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Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641706
- ISBN
- 9780691641706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.73€ 63.00
€ 81.73
€ 63.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138677258
- ISBN
- 9781138677258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.48
€ 14.48
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 295
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472998
- ISBN
- 9781611472998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.02€ 16.58
€ 101.02
€ 16.58
Paperback. Metafact: Essayistic Science in Eighteenth-Century France Series: North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3J; DSBD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228107
- ISBN
- 9780807892824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Editor(s): Knoppers, Laura Lunger. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Duquesne University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820704418
- ISBN
- 9780820704418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.45€ 60.24
€ 71.45
€ 60.24
Hardback. It examines the literary origins of Latin elegy, highlights the poets' key themes and traces their reception by later writers and readers. Introducing the chief Latin elegists, as well as these poets' main sources of inspiration, the book shows that love elegy is the defining genre of Roman poetry. Series: Understanding Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780761909
- ISBN
- 9781780761909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.21
€ 74.21
Hardcover. Ofers a vital new interpretation of modernist literature through an examination of James Joyce's employment of Scottish literature and philosophy, as well as a commentary on his portrayal of shared Irish and Scottish histories and cultures. Barlow also offers an innovative look at the strong influences that Joyce's predecessors had on his work. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 629.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268101015
- ISBN
- 9780268101015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.55
€ 57.55
Hardback. This book explores the idea that modern, Western secular cultures have retained a belief in the concept of Hell as an event or experience of endless or unjust suffering.The wide range of texts discussed, include Primo Levi, W.G. Sebald, and Alasdair Gray. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617630
- ISBN
- 9780748617630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.61
€ 112.61
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107085206
- ISBN
- 9781107085206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.51
€ 90.51
Hardcover. Focusses on a major revaluation of experimental poetry's social function in the US. The author explores the direct and practical relationships avant garde poets have had with power politics, social organization and cultural movements. It provides detailed readings of major poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748682850
- ISBN
- 9780748682850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.08
€ 96.08
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
€ 101.55
€ 101.55
Paperback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 296 pages, 27 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADP; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168434
- ISBN
- 9780231168434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
€ 32.99
€ 23.94
Paperback. A guide to Chaucer's poem "The Canterbury Tales" which introduces readers to Chaucer's life and times and reconsiders both the impact and the context of its inception. It details Chaucer's cultural and literary world, as well as reviews the publishing history of the Tales. Series: A Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826489364
- ISBN
- 9780826489364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.49
€ 25.49
Paperback. A monograph on Jack Spicer's work. It examines Spicer's post-Poundian translation projects; his crucial theories of the 'serial poem' and inspiration as 'dictation'; his contrarian take on queer poetics; his insistently uncanny regionalism; and his elaboration of an epistolary poetics of interpellation and address. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322. 256 pages. A monograph on Jack Spicer's work. It examines Spicer's post-Poundian translation projects; his crucial theories of the 'serial poem' and inspiration as 'dictation'; his contrarian take on queer poetics; his insistently uncanny regionalism; and his elaboration of an epistolary poetics of interpellation and address. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Dimension: 166 x 234 x 11. Weight: 322.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748645497
- ISBN
- 9780748645497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.02
€ 35.02
Paperback. Three of Federico Garcia Lorca's most famous plays in a single volume, translated from the Spanish and introduced by one of Scotland's finest playwrights, Jo Clifford. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JJP; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848426320
- ISBN
- 9781848426320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.80
€ 16.99
€ 13.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Wall, Eamonn. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Arlen House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781851320516
- ISBN
- 9781851320516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498531016
- ISBN
- 9781498531016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.13€ 54.33
€ 85.13
€ 54.33
Paperback. Albert Camus is among the most significant French writers of the twentieth century. Opening with his impoverished childhood in Algiers, this biography presents the historical context, focusing on Camus' later agonising conflict between sympathy for the working class Algerians and for the French colonials with a stake in their adopted land. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AHA; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099749110
- ISBN
- 9780099749110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.07
€ 21.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. The "Shakespeare at Stratford" series discusses and analyzes the wide range of theatrical interpretation stimulated and provoked by the most frequently performed plays. The focus is on productions at Stratford-upon-Avon since 1945. Editor(s): Day, Gillian. Series: Shakespeare at Stratford Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 199 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Arden Shakespeare
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903436127
- ISBN
- 9781903436127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 41.72
€ 42.99
€ 41.72
Paperback. Introducing the dynamic study of a literary period stretching from 1900 to the Second World War, the book reflects the exciting mix of European avant-garde, writers of the Harlem Renaissance and regional voices within Britain. Three distinct sections explore the major concepts, themes and issues that characterise the literature. Series Editor(s): Coyle, Martin. Series: Palgrave Key Concepts: Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551190
- ISBN
- 9780230551190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.67
€ 35.99
€ 35.67
Hardback. An account of the handwritten pamphlet literature of early Stuart England that explains how contemporaries came to see events as political. Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History. Num Pages: 392 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107120723
- ISBN
- 9781107120723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.04
€ 122.04
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641321
- ISBN
- 9780748641321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.08
€ 96.08
Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 272 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231178563
- ISBN
- 9780231178563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.43€ 48.78
€ 62.43
€ 48.78
Hardback. Includes poems that illustrate the mingling of classical and vernacular traditions characteristic of the age of Lorenzo de' Medici. Translator(s): Chatfield, Mary P. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031487
- ISBN
- 9780674031487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.00€ 32.58
€ 34.00
€ 32.58