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Paperback. A collection of Fulke Greville's short poems that includes the whole of his lyric sequence, "Caelica", along with choruses from some of his verse dramas. Editor(s): Gunn, Thom. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226308463
ISBN
9780226308463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. Makes the case that Sir Gawain and the "Green Knight", one of the canonical works of medieval English literature, should be recognized as a response to King Edward III's foundation in 1349 of the chivalric Order of the Garter. This book is of interest to medievalist historians as well as literary scholars. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268031763
ISBN
9780268031763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.86

paperback. What did it mean to be mad in seventeenth-century England? This book uses vivid autobiographical accounts of mental disorder to explore the ways madness was identified and experienced from the inside, asking how certain people came to be defined as insane, and what we can learn from the accounts they wrote. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HBAH; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2007
SKU
V9781349513543
ISBN
9781349513543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.83

Paperback. Home is a powerful metaphor guiding the literature of African Americans throughout the twentieth century. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134415
ISBN
9780231134415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.77

paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1977
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349031276
ISBN
9781349031276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.51

Paperback. The must-read novel of the summer.' Guardian Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, THE SLAP is the most talked-about novel of 2010, and looks set to be the most read book of 2011. 'Honestly, one of the three or four truly great novels of the new millennium.' John Boyne Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 356. The must-read novel of the summer.' Guardian Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, THE SLAP is the most talked-about novel of 2010, and looks set to be the most read book of 2011. 'Honestly, one of the three or four truly great novels of the new millennium.' John Boyne Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Edition
Main
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0035896
ISBN
9781848873568
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. Dimension: 277 x 179. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914630067
ISBN
9780914630067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.08

Hardback. An examination of the relationship between Stalin and the Russian literary intelligentsia. Topics covered include the image of Stalinism in literature, and the representation of policies such as NEP. Other work by the author includes "The Ideas of Nikolai Bukharin". Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; 3JJG; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 591.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333277706
ISBN
9780333277706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.07

Hardback. Romantic Encounters focuses on literary periodicals of the 1830s to describe the destabilization of readerly and writerly identities which occurs when Romantic irony meets an apparently rising literary marketplace. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755177
ISBN
9780804755177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.30

Paperback. This 2007 Companion presents a collection of essays on the work of the African American playwright August Wilson. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521685061
ISBN
9780521685061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.23

Paperback. Includes appendices of the two Latin sources of the poem and the prose versions of the phoenix story in Old English and Old Icelandic, and a glossary. Editor(s): Blake, N. F. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 136 pages, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859893428
ISBN
9780859893428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.89

Paperback. 23pp. Disbound. Lacks half-title page. Slight dust soiling. With illustrated engraving by C. Grignion after painting by S. Wale on title page. Keywords: Poetry - Early published material
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1770
Publisher
Printed for T Carnan and F New
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHS0071155
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 196.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718684
ISBN
9780804718684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.63

Hardcover. This book is an analysis of twentieth-century historical fiction from Central America, tracing the active interplay between language, space, and memory. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230620360
ISBN
9780230620360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.70

Hardcover. This collection asks pressing questions about how and why we study performances of Renaissance drama, challenging prevailing views and suggesting new methodologies for the field. How does an emphasis on Shakespeare limit us? What can we learn from non-traditional theatre? Why should we rethink the value of studying what happens onstage? Editor(s): Werner, Sarah. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230205307
ISBN
9780230205307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Paperback. With "A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu" Marcel Proust achieved a perfect rendering of life in art, of the past created through memory. It is both a portrait of the artist and a discovery of the aesthetic by which the portrait is painted, and it was to have a seminal influence on 20th-century literature. This title presents the life of this writer. Num Pages: 816 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Pimlico
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712674799
ISBN
9780712674799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. This volume is the first to offer a comprehensive critical examination of the intersections between contemporary ethical thought and post-1989 British playwriting. Its coverage of a large number of plays and playwrights, international range of contributors and original argumentation make it a key point of reference for students and researchers. Editor(s): Aragay, Mireia; Monforte, Enric. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349452149
ISBN
9781349452149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.93

Paperback. Vitriolic and incisive, Douglas Glover's newest essays defend literature against the assaults of a post-literate age. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926845463
ISBN
9781926845463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.59

Hardcover. Using silent cinema as a critical lens enables us to reassess Katherine Mansfield's entire literary career. Starting from the awareness that innovation in literature is often the outcome of hybridisation, this book discusses not only a single case study, but also the intermedia exchanges in which literary modernism at large is rooted. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APFA; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137400352
ISBN
9781137400352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.36

Hardback. Newman looks at the use of landscape in a wide array of Cooper's novels to illustrate the great author's distinctive outlook on what it meant to be a gentleman in the early days of America. Only in the land of democracy, opportunity and rolling countryside can a true Cooper gentleman arise. Num Pages: 120 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739105818
ISBN
9780739105818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 16 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 24 x 22 x 1. Weight in Grams: 88.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
B Jain Publishers Pvt Ltd India
Number of pages
16
Condition
New
SKU
V9788131914694
ISBN
9788131914694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.09

Paperback. This important book, now in paperback, explores epistolary forms and practices in relation to important areas of British culture. Familiar ideas about epistolary fiction and personal correspondence, and public and private, are re-examined in the light of alternative paradigms, showing how the letter is at the centre of Eighteenth-century life. Num Pages: 441 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 552. 448 pages. This important book, now in paperback, explores epistolary forms and practices in relation to important areas of British culture. Familiar ideas about epistolary fiction and personal correspondence, and public and private, are re-examined in the light of alternative paradigms, showing how the letter is at the centre of Eighteenth-century life. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 26. Weight: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
441
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230249080
ISBN
9780230249080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 115.90
€ 114.57

Paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816644926
ISBN
9780816644926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.87

Paperback. This study imagines modernism as a series of conversations and locates Edith Wharton s voice in those debates. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349372515
ISBN
9781349372515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

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