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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. Examines the poets Plath, Larkin, Heaney, Walcott, Middleton, Fisher, and Duffy, through the lens of displacement. Series: Poetry &.. Num Pages: 246 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846311161
ISBN
9781846311161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.12

Paperback. Translator(s): Zylinska, Joanna. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; JFD; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816675777
ISBN
9780816675777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Paperback. A complete translation of a major Japanese puppet drama written in 1746, with an investigation into the play's many authors and the use of "bunraku" puppets. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231059879
ISBN
9780231059879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.55

Paperback. This book carefully translates a seminal work of Japanese puppet theater, written in 1747, during the the genre's golden age. The editor includes background information on the play and a bibliography. Editor(s): Jones, Stanleigh H. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080538
ISBN
9780231080538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. In bunkhouses or rodeo arenas, on the trail or around the campfire, cowboys have been creating and reciting poetry since the 1870s. This title explores the 125-year history and development of cowboy poetry and to celebrate those who sustain it. It approaches the tradition of occupational folk poetry from a variety of perspectives. Editor(s): Stanley, David; Thatcher, Elaine. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252068362
ISBN
9780252068362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Appelbaum, Stanley. Series: Dover Dual Language French. Num Pages: 192 pages, 31ill. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
192
Publication date
2003
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486267111
ISBN
9780486267111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Rev Ed
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814730881
ISBN
9780814730881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. A philosophical study of popular movies uses the viewer as a point of reference. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
Enlarged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674961968
ISBN
9780674961968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.10

Paperback. This work is Stanley Cavell's definitive expression on Emerson. The sustained effort of 30 years of labour is drawn together here for the first time into a single volume, which also contains two previously unpublished essays and an introduction by Cavell that reflects on this book and its history. Editor(s): Hodge, David. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745437
ISBN
9780804745437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Stanley Cavell, one of America's most distinguished philosophers, has written an invaluable companion volume to "Walden," a seminal book in our cultural heritage. This expanded edition includes two essays on Emerson. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226098135
ISBN
9780226098135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.10

Paperback. In these three lectures, Cavell situates Emerson at an intersection of three crossroads: a place where both philosophy and literature pass; where the two traditions of English and German philosophy shun one another; where the cultures of America and Europe unsettle one another. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; DSB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226098210
ISBN
9780226098210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.00

Hardback. This work is Stanley Cavell's definitive expression on Emerson. The sustained effort of 30 years of labour is drawn together here for the first time into a single volume, which also contains two previously unpublished essays and an introduction by Cavell that reflects on this book and its history. Editor(s): Hodge, David. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745420
ISBN
9780804745420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.47

Paperback. On the night of September 22, 1912, Franz Kafka wrote his story "The Judgment," which came out of him "like a regular birth." This act of creation struck him as an unmistakable sign of his literary destiny. This title traces the implications of Kafka's literary breakthrough. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127804
ISBN
9780691127804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.89

Paperback. "Complex Pleasure" deals with questions of literary feeling in eight major German writers: Lessing, Kant, Hslderlin, Nietzsche, Musil, Kafka, Trakl, and Benjamin. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729406
ISBN
9780804729406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

paperback. Stanley Fish raises a provocative challenge in this text to those who try to turn literary studies into an instrument of political change, arguing that when literary critics try to influence society at large by addressing social and political issues, they cease to be literary critics at all. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674712201
ISBN
9780674712201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Stanley Fish is one of America's most stimulating literary theorists. In this book, he undertakes a reexamination of some of criticism's most basic assumptions. He penetrates to the core of the modern debate about interpretation, explodes numerous misleading formulations, and offers a proposal for a new way of thinking about the way we read. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674467262
ISBN
9780674467262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.96

Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167718
ISBN
9780691167718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. For Milton the value of a poem or of any other production derives from the inner worth of its author and not from any external measures. This text explores the radical effect of Milton's theological convictions on his poetry and prose. Num Pages: 640 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 38. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012332
ISBN
9780674012332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 48.27

paperback. If you know sentences, you know everything. Good sentences promise nothing less than lessons and practice in the organization of the world. This title offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure, skills invaluable to any writer (or reader). Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBW; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harper Paperbacks
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780061840531
ISBN
9780061840531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 208 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856688331
ISBN
9780856688331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.26

Paperback. A window onto the lives of the Romantic poets through the re-creation of one legendary night in 1817. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353068
ISBN
9780393353068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Hardcover. A window onto the lives of the Romantic poets through the re-creation of one legendary night in 1817. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: ACV; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
2nd Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393080995
ISBN
9780393080995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.74

Hardcover. John McGahern (1934-2006) has been widely acknowledged as one of the foremost Irish prose writers of the twentieth and the early twenty-first century. McGahern has traditionally been regarded as a 'chronicler' of the lives of farmers, teachers and policemen in the Irish midlands in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051640
ISBN
9781782051640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Shows that Shakespeare was a man of the theatre, one among a community of artists in the teeming world of Renaissance London. This book also sketches a gallery of Shakespeare's fellow playwrights. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141017136
ISBN
9780141017136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

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