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Paperback. Chinua Achebe's poetic output is gathered together in this volume by arguably the most influential African writer of the 20th century. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 138
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Carcanet
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9781857548433
- ISBN
- 9781857548433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.28
€ 11.99
€ 10.28
Paperback. The place of poetry in modern democracy is no place, according to conventional wisdom. This work shows that the voice of poetry resonates with profound themes at the very heart of democratic culture. As part of the entertainment industry, it concludes, poetry will always be small and overlooked. Series: The University Center for Human Values Series. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 101 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122632
- ISBN
- 9780691122632
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.44
€ 27.99
€ 21.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142793
- ISBN
- 9780231142793
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Condition: New
€ 43.98
€ 43.98
hardcover. From Milton and the Court Wits to Dryden and the Scriblerians, authors deploy baroque moments of disruption, grotesquerie, excrescence, extravagance, exuberance, encryption_even as they turn to more supposedly classical, restrained, and rational forms. Canfield tries to ferret out the meanings of these disruptions. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492354
- ISBN
- 9781611492354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.03
€ 85.03
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Salt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 54
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844713981
- ISBN
- 9781844713981
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.33
€ 13.99
€ 11.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486357
- ISBN
- 9780801486357
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.23
€ 48.99
€ 43.23
Hardback. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this book argues that the operation of art-as-mirror is the key to the hidden unity of Huysmans' fiction. The author claims that only the elimination of Huysmans' stylistic distortions enabled his art finally to become faithful and clear. Num Pages: 385 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138733
- ISBN
- 9780874138733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.50
€ 143.50
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DB; DNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 135.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486496221
- ISBN
- 9780486496221
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Condition: New
€ 6.59
€ 6.59
Paperback. * Asks what literary criticism should do in the post--theory era. * Articulates the case for a theoretically aware but textually centred literary studies. * Controversial in its privileging of texts over readings and in its insistence on the rehumanisation of literary studies. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631221685
- ISBN
- 9780631221685
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.19
€ 44.99
€ 44.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406. Fine copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0011956
- ISBN
- 9781848402249
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is clear and remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0027443
- ISBN
- 9781843510710
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Editor(s): Hillway, Tyrus. Series: Masterworks of Literature. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780808400172
- ISBN
- 9780808400172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.53
€ 50.53
Paperback. Offers the masterworks of Japanese literature, ranking with The Tal of Genji in quality and prestige. Translator(s): McCullough, Helen Craig. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DNF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3810 x 34. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 503
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718035
- ISBN
- 9780804718035
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.99
€ 37.99
€ 34.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393923261
- ISBN
- 9780393923261
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.94
€ 15.99
€ 14.94
Similar in form to the well-known, more serious haiku, the satirical - and often humorous - poems known as senryu have received little scholarly attention. This title explores the elements of humor and satire contained in senryu, highlighting the mores that lie behind the laughter the poems evince. Translator(s): Ueda, Makoto. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115506
- ISBN
- 9780231115506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Goethe, Volume 11: The Sorrows of Young Werther--Elective Affinities--...
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Paperback. Containing three of Goethe's major prose works, this volume explores a range of themes: unfulfilled love, infidelity, divorce, tragic love, fantasy and moral rebirth. Translator(s): Lange, Victor; Ryan, Judith. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691043463
- ISBN
- 9780691043463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
€ 32.99
€ 23.94
Hardback. These essays, written in honour of 18th-century Romantic scholar John L. Mahoney, explore the intersection of Romanticism and religion. They range from broad considerations of this relationship in several Romantic writers, to close readings of individual poems. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 295 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; ACVT; DSBD; DSBF; DSC; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222285
- ISBN
- 9780823222285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.66
€ 106.66
Paperback. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 134 x 6. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788788073133
- ISBN
- 9788788073133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.26
€ 14.99
€ 12.26
paperback. A collection of poetry which explores love, race, nature, freedom and imprisonment. It takes the reader from resolution to conflict, then back again. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 40.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906307196
- ISBN
- 9781906307196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.67
€ 10.99
€ 9.67
Paperback. Poems that capture the jumble of emotions inherent in motherhood: delight, guilt, resentment, and gratitude. Num Pages: 42 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Peace Hill Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 42
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933339597
- ISBN
- 9781933339597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.72
€ 8.72
Paperback. Good clean copy showing some age and wear to spine
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0003746
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Our common definition of literacy is the ability to read and write in one language. However from the 15th to the 17th centuries print culture led to many disputes over modes of literacy, as the transition from Latin to more vernacular forms of speech and writing escalated. Num Pages: 350 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226243122
- ISBN
- 9780226243122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.28
€ 41.99
€ 32.28
The Pleasures of the Text. Violette Leduc and Reader Seduction.
Locey, Elizabeth (Assistant Professor Of Fren...
Hardback. In this volume, Elizabeth Locey restores Leduc to her place in the canon, bringing to light her contributions to contemporary literary theory. Locey reads Leduc's works from the perspective of reader selection, which erodes the divide between body and text. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742515260
- ISBN
- 9780742515260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.96
€ 155.96
The four late plays of Euripides collected here, in beautifully crafted translations by Cecelia Eaton Luschnig and Paul Woodruff, offer a faithful and dynamic representation of the playwright's mature vision. Translator(s): Eaton Luschnig, Cecelia; Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 326 pages, map. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603844611
- ISBN
- 9781603844611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.46
€ 49.99
€ 35.46