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Paperback. From Boccaccio and Machiavelli through to Moravia and Tabucchi, from the Stil Novo to Divisionism, across centuries of history and intellectual movements, these essays will give English readers, and lovers of the Bel Paese and its culture, the lay of the literary land of Italy. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846883910
- ISBN
- 9781846883910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.77
€ 16.99
€ 13.77
Paperback. Investigates the crucial question of 'restitution' in the work of W. G. Sebald. Written by leading scholars from a range of disciplines, with a foreword by his English translator Anthea Bell. Editor(s): Baxter, Jeannette; Henitiuk, Valerie; Hutchinson, Ben. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 243 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993504
- ISBN
- 9781784993504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.47
€ 47.47
Paperback. * Revised and expanded edition with a new introduction and postscript, published to coincide with Elaine Showalter's new hardback, A JURY OF HER PEERS Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844084968
- ISBN
- 9781844084968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.48
€ 19.99
€ 14.48
Paperback. A title that takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Canterbury Tales to Harry Potter. With masterful digressions into various themes - censorship, narrative tricks, self-publishing, taste, creativity and madness - it demonstrates the full depth and intrigue of reading. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205312
- ISBN
- 9780300205312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.29
€ 14.99
€ 12.29
Paperback. Explores the author's Oxford youth, his unexpected conversion, his literary enthusiasms (from P G Wodehouse to Graham Greene) and the perils of basing fictional characters on real people. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182933
- ISBN
- 9780141182933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629966591
- ISBN
- 9789629966591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.21
€ 20.99
€ 16.21
Paperback. Examines the unstable dialectic of reality and imagination, as well as of history and literature Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780823234295
- ISBN
- 9780823234295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.21
€ 51.99
€ 46.21
Hardcover. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226350387
- ISBN
- 9780226350387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.55
€ 25.99
€ 21.55
Paperback. Series: The Press UWI biography series. Num Pages: 120 pages, 1 facsim., 1 map, 1 plan, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; DSBH; DSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Publisher
- University of the West Indies Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9789766400347
- ISBN
- 9789766400347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. A manifesto for literary studies that intends to remind us of the specificity of what it means to ask literary questions, and the pleasure of thinking through and with literature. Series: Short Studies from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983448
- ISBN
- 9780295983448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.19
€ 21.99
€ 21.19
Paperback. This unique edition brings together for the first time Austen-Leigh's memoir of his aunt Jane Austen, together with shorter recollections by James Edward's two sisters. It also includes Jane's brother Henry's two biographical accounts. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 haltones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed. /
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540778
- ISBN
- 9780199540778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.50
€ 11.99
€ 10.50
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847061362
- ISBN
- 9781847061362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.64
€ 35.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. Reinterprets Stendhal's metaphor and tracks the different worlds of an array of twentieth-century writers ranging from realists to wildly inventive postwar writers. This book puts forward an argument that fiction yields rich insight into its subject, and that literature can also be a form of historical understanding. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130330
- ISBN
- 9780691130330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.12
€ 38.99
€ 28.12
Hardback. A catalogue of items drawn from the "Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr Samuel Johnson", bequeathed to the library in 2004 by Mary Hyde Eccles. Num Pages: 130 pages, 50 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780981885827
- ISBN
- 9780981885827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.09
€ 38.99
€ 33.09
paperback. Looking back not only at author's own much younger self, but also at the other writers who shared Paris with him - James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald - he recalls the time when, poor, happy and writing in cafes, he discovered his vocation. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099285045
- ISBN
- 9780099285045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. An investigation of a wide range of contemporary sources, from domestic conduct guides to emblem books, this study offers fresh perspectives on both culture and literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719083259
- ISBN
- 9780719083259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.56
€ 32.56
Paperback. Translator(s): Hamill, Sam. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DCF; DNF; DSBD; DSC; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570627163
- ISBN
- 9781570627163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.60
€ 20.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages, Frontispiece & four-page plate section in colour. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 174 x 32. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198398
- ISBN
- 9781845198398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.78€ 50.75
€ 51.78
€ 50.75
Hardback. In this revised and greatly expanded edition of the original Companion, some 80 of the very best modern scholars come together to offer an original assessment of English Renaissance literature and culture. Editor(s): Hattaway, Michael. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 1264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 174 x 76. Weight in Grams: 2492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405187626
- ISBN
- 9781405187626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.11
€ 101.11
Hardcover. A New Companion to Milton builds on the critically-acclaimed original, bringing alive the diverse and controversial world of contemporary Milton studies while reflecting the very latest advances in research in the field. Editor(s): Corns, Thomas N. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 175 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1156.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118827826
- ISBN
- 9781118827826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.20
€ 168.20
Hardback. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 582 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 182 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1042.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Australia
- Number of pages
- 582
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118624494
- ISBN
- 9781118624494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.79
€ 177.79
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801048685
- ISBN
- 9780801048685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.95
€ 30.99
€ 21.95
Paperback. A collection of twenty-five essays which explore the place of the stage within the larger society, as well as issues of performance and physical space. It examines the settings in which plays were acted; and juxtaposes the theater with such contemporary subcultures as the church, the city, and the court. Editor(s): Cox, John D.; Kastan, David Scott. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102438
- ISBN
- 9780231102438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.62€ 40.61
€ 51.62
€ 40.61
Hardback. Her book is a history of the literary act, a history of words, a history of ideas and works-monuments rather than documents-that calls into question modern concepts of literature. Translator(s): Preisig, Sara L. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403038
- ISBN
- 9781421403038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74€ 60.33
€ 66.74
€ 60.33