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Paperback. A comprehensive guide to Dante's life and literature, with an emphasis on his Commedia. This text looks at the influences that shaped Dante's writing, and the reception of his work by later readers, from the 14th century to the present. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228530
- ISBN
- 9780631228530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.83
€ 63.83
Paperback. The text of Middlemarch is that of the 1874 edition, the last corrected by the author. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 688 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393974522
- ISBN
- 9780393974522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.14
€ 15.99
€ 15.14
Hardback. An analysis of popular responses to certain key historical events and works of American literature, arguing that these responses were at odds with liberal views being expressed by leading politicians of the day. Events covered include, the Salem witchcraft trials, the Great Awakening, and the works of writers like Burroughs, Cooper, and Emerson. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730969
- ISBN
- 9780804730969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.24
€ 122.24
Paperback. Features letters that are addressed, with just two exceptions, to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom the author was married. This book became an instant bestseller on its publication in 1998 and won the Forward Prize for Poetry in the same year. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 214 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KSS0006225
- ISBN
- 9780571194735
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Gabbin sketches Brown's life, drawing on personal interviews, and examines his achievements as a poet, critic and cultural commentator. She analyzes the formal and thematic qualities of his poetry, revealing his adaptation of song forms, especially the blues. Num Pages: 264 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Charlottesville
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915319
- ISBN
- 9780813915319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.40
€ 46.40
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSC; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633480
- ISBN
- 9780691633480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.29
€ 173.29
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universit?tsverlag United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824444182
- ISBN
- 9783824444182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.17
€ 74.17
Hardback. This book offers a selection of papers on Russian literature of the Soviet period. The papers range from studies of the experimental prose and drama of the 1920s and 1930s to examinations of some young writers of the Gorbachev era, and of the way that Stalin and Stalinism are now being represented. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333557327
- ISBN
- 9780333557327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.32
€ 122.32
paperback. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Jane Austen. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138084445
- ISBN
- 9781138084445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Paperback. Presents the story of the year - 1875 to 1876 - when the young novelist Henry James moved to Paris, drawn by his literary idols living at the center of the early modern movement in art. This narrative combines biography and criticism and uses James' writings to tell the story from his point of view. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138428
- ISBN
- 9780691138428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Hardcover. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; DSC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403976444
- ISBN
- 9781403976444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardcover. Adding nuance to a global debate, esteemed scholars from Europe and North and Latin America portray the attempts in Chicano literature to provide answers to the environmental crisis. Diverse ecocritical perspectives add new meaning to the novels, short stories, drama, poetry, films, and documentaries analyzed in this timely and engaged collection. Editor(s): Martin-Junquera, Imelda. Num Pages: 249 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 2AB; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293602
- ISBN
- 9781137293602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Paperback. The autobiographical novel and final work of one of the Communist Party's youngest, most popular, and most intellectual members is both an astonishing personal testament and a panoramic view of Russia on the eve of a revolution that transformed the twentieth century. Translator(s): Shriver, George H. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 photos. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1F; 2AGR; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231107310
- ISBN
- 9780231107310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.68
€ 56.68
Paperback. Irish writing in the modernist era is often regarded as a largely rural affair, engaging with the city in fleeting, often disparaging ways, with Joyce cast as a defiant exception. This book shows how an urban modernist tradition, responsive to the particular political, social, and cultural conditions of Dublin, emerged in Ireland at this time. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; RP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349478224
- ISBN
- 9781349478224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.54
€ 63.54
hardcover. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- SKU
- V9781403976710
- ISBN
- 9781403976710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Hardback. Quitslund argues that Spenser sought authority for his poem by grounding its narrative in a divinely ordained natural order, intelligible in terms derived from the ancient sources of poetry and philosophy. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 695.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802035059
- ISBN
- 9780802035059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.65
€ 99.65
hardcover. Traditional accounts of Romantic and nineteenth-century poetry, have depicted John Clare as a peripheral figure, an 'original genius' whose talents set him apart from the mainstream of contemporary literary culture. This study offers an account of his poems which relate to the literary culture of his day. Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846311635
- ISBN
- 9781846311635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.27
€ 138.27
Paperback. This is a reassessment which uses and develops recent theories about the relationship between writing and historical experience, language and social change, to draw a detailed portrait of the place and times William Faulkner inhabited. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 489 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 489
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203162
- ISBN
- 9780631203162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.39
€ 58.39
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135780
- ISBN
- 9781571135780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.89
€ 114.89
paperback. "We Heal From Memory" shows how poetry allows us to witness to and heal from traumatic histories, both individual and collective. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; JFC; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349629831
- ISBN
- 9781349629831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. Editor(s): Ackerman, Alan L.; Puchner, Martin. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403944917
- ISBN
- 9781403944917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Paperback. This fascinating book, now available in paperback, examines Robert Louis Stevenson's writings -- including key works such as including Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Treasure Island - in the context of late-Victorian evolutionist thought, arguing that an interest in 'primitive' life is at the heart of his work. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; HB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2006 ed.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230323
- ISBN
- 9780230230323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.54
€ 63.54
Paperback. This is a study of the local and global networks which affected the publication, promotion, and reception of a series of key 'South African' writers and their works between 1883 and 2005 (Olive Schreiner, Roy Campbell, William Plomer, Alan Paton, Alex La Guma, J.M. Coetzee, Zakes Mda), and asking why their work was construed as 'South Africa' Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, colour|Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085659
- ISBN
- 9780719085659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.55
€ 33.55
Paperback. This volume completes this distinguished edition of Metamorphoses . This volume completes Donald Hills distinguished edition to the Metamorphoses. Of the pevious volume it was said: It is all we could hope for, with excellent translation, fuller understanding from the notes and an extensive bibliography. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 256 pages, text, translation, commentary, indexes. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856687334
- ISBN
- 9780856687334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.34
€ 33.99
€ 30.34