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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 446 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646084
ISBN
9780691646084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 225.91

Paperback. This volume features a collection of letters by John B. Keane. These include: "Letters of a Successful TD", "Letters of a Love-Hungry Farmer", "Letters of a Matchmaker", "Letters of an Irish Priest" and "Letters of an Irish Minister of State". Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 450. 390pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Mercier Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
9781856351560
ISBN
9781856351560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.04

Paperback. Series: Focus on. 65 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 5. Weight: 96.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange
Number of pages
65
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075064
ISBN
9781906075064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.51

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649191
ISBN
9780691649191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.25

Paperback. John Ashbery explores the work of six writers whose poetry he turns to when requiring a "poetic jump-start". This book covers the work of less familiar writers such as John Clare and David Schubert, offering both an analysis of their writings as well as giving insights into Ashbery's own. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006645
ISBN
9780674006645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. The second book of a major two-volume biographical study of the author William Makepeace Thackeray and his family, including new research that sheds light on the lives of his daughters Minny and Annie. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, geneal. table. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718892258
ISBN
9780718892258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.35

paperback. Num Pages: 124 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 193 x 8. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226650258
ISBN
9780226650258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.62

paperback. "Even in an age of emerging nationhood, English men and women still thought very much in terms of their parishes, towns, and counties. This book examines the vitality of early modern local consciousness and its deployment by writers to mediate the larger political, religious, and cultural changes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries"-- Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBJD; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2011
SKU
V9781349325610
ISBN
9781349325610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.41

Paperback. The third edition of this study of the poems and prose works of Dylan Thomas traces his development as a writer, and links this with his Welsh background. His family life, the impact of Welsh nonconformity and the chapel are explored as important influences on the poet's career. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333634042
ISBN
9780333634042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.02

Paperback. While modernism's engagement with the occult has been approached by critics as the result of a loss of faith in representation, Leigh Wilson argues that these discourses remakes the relationship between world and representation. Wilson explores the aesthetic and political implications in the work of writers who were self-consciously experimental. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSB; HRQC5; HRQM2; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627707
ISBN
9780748627707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.47

Hardcover. Chester Himes and John A Williams met in 1961, as Himes was on the cusp of transcontinental celebrity and Williams, sixteen years his junior, was just beginning his writing career. This is a collection of correspondence between these two friends, presenting nearly three decades worth of letters about their lives and loves. Editor(s): Williams, John A.; Williams, Lori. Series: African American Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Edition
Adapted ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814333556
ISBN
9780814333556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.47

Hardback. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491913
ISBN
9781611491913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.81

Paperback. "Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them; there is no third". This study attempts to explain and justify T.S. Eliot's claim. John Scott offers a critical overview of Dante's writings: the "Vita Nova", the "Convivio", the "De Vulgari Eloquentia", his "Rime", and "Monarchia", Series: William & Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 504 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 3H; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268044510
ISBN
9780268044510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.30

Hardback. Quitslund argues that Spenser sought authority for his poem by grounding its narrative in a divinely ordained natural order, intelligible in terms derived from the ancient sources of poetry and philosophy. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 695.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802035059
ISBN
9780802035059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.20

Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403973221
ISBN
9781403973221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. The creation of perfect imaginary worlds serves as a means of acting on the imperfect present. This is a feature of French utopian writing, whose rich tradition inspires authors. This book demonstrates that the utopian - and dystopian - imaginings which constitute that tradition find expression through various genres and modes of creation. Editor(s): West-Sooby, John. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874130485
ISBN
9780874130485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.94

Paperback. Essays in Honour of Bruce Mitchell. Inside Old English Essays in Honour of Bruce Mitchell offers readers a comprehensive insight into the world of Old English. Num Pages: 320 pages, NO. BIC Classification: DS. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119121398
ISBN
9781119121398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.96

Hardback. Editor(s): Spiers, John. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403997722
ISBN
9781403997722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brien, John. Series: The Review of Contemporary Fiction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564782762
ISBN
9781564782762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.73

Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brien, John. Series: The Review of Contemporary Fiction. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564786463
ISBN
9781564786463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.06

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