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Hardcover. From Tennessee Williams and Carson McCullers to Arthur Kopit and Brian Friel, agent Audrey Wood encouraged and guided the unique talents of playwrights in the Broadway theatre of her day. Her quiet determination and burning enthusiasm brought America's finest mid-century playwrights to prominence and altered stage history. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; ANB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137270627
ISBN
9781137270627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.53
€ 45.20

Hardcover. The Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins was a practitioner of strict asceticism, and his commentators have often approved or disapproved of his rigorous self-discipline. This study uses Lacanian theories of sublimation and courtly love to reconfigure this rift in the field of Hopkins criticism. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919409
ISBN
9780813919409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.90

Hardcover. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403912824
ISBN
9781403912824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.41

Paperback. The poet went to hospital for a scan. By Magnetic Resonance Imaging it was possible for doctors to look through his skull and spine, into his brain and spinal cord. The author's poems emerge from his engagement with this experience and its aftermaths, and the readings it provides. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
94
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857549676
ISBN
9781857549676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.54

Hardcover. Editor(s): Joy, Eileen A.; Seaman, Myra J.; Bell, Kimberly; Ramsey, Mary K. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403973078
ISBN
9781403973078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Bantam Books
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553345902
ISBN
9780553345902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890650599
ISBN
9781890650599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.21

Hardback. An examination of drunkenness and the writer in the Romantic age. Areas of focus include: Wordsworth's poems and essays on the drunken career of Robert Burns; Charles Lamb's essays and letters; and Coleridge's drinking songs and essays about drunkenness. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; DSG; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333725214
ISBN
9780333725214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.81

Hardback. Close reading and analysis of ten major life stories, from Mohandas Gandhi and Black Elk to Dorothy Day, Malcolm X, and Rigoberta Menchu. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSB; HRAB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823219933
ISBN
9780823219933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.03

Paperback. Explores how older women in a rural town use literacy to shape their lives and community. Combining the elements of memoir with scholarly theory, this title describes the lives of the author's grandmother and other women in her hometown of Paxton, Nebraska. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DS; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803273658
ISBN
9780803273658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.71

Paperback. Chiara Matraini was a member of the great flowering of poetic imitators and innovators in the Italian literary heritage begun by Petrarch. She excelled in a number of literary genres - poetry, religious meditation, discourse, and dialogue. This book is a collection of her erotic love poetry and poems on spiritual salvation. Editor(s): Maclachlan, Elaine. Translator(s): Maclachlan, Elaine. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226510859
ISBN
9780226510859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.57

Paperback. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Viking
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003406
ISBN
9780670915941
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBJD1; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349524679
ISBN
9781349524679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.26

Paperback. Follows on the success of the Act French season of new theatre in New York, 2005. Editor(s): Wehle, Philippa. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
PAJ Publications,U.S. United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555540784
ISBN
9781555540784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349051915
ISBN
9781349051915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.51

Paperback. Some Annotation, Otherwise Clean
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Signet Classic
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KDK0014305
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118795354
ISBN
9781118795354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.96

Hardback. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333398371
ISBN
9780333398371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.29

Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Series: Interviews & conversations. Num Pages: 259 pages, Plans transparencies :Includes index. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810818477
ISBN
9780810818477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.02

hardcover. This work reshapes our understanding of contemporary Irish poetry and offers a new account of poetic form. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484. 245 pages. This work reshapes our understanding of contemporary Irish poetry and offers a new account of poetic form. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 161 x 228 x 22. Weight: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107018136
ISBN
9781107018136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.47

paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780887485503
ISBN
9780887485503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.99

Hardback. "A broad and deep analysis of Mary Magdalene's prominence through overlapping discourses of late medieval English culture.. An elegantly written and valuable resource on theater, gender, and religion."-Baylor Journal of Theater and Performance Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812238006
ISBN
9780812238006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.55

Arguing that the personally and culturally complex concepts of love and emotional intimacy offer a more useful perspective for understanding male-male relations of the eighteenth century than scholarship which focuses exclusively on sexual behavior, Haggerty examines several eighteenth -century archetypes of same-sex relations in which sensibility and sexuality emerge as interdependent. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; DSBD; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110426
ISBN
9780231110426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.60

Paperback. This innovative project unites leading scholars of English, History and French to examine the challenges of teaching early modern literature, history and culture within higher education. The volume sets out a variety of approaches to teaching the period and aims to revitalize the connection between teaching and research. Editor(s): Conroy, Derval; Clarke, Danielle. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBG; JNM; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230284517
ISBN
9780230284517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.78

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