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paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816647866
ISBN
9780816647866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. Dimension: 208 x 140. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393352108
ISBN
9780393352108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.18

Paperback. This is the first text to focus solely on the writing of British writers of South Asian descent born or raised in Britain. Written in accessible prose, it offers original new readings of works, among others by Salman Rushie, V. S. Naipaul, Hanif Kureishi, Ravinder Randhawa, Atima Srivastava, Monica Ali and Meera Syal. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078330
ISBN
9780719078330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.98

Paperback. Explores the 19th century's fascination with Dutch painting, as well as its doubts about an art that had long challenged traditional values. This book shows how persistent tensions between high theory and low genre shaped criticism of novels and pictures alike. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 color plates. 55 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 2AB; 2ADF; ACQ; AFC; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143231
ISBN
9780691143231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.02

Hardback. Editor(s): The Pushcart Prize Editors. Series: The Pushcart Prize. Num Pages: 650 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JMG; DSB; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 50. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pushcart Press United States
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9781888889796
ISBN
9781888889796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.96

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Berkeley, Jon. Series: Sayings, quotations, proverbs. Num Pages: 60 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AFR; DN; GBCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 110. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Appletree Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862814809
ISBN
9780862814809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.70

paperback. New Criticism was the dominant literary theory of the mid-twentieth century. Since that time, schools of literary criticism have arisen in support of or in opposition to the approach advocated by the New Critics. This anthology provides an introduction, for students, to the best American poetry criticism of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Davis, Garrick. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5334 x 3404 x 22. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804011099
ISBN
9780804011099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Pace University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780944473009
ISBN
9780944473009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.14

Paperback. Ted Hughes's "Birthday letters", published in 1998, was greeted with astonishment and acclaim. In "Ariel's gift", Erica Wagner provides a commentary to the poems, pointing the reader towards the events that shaped them, and, crucially, showing how they draw upon Plath's own work. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b&w halftones, indexes. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0000804
ISBN
9780571205264
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature of the Hellenistic period. Series: Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DVG; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631233213
ISBN
9780631233213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.67

Paperback. While the structure and themes of the "Divine Comedy" are defined by the narrative of a spiritual pilgrimage guided by Christian truth, this work reveals that Dante's engagement with the great Latin poets Vergil, Ovid, Lucan, and Statius constitutes a complementary narrative centered on psychological and artistic self-discovery. Series: William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268044121
ISBN
9780268044121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.90

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Applause Theatre Book Publishers United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557831514
ISBN
9781557831514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.52

Hardcover. Very good copy in good cloth covers. Cover has light nicks, remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1943
Publisher
The Talbot Press Limited
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0014471
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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

€ 129.64

Paperback. Editor(s): Whigham, Frank; Rebhorn, Wayne A. Num Pages: 512 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486524
ISBN
9780801486524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.01

Hardcover. Contains the letters that trace young Sam Clemens' remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of "The Jumping Frog", soon to be a national and international celebrity. Editor(s): Smith, Harriet Elinor; Bucci, Richard; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 703 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
703
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520036697
ISBN
9780520036697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.83
€ 90.42

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606668
ISBN
9780691606668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.78
€ 40.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838637524
ISBN
9780838637524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.73

paperback. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2BXK; DSB; HBJF1; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138883871
ISBN
9781138883871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.04

hardcover. An exploration of the ways fiction mimics the real and the links between cyber realities, fiction, and human beings. It also explores the foundations of mimeticism in order to explain the important effect fiction has on human beings. Translator(s): Cohn, Dorrit. Series: Stages. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 figures and 4 tables. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 220 x 31. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803217584
ISBN
9780803217584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.52

Original in conception and powerful in scope, Generic Composition in Greek and Roman Poetry remains one of the most important books on early Greek, Hellenistic and Roman poetry in a generation. Series: Cultural Legacies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Michigan Classical Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979971310
ISBN
9780979971310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.48

Hardcover. Clean copy in original cloth covers with gilt title to spine. Covers dulled and showing some age and shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. No dust wrapper. Remains a good copy
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Sampson Low, Marston & Co
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0005489
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), also known as the story of the Forty-Six (or Forty-Seven) Ronin, is the most famous and perennially popular of all Japanese dramas. Written in the eighteenth century as a puppet play, it is now best known through Kabuki theater performances.This edition includes a new preface, introduction, and notes. Translator(s): Keene, Donald. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 183 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780231035316
ISBN
9780231035316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.72

Hardback. The anthology shares the poetic voices of many who were touched by the suffering experienced by the people of the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. This anthology is the first in a Hurricane Katrina Commemoration series. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761857358
ISBN
9780761857358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.18

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