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Paperback. Brings together a number of John Schad's very best essays, interleaved with a selection of autobiographical poems and a work that brings together both critical and creative modes of writing. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194956
- ISBN
- 9781845194956
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.99
€ 32.99
€ 29.99
paperback. Editor(s): Alam, M. Y.; Cropper, Anthony; Daley, Ian. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Route United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901927191
- ISBN
- 9781901927191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.97
€ 9.99
€ 9.97
Hardcover. Detectives, police informers, spies and spymasters, anarchists and terrorists, swindlers - these are the character types explored in Conrad's Popular Fictions. This book shows how Joseph Conrad experimented creatively with genres such as crime and espionage fiction, and sheds new light on the sources and contexts of his work. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 264 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137559166
- ISBN
- 9781137559166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. Language is our key to imagining the world, others, and ourselves. Yet sometimes our ways of talking dehumanize others and trivialize human experience. In war other people are imagined as enemies to be killed. This book examines the ethics of human expression - in the law and in the rest of life. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; DSA; JPVH2; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138374
- ISBN
- 9780691138374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 35.26
€ 48.99
€ 35.26
Paperback. Featuring National Magazine Awards' winning and finalist pieces, this anthology includes stories that cover a variety of subjects from Elizabeth Kolbert's investigation into global warming in the "New Yorker" and James Bamford's look at the PR campaign behind the Iraq War in "Rolling Stone" to Chris Heath's profile of Merle Haggard in "GQ". Editor(s): The American Society of Magazine Editors. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139939
- ISBN
- 9780231139939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.13
€ 20.13
Paperback. In this fascinating history of alcohol in postwar American culture, Lori Rotskoff draws on short stories, advertisements, medical writings, and Hollywood films to investigate how gender norms and ideologies of marriage intersected with scientific and popu Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807854341
- ISBN
- 9780807854341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.35
€ 61.35
Paperback. A seminal figure in post-World War II literature, Charles Olson has helped define the postmodern sensibility. This work selects some 70 poems, presenting a personal reading of Olson's decisive and inimitable work - 'unequivocal instances of his genius' - over the many years of their friendship. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520212329
- ISBN
- 9780520212329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.88
€ 17.88
Hardcover. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403971470
- ISBN
- 9781403971470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551426
- ISBN
- 9781871551426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.90
€ 15.99
€ 14.90
Hardcover. Modernism is fundamentally determined by its relationship to its own notions of style: oscillating between the poles of 'pure' style and 'purely' style, this traces the stylistic self-conceptualization of modernism from Schopenhauer and Flaubert in the 1850s, through Nietzsche and the symbolists in the 1880s, to the high modernists of the 1920s. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230965
- ISBN
- 9780230230965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.63
€ 64.63
Hardback. An investigation of English writing in seventeenth-century Ireland, and its connections to Shakespeare, Sidney and Milton. Num Pages: 310 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 635. Fine in fine dust wrapper, showing light shelf and reading wear. Remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0024930
- ISBN
- 9780521843027
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 30.00
€ 30.00
Hardback. Editor(s): Donner, Fred M. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 2CSR; DSA; DSB; HBAH; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640877
- ISBN
- 9780691640877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.46
€ 104.46
Hardback. Examines the development in Tudor culture of a tendency to identify the common good with the health of the "motherland." Vanhoutte examines how motherland tropes came to describe England, how they changed in response to specific political crises, and how they came, by the end of the 16th century, to shape literary ideals of masculinity. Num Pages: 236 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138320
- ISBN
- 9780874138320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.76
€ 120.76
Paperback. About reading poetry with an awareness of class and its themes. This book features nine essays, which deal with the question of class as reflected in the works of Tracie Morris, Tillie Olsen, Melvin Tolson, William Carlos Williams, Walt Whitman, and others. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069170
- ISBN
- 9780472069170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.40
€ 31.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146746
- ISBN
- 9780231146746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.16€ 77.33
€ 101.16
€ 77.33
Paperback. Writer and religious rebel, William Blake (1757-1827) sowed the seeds for Romanticism in his innovative poems concerning faith and the visions that inspired him throughout his life. This book presents a collection of his greatest works, spanning his entire poetic life. Editor(s): Bentley, G. E., Jr. Series Editor(s): Ricks, Christopher. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140424461
- ISBN
- 9780140424461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.17
€ 13.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349643813
- ISBN
- 9781349643813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.17
€ 133.17
paperback. This autobiography depicts the spiritual landscape against which Ellen Glasgow's novels were written. The introduction examines her composition of "The Woman Within", surveys critical responses since its publication, examines unpublished portions and discusses the implications of the text. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915630
- ISBN
- 9780813915630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.14
€ 50.14
Paperback. Young King Henry wages war on France. But, tainted by his father's crimes, and with enemies among his own men, he must confront the difficult responsibilities of kingship. But even with the battles won, the war is not yet over - for to make safe his success, Henry must secure a marriage with the French princess, Catherine of Valois. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141396675
- ISBN
- 9780141396675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.52
€ 9.99
€ 8.52
Hardback. The Poetics of Consent reveals the ways in which consensus and collective decision making determined the authoritative account of the Trojan War that we know as the Iliad. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408262
- ISBN
- 9781421408262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.48€ 53.08
€ 57.48
€ 53.08
Hardcover. This text explores through theory and in-depth textual criticism how novelists from formerly colonized societies have exploited indigenous codes and conventions of aesthetic representation to transform the novel into an effective medium for cultural and political resistance to (neo)colonialism. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJW; 1MKP; 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638699
- ISBN
- 9780333638699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.49
€ 122.49
Hardback. Described as Tasso's most ambitious project, this epic poem, part history, part fiction, is based on the events of the First Crusade, and was composed upon his release from a seven year confinement in Ferrara. This translation into English also contains the original Italian text. Translator(s): Passaro, Maria Pastore. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823216338
- ISBN
- 9780823216338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.72
€ 108.72
Paperback. Translator(s): Garnett, C. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332. 302 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSK; FC; FYB. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight: 322. Translator(s): Garnett, C.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226300689
- ISBN
- 9780226300689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.52
€ 27.99
€ 22.52
Paperback. For those who cannot read the language of the original texts, the lively and varied world of eighteenth-century Russian literature has been largely inaccessible. This translation presents three seminal tales that express the major literary, social, and philosophical concerns of late-eighteenth-century Russia. Translator(s): Gasperetti, David. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806747
- ISBN
- 9780875806747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.28
€ 36.99
€ 33.28