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hardcover. An unusual history of eighteenth-century British literature, exploring ideas of fame and failure through writers who failed to achieve it. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107042223
ISBN
9781107042223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.84

Paperback. Editor(s): Batson, Trent; Bergman, Eugene. Num Pages: 361 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
New ed of 3 Revised ed
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9780930323172
ISBN
9780930323172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.10

Hardback. By guiding readers through the difficulties of plot and language, this handbook leave them free to enjoy the depth, beauty, and vitality of Shakespeare's works. Series: The Shakespeare Handbooks. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566633642
ISBN
9781566633642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.77

Paperback. T.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd London
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KMR0005724
ISBN
9781840221046
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Amid thorny issues of translation and appropriation, imperial rivalry, the rise of commercial authorship, and anxieties about authenticity, Barbara Fuchs traces how early modern English writers borrowed Spanish literary models, triumphantly reimagining the transnational appropriation as heroic looting. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812244755
ISBN
9780812244755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.16

Mabel Lang's long career as a scholar and teacher has given her a unique perspective on one of the most important authors in western literature. This book brings together several of her most thoughtful papers on figures and issues including the 400, Cleon, and Alcibiades, and joins them with new material on narrative technique. Editor(s): Hamilton, Richard; Dickey, Eleanor; Rusten, Jeffrey S. Series: Cultural Legacies. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBAH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Michigan Classical Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979971341
ISBN
9780979971341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.68

Paperback. A verbatim play created from the testimonies of seven mothers who have had to come to terms with the devastating reality of their children being sexually abused. Num Pages: 86 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Aurora Metro Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906582999
ISBN
9781906582999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.96

Hardcover. A collection of original documentary photographs of the landscape that was integral to Tony Hillerman's writing. It also contains brief synopses of Hillerman's novels, descriptive passages from each work, the author's own comments about the sites, and narrative information on the locations pictured. Num Pages: 192 pages, 153 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AJC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 725.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harper
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061374296
ISBN
9780061374296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Regarded by many as one of the best critical books on Borges. Translator(s): Montero, Oscar. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314202
ISBN
9780822314202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.75

Paperback. Rhetoric is an area of study without accepted certainties, not yet parcelled into subdivisions and adhering to no fixed protocols. It is a noisy field in the cybernetic sense of the term: a fertile ground for creative innovation. This text embodies the interdisciplinary character of rhetoric. Editor(s): Bender, John; Wellbery, David E. Num Pages: 252 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3810 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718189
ISBN
9780804718189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

Paperback. aeo An important new study of one of the most famous texts of the Italian High Renaissance, Castiglionea s Book of the Courtier. aeo The author analyses the text itself as well as its diffusion and reception throughout Europe. aeo This is a major new work on the renaissance by one of the leading scholars in the field: it will do very well. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB; JFC; WJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745611518
ISBN
9780745611518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.93

Paperback. This volume collects for the first time essays published in British, Irish, and American periodicals during Bowen's lifetime as well as essays which have never been published before. The essays include Bowen's observations on age, toys, disappointment, writers, and manners. Editor(s): Hepburn, Allan. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602. Essays by Elizabeth Bowen. 480 pages. Editor(s): Hepburn, Allan. This volume collects for the first time essays published in British, Irish, and American periodicals during Bowen's lifetime as well as essays which have never been published before. The essays include Bowen's observations on age, toys, disappointment, writers, and manners. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 27. Weight: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635696
ISBN
9780748635696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Garratt, Delia; Hamling, Tara. Num Pages: 136 pages, 50 colour illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 280 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002957
ISBN
9781474222266
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691608952
ISBN
9780691608952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.73

Paperback. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, pages lightly toned, text is clear and remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KSG0023760
ISBN
9781841955094
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 132 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 195.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235476
ISBN
9781936235476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.12

Paperback. On a promontory jutting out into the Atlantic wind stands the home run by Brother Benedict, where boys are taught a little of God and a lot of fear. To Michael Lamb, one of the Brothers, the regime is without hope, and when he inherits a small legacy he runs away, taking a 12-year-old boy with him. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120 152pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099284598
ISBN
9780099284598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 8.07

paperback. Contemporary literary critics have praised novel theory for abandoning its formalist roots and defining the novel as a vehicle of social discourse. This text argues that it was the compatibility of Bakhtin with James that prompted Anglo-American theorists to embrace Bakhtin with such enthusiasm. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733564
ISBN
9780804733564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

Paperback. From intimate meditations on birthing, motherhood, and parenting in a time of war to its explorations of the frank and grave matters surrounding a life lived while a lover is off fighting a war, these poems always put themselves in harm's way. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780998053400
ISBN
9780998053400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.60

Hardback. Examines the revolution in Sanskrit poetics initiated by the ninth-century Kashmiri Anandavardhana who replaced the formalist aesthetic of earlier poeticians with one stressing the unifunctionality of literary texts, arguing that all components of a work should subserve a single purpose - the communication of a single emotional mood (rasa). Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 470 pages. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032736
ISBN
9780674032736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.52
€ 53.20

paperback. The Curse of Caste is the earliest published novel by an African American woman yet to be discovered. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBF; DSK; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 265.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195301601
ISBN
9780195301601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 391 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Lehigh University Press United States
Number of pages
391
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611460377
ISBN
9781611460377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.90

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0032407
ISBN
9780224090506
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691621746
ISBN
9780691621746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 34.68

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