(s): Smith, Harriet Elinor; Bucci, Richard; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 703 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 703
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520036697
- ISBN
- 9780520036697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.61€ 90.42
€ 120.61
€ 90.42
Hardcover. Historically and contemporarily, politically and literarily, Haiti has long been relegated to the margins of the so-called 'New World.' This book looks at the works of three such writers: the Haitian Spiralists Franketienne, Jean-Claude Fignole, and Rene Philoctete. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 286 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 2ADF; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846314995
- ISBN
- 9781846314995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.32
€ 45.99
€ 45.32
paperback. Anonymously published in 1554, Lazarillo de Tormes remains a centrepiece of Renaissance literature and is arguably the most popular example of the picaresque novel. Editor(s): Stavans, Ilan. Translator(s): Stavans, Ilan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DS; 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780393938050
- ISBN
- 9780393938050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.10
€ 16.99
€ 16.10
Paperback. This book offers the complete text of three novellas, along with vocabulary and explanatory notes to make them fully accessible to learners of Spanish from post-GCSE level and upwards. The introduction provides background on the author and her position in Spanish cultural, political and literary history, and on the history of feminism in Spain. Editor(s): Six, Abigail Lee. Series Editor(s): Davies, Catherine. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719097119
- ISBN
- 9780719097119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Hardback. The author reads four 18th-century satiric novels-Joseph Andrews, A Sentimental Journey, Humphrey Clinker, and Cecilia -"from below," exploring how the gentle authors' experiences of the poor shape the novels both thematically and formally. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729086
- ISBN
- 9780804729086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.65
€ 139.65
Hardcover. This guide looks at how the Victorian novel has been read over the past 100 years. Unlike other critical guides, it not only provides students with examples of significant strands of criticism, but also helps them to make sense of these articles and extracts by means of a narrative framework. Editor(s): O'Gorman, Francis. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227038
- ISBN
- 9780631227038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.69
€ 139.69