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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. For more than a quarter century, William Logan has delivered clear-eyed and razor-sharp assessments of contemporary and classic poetry. Combining the sensibilities of poet and critic, Logan vividly conveys what he finds most memorable and most damning in a poet's work. Poets discussed include Shakespeare, Whitman, Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Rita Dove, Seamus Heaney, and Czeslaw Milosz. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136389
ISBN
9780231136389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.74
€ 79.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147323
ISBN
9780231147323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.74
€ 79.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147330
ISBN
9780231147330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

hardcover. Explores the function of the anarchist and anarchist rhetoric in the culture of late 19th- and early 20th-century Britain and the United States. The figure of the anarchist becomes an important symbol in discussions of social change, and anarchism becomes the germ of several aesthetic discourses of the early 20th century. Num Pages: 233 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838755259
ISBN
9780838755259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.50

hardcover. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; DSB; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706269
ISBN
9780226706269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.88
€ 97.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 506 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 188 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1248.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810869561
ISBN
9780810869561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 222.44

Hardback. This book focuses on three authors coming of age at an important moment in Spanish literary history and in world history at large. These authors incorporated into their novels the new ideas that they found in the writing of many foreign authors that were essential to their development. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; 2ADS; CJB; DSB; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761857990
ISBN
9780761857990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.14

Paperback. Editor(s): Sanders, Andrew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 129 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537464
ISBN
9780199537464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Maxwell uncovers both black literature's debt to Communism and Communism's debt to black literature, reciprocal obligations first incurred during the Harlem Renaissance. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFSL3; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114257
ISBN
9780231114257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Series: York Notes Companions. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388. 1950 to 1990. Series: York Notes Companions. 304 pages. Cateogry: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 19. Weight: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408204740
ISBN
9781408204740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; AB; DS; HBJK; JFC; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813062310
ISBN
9780813062310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.84

Paperback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474413534
ISBN
9781474413534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.11

Paperback. This 1906 two-volume memoir provides an unparalleled glimpse into the Rossetti family and its friendships with many Victorian cultural figures. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies. Num Pages: 334 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108060257
ISBN
9781108060257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.33

Paperback. This 1906 two-volume memoir provides an unparalleled glimpse into the Rossetti family and its friendships with many Victorian cultural figures. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies. Num Pages: 318 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781108060264
ISBN
9781108060264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.64

Paperback. Editor(s): Kelvin, Norman. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691603698
ISBN
9780691603698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.73
€ 54.95

paperback. William Morris was a dreamer with a genius for turning dreams into reality. Self-taught in 13 different crafts, some of them ancient, he became a great European pattern-designer. This volume illustrates the variety of Morris's prose, while focusing on the theme of earthly paradise. Editor(s): Wilmer, Clive. Num Pages: 480 pages, chronology, bibliographical notes. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140433302
ISBN
9780140433302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.07

Hardback. Editor(s): Nelson, William. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410. "On cover: English Institute essays. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" p. [169]-180. Commissioning organisation: edited with a foreword by William Nelson. x, 188 p. 21 cm. Original boards. Good copy in dulled and slightly edge worn blue covers." Keywords: "Special Features - Used Books - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Poetry & Poets,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - General,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Critici"
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
204
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1961
SKU
KEX0049771
ISBN
9780231025027
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. Examines some of the responses of Japanese authors to the transformation of Tokyo in the early decades of the 20th Century. This book explores the themes and formal strategies of the modernist literature that flourished in the 1920s, focusing on the work of Hagiwara Kyojiro (1899-1938) and Hayashi Fumiko (1903-1951). Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 180 x 31. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021297
ISBN
9780674021297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: CB; DSB; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442229402
ISBN
9781442229402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.87

Paperback. The Mother of All Booklists: The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103 is written for parents, grandparents, and teachers unfamiliar with the bewildering array of award and recommended reading lists. This book offers, not the opinion of one book critic, but the aggregate opinion of an army of critics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: CB; DSB; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442271869
ISBN
9781442271869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.13

Num Pages: 234 pages, 521 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSRC; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442229396
ISBN
9781442229396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.29

Hardcover. The Mother of All Booklists: The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103 is written for parents, grandparents, and teachers unfamiliar with the bewildering array of award and recommended reading lists. This book offers, not the opinion of one book critic, but the aggregate opinion of an army of critics. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSRC; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442238619
ISBN
9781442238619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.43

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of New Orleans Publishing United States
Edition
Expanded Third Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780972814386
ISBN
9780972814386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.29

"Features the voices .. of twenty-six of the most luminous artists and thinkers in the American cultural firmament, from Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger, and Alice Walker to William Eggleston, Bobby Rush, and C. Vann Woodward .. drawn from one-on-one interviews conducted by folklorist William Ferris over the past forty years"--Dust jacket flap. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: AGB; AJ; AVH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1024.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469607542
ISBN
9781469607542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.08

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