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Paperback. African American literature is over. With this provocative claim, the author sets out to identify a distinctly African American literature - and to change the terms with which we discuss it. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066298
- ISBN
- 9780674066298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.07
€ 35.99
€ 30.07
Hardback. Shows how W H Auden can speak to us throughout life, suggesting how, despite difficulties and change, we can celebrate understanding, acceptance, and love for others. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 123 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144733
- ISBN
- 9780691144733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.07
€ 26.99
€ 20.07
Hardback. The art and craft of playwriting as explored in candid conversations with some of the most important contemporary dramatists Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300211443
- ISBN
- 9780300211443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.19
€ 30.99
€ 22.19
Paperback. Most widely known as the controversial OFSTED Chief, Chris Woodhead held forthright views that turned up the volume of the national education debate. As journalism, education is at the core of this book, but it also reflects his passions for literature and climbing, and concludes with his courageous thoughts on assisted dying. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JHBZ; JNL; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The University of Buckingham Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908684820
- ISBN
- 9781908684820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.87
€ 19.99
€ 15.87
Paperback. From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244. Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved. 352 pages. From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight: 244.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408831694
- ISBN
- 9781408831694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.92
€ 17.99
€ 13.92
Paperback. A unique book, from the incomparable Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Among Others, Jo Walton: What Makes This Book So Great: Re-Reading the Classics of Fantasy and SF is a collection of brilliant reassessments of the classics - and the forgotten gems - of modern fantasy and SF. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472111616
- ISBN
- 9781472111616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.29
€ 20.29
Paperback. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue. The novel traces the course of her education and ends with the death of her childhood. It is one of James's finest studies of lost innocence. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538591
- ISBN
- 9780199538591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.94
€ 9.99
€ 8.94
Paperback. Probes the uses and abuses of world literature in a changing world. This book looks at the ways works change as they move from national to global contexts. It argues that world literature is work that gains in translation. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049861
- ISBN
- 9780691049861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.95
€ 51.99
€ 36.95
Paperback. This work argues that pastoral is based upon a fundamental fiction - that the lives of shepherds or other socially humble figures represent the lives of human beings in general. It explores texts ranging from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Hardy and Frost. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226015170
- ISBN
- 9780226015170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.28
€ 31.99
€ 25.28
Paperback. In What is Literature? sartre the novelist and Sartre the philosopher combine to address the phenomenon of literature, exploring why we read, and why we write. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 194 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415254045
- ISBN
- 9780415254045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.37
€ 20.37
Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474265096
- ISBN
- 9781474265096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.16
€ 24.99
€ 22.16
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452970
- ISBN
- 9780801452970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.98
€ 49.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845888336
- ISBN
- 9781845888336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 16.46
€ 20.00
€ 16.46
Welles, Kurosawa, Kozintsev, Zeffirelli: Great Shakespeareans: Volume ...
Professor Mark Thornton Burnett
Hardback. Series: Great Shakespeareans. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFB; DSBD; DSGS; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441150721
- ISBN
- 9781441150721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.76€ 173.58
€ 196.76
€ 173.58
Hardcover. In the same way that the pattern-driven covers of the Penguin Classics seduced design bloggers and literature lovers, these portraits of the greatest female characters will spark a nostalgic need-to-buy reaction for readers. Num Pages: 112 pages, 50 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFCC; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 8.2.2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452114156
- ISBN
- 9781452114156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.96
€ 20.99
€ 20.96
Paperback. Abandoning Heidegger's pious references to Holderlin and the Greeks, Harman develops a new philosophical mythology centered in such Lovecraftian figures as Cthulhu, Wilbur Whately, and the rat-like monstrosity Brown Jenkin. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780992525
- ISBN
- 9781780992525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.16
€ 19.99
€ 18.16
Hardback. A substantial essay explores the complex early publication history of the novel Weir of Hermiston on both sides of the Atlantic, and exceptionally full explanatory notes and other background information are provided. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: New Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474405256
- ISBN
- 9781474405256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.95€ 105.07
€ 109.95
€ 105.07
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- NIPPOD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472568359
- ISBN
- 9781472568359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.70
€ 49.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171241
- ISBN
- 9780691171241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; CJCR; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 187 x 21. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415677479
- ISBN
- 9780415677479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.16
€ 52.16
Paperback. Traces the experiences and encounters of the author's life. This title recalls his time in the British Secret Service in Africa, and his brief involvement in Hollywood. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099282594
- ISBN
- 9780099282594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Hardback. A critical edition of Scott's first novel about Edward Waverley, a young, cultured man whose sensibilities lead to his involvement in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Editor(s): Garside, Peter. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 608 pages, None. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605675
- ISBN
- 9780748605675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.43
€ 178.43
Hardcover. This book introduces new research about the history of attention--in politics, medicine, science, philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, and the rhetoric of war--to reframe British Romantic poetry as proposing and eliciting alternative modes of watchfulness, attention, and neglect. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804796958
- ISBN
- 9780804796958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.57
€ 80.57
Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474277396
- ISBN
- 9781474277396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.18
€ 15.99
€ 15.18