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Biography: literary

Paperback. John Haffenden's acclaimed biography of William Empson (1906-1984), the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century, is now available in paperback. An authoritative and compelling account and the first of two volumes exploring his remarkable life and work. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white plates. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1097.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539918
ISBN
9780199539918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.12

hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; BGL; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420. Good clean copy with light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Continuum London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000209
ISBN
9781408188446
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Hardback. An extended memoir with reminiscences about the Author's friends, family members and even beloved animals that have passed away. A therapeutic book demonstrating a compassionate way of dealing with bereavement. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9781847173324
ISBN
9781847173324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780990895893
ISBN
9780990895893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.68

hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AJB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Beacon Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807068809
ISBN
9780807068809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.09

paperback. How to get on well with people, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought. This biography of Montaigne relates the story of his life by way of the questions he posed and the answers he explored. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099485155
ISBN
9780099485155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

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
€ 16.68

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
€ 13.19

Hardcover. Katherine Anne Porter revealed only scant facts about her life, and often gave conflicting accounts. Here, the author finds that Porter's deceptions were a screen for deep personal turmoil, fuelled by multiple marriages, and babies lost to miscarriage, abortion, and stillbirth. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 871.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578067770
ISBN
9781578067770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Peterson, Linda (Yale University Yale University, Connecticut Yale University, Connecticut Yale University, Connecticut Yale University, Connecticut Yale University, Connecticut Yale University, Connecticut Yale University Yale University Yale University, Connecticut). Series: Nineteenth-Century British Autobiographies. Num Pages: 744 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGA; BGHA; BGLA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 759.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
741
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551115559
ISBN
9781551115559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.78

Paperback. Takes a wry look at middle-class sexual mores and a witty appreciation of the art of the hack novel. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 195.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820330136
ISBN
9780820330136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DSB; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813061320
ISBN
9780813061320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.05

paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 10.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910745885
ISBN
9781910745885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

hardcover. Lavishly illustrated, this new edition includes family photographs and original graphics by both Helen Kemp and her father, S.H.F. Kemp, mostly dating from his own student days at the University of Toronto. Editor(s): Burgess, Margaret. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802097651
ISBN
9780802097651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.18

Paperback / so. Series: Grenzfragen Des Nerven- Und Seelenlebens. Num Pages: 79 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: AGB; BGF; BGL; JMAF; JMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1921
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
79
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662426463
ISBN
9783662426463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.70

paperback. Lavishly illustrated, this new edition includes family photographs and original graphics by both Helen Kemp and her father, S.H.F. Kemp, mostly dating from his own student days at the University of Toronto. Editor(s): Burgess, Margaret. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802094766
ISBN
9780802094766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.41

A biography that situates Lady Mary Wroth in her family and court context, emphasizing the growth of the writer's mind in the sections on her childhood and youth, with a focus on her learned aunt, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, as literary mentor, and on her Continental connections, Louise de Coligny, Princess of Orange. Num Pages: 430 pages, Includes 28 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 182 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754660538
ISBN
9780754660538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 175.17

Hardcover. Known as the daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sara Coleridge's manuscripts, letters, and other writings reveal an original thinker in dialogue with major literary and cultural figures of nineteenth-century England. Here, her writings on beauty, education, and faith uncover aspects of Romantic and Victorian literature, philosophy, and theology. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137324979
ISBN
9781137324979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Hardcover. With special attention to Emily Dickinson's growth into a poet, this literary biographical study charts Dickinson's hard-won brilliance as she worked, largely alone, to become the unique American woman writer of the nineteenth century. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137033055
ISBN
9781137033055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

paperback. Here is a unique collection of fifty years of essays chosen to form an unconventional autobiography and capstone to his remarkable career as the conservative writer par excellence. Num Pages: 594 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 40. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Regnery United States
Number of pages
594
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780895260048
ISBN
9780895260048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.93

hardcover. Presents the complete letters of one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language - Henry James. This title includes more than ten thousand letters reflecting on a range of topics - from James' own life and literary projects to broader questions about art, literature, and criticism. Editor(s): Walker, Pierre A.; Zacharias, Greg W. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 342 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 33. Weight in Grams: 835.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803222977
ISBN
9780803222977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.20

Hardcover. Come to know the literary legend that is L. Ron Hubbard - a leading light of American Pulp Fiction, a screenwriter in the Golden Age of Hollywood and a creative visionary who authored some of the world's most enduring masterpieces. Here is both the story and back-story of a man who remains among the most widely read writers of all time. Series: L. Ron Hubbard Series. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 308 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New Era Publications International APS Denmark
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9788764934830
ISBN
9788764934830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 31.03

Hardcover. Num Pages: 335 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: BGL. Dimension: 172 x 246 x 29. Weight in Grams: 932.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763540797
ISBN
9788763540797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.08
€ 40.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838205892
ISBN
9783838205892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.47

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