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hardcover. The most authoritative edition of the tales published as 'Twixt Land and Sea in 1912. Editor(s): Berthoud, J.A.; Davis, Laura L.; Reid, S.W. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad. Num Pages: 688 pages, 22 b/w illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 40. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521871266
- ISBN
- 9780521871266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.12
€ 127.12
Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Literature. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474400657
- ISBN
- 9781474400657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.92€ 192.73
€ 204.92
€ 192.73
Hardcover. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 713.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540005865
- ISBN
- 9783540005865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.59
€ 76.59
Hardback. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474418973
- ISBN
- 9781474418973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.39€ 99.72
€ 105.39
€ 99.72
Paperback. The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism. Editor(s): Jones, Eldred Durosimi. Series: African Literature Today. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011190
- ISBN
- 9781847011190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.35
€ 26.99
€ 26.35
Hardback. A groundbreaking theory of materialism which reconsiders the role of stuff, the small objects that clutter our lives, as they crowd the pages of modern literature. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPJ; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623562687
- ISBN
- 9781623562687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.24€ 98.71
€ 111.24
€ 98.71
Hardback. In 20th Century Britain, the literary landscape underwent a fundamental change. Aspiring authors included factory workers writing amid chaotic home lives, and married women joining writers' clubs in search of creative outlet. This work reveals the extraordinary history of 'ordinary' voices and reconstructs the literary culture of a democratic age. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021778
- ISBN
- 9780674021778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.29
€ 35.99
€ 30.29
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691616902
- ISBN
- 9780691616902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.40€ 50.27
€ 64.40
€ 50.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349507399
- ISBN
- 9781349507399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardback. This ground-breaking study is the first to consider Spanish Golden Age comedias as an archive of moral knowledge. Num Pages: 476 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 275 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 476
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644588
- ISBN
- 9781442644588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.70
€ 99.70
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319406787
- ISBN
- 9783319406787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.58
€ 111.58
Hardback. This collection of 14 essays asks how Georges Perec has continued to influence of Media and Communication at us after his death. Swinburne University ofTechnology. What do Perec's descriptions of the minutiae of everyday life reveal about our use of information and communications technologies?. Editor(s): Wilken, Rowan; Clemens, Justin. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; HPN; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474401241
- ISBN
- 9781474401241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.39€ 99.72
€ 105.39
€ 99.72
Hardcover. Adopts a double approach to the poetry composed between the end of the 1st Century BC and the 3rd Century AD. This book examines extant material from this period synchronically with some poems attached to authors and some not. It argues that this was 'one poetry,' created from a shared poetic repertoire and compositional practices. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021365
- ISBN
- 9780674021365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.34
€ 54.99
€ 45.34
Hardcover. A study and edition of one of the most ignored works of early Spanish literature because of its strong sexual content, this work examines the social ideology that conditioned the reactions of people to the events it describes as well as Fernando de Rojas's masterpiece, Celestina. Num Pages: 616 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 257 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662896
- ISBN
- 9781855662896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.01
€ 118.01
Hardback. Both comical and horrific, 'The Three Perils of Woman' is essentially a combination of two stories on similar themes. One is set in the Highlands following the Battle of Culloden and the other in Hogg's Edinburgh. Daring in its subject matter, the novel touches on such delicate topics as prostitution and venereal disease. Editor(s): Groves, Colin; Mack, Douglas S.; Hasler, Antony J. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 42. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748604777
- ISBN
- 9780748604777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.24€ 106.08
€ 111.24
€ 106.08
Hardcover. Traces Hemingway's critical fortunes over the ninety years of his prominence, telling us something about what we value in literature and why scholarly reputations rise and fall. Series: Literary Criticism in Perspective. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 30. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135919
- ISBN
- 9781571135919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.14
€ 118.14
Hardback. Mahmoud Baroud here conducts a detailed comparative textual analysis of 'Hayy Bin Yaqzan' and 'Robinson Crusoe', and concludes that Daniel Defoe was likely to have been deeply influenced by Ibn Tufayl's Arabic text. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848855526
- ISBN
- 9781848855526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.22€ 133.93
€ 152.22
€ 133.93
Hardback. Hemingway's last work published during his lifetime remains one of his most popular and best known. A man's symbolic quest to land the catch of a lifetime engages classic themes of the human struggle against nature as well as explores the intersection of expectation and desire. This title is filled with fresh essays about the book. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Num Pages: 256 pages, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604131475
- ISBN
- 9781604131475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 48.83
€ 52.63
€ 48.83
Hardcover. Staging a dialogue between Maryse Conde's novels and the field of postcolonial studies, this work argues that Conde enacts a strategy of "critical incorporations" in her fiction, imitating and transforming many of the prevailing narratives of postcolonial theory so as to explore their theoretical and conceptual limits. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927145
- ISBN
- 9780813927145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.72€ 54.83
€ 59.72
€ 54.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 559 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349232390
- ISBN
- 9781349232390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.34
€ 124.34
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441107787
- ISBN
- 9781441107787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.34
€ 45.99
€ 38.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664724
- ISBN
- 9781624664724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.34€ 39.77
€ 50.34
€ 39.77
Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788377845950
- ISBN
- 9788377845950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.62
€ 21.99
€ 17.62
hardcover. This book is the first and only systematic, broad study of the history and character of American working-class literature. Editor(s): Coles, Nicholas; Lauter, Paul. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSR; GBC; JFSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107103382
- ISBN
- 9781107103382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.75
€ 117.75