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Hardback. The diverse motives and mysteries of why we read are explored in this groundbreaking new work by Rita Felski. Challenging many time-worn homilies and theories put forth in contemporary literary criticism, Uses of Literature offers refreshing new insights into the purpose and value of reading literature. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405147231
ISBN
9781405147231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.59

Paperback. "Night in Juarez was a perverse mirror/Where death breathed its hollow/Trophies over the sand." Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 2ADSL; DCF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
145
Condition
New
SKU
V9781893996472
ISBN
9781893996472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.83

Part of a series of Spenser's great work. This title includes a general introduction, annotation, note on the text, bibliography, glossary, and an index of characters. It also contains Spenser's Letter to Raleigh and a short Life of Spenser. Editor(s): Gray, Erik; Stoll, Abraham. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208483
ISBN
9780872208483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.97

Paperback. Argues that modern fiction, from Kate Chopin and Virginia Woolf to William Faulkner and Doris Lessing, surges with libidinal currents. This work maps the historical contexts that have influenced modern experimental narratives, and constructs a model for interpreting sexuality. Num Pages: 528 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226064673
ISBN
9780226064673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.17

paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 140 x 3. Weight in Grams: 45.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781632430274
ISBN
9781632430274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.60

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1937
Publisher
Student Christian Movement Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOC0025873
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This book mounts a critique of persistently romantic assumptions in contemporary literary criticism and advances an original theory of literary production. Along the way, it offers new readings of major modernist novels of Samuel Beckett, Marcel Proust, and Gertrude Stein. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270064
ISBN
9780823270064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555973063
ISBN
9781555973063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.26

Paperback. This clear and succinct book is designed for general readers who want to know how to go about reading Shakespeare's works for pleasure. Series: How to Study Literature. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405113960
ISBN
9781405113960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.86

Num Pages: 120 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Tughra Books United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597842754
ISBN
9781597842754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.09

paperback. Editor(s): King, Michael. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
David Philip Publishers South Africa
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864860866
ISBN
9780864860866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. A companion to British literature explores the political, social, intellectual, and cultural history and background of English poetry, fiction, prose, and drama and analyzes the changing conditions of literary activity. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 700. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002840
ISBN
9780393303438
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. This collection responds to the critical legacy of Penn R. Szittya. Its contributors investigate how medieval poetic language reflects and shapes social, political, and religious worlds. In addition to new readings of canonical poetic texts, it includes readings of texts that have previously not held a central place in critical attention. Editor(s): Chaganti, Seeta. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823243242
ISBN
9780823243242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.39

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 118 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 6. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691626543
ISBN
9780691626543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.80

Paperback. Published by Penguin Books.Vintage Paperback in good condition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0302912
ISBN
9780140440157
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 8.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801447075
ISBN
9780801447075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.94

Recreating Benjamin Franklin's words in the way that his contemporaries would have read and understood them, the author chronicles Franklin's use (and abuse) of humor for commercial, diplomatic, and political purposes. The author samples Franklin's apologues on the necessity of living reasonably even when life's circumstances may seem absurd. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBF; DSK; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813123714
ISBN
9780813123714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Josef Weinberger Plays
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856761430
ISBN
9780856761430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.15

Hardback. Traces the changes in international children's literature and literature theory over the last few decades. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780275981853
ISBN
9780275981853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811215213
ISBN
9780811215213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.98

Paperback. Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141185101
ISBN
9780141185101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. In his play "Bacchae", Euripides chooses as his central figure the god who crosses the boundaries among god, man, and beast, between reality and imagination, and between art and madness. This book builds gradually from concrete details of cult, setting, and imagery to the work's implications for the nature of myth, language, and theater. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Expanded
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015972
ISBN
9780691015972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.35
€ 54.52

Paperback. This critical study of Stephen Crane's journalism examines the climate of change that had begun to blur the line between non-fiction writing and fiction in Crane's era and provides insight into the masculine aesthetic Crane championed in his urban reportage, travel writing and war correspondence. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109697
ISBN
9780231109697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.33

Paperback. 8vo. Some light shelfwear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fighting Words
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0272994
ISBN
9780956832696
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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