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Paperback. Focuses on the influence of the oral tradition on written vernacular verse in England from the 5th to the 15th century. The book explores how a living tradition articulated through the public, performance voices of pre-literate singers found expression through the pens of private, literate authors. Series: Poetics of Orality & Literacy S. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020248
- ISBN
- 9780268020248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.90
€ 31.99
€ 28.90
hardcover. This 31st annual volume was produced with co-operation of 264 participating periodicals from Canada, the US and the Caribbean. Nearly 7000 entries for individual poets and translators are included, with nearly 21,000 for individual poems. A separate index provides access by title or first line. Series: Index of American Periodical Verse. Num Pages: 704 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KJ; 3JM; DSBH; DSC; GBCS; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 42. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810848450
- ISBN
- 9780810848450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 264.16
€ 264.16
paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 384
- SKU
- KRA0006680
- ISBN
- 9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936901
- ISBN
- 9780813936901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.92
€ 33.92
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638720
- ISBN
- 9780691638720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.67
€ 125.67
Paperback. What is the relationship between the British colonial project and English literature in India? In this historical study, Prem Poddar shows how colonisers and the nationalists who suceeded them tended to inhabit the same discursive space. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBF; GTB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772887678
- ISBN
- 9788772887678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.87
€ 12.87
paperback. This study explores the lives of nine Northern American female writers of the Civil War period. It examines how, through their writing, they engaged in the national debates of the time. The author shows how they and others used their writing to make sense of topics like war, womanhood and slavery. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807848852
- ISBN
- 9780807848852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.61
€ 51.61
Hardback. Drawing on aspects of Foucauldian feminist theory, the author offers a critical reading of Desperate Remedies, A Pair of Blue Eyes, The Hand of Ethelberta, A Laodicean, Two on a Tower and The Well Beloved, demonstrating Hardy's modern appreciation of how individuals negotiate the forces which shape their sense of self. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333567012
- ISBN
- 9780333567012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.21
€ 122.21
Hardcover. A bibliographical catalogue of the works of Henry James, David J Supino that includes a transcription of the title page, collations, contents, binding, inserted ads, bookplates, binders' and booksellers' tickets, and a full description of dustjackets. Num Pages: 684 pages, 32 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318627
- ISBN
- 9781846318627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.39
€ 178.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816653485
- ISBN
- 9780816653485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. Offering an account of works by Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Robert Browning, and Joseph Conrad, this title explains why many Victorians nursed a hostile vision of man and society and how misanthropy - once a means of conveying integrity and justified disdain of society's excesses - turned immoral and quasi-criminal. Num Pages: 224 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130653
- ISBN
- 9780231130653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.56
€ 42.56
Paperback. Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792) is the founding text of modern feminism. In this sourcebook, Adriana Craciun provides a starting point for readers new to Wollstonecraft's work. Key materials include letters by Wollstonecraft and important contemporary documents. Editor(s): Craciun, Adriana. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415227360
- ISBN
- 9780415227360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.84
€ 34.84
Paperback. Examining chameleonic identities as seen in theatrical performances and literary texts during the Romantic period, this study explores cultural attitudes toward imposture and how it reveals important and much-debated issues about this time period. Brewer shows chameleonism evoked anxieties about both social instability and British selfhood. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349482320
- ISBN
- 9781349482320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APT; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403977953
- ISBN
- 9781403977953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; FA; FC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 256 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585101825
- ISBN
- 9781585101825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Hardcover. Presents an account of Latin literature from its beginnings in the third century BC through to the end of the second century AD. Editor(s): Harrison, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 472 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 35. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235293
- ISBN
- 9780631235293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.93
€ 200.93
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302785
- ISBN
- 9780230302785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardcover. A comprehensive account of Goethe's relationship to Arabian culture, mediated by his interest in certain poets and texts and by his highly nuanced attitude toward Islam. Translator(s): Metzger, Michael M. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 508 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 162 x 47. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139085
- ISBN
- 9781571139085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.84
€ 123.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; DSBF; DSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349647576
- ISBN
- 9781349647576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. Focuses on Native literatures in a postcolonial context. This work contains essays that consider the complex social and political influences that have shaped American Indian literatures in the second half of the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on core themes of identity, sovereignty, and land. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231117647
- ISBN
- 9780231117647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.94
€ 122.94
Hardcover. Katherine Mansfield had a career-long engagement with the literary marketplace from the age of eighteen. This book examines how she developed as a writer within a range of book and periodical publishing contexts, reconsidering her writing's enactment of a commercially viable modern aesthetic in her experimentation with the short story form. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230234796
- ISBN
- 9780230234796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Ayling, R.; Durkan, M. J. Num Pages: 411 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349009411
- ISBN
- 9781349009411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.34
€ 70.34
Hardcover. Includes manuscripts unknown to Kingsford in his 1913 survey, studies them in relation to each other, and draws together what can be known about their origins, purpose and effect upon their audience. Num Pages: 310 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3H; DN; DSBB; DSK; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 187 x 25. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- D.S.Brewer
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859916462
- ISBN
- 9780859916462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.51
€ 105.51
Paperback. Drawing on a close reading of nearly forty years' worth of personal letters and her will, and incorporating new archival material, Margaret Paston emerges from this study as the best example we have of how lay piety was negotiated and integrated into daily medieval life. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 238 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349383887
- ISBN
- 9781349383887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31