Biography: literary
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Biography: literary
Paperback. Caresse Crosby rejected the culturally prescribed roles for women of her era and background in search of an independent, creative, and socially responsible life. This biography details Crosby's professional accomplishments and her personal struggles. Num Pages: 296 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809329014
- ISBN
- 9780809329014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.54
€ 35.99
€ 30.54
Paperback. Argues that contemporary economic and political challenges make elementary questions about literacy, language, literature, education, and class imperative, and require a clear understanding of the cultural ideals of English studies. This work explores the central role of freshman English and literary studies in the creation of the middle class. Series: Studies in Writing and Rhetoric. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809329311
- ISBN
- 9780809329311
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.65
€ 53.99
€ 45.65
Hardcover. Sets out to explore the true character and creative achievements of the author's great-grandfather Jacob Gordin, playwright extraordinaire and icon of the Yiddish stage. Shedding light on Gordin and his world, this work describes the commune he founded and led in Russia, his meteoric rise among Jewish New York's literati, and more. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 black-&-white photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACY; BGL; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608844
- ISBN
- 9780815608844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Hardcover. Recaptures a vanished moment of cultural history. Editor(s): Dollenmayer, David B. Translator(s): Dollenmayer, David B. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJ; BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631781
- ISBN
- 9780815631781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Mooi Loop: The Sacred Art of Vetkat Regopstaan Kruiper (Unisa Flame)
Kruiper, Vetkat Regopstaan Boesman, Kruiper, ...
Paperback. Series: Unisa Flame Series. Num Pages: 70 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; BGL; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 415.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Unisa Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868887231
- ISBN
- 9781868887231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 80 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 705.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869404192
- ISBN
- 9781869404192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
Paperback. Including new photographs by Marti Friedlander, Her Life's Work is a revealing portrait of women's lives - showing how is possible to lead a life rich in family experience while maintaining work as a central passion. Num Pages: 336 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGF; BGL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869404437
- ISBN
- 9781869404437
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Hardcover. Presents the life and works of Emily Dickinson, one of the most famous and widely studied American poets of the 19th century. This book contains close readings and critical analyses of more than 150 of Dickinson's best-known poems. It discusses the different aspects of Dickinson's life that influenced her work - family, friends, and many others. Num Pages: 464 pages, 75 black-&-white photographs & illustrations, index, bibliographies, cross-references, ch. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 187 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Facts on File
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816054480
- ISBN
- 9780816054480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.30€ 79.08
€ 87.30
€ 79.08
Paperback. A biography of Allen Ginsberg that re-examines the life, poetry and politics of this crucial poet and activist, and discusses his position in American letters and culture. It moves from the influences of childhood to his meeting with Kerouac and Burroughs in the New York of the late 1940s and the birth of the Beat Generation. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780230177
- ISBN
- 9781780230177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.18
€ 28.18
Paperback. This new critical biography examines Miller's intense immersion in esoteric and theosophical interests, charting the cultivation of these ideas from his boyhood and adolescence to late in his career and evaluating the way in which his writings and lifestyle were influenced by his spiritual quests. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780233444
- ISBN
- 9781780233444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.48
€ 31.48
Paperback. Born in Buenos Aires in 1899, Jorge Luis Borges was a voracious reader from childhood, perhaps in part because he knew he lived under a sentence of adult-onset blindness inherited from his father. This title chronicles Borges' life, charting the literary friendships, love affairs and polemical writings that formed the foundation of his youth. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADS; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892867
- ISBN
- 9781861892867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.94
€ 30.94
Paperback. Gertrude Stein is one of the most recognizable and yet least-known of the twentieth century's major literary figures. With reference to her works, to the many notable portraits and readings, and to Stein's own entertaining anecdotes, this book discusses how the legend of Gertrude Stein' was created, both by herself and her admirers. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861895165
- ISBN
- 9781861895165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.48
€ 31.48
Paperback. Playwright, poet, book designer and bicyclist Alfred Jarry's creation of the monster-tyrant Ubu in his play Ubu Roi was a watershed in theatre history. This legendary event is set at the heart of Jill Fell's new biography, which will inform and delight readers wishing to learn more about a fascinating and wholly unconventional individual. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 216 pages, 42 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861897558
- ISBN
- 9781861897558
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Condition: New
€ 31.48
€ 31.48
Paperback. Gabriel Garcia Marquez presents an original portrait of this renowned writer and is a must-read for fans of his work, as well as those interested in magical realism, Latin American fiction and modern literature. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861897633
- ISBN
- 9781861897633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.48
€ 31.48
Paperback. Ezra Pound informs the reader about the life and work of Ezra Pound, the most controversial poet of the 20th century. Marsh gives insight into Pound's great achievements in poetry, his promotion of and generosity to a wide range of modernist figures and his descent into obscurity. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 248 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861898623
- ISBN
- 9781861898623
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Condition: New
€ 31.90
€ 31.90
Paperback. "King of the Hill" is A E Hotchner's memoir of his impoverished childhood in St Louis during the Great Depression. "Looking for Miracles" is a sequel to "King of the Hill". This work binds together these two boyhood memoirs of Hotchner's and can touch readers with their truth, innocence, and joy. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGLA; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Missouri Historical Society Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883982607
- ISBN
- 9781883982607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.38
€ 22.38
paperback. This is an absorbing account of the life and work of one of Russia's most inventive and exuberant novelists and playwrights. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780237411
- ISBN
- 9781780237411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.00
€ 14.99
€ 12.00
Hardcover. Reflects Samuel Johnson's final wishes for the wording of "The Lives of the Poets", accompanied by notes of value both to general readers and specialists. Editor(s): Middendorf, John H. Series: The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson. Num Pages: 1640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 557
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300123142
- ISBN
- 9780300123142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 378.30€ 281.42
€ 378.30
€ 281.42
paperback. In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster - it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry - but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life-story. This book focuses on this episode in Shakespeare's life. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 x 16 pp b/w inset. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141023748
- ISBN
- 9780141023748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.46
€ 14.99
€ 12.46
paperback. No writer is more charismatic than Robert Burns. To his international admirers Burns was a genius, a hero, a warm-hearted friend; yet to the mother of one of his lovers he was a wastrel, and to his political enemies a 'traitor'. This biography presents the remarkable life, loves and struggles of this great poet. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844139309
- ISBN
- 9781844139309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.75
€ 20.99
€ 16.75