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Paperback. Explores the cosmological, moral and spiritual origins of man's existence. In this title, the author produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time, populated by a memorable gallery of grotesques. Editor(s): Leonard, John. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140424393
- ISBN
- 9780140424393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.48
€ 11.99
€ 9.48
Hardcover. A new and wide-ranging view of the confluence, since the 1990s, of the fields of contemporary literature and popular music in Germany. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 282 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JJPR; 3JM; AVGN; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139184
- ISBN
- 9781571139184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.89
€ 114.89
Paperback. Uncovers the connections between the Chicago school of sociology - exemplified by William Thomas, Robert Park and Robert Redfield - and the great Chicago novelists of the 1930s, Nelson Algren, Richard Wright and James T. Farrell, all of whom integrated sociological theories into their own work. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231081290
- ISBN
- 9780231081290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.82
€ 49.82
Paperback. Series: Student Guide Literary Series. Num Pages: 82 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075910
- ISBN
- 9781906075910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.17
€ 17.99
€ 16.17
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Kromer, Dietfried. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB; TBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vieweg+teubner Verlag United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663124481
- ISBN
- 9783663124481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.01
€ 48.01
Hardback. This stimulating and comprehensive study of A. S. Byatt's work spans virtually her entire career and offers insightful readings of all of Byatt's fictions up to and including The Children's Book (2009). The authors also consider her role as a critic, cultural commentator and public intellectual. Series Editor(s): Lea, Daniel. Series: Contemporary British Novelists. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719066528
- ISBN
- 9780719066528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.38
€ 152.38
Hardcover. By 1840, the epistolary novel was dead. Letters in Victorian fiction, however, were unmistakably alive. Postal Plots explores how Victorian postal reforms unleashed a new and sometimes unruly population into the Victorian literary marketplace where they threatened the definition and development of the Victorian literary professional. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137323798
- ISBN
- 9781137323798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Paperback. In Western culture, the separation of humans from nature has contributed to a schism between the conscious reason and the unconscious dreaming psyche, or internal human "nature." This book uses Jung's idea of the shadow to explore how this divorce results in alienation, projection, and often breakdown. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JMAF; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926568
- ISBN
- 9780813926568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.42
€ 36.42
Paperback. Robert C. Benchley's sketches and articles, published in periodicals like "Life", "Vanity Fair" and "The New Yorker", earned him a reputation as one of the sharpest humourists of his time. This is a collection of pieces, selected by his son Nathaniel. Num Pages: 346 pages, 48 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; WH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042183
- ISBN
- 9780226042183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.98
€ 25.99
€ 16.98
paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252064593
- ISBN
- 9780252064593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.65
€ 26.99
€ 24.65
Hardback. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403941084
- ISBN
- 9781403941084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardback. One of the most controversial novels of the twentieth century, Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" is renowned for its innovative style and notorious for its subject matter and influence on popular culture. This book guides readers through the intricacies of Nabokov's work and helps them achieve an understanding of his rich artistic design. Series: Studies in Slavic and Russian Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843659
- ISBN
- 9781934843659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.11
€ 129.11
Paperback. Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated on 24 March 1980 while celebrating the Eucharist. In these powerful and moving selections from his broadcast talks Romero invites us each day to move into the 'intimate space' of our conscience, to encounter ourselves there, and then to go out to create a more just world. BIC Classification: DN; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780232526950
- ISBN
- 9780232526950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.17
€ 15.99
€ 13.17
Hardcover. New translation of the thirteenth century account of the life and achievements of the tenth century Castillian leader Fernan Gonzalez and historical study of his life and of the historical background to the poem. Translator(s): Such, Peter; Rabone, Richard. Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics. Num Pages: b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3F; DCF; DSBB; DSC; HBJD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 29. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910572009
- ISBN
- 9781910572009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.83
€ 137.83
Hardcover. This title covers the three main stages of Mary Shelley's extraordinary life: her childhood as daughter of two of the best known radical writers of their age; the travels, losses, tensions and creative achievement of her time with Percy Bysshe Shelley from 1814; her widowhood and her later works. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333770504
- ISBN
- 9780333770504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.16
€ 122.16
Paperback. In Fannie + Freddie/The Sentimentality of Post-9/11 Pornography, Amy Sara Carroll 'undocuments' the quotidian's shades of gray/grey, the contingencies of post-Fordist relationality in the pre-Occupy window of time between September 11, 2001 and the 2008 Great Recession. Series: Poets Out Loud. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823250912
- ISBN
- 9780823250912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.68
€ 33.68
Paperback. In The Experience of a Slave in South Carolina, escaped slave John Andrew Jackson seeks to educate his readers on the horrors of slavery. He spares no details in relating the murder of his sister, the separation of his family, and his own frequent whippings at the hands of a "Christian" master and mistress. Num Pages: 60 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JH; DSB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 77.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807869550
- ISBN
- 9780807869550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.23
€ 22.23
Paperback. Presents three related poem sequences - "Shipwreck in Haven," "Falling in Love through a Description," and "The Plummet of Vitruvius" - in a virtuosic poetic triptych. This title features poems that are at once metaphysical and personal. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258785
- ISBN
- 9780520258785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.95
€ 27.99
€ 20.95
Paperback. "Random Destinations" links social and political history with literature in its analysis of the ways in which novels and short stories portray the subsequent lives and problems of those who managed to leave Central Europe in the 1930s following the rise of Nazism. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBL; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349531455
- ISBN
- 9781349531455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.96
€ 73.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349083855
- ISBN
- 9781349083855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.63
€ 57.63
Hardcover. * A broad introduction to the field of Colonial American literatures. * Situates the writing of this period in its various historical and cultural contexts, including colonialism, imperialism, diaspora, and nation formation. * Brings out the comparative and transatlantic nature of the writing of this period. Editor(s): Castillo, Susan; Schweitzer, Ivy. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 624 pages, 25. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 187 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405112918
- ISBN
- 9781405112918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.45
€ 214.45
Hardback. Examines the impact of the 19th century "occult revival" on the history and literature of the Victorian women's movement. It explores the Victorian myth of occult womanhood and argues that the notion of female occult power was influenced by the advent of mesmerism, spiritualism and theosophy. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; HRQX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333482025
- ISBN
- 9780333482025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.47
€ 186.47
Hardback. Collects essays by contemporary North American romance authors, each with her own 'take' on the romance novel today. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836044
- ISBN
- 9780810836044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.51
€ 131.51
Paperback. Malmstad has chosen materials drawn from the extraordinary Russian Literature collection assembled at the Houghton Library in a 1987 exhibition. Some eighty items were chosen, including books, letters and manuscripts that illuminated Puskin's life, career and the world influences and rivals that shaped Russia's important literary voice. Num Pages: 108 pages, 27halftones, 26line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AGR; AGC; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 217. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780974396378
- ISBN
- 9780974396378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.07
€ 34.99
€ 29.07