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Paperback. "The Plain Speaker" was the last great original work of William Hazlitt (1778-1830), the finest prose writer of the romantic period. This book contains essays that address key critical issues both in romantic studies and the poetics of prose. Editor(s): Paulin, Tom. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631210573
ISBN
9780631210573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 51.45

paperback. Presents the poems that combine 'karumi', or lightness of touch, with the Zen ideal of oneness with creation and evoke the natural world - the cherry blossom, the leaping frog, the summer moon or the winter snow - suggesting the smallness of human life in comparison to the vastness and drama of nature. Translator(s): Stryk, Lucien. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 80.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140444599
ISBN
9780140444599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 8.78

Paperback. A dazzling collection of essays in which today's most celebrated writers explore their personal relationships with the literary life Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586481490
ISBN
9781586481490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.41

Hardback. Presenting the collected papers of mathematician Stephen Smale, this volume also features articles by other mathematical scholars, commenting on Smale's influence in certain areas of mathematics. Editor(s): Cucker, Felipe; Wong, Roderick S. C. Num Pages: 1740 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 176 x 108. Weight in Grams: 1120.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
Number of pages
1740
Condition
New
SKU
V9789810243074
ISBN
9789810243074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 376.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488412
ISBN
9780801488412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 43.35

Paperback. A translation of Pablo Neruda's early collections of odes, this book features poems that are addressed to hope and to gloom, to numbers and to the atom, to blue flowers and to artichokes. Reflecting the lucent, candid vitality driving Neruda's charming accounts, these poems celebrate things big and the small. Translator(s): Root, William Pitt. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wings Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916727871
ISBN
9780916727871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.07

Paperback. Covers Soiled, Otherwise Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
A Signet Classic
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KDK0014143
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This is a part of a collection of eight volumes of nearly 2800 letters. Volumes I and II reveal Stevenson's struggles to achieve success as an author - including his time as a student, his work, and his travels. They also introduce the people who became his chief correspondents for life. Series: The Collected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300060218
ISBN
9780300060218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.44

hardcover. Georg Trakl is an Austrian-German expressionist. This translation marks the hundredth anniversary of Trakl's death during the first months of World War I. It introduces readers to the powerful verses of this wartime poet. Translator(s): Reidel, James. Series: The German List. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422460
ISBN
9780857422460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.39

Paperback. Hamlet is not only one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, but also the most fascinatingly problematical tragedy in world literature Editor(s): Watts, Prof. Cedric, M.A., Ph.D. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134. Used paperback in very good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232036
ISBN
9781853260094
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 324 pages, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; DSBB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 321 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844419
ISBN
9781843844419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.13

Paperback. Focuses on some key stories by major authors of contes and nouvelles from the late 1820s to the 1890s. Series: Durham Modern Languages Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085925
ISBN
9780719085925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.05

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Quercus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782067047
ISBN
9781782067047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Hardcover. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
New Island Books
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOC0025901
ISBN
9781874597148
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403974426
ISBN
9781403974426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Traces Shakespeare's legendary wit-combats with Ben Jonson to their source during the Poets' War. This book offers a reevaluation of this "War of the Theaters", revealing Shakespeare as a playwright intimately concerned with the production of his plays, the opinions of his rivals, and the impact his works had on their original audiences. Num Pages: 266 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231122436
ISBN
9780231122436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.36

Hardback. This provocative cultural critique of the imperative to be happy draws on the work of feminist, black, and queer critics showing how happiness is used to justify social oppression. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; JFFK; JFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5753 x 3971 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346661
ISBN
9780822346661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.84

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349730636
ISBN
9781349730636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Paperback. This edition of "The Mirror of the Simple Souls" is a translation of the French original. It relies primarily on the French, yet also takes other medieval translations into account. Translator(s): Grant, Judith (Lecturer, University of Auckland, Australia); Marler, J.C. (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Saint Louis University, USA); Colledge, Edmund; etc. Series: Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBB; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268014353
ISBN
9780268014353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.24

Hardback. A Companion to Sophocles presents a comprehensive collection of original essays by leading scholars that address all aspects of the life, works, and critical reception of Sophocles. Initial essays introduce Sophocles extant tragedies, as well as fragments of his lost plays including the Ichneutae. Editor(s): Ormand, Kirk. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 618 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 175 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1224.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
618
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405187268
ISBN
9781405187268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.33

Paperback. Exploring questions of race and identification in writings from the Enlightenment to the 1990s, this study draws on postcolonial theory, and provides close readings of texts by Olaudah Equiano, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Jean Rhys, Frantz Fanon, Toni Morrison and Tsitsi Dangarembga. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333687703
ISBN
9780333687703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007415588
ISBN
9780007415588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.37

Paperback. For women of the Italian Renaissance, the Virgin Mary was one of the most important role models. This book testifies to the emotional and spiritual relationships that women had with the figure of Mary, whom they were required to emulate as the epitome of femininity. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DN; HRCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114002
ISBN
9780226114002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.55

Paperback. Juan Ramon Jimenez, 1956 winner of the Nobel Prize, published Platero and I in 1914. Like Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland , Platero and I is a book not only for children, but for adults as well. It is an allegory of the deepest human emotions. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780856688393
ISBN
9780856688393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.49

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