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Paperback. This collaborative collection considers the packaging, presentation and consumption of medieval manuscripts and early printed books in Europe, 1350-1550. Editor(s): Cayley, Emma; Powell, Susan. Series: Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBLC; HBTK; KNTR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382691
- ISBN
- 9781781382691
€ 33.59
€ 33.59
Paperback. The Lives of the Poets is one of the greatest works of English criticism, but also one of the most diverting. This is the only one-volume paperback edition to make available Johnson's most substantial Lives in unabridged form. Texts are drawn from Roger Lonsdale's authoritative complete edition, and introduced by John Mullan. Editor(s): Lonsdale, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199226740
- ISBN
- 9780199226740
€ 16.99€ 13.61
€ 16.99
€ 13.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Boswell, Marshall. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628924534
- ISBN
- 9781628924534
€ 28.40
€ 28.40
Paperback. Series: Anglo-Amerikanische Studien - Anglo-American Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783631558621
- ISBN
- 9783631558621
€ 53.99€ 51.03
€ 53.99
€ 51.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 217 x 2. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231179690
- ISBN
- 9780231179690
€ 29.99€ 25.92
€ 29.99
€ 25.92
Hardcover. Alternating between vignettes of John Banville's own past, and present-day historical explorations of the city, Time Pieces is a vivid evocation of childhood and memory, that 'bright abyss' in which 'time's alchemy works'. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; DSK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 734. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper.First edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- SKU
- KEX0303340
- ISBN
- 9781473619043
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Hardcover. Celebrated American literary critic Harold Bloom turns his attention to the writers of his own national literary tradition, from Walt Whitman and Herman Melville to William Faulkner and Hart Crane. The distillation of a lifetime of criticism, it is one of Bloom's most profoundly personal books to date. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 159 x 47. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198753599
- ISBN
- 9780198753599
€ 29.99€ 21.48
€ 29.99
€ 21.48
The Selected Letters of Tennessee Williams: 1945-57: v. 2 (Volume II)
Williams, Tennessee. Ed(s): Devlin, Albert J....
Paperback. Extends the record of Williams' correspondence through the most successful and intensely creative period of his life. Featuring letters to Elia Kazan, Carson McCullers and Gore Vidal among others, the Broadway and Hollywood successes of America's premier dramatist are contrasted with a string of personal losses and a deepening depression. Editor(s): Devlin, Albert J. (Professor of English, University of Missouri, USA); Tischler, Nancy M. Num Pages: 662 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 662
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840022278
- ISBN
- 9781840022278
€ 28.34
€ 28.34
Paperback. This collection of essays examines core authors and texts. Written by scholars from a range of Irish third-level institutions, these essays provide introductions to less familiar authors and open up critical readings of established texts. Editor(s): Kelleher, Margaret. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4PCR; CF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KTJ0049811
- ISBN
- 9781901866469
€ 7.50
€ 7.50
Paperback. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 278 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. 278 pages, Ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 16. Weight: 410.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096287
- ISBN
- 9780231096287
€ 38.99€ 33.85
€ 38.99
€ 33.85
Paperback. Features translations of "The Woman From Andros"; "The Mandrake"; and "Clizia", a work inspired by Plautus' "Casin". This work explores English plays whose racy vernacular language, subtle characterisation, and innovative dramatic construction preceded Shakespeare's establishment of English-speaking theatrical comedy by more than a half century. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209015
- ISBN
- 9780872209015
€ 24.99€ 23.15
€ 24.99
€ 23.15
Hardcover. One of our most acclaimed translators of Chinese drama and a specialist of Ming period literature translates one of the greatest Chinese tragedies of the first half of the seventeenth century, available for the first time in English. Translator(s): Birch, Cyril. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227798
- ISBN
- 9780231121682
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Originally published in 1896, this book presents the text of the ninth and tenth books of Milton's Paradise Lost. Editor(s): Verity, A. W. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107695672
- ISBN
- 9781107695672
€ 30.47
€ 30.47
Hardcover. The main part of Polybius' history covers the years 264--146 BCE, describing the rise of Rome, her destruction of Carthage, and her eventual domination of the Greek world. For this edition, W. R. Paton's excellent translation has been thoroughly revised, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996588
- ISBN
- 9780674996588
€ 25.99€ 25.93
€ 25.99
€ 25.93
Paperback. Editor(s): Maunder, Eliot (North London Collegiate School, UK). Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 4KL; DB; DSBB; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474266062
- ISBN
- 9781474266062
€ 17.21
€ 17.21
Paperback. A volume that introduces new areas of critical thinking which go beyond the standard 'isms': Literary Reading in a Digital Age; Critical Making in the Digital Humanities; Thing Theory; Memory Work and Criticism; Body, Objects, Technology; Criticism and 'The Animal'; and, Multimodality and Linguistic Approaches to Literary Study. Editor(s): Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699643
- ISBN
- 9780748699643
€ 32.99€ 28.03
€ 32.99
€ 28.03
Hardcover. Includes poetry from every period in life, dealing with all the topics closest to author's heart: love, death, old age, ambition, the poet's craft, and of the history and destiny of Ireland. Num Pages: 870 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 136 x 45. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Number of pages
- 870
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151039
- ISBN
- 9781857151039
€ 23.99€ 17.81
€ 23.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. This is an amazing book, a major achievement in the field of women's studies."-Renaissance Quarterly, reviewing Women's Writing in Italy, 1400-1650 Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408880
- ISBN
- 9781421408880
€ 32.99€ 28.96
€ 32.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623569310
- ISBN
- 9781623569310
€ 28.24
€ 28.24
Paperback. Samuel Beckett is a funny writer. He is also an author whose work is taken to respond ethically to the unspeakable seriousness of the post Holocaust situation. This title features readings of the comedy found in Beckett's fiction, drama and critical writings. It also provides an introduction to the theoretical debates. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474401401
- ISBN
- 9781474401401
€ 24.90
€ 24.90
Paperback. Shows, through close readings of three major novelists, how Modernist fiction developed new ways of expressing thought. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441140562
- ISBN
- 9781441140562
€ 28.24
€ 28.24
Paperback. Aristocrat, literary celebrity, 'Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new biography. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007486984
- ISBN
- 9780007486984
€ 14.99€ 12.10
€ 14.99
€ 12.10
Paperback. Editor(s): Logan, Professor Robert A. Series: Arden Early Modern Drama Guides. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308. A Critical Reader. Series: Arden Early Modern Drama Guides. 288 pages. Editor(s): Logan, Robert A. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 17. Weight: 304.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441110794
- ISBN
- 9781441110794
€ 26.24
€ 26.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; BGH; DSBH; DSK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408831236
- ISBN
- 9781408831236
€ 10.99€ 10.71
€ 10.99
€ 10.71