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Paperback. Series: Focus on. 65 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 5. Weight: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange
- Number of pages
- 65
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075064
- ISBN
- 9781906075064
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.28
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"Nineteen Eighty-Four" paints the bleak picture of a society in which all information is controlled by the government, also known as Big Brother. This book is suitable for students interested in this dystopian classic, especially those with an eye toward research. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Num Pages: 216 pages, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791093009
- ISBN
- 9780791093009
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Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 48.83
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Paperback. "Agenda" was established in 1959 by William Cookson in response to a suggestion by Ezra Pound. This anthology is divided into antecedents, modern poetry, criticism, memoirs and polemics. Editor(s): Cookson, William. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DCQ; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 134. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Carcanet P. United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857543025
- ISBN
- 9781857543025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.42
€ 26.99
€ 24.42
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; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. .
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd Ireland
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843510338
- ISBN
- 9781843510338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.05
€ 36.99
€ 31.05
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859182604
- ISBN
- 9781859182604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.00€ 52.59
€ 69.00
€ 52.59
Offers an inquiry into the meaning of American Dream. This play which won the author a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony award presents the lead character, Willy Loman (played over time by Lee J Cobb, George C Scott, Dustin Hoffman, and Brian Dennehy, among others), who has come to represent the middle-class struggle. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Num Pages: 184 pages, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791093023
- ISBN
- 9780791093023
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Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 48.83
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Calling Jane Austen's "Emma" charming, Harold Bloom states, 'Austen is not writing a tragedy of the will.. but a great comedy of the will.' This edition offers a selection of contemporary critical commentary on this classic novel, along with a bibliography, a chronology of Austen's life, and an index for quick reference. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Num Pages: 142 pages, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604138160
- ISBN
- 9781604138160
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Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 48.83
€ 52.63
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Paperback. At around the same time that Aristotle was active in ancient Greece, many students in China, including Sun Tzu, were learning the techniques of persuasion from Guiguzi, "the Master of the Ghost Valley". In "Guiguzi," China's First Treatise on Rhetoric, Hui Wu and C. Jan Swearingen present a new critical translation of this foundational work. Series: Landmarks in Rhetoric & Public Address. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809335268
- ISBN
- 9780809335268
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Condition: New
€ 57.32€ 52.74
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Paperback. The author places Huckleberry Finn in the context of long standing American debate about race and culture. He points out that this quintessentially American novel, assigned to many schools as an important weapon against racism, yet including the word "nigger", arouses controversy. Series: Wisconsin Project on American Writers S. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; JFC; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299155346
- ISBN
- 9780299155346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
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Hardback. In Darkest James analyzes the reviewers' struggles with James's late fiction and the movement toward a competent critique of its impressionism. The reviewers frequently lacked the cultivation and training to deal with complex fiction. But the most perceptive reviewers found imaginative ways of treating James's impressionism. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJC; ACVT; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754535
- ISBN
- 9780838754535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.16
€ 136.16
Paperback. This volume considers the Russian writer Bulgakov's work, "The master and Margarita". It discusses the work in the context of the writer's oeuvre as well as its place within the Russian literary tradition. It also discusses existing translations and textual problems in the original Russian version. Editor(s): Weeks, Laura. Series: NWP/AATSEEL Critical Companions to Russian Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, maps. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810112124
- ISBN
- 9780810112124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.40
€ 24.99
€ 21.40
Herman Melville was already considered to be a successful author when he wrote "Moby-Dick" in just under two years. This book offers commentary on the canvas of symbols, themes, and subjects presented in this novel, as well as an introduction, a chronology, a bibliography, and an index. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Num Pages: 256 pages, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791093634
- ISBN
- 9780791093634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 48.83
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Research & Education Association,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878910311
- ISBN
- 9780878910311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.66
€ 10.66
Hardcover. A study of how Nanga Parbat, the ninth-highest peak on earth, became the German "mountain of the mind." Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FKAH; 2ACG; 3JJ; DSBH; JFC; WSZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139580
- ISBN
- 9781571139580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.19
€ 117.19
Hardback. This series provides comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world's most important literary masterpieces. Nobel Prize-winner John Steinbeck's dramatic tale follows two migrant workers pursuing their dream of one day owning their own land. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Bloom's Guides. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791085813
- ISBN
- 9780791085813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.51
€ 40.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. A volume which introduces this well-known work of Russian literature to students, teachers and other interested readers. Editor(s): Klimoff, Alexis. Series: NWP/AATSEEL Critical Companions to Russian Literature. Num Pages: 180 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810112148
- ISBN
- 9780810112148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.43
€ 33.99
€ 28.43
Hardback. Editor(s): Beer, John. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333400128
- ISBN
- 9780333400128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.81
€ 185.81
Paperback. This volume offers a selection of important contemporary criticism on two of Jane Austen's most popular and widely-studied novels, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. The volume includes recent essays from Alastair Duckworth, Marilyn Butler, D.A. Miller, Isobel Armstrong and Karen Newman. Editor(s): Clark, Robert. Series: New Casebooks. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Edition
- 1994th Edition
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333550175
- ISBN
- 9780333550175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 23.85
€ 40.99
€ 23.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761821458
- ISBN
- 9780761821458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.55
€ 124.55
Paperback. Makes the case that Sir Gawain and the "Green Knight", one of the canonical works of medieval English literature, should be recognized as a response to King Edward III's foundation in 1349 of the chivalric Order of the Garter. This book is of interest to medievalist historians as well as literary scholars. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268031763
- ISBN
- 9780268031763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 41.86
€ 47.99
€ 41.86
paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 645.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780801485480
- ISBN
- 9780801485480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.51
€ 36.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. "That's Raven Talk": Holophrastic Readings of Contemporary Indigenous Literatures is the first comprehensive study of North American Indigenous language as the basis of textualized orality in Indigenous literatures in English. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889772335
- ISBN
- 9780889772335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.47
€ 33.99
€ 28.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403966261
- ISBN
- 9781403966261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.86
€ 64.86
Based on the "The Canterbury Tales", this work features an introduction by master scholar Harold Bloom, a chronology detailing Chaucer's life, a bibliography, and an index. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Modern Critical Interpretations S. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791096185
- ISBN
- 9780791096185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.77
€ 52.99
€ 44.77