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Paperback. This reference guide to Yeats' work, uses Yeats' non-poetic writing, the principle Yeats criticism and the writings of his friends and critics to reveal the depth of his meanings. It identifies geographical, historical and literary references from classical antiquity to Irish culture. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780815627708
- ISBN
- 9780815627708
€ 25.70
€ 25.70
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
- SKU
- V9780198795902
- ISBN
- 9780198795902
€ 123.40
€ 123.40
Paperback. 'All men must die': or 'Valar Morghulis', as the traditional Essos greeting is rendered into High Valyrian. And die they do - in prodigious numbers; in imaginatively varied and gruesome ways; and often in pain, terror and ordure within the blood-spattered and viciously unpredictable world that is HBO's sensational evocation of Game of Thrones. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APT; DSBB; FM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- SKU
- V9781784539320
- ISBN
- 9781784539320
€ 14.99€ 13.95
€ 14.99
€ 13.95
Paperback. The Icelandic sagas, composed between the twelfth and the nineteenth centuries, are one of the world's great literary treasures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB; DSK; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- SKU
- V9780752428949
- ISBN
- 9780752428949
€ 16.15
€ 16.15
Paperback. Pease captures this life in full as he offers fresh insights into the sources of Geisel's creativity, from his surreal images to his anti-authoritarian stance and slapstick humor. Series: Lives and Legacies Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- SKU
- KKD0000631
- ISBN
- 9780190614522
€ 6.24
€ 6.24
Paperback. Num Pages: Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADF; BGH; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- SKU
- V9780811201896
- ISBN
- 9780811201896
€ 16.99€ 16.97
€ 16.99
€ 16.97
Paperback. A new edition of this standard work, fully updated with four brand new chapters. Editor(s): David, Deirdre. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 428. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 287 pages. Editor(s): David, Deirdre. A new edition of this standard work, fully updated with four brand new chapters. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 287
- SKU
- V9780521182157
- ISBN
- 9780521182157
€ 31.09
€ 31.09
Hardcover. Joseph Conrad is not only one of the world's great writers of English literature, but was a writer who lived a particularly full and interesting life. This biography analyzes several aspects of Conrad's life and works: his problems with the English language; his borrowings from French writers; and his attitude toward socialism. Series: Studies in English & American Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 806 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1360. 8vo .Good copy in dustwrapper.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Camden House
- SKU
- KEX0307839
- ISBN
- 9781571133472
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. In her opening essays - 'Fathers', 'Forefathers' and 'Ancestors', the author considers the renaissance of the historical novel and discusses particularly the novel of wartime experience; the surprising variety of distant pasts that British writers have invented; and the new 'Darwinian novel'. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- SKU
- KTG0020971
- ISBN
- 9780099283836
€ 5.66
€ 5.66
Hardcover. Series: New Horizons in Contemporary Writing. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 174 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- SKU
- V9781628921632
- ISBN
- 9781628921632
€ 132.95
€ 132.95
Hardback. This book explores the inter-relationships between Agatha Christie and her works to seek the wholeness in the Christie experience. The authors perceive an integration in personal experience and moral and aesthetic values between the woman and her art. Num Pages: 199 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 199
- SKU
- V9780879722159
- ISBN
- 9780879722159
€ 25.70
€ 25.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- SKU
- V9780816669707
- ISBN
- 9780816669707
€ 24.99€ 24.78
€ 24.99
€ 24.78
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Research & Education Association,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- SKU
- V9780878910311
- ISBN
- 9780878910311
€ 8.99€ 8.88
€ 8.99
€ 8.88
The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers (The Collected Poetry of Robin...
Jeffers, Robinson. Ed(s): Hunt, Tim
Paperback. Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) is not only the greatest poet that California (and indeed the American West) has produced, but a major poet of the 20th century who occupies a prominent place in the tradition of American prophetic poetry. This is a selection of his work. Editor(s): Hunt, Tim. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 776
- SKU
- V9780804741088
- ISBN
- 9780804741088
€ 41.99€ 37.17
€ 41.99
€ 37.17
Hardcover. Produced as a contribution to English biography and criticism, this title offers a survey of English poetry from the early seventeenth century down to the author's own time. It also includes an introduction and critical apparatus. Editor(s): Lonsdale, Roger. Series: Oxford English Texts. Num Pages: 2220 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGL; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 204 x 168. Weight in Grams: 4129. 8vo.Illustrated. Near fine copy in slipcase
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- SKU
- KEX0306238
- ISBN
- 9780199278978
€ 225.00
€ 225.00
Paperback. Culture defines itself, its classes, its power structures, and its economy in terms of how it allows and encourages drugs to circulate. "Madame Bovary" takes up the problems of drugs and addiction in numerous ways. This title unpacks and presents as examples of the safe and unsafe. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 237 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- SKU
- V9780252071904
- ISBN
- 9780252071904
€ 20.99€ 20.15
€ 20.99
€ 20.15
Paperback. This sombre biography of an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's slave society, is presented in both Spanish and English. There is an introduction which sets the text in its historical and cultural context. Translator(s): Garfield, Evelyn Picon. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; BGA; DSBD; HBTS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual Ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- SKU
- V9780814325384
- ISBN
- 9780814325384
€ 38.61
€ 38.61
Paperback. Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies. This book traces the poet's steps from his early works, through to his receipt of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature and his post-Nobel life. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 39. Weight in Grams: 458 524pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber Poetry
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- 9780571242535
- ISBN
- 9780571242535
€ 17.99€ 12.95
€ 17.99
€ 12.95
Paperback. A biography of Bruce Chatwin, based on private notebooks, diaries, letters and hundreds of interviews. It illuminates the many sides of Chatwin, from Sotheby's director, archaeologist, "Sunday Times" journalist and traveller to devoted husband and active gay, socialite and loner. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations facsimiles, geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 480. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage
- SKU
- KKD0002223
- ISBN
- 9780099289975
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. This book traces the emergence and evolution of a discourse of minority identity within Japan's Korean community through its examination of their literary narratives and political struggles over the past three decades. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- SKU
- V9780804750400
- ISBN
- 9780804750400
€ 82.86
€ 82.86
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- SKU
- V9780521596503
- ISBN
- 9780521596503
€ 34.72
€ 34.72
Paperback. A comprehensive selection of Voltaire's very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often no more than a few pages long. Their genre is something between a tale and a polemic - more gestures than stories. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, chronlogy, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- SKU
- V9780140446869
- ISBN
- 9780140446869
€ 13.99€ 11.36
€ 13.99
€ 11.36
Paperback. The Celtic Tiger economy and the post-Tiger context have also seen momentous transformations in the Irish landscape. This book analyses the relationship between the rural and the urban and explores the way it is reflected in Irish literature, culture and language from the turn of the twentieth century to the present day. Editor(s): Gilsenan Nordin, Irene; Zamorano Llena, Carmen. Series: Reimagining Ireland. Num Pages: 228 pages, charts. BIC Classification: DSBH; JF; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- SKU
- V9783034302791
- ISBN
- 9783034302791
€ 45.99€ 44.09
€ 45.99
€ 44.09
Hardback. Literary Mischief brings renewed focus to the work of Sakaguchi Ango one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers of postwar Japan. The essays and translations included get at the heart of the most volatile issues of culture, ideology, and philosophy of postwar Japan. Series: New Studies in Modern Japan. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- SKU
- V9780739138663
- ISBN
- 9780739138663
€ 85.70
€ 85.70