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Paperback. This companion forms the best introduction to the work of one of Britain's leading experimental writers. Maggie O'Sullivan has an international reputation as a poet both on the page and as a mesmerising performer. Her work breaks through traditional boundaries of performance and writerly practice. Editor(s): Hamilton-Emery, Chris; Salt Publishing; Upton, Lawrence. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876857738
ISBN
9781876857738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888393883
ISBN
9780888393883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Hardback. This acclaimed volume explores and unravels the contexts, readings, genres, intertextualities and debates within Anglo--Saxon studies. * Brings together specially--commissioned contributions from a team of leading European and American scholars. * Embraces both the literature and the cultural background of the period. Editor(s): Pulsiano, Phillip; Treharne, Elaine. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 552 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ABA; 3F; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 264 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1180.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631209041
ISBN
9780631209041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 210.79

Hardback. This Companion is a standard reference work for scholars and students of the Gothic from its origins to the present day. Providing stimulating insights into Gothic writing, its history and genealogy, it offers coverage of criticism of the Gothic and of the various theoretical approaches it has inspired and spawned. Editor(s): Punter, David. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; ACK; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 27. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631206200
ISBN
9780631206200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Puri, Shalini; Castillo, Debra A. Num Pages: 267 pages, 2 colour illustrations, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 280 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349928361
ISBN
9781349928361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.61

Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Literary Dictionaries. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 672. Series: Palgrave Literary Dictionaries. 360 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 25. Weight: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403943170
ISBN
9781403943170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.77

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Literary Dictionaries. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349521869
ISBN
9781349521869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. Translator(s): Azarov, Vladimir; Callaghan, Barry. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 109 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550963885
ISBN
9781550963885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.74

Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750325
ISBN
9780804750325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.82

Paperback. This biography describes Virginia Woolf's family and childhood; her early writings; the formation of the Bloomsbury group; her marriage to Leonard Woolf; the mental breakdowns of 1912-15; the origins and growth of the Hogarth Press and the political and personal distresses of her last years. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712674508
ISBN
9780712674508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559364461
ISBN
9781559364461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.98

Hardcover. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) has been acknowledged by writers as diverse as Harold Bloom, Adrienne Rich and R.S. Thomas as one of the central poets of the 20th century. Justin Quinn offers a fundamental reassessment of Stevens's work and the connections it makes between nature, community and art. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004410
ISBN
9781900621663
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This collection of twenty-nine original essays, surveys satire from its emergence in Western literature to the present. * Tracks satire from its first appearances in the prophetic books of the Old Testament through the Renaissance and the English tradition in satire to Michael Moore's satirical movie Fahrenheit 9/11. Editor(s): Quintero, Ruben. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 624 pages, 18. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1226.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405119559
ISBN
9781405119559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.97

Paperback. Translator(s): Parkinson, R. B. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555628
ISBN
9780199555628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 217 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DS; BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 291 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Xlibris
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781456852009
ISBN
9781456852009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 19.64

Hardcover. Critical edition of an important Scottish poem, highlighting its striking poetic features. Editor(s): Hanna, Ralph, III. Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Scottish Text Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897976395
ISBN
9781897976395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.94

Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 290 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349371372
ISBN
9781349371372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Often dismissed as sensationalist, transgressive fiction is a sophisticated movement with roots in Menippean satire and the Rabelaisian carnal folk sensibility praised by Bakhtin. This study, the first of its kind, provides a thorough literary background and analysis of key transgressive authors such as Acker, Amis, Carter, Ellis, and Palahniuk. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349333189
ISBN
9781349333189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Geddes & Grosset (New Lanark)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KHN0001046
ISBN
9781842051542
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Geddes & Grosset (New Lanark)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KAK0010916
ISBN
9781842051542
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This book examines evolution of medieval patience literature from a focus on male and female sufferers to a focus on female suffers in particular. Using feminist revisions of genre-theory, Waugh analyses the concept of counterfeit consciousness in the works of Margery Kempe and Chaucer among others. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 247 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349351787
ISBN
9781349351787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

hardcover. Editor(s): Robbins, R. Num Pages: 260 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
2000th Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312231699
ISBN
9780312231699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.29

Hardback. The Extension of Life studies ten American novels from such authors has Capote, Bellow, and Kingsolver, in the light of theories of narration and of the recent debate of the nature of fiction. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472615
ISBN
9781611472615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.28

Hardback. Virgil offers undergraduates, graduate students and general readers a comprehensive and carefully balanced introduction to the works and literary reception of Virgil. Offering a fresh, comprehensive introduction to Virgil in translation, this book traces the poet's literary influence on later authors and his impact on the arts. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159494
ISBN
9781405159494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.87

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