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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. This book gathers together twelve essays on Faulkner's "Intruder in the Dust", which he termed "a mystery-murder." These essays provide resources to teachers who wish to assign this text, as well as food for thought and discussion to individual readers and scholars of Faulkner. Editor(s): Gresset, Michel. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916101466
ISBN
9780916101466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.44

Paperback. Born in 1931, the illegitimate child of an abandoned mother, Thomas Bernhard was brought up by an eccentric grandmother and adored grandfather. He ran away from home at 15 and at 18, was put in a hospital ward for the old and terminally ill when he caught pneumonia. This volume tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099442530
ISBN
9780099442530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. 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: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621670
ISBN
9781900621670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.69

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

Paperback. Focuses on the turbulent years of the 1970s, when the United States emerged from the Vietnam War into an economic crisis. This title explores how the traditional science-fiction magazines coped with this crisis, ranging from the death of John W Campbell Jr, to the start of the science magazine "Omni", and the first dreams of the internet. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 528 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FL; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846310034
ISBN
9781846310034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.22

Hardback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509812356
ISBN
9781509812356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. This book offers an examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. It shows how the garden has served as a check against the destruction and losses of history. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317908
ISBN
9780226317908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.34

Paperback. Garcilaso Inca de la Vega, a Peruvian mestizo and historian, envisioned Latin America as a multiethnic continent and advanced a humanist interpretation of New World history. In this collection of articles, central aspects of Garcilaso's life and work are reviewed. Editor(s): Anadon, Jose. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; BGH; DSBD; HBAH; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268010379
ISBN
9780268010379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Hardback. In the seventeen dramatic texts examined in this study, women writers from Spanish America have self-consciously incorporated games into their plays' structures to highlight from a woman's perspective the idea that life, as well as the theater, is a game. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481976
ISBN
9781611481976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119249429
ISBN
9781119249429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.35

Paperback. is subjects range from close self-analysis to abstract considerations of time and place, but essentially he is interested in adapting traditional poetics to fit contemporary situations. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 167.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of New Orleans Publishing United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780972814348
ISBN
9780972814348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614885
ISBN
9780691614885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 55.08

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642468
ISBN
9780691642468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 209.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Parsons, Mikeal; Talbert, Charles; Longenecker, Bruce. Series: Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801032752
ISBN
9780801032752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.41

Paperback. "Galatea and Midas" are two of John Lyly's most engaging plays. This book presents the plays. Editor(s): Hunter, George K.; Bevington, David. Series: Revels Plays Companion Library. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078279
ISBN
9780719078279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.26

Hardcover. This volume contains a survey of prose writing - novels, plays, journalism - produced in Ireland between 1922 and 1939. All quotations are given in English with original Irish in notes. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AFR; DSBH; DSK; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558132
ISBN
9781904558132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.13
€ 78.86

Paperback. When do we start going to war and why? And what did it mean to go to war from World War I to World War II and beyond, in Italy, before and after Mussolini, before and after, that is, that warring spirit of the age which keeps nations in fighting mode? This book explores these questions. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Pap/DVD Bl
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748668724
ISBN
9780748668724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. This Readers Guide offers a lively and accessible introduction to the essential criticism surrounding the fiction of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Jay Corwin explores major critical responses to Marquez's key works, from early and short fiction, to One Hundred Years of Solitude, through to Of Love and Other Demons. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137513366
ISBN
9781137513366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821412312
ISBN
9780821412312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 261.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349161195
ISBN
9781349161195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.86

Paperback. This full-length life of G. K. Chesterton is the first comprehensive biography of both the man and the writer. It draws on many unpublished letters and papers to evoke Chesterton's joyful humour, his humility and affinity to the common man, and his love of the ordinary things of life. Num Pages: 784 pages, 17 black and white images. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1158.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199655762
ISBN
9780199655762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 47.89

Paperback. Robert Bird traces Fyodor Dostoevsky's path from a political revolutionary to one who fought his battles through the printed word. The author describes how Dostoevsky's difficult background contributed to his highly acclaimed novels such as Crime and Punishment (1867) and The Brothers Karamazov. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861899002
ISBN
9781861899002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Philip K Dick was one of the most incisive, subversive, and entertaining American authors of the last half of the twentieth century. This book examines the first eight cinematic adaptations of Dick's fiction in light of their literary sources. Num Pages: 5 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218604
ISBN
9780803218604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.88

Hardcover. A multinational perspective runs through this volume, which focuses on dynamic trends in feminist science fiction. The contributions include discussions of such issues as race, gender, cyberfeminism, the media, and new writers in the field. Editor(s): Barr, Marleen S. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
KDenn
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847691258
ISBN
9780847691258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.55

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