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Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746307168
ISBN
9780746307168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.93

Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSR; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810872288
ISBN
9780810872288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 188.34

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New Directions United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811220354
ISBN
9780811220354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.25

Paperback. This incisive biography begins withthe spectacularly tragic last day of the militant Japanese novelist, perhaps best known for his monumental four-book masterpiece The Sea of Fertility. Num Pages: 352 pages, 39. BIC Classification: 2GJ; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815410744
ISBN
9780815410744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.17

Hardback. Presents the interface between literature and life through the prism of the lives and works of three poets: the German-Jewish poet and Holocaust survivor, Paul Celan (1920-1970); the Leningrad native, US poet laureate, and Nobel Prize winner, Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996); and, Germany's premier contemporary poet, Durs Grunbein (born 1962). Series: Verbal Art: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758314
ISBN
9780804758314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.92

Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0004264
ISBN
9781857993059
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Melek Ortabasi reassesses the influence of Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962), a folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, in shaping modern Japan's cultural identity. Only the second book-length English-language study of Yanagita, this book moves beyond his pioneering work in folk studies to reveal the full range of his contributions as a public intellectual. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGL; DSB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492004
ISBN
9780674492004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 44.42

hardcover. This volume presents a broad range of writings on literature from the period of the inception of literary modernity in China. Editor(s): Denton, Kirk A. Num Pages: 572 pages, reference material. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 979.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
572
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725583
ISBN
9780804725583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 241.29

Paperback. The work of Jane Kenyon is a gift to poetry. Her quietly musical poems are intensely moving, compassionate meditations intently probing the life of the heart and spirit. Observing and absorbing small miracles in everyday life, these apparently simple poems grapple with fundamental questions of human existence. Series: Bloodaxe World Poets S. Num Pages: 160 pages, ports. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
BLOODAXE BOOKS
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246976
ISBN
9781852246976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.65

Hardcover. From poetry to fiction to essays, American Lit 101 leaves no page unturned! Series: Adams 101. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8-page 4-color insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Adams Media Corporation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781440599682
ISBN
9781440599682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.10

Hardback. The title of this book, Forever Pursuing Genesis, derives from a statement that Vonnegut once made about the nature of the universe and humankind's place in it. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480641
ISBN
9781611480641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.45

Hardcover. Commissioning organisation: by Stefan Heym. 471 p. 21 cm. Publisher's cloth. Nice copy. Dw good but slightly edgeworn.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1952
Publisher
Cassell & Company
Edition
1st
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0016067
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 6.00
€ 4.99

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646312
ISBN
9780691646312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.62

Paperback. The poems in this book, first published in 1890, present not only a poet searching for a voice, but also a female poet searching for a voice while breaking down rules of both versification and gender-determined source of expression. They went straight to the heart of the male-dominated poetry of the time and effectively threatened its existence. Series: Exeter Textes Litteraires. Num Pages: 186 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897112
ISBN
9780859897112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.37

Paperback. * Guides the reader through historical, linguistic and theoretical issues. * Avoids jargon and generalization. * Offers detailed case studies of literary texts by a wide range of writers. * Provides a clear and provocative account. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631194927
ISBN
9780631194927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 52.66

paperback. Contains selections of Irish prose and poetry which represent this nation's literary heritage. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780814730065
ISBN
9780814730065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854115089
ISBN
9781854115089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. Clean copy showing some age and light reading wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0010909
ISBN
9780330029322
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of essays that offers multiethnic, historically comparative, and meta-theoretical readings of the literature and culture of the United States. Covering works by a diverse set of American authors - from Toni Morrison to Bret Harte - it maps a variegated terrain that refuses the distinction between 'ethnic' and 'non-ethnic' literatures. Editor(s): Goldstein, David S.; Thaker, Audrey B. Series: American Ethnic & Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 b&w photo, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988351
ISBN
9780295988351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.74

Hardback. Assuming the burden of reading imposed by the correlation of the order of language and the order of events, this book argues that the possibility of reading and writing history is tied to the endurance of traces of the past and their coming to legibility, allegorically, at a given time. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 8 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732505
ISBN
9780804732505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Rossner, Michael; Italiano, Federico. Num Pages: 230 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; GTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837621143
ISBN
9783837621143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.31

Paperback. A biography of Robert Desnos (1900-1945), which re-evaluates the surrealist movement through the life and works of one of its founders. Desnos was as famous among the surrealists for his independence of mind as for his elaborate "automatic" drawings and his brilliant oral and written performances during the incubational period of the group. Num Pages: 282 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218413
ISBN
9780803218413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.45

Paperback. Translator(s): Kaldellis, Anthony; Polemis, Ioannis. Series: Michael Psellos in Translation. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033286
ISBN
9780268033286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415758963
ISBN
9780415758963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.00

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