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Literary studies: general

Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403976161
ISBN
9781403976161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69
€ 43.83

Paperback. The Tokugawa family ruled Japan from 1603 to 1867 keeping the island nation isolated from the rest of the world for more than 250 years. This book chronicles the period's literary output, providing the history of premodern Japanese literature. It presents various genres that arose, including haiku, Kabuki, and the prose of the merchant class. Num Pages: 606 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
606
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114677
ISBN
9780231114677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 35.07

Hardback. Contains 338 letters that document the first two years of the author's loving marriage to Olivia L Langdon. This title recounts a tumultuous time: a growing international fame, the birth of a sickly first child, and the near-fatal illness of his wife. Editor(s): Frank, Michael B.; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 850 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 57. Weight in Grams: 967.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
850
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203600
ISBN
9780520203600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.39
€ 90.42

Hardback. Romanticism and Revolution: A Reader presents an anthology of the key texts that both defined the debate over the French Revolution and influenced the Romantic authors. The anthology features an accessible and in-depth sampling of the major contributors to the 'Revolution debate' - from Price, Burke, and Paine to Wollstonecraft and Godwin. Editor(s): Mee, Jon; Fallon, David. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2AB; 3JF; DQ; DSB; HBJD; HBTV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444330434
ISBN
9781444330434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.43

Paperback. Starting with the history of apocalyptic tradition in the West and focusing on modern Japanese apocalyptic science fiction in manga, anime, and novels, Motoko Tanaka shows how science fiction reflected and coped with the devastation in Japanese national identity after 1945. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349476664
ISBN
9781349476664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Hardcover. Examining the ways in which hypochondria forms both a malady and a metaphor for a range of British Romantic writers, Grinnell contends that this is not one illness amongst many, but a disorder of the very ability to distinguish between illness and health, a malady of interpretation that mediates a broad spectrum of pressing cultural questions. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230231450
ISBN
9780230231450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 41.44

Paperback. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349379132
ISBN
9781349379132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Hardback. Seeks to understand why French literature of the period celebrated the very characters who were so persecuted in society at large. This book explores the relation between orthodoxy and deviance, authority and innovation, and will fascinate historians of ideas and literature as well as scholars of religion, critical theory, and philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226781693
ISBN
9780226781693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.45

Paperback. Editor(s): DeGregorio, Scott. Series: Medieval European Studies. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
West Virginia University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933202099
ISBN
9781933202099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.29

Paperback. A lively and provocative history of the great achievements of Irish poets from 1800 to the present day. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 256 pages. A lively and provocative history of the great achievements of Irish poets from 1800 to the present day. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521609258
ISBN
9780521609258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.16

Paperback. Was Thomas Hardy clinically depressed or just syphilitic? Was Egdon Heath imbued with melancholic vapours? And does this explain why many of his characters suffered from depression, took their own lives or developed homicidal tendencies? This book by arural GP explores these and many other medical issues in Hardy's life and works." Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349301041
ISBN
9781349301041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Includes Virgil's text of the Aeneid Books VII-IX and Conington's commentary on Books VII-IX; Conington's introduction to Books VII-XII. Editor(s): Conington, John. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Classic Editions. Num Pages: 278 pages, 2-colour covers. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9781904675259
ISBN
9781904675259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.37

Hardcover. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137578402
ISBN
9781137578402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.71
€ 47.31

Hardback. Features a contemporary poet who selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the authors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Editor(s): Farley, Paul. Series: Faber Nature Poets. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571328741
ISBN
9780571328741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Translator(s): Laatsch, David (Louisiana State University, USA). Num Pages: 259 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816637256
ISBN
9780816637256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.37

Paperback. The third volume in Soyinka's series of memoirs, the sequel to "Ake and Isara". In a mixture of fact and fiction - to protect the innocent and nail the guilty and shape an often intolerable reality - it tells of the coming of age of a writer and political activist; and of a nation's betrayal. Num Pages: 397 pages, 1 b&w line. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002011
ISBN
9780413744203
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A study of one of the most enduring mysteries in world theatre: the nature, structure and purpose of the first and no longer extant version of his most controversial play, Le Tartuffe. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085840
ISBN
9780719085840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319993
ISBN
9780822319993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691615073
ISBN
9780691615073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.18

Hardcover. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; MBGR; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400757479
ISBN
9789400757479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 37.16

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333600757
ISBN
9780333600757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.17

Paperback. Series: Cornell East Asia. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947662
ISBN
9781933947662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349616725
ISBN
9781349616725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Traces how our understanding of the causes of human behavior has changed radically over the course of European and American cultural history since 1830. This work examines the causal factors or motives for murder - ancestry, childhood, language, sexuality, emotion, mind, society, and ideology. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127682
ISBN
9780691127682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.36

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