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Paperback. "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; BGH; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd Dublin
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220095
- ISBN
- 9781843510178
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
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
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0306238
- ISBN
- 9780199278978
€ 225.00
€ 225.00
Hardcover. This volume is an analysis of the development of female heroic subjectivity in relation to an essentially male quest for individuation, the Romantic myth of Faust. It examines the female Faust figure in the realist novels of Stendhal, Gauthier, Keller, James and Morgner. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. . An excellent, clean copy
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- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press University Park
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRS0018887
- ISBN
- 9780271007595
€ 5.28
€ 5.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 52 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 5. Weight in Grams: 68. 45pp
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- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Salmon Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KHS1029986
- ISBN
- 9781903392041
€ 6.02
€ 6.02
Paperback. This work is part of the "Continuum Contemporaries" series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains a biography of the novelist and a full-length study of the novel. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. Num Pages: 84 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 189 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108. An excellent, clean copy
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- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Continuum New York
- Number of pages
- 84
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRS0018484
- ISBN
- 9780826452337
€ 5.28
€ 5.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 460 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658. "Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, c1994. Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-442) and index. Commissioning organisation: David Laskin. 460 p., [16] p. of plates ill., port.s 24 cm. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: "Subjects - Biography - Artists, Architects & Photographers - Artists,Subjects - Biography - Artists, Architects & Photographers - General,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - G"
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- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Number of pages
- 460
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st UPNE Pbk. Ed
- SKU
- KEX0161236
- ISBN
- 9780874517644
€ 5.92
€ 5.92
Hardcover. Series: Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography. Num Pages: 864 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 1361. An excellent, clean copy
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- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- illustrated Edition
- SKU
- KRS0018719
- ISBN
- 9780822935025
€ 10.38
€ 10.38
Paperback. As early nationalist writers wrestled with the question, they proved how hard a question it is to answer and how great are the dangers in scripting its answers too easily. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KRS0017712
- ISBN
- 9780801865381
€ 5.28
€ 5.28
Paperback. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Continuum New York
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRS0019041
- ISBN
- 9780826453280
€ 5.28
€ 5.28
Hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press University Park, Pennsylvania
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First
- SKU
- KRS0017759
- ISBN
- 9780271008455
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers Oxford
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KRS0018700
- ISBN
- 9780854969098
€ 13.76
€ 13.76
Paperback. This critical study re-evaluates the place and importance of Civil War fiction in American literary history. It contains a collection of essays written by novelists and scholars of the Civil War, that examine 14 works considered classics of Civil War fiction published before 1950. Editor(s): Madden, David; Bach, Peggy. Series: Civil War fiction. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; FC; FJM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- SKU
- KRS0018612
- ISBN
- 9780817310929
€ 5.82
€ 5.82
Paperback. The author reveals that the hysterical female character of the 19th-century novel is more than just a literary "femme fatale", and contends, using readings from Balzac, Eliot and others, that these narratives are sources for understanding hysterical states of mind. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris London
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KRS0019043
- ISBN
- 9781860641879
€ 5.28
€ 5.28
Hardcover. James Joyce's final novel was "Finnegans Wake", to which he devoted seventeen years. This title proposes that the "Wake" has at its core an age-old philosophical question, "What makes a life worth living?", and that Joyce explores that question from the perspective of someone who feels that a long life is now ending. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KSG0016047
- ISBN
- 9780195321029
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; HBTB; JHBD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 9. Weight in Grams: 263. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University Press of New England Hanover
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- SKU
- KRS0018329
- ISBN
- 9780874517699
€ 7.76
€ 7.76
Hardcover. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) has been acknowledged by writers as diverse as Harold Bloom, Adrienne Rich and R.S. Thomas as one of the central poets of the 20th century. Justin Quinn offers a fundamental reassessment of Stevens's work and the connections it makes between nature, community and art. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408. Stevens
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- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KST0006003
- ISBN
- 9781900621663
€ 16.58
€ 16.58
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Carlton Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- 9781847329431
- ISBN
- 9781847329431
€ 7.07
€ 7.07
Paperback. Popular biography of C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), the Oxford academic who wrote THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE Num Pages: 272 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210. Keywords: C. S. Lewis. 268pp
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KNW0006411
- ISBN
- 9780349120683
€ 5.28
€ 5.28
Hardcover. This work explores Dr Johnson's relationships with six remarkable and successful female authors: Elizabeth Carter; Hannah More; Charlotte Lennox; Hester Thrale; Fanney Burney; and Elizabeth Montagu. These women's characters and achievements are also chronicled. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 239 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Hambledon and London London
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KRS0019113
- ISBN
- 9781852852542
€ 5.28
€ 5.28
Paperback. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KST0019959
- ISBN
- 9780826453198
€ 4.64
€ 4.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280. Signed by author. First edition
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- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KOC0003340
- ISBN
- 9781904301400
€ 36.00
€ 36.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 386. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0236781
- ISBN
- 9780801488863
€ 16.14
€ 16.14
Paperback. Editor(s): Lojek, Helen. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AS; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336. Frank McGuinness
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Carysfort Press Dublin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KMR0003295
- ISBN
- 9781904505013
€ 20.00€ 15.92
€ 20.00
€ 15.92
Paperback. An incisively argued collection of essays which sets out to look afresh at the landscape of Irish poetry in the 1930's. Editor(s): Coughlan, Patricia; Davis, Alex. Series: Poetry/literary criticism. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- SKU
- KCBK000301
- ISBN
- 9781859180617
€ 10.00
€ 10.00