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The Fun Stuff and Other Essays

James Wood

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Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2014
Condition: New
SKU: V9780099575757
ISBN: 9780099575757

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How Fiction Works

Paperback. A study of the main elements of fiction, such as narrative, detail, characterization, dialogue, realism, and style. It takes the machinery of story-telling apart to ask a series of fundamental questions: What do we mean when we say we 'know' a fictional character? What constitutes a 'telling' detail? And, when is a metaphor successful? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Number of pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2009
Edition: First Edition first Printing
Condition: New
SKU: V9781845950934
ISBN: 9781845950934

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James Womack

Paperback. Offers the reader countries and languages perceived through the eyes of youth and loss. In this collection, the author plays with ideas of tradition, lightly conjuring heavy themes, and makes a bow to pulp culture. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 134 x 6. Weight in Grams: 100. 72 pages. Offers the reader countries and languages perceived through the eyes of youth and loss. In this collection, the author plays with ideas of tradition, lightly conjuring heavy themes, and makes a bow to pulp culture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 215 x 134 x 6. Weight: 100.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages: 72
Condition: New
SKU: V9781847771384
ISBN: 9781847771384

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A Narrative of Events, since the First of August, 1834, by James Willi...

James Williams

Paperback. Describing the hard working conditions on plantations and harsh treatment of apprentices unjustly incarcerated, this book argues that apprenticeship actually worsened the conditions of Jamaican ex-slaves: former owners, no longer legally permitted to directly punish their workers, used the Jamaican legal system as a punitive lever against them. Editor(s): Paton, Diana. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 b&w photos, 2 maps, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2001
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 208
Condition: New
Edition: Annotated
SKU: V9780822326472
ISBN: 9780822326472

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€ 27.99
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Formation of English Neo-Classical Thought

James William Johnson

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages: 384
Condition: New
SKU: V9780691623559
ISBN: 9780691623559

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Formation of English Neo-Classical Thought

James William Johnson

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSA; DSBD; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages: 384
Condition: New
SKU: V9780691650197
ISBN: 9780691650197

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The Practice of Realism. Change and Creativity in the Manuscript of Ga...

James Whiston

Hardback. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages: 279
Condition: New
SKU: V9781611482058
ISBN: 9781611482058

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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Norton Critical Editions)

James Weldon Johnson

Paperback. The Norton Critical Edition of this influential Harlem Renaissance novel includes related materials available in no other edition. Editor(s): Goldsby, Jacqueline. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 512 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 212 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2015
Edition: Revised
Condition: New
SKU: V9780393972863
ISBN: 9780393972863

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Proving Mr Jennings

James Walker

Paperback. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 122.

Publisher: Oberon Modern Plays
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2008
Condition: New
SKU: V9781840027198
ISBN: 9781840027198

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€ 17.70

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Sir Torrent of Portingale

James Wade (Ed.)

Paperback. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 262 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2017
Edition: New edition
Condition: New
SKU: V9781580442503
ISBN: 9781580442503

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€ 24.51

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Vital Signs

James W. Tuttleton

Hardback. Nineteen essays derived from Mr. Tuttleton's long engagement with the masterworks of the American imagination, illustrating his conviction that great literature is art, not social science, and analyzing the effect of contemporary critical theory on the American canon. Num Pages: 383 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 662.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages: 383
Condition: New
SKU: V9781566631006
ISBN: 9781566631006

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A Fine Silver Thread: Essays on American Writing and Criticism

James W. Tuttleton

hardcover. A new collection of essays on American writing and criticism-about the difference between art and ideology, and how ideology has disfigured the work of some of our best writers. "Tuttleton is a critic whose judgments can be trusted."-James Seaton, Hudson Review. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 535.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee United States
Number of pages: 288
Condition: New
SKU: V9781566631815
ISBN: 9781566631815

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Esther Waters

James W. Moore

Paperback. Some shelf wear. name on endpaper

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: JM Dent
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1977
SKU: KTK0093106

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Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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A Profane Wit

James W. James W. Johnson

Paperback. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684. The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight: 646.

Publisher: BOYE6
Number of pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2009
Condition: New
SKU: V9781580463362
ISBN: 9781580463362

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The Meters of Greek and Latin Poetry

James W. Halporn

Paperback. A reprint of the University of Oklahoma Press edition of 1980.This reliable text presents a clear and simple outline of Greek and Latin meters in order that the verse of the Greeks and Romans may be read as poetry. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages: 138
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1994
Condition: New
SKU: V9780872202436
ISBN: 9780872202436

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Thinking About ‘Beowulf’

James W. Earl

Paperback. Bringing contemporary critical theory to bear on Beowulf, the author explores the literary originality of a poem often treated as oral and traditional. Num Pages: 220 pages, 4 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages: 220
Condition: New
SKU: V9780804727952
ISBN: 9780804727952

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Black Male Fiction and the Legacy of Caliban

James W. Coleman

In "The Tempest", Shakespeare created Caliban as an archetype used to depict black men as slaves, savages, and threats to civilization. This study traces the Caliban legacy in modern and post-modern novels, exploring the work of black male writers such as John Edgar Wideman and Clarence Major. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; DSK; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.

Publication date: 2001
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages: 224
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813122045
ISBN: 9780813122045

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Spenser's Allegory of Love

James W. Broaddus

Hardback. For more information on similar titles, please visit www.lexingtonbooks.com Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages: 185
Condition: New
SKU: V9781611471267
ISBN: 9781611471267

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A Jesuit Challenge: Edmond Campion´s Debates at the Tower of London i...

James V. Holleran

Hardback. In 1581, after four days of debating six leading Anglican divines at the Tower of London, Jesuit Edmund Campion (1540-1581) was put to death because he would not deny his faith. This volume contains Catholic manuscripts of those debates. Num Pages: 249 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 3JB; DNF; HRA; HRCC7; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 471.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages: 249
Condition: New
SKU: V9780823218875
ISBN: 9780823218875