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Hardback. Offering essays, this book explores a panoply of subjects from the mastery of translation to the best day job for a poet. It is a journey with literature's most irresistible flaneur. It is a story of love between a reader and his treasured books. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571323661
ISBN
9780571323661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 25.82

Paperback. Michael Holquist's masterly study draws on all of Bakhtin's known writings, providing a comprehensive account of his achievement. This edition includes a new introduction, concluding chapter and a fully updated bibliography. Series: New Accents. Num Pages: 248 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415280082
ISBN
9780415280082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.91

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638201
ISBN
9780691638201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.56

Hardcover. Learning to drive was no easy matter for the author: the lessons required military precision when practising how to get in and out of his car correctly. Weaving together memoir and historical anecdote, this title traces his relationship with cars through a lifetime of biography. Num Pages: 128 pages, 10 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780701187439
ISBN
9780701187439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardcover. Translator(s): Hulse, M. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150. . Good copy in original cloth
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Andre Deutsch Ltd London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
SKU
KEX0241502
ISBN
9780233981284
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This book provides an approachable exposition of the rationale of textual editing with special reference to texts from between 1550-1800. The volume explains how manuscript and printed texts were produced, indicating the implications of this for their editorial treatment and giving practical advice on how texts should be prepared and presented. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 tables, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574762
ISBN
9780230574762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.87

Hardback. This collection of essays examines such topics as the influence of New Comedy on The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew; explores the implications for performance of the two versions of The Shrew, as well as examining the woman's part; studies the relationship of Love's Labor's Lost to The Convent of Pleasure, and so forth. Editor(s): Collins, Michael J. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491715
ISBN
9781611491715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.03

Paperback. Literary Biography: An Introduction offers an erudite and insightful introduction into the history, theory, and practice of the increasingly popular literary genre of life writing. The text illustrates and accounts for the literary genre that merges verifiable historical facts with the familiar conventions of narrative. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119060116
ISBN
9781119060116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.25

Hardcover. This collection reflects the distinct methods and insights Stephen Booth has brought to the reading of Shakespeare for more than forty years. Together these essays suggest how his approach enhances the reading, playing, or teaching of Shakespeare in the years to come and suggest the enduring value of his work to Shakespeare scholarship. Editor(s): Collins, Michael J. Num Pages: 188 pages, 33 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Delaware
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611495072
ISBN
9781611495072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.92

Paperback. One of the most popular and widely read books of the Middle Ages, "Physiologus" contains allegories of beasts, stones, and trees both real and imaginary, infused by their anonymous author with the spirit of Christian moral and mystical teaching. This book explains the origins, history, and literary value of this curious text. Translator(s): Curley, Michael J. Num Pages: 144 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226128702
ISBN
9780226128702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.01

Hardback. This volume includes over 4000 citations, as well as 15 major new critical studies and 2 new biographies. It includes citations for works published in languages other than English and provides English translations of their titles for quick assessment of their scholarly value. Series: The Scarecrow Author Bibliographies Series. Num Pages: 596 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810834828
ISBN
9780810834828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.62

Hardback. Num Pages: 446 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 785.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
446
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810862005
ISBN
9780810862005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.55

Paperback. Addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. This title explores writing as a technic akin to ritual, oral storytelling, magic and meditation, that enables us to reach beyond the limits of everyday life and forge virtual relationships and imagined communities. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304. Essays on Writers and Writing. 218 pages. Addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. This title explores writing as a technic akin to ritual, oral storytelling, magic and meditation, that enables us to reach beyond the limits of everyday life and forge virtual relationships and imagined communities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275263
ISBN
9780520275263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardcover. Irish Literary Studies Series No. 26. Series: Irish Literacy Studies Series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004306
ISBN
9780389207146
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. In History's Grip is a study of three novels by Philip Roth--American Pastoral, I Married a Communist, and The Human Stain--showing that they are built upon the notion of history as disruptive for individuals, cities, and nations and exploring their place in Roth's career. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804781824
ISBN
9780804781824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.72

Paperback. Zinoviev's twin themes are the nature of Soviet communist society and the West's inability to understand it. It is the purpose of this book to trace the development of his thinking via a chronological analysis of his most important works. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349124855
ISBN
9781349124855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.58

Paperback. This Companion is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary appraisal of the modernist movement, with contributions from fourteen leading scholars. Editor(s): Levenson, Michael H. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 342 pages, 7 b/w illus. Editor(s): Levenson, Michael H. This 2011 Companion is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary appraisal of the modernist movement, with contributions from fourteen leading scholars. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DSBH. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight: 544.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
342
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521281256
ISBN
9780521281256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.16

Paperback. Presents the original text and English translations of the medieval and post-medieval records, poems and chronicles relating to Welsh revolutionary Owain Glyndwr (1357?-1415). Notes and essays on the historical, social and literary context provide up-to-date perspectives and commentary on the man and his times. Editor(s): Livingston, Michael; Bollard, John K. Series: Liverpool Historical Casebooks. Num Pages: 640 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AFW; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1148.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898836
ISBN
9780859898836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 269 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875801964
ISBN
9780875801964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.08

Hardcover. Why did Joseph Conrad avoid using English, except when it came to the arduous task of writing fiction? And how do we account for his extensive "borrowing" from French writers? This psycholinguistic examination delves into the creative mind of Conrad. Series: EEM Social Science Monographs. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 2AGP; CFD; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880339841
ISBN
9780880339841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.93

Paperback. Rereads the works of Colette, Gide, and Proust to show how central representations of sexuality were to the evolution of literary prose forms in twentieth-century France. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822338970
ISBN
9780822338970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.71

Hardback. Representations of animality continue to proliferate in various kinds of literary and cultural texts. This pioneering volume explores the critical interface between animal and animality studies, marking out the terrain in relation to 20th-century literature and film. Editor(s): Lundblad, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474400022
ISBN
9781474400022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.92
€ 107.92

Hardback. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474425599
ISBN
9781474425599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. The figure of contamination as developed in this book offers a new perspective of negativity which questions the current influence of Hegelian dialectics in contemporary theory and philosophy. The book also offers a critical introduction to the critique of dialectics to which it at the same time contributes as an original piece of research. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474411363
ISBN
9781474411363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.69

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