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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. Centuries before W.B. Yeats wove Indian, Japanese and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinships in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the unacknowledged discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage. Num Pages: 478 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630449
ISBN
9780815630449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.65

Paperback. Centuries before W B Yeats wove Indian, Japanese, and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinship in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1F; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631644
ISBN
9780815631644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.36

Hardcover.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716531357
ISBN
9780716531357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.00
€ 46.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Coughlan, Patricia; O'Toole, Tina. Num Pages: 311 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Carysfort Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KAC0004252
ISBN
9781904505358
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Over the past twenty years, interest in Irish literature has risen dramatically across the globe. Irish Literature, 1750-1900: An Anthology presents in one volume the rich body of Irish writing between the Enlightenment and Modernism. Editor(s): Wright, Dr. Julia M. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 632 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1238.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405145190
ISBN
9781405145190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 208.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590335901
ISBN
9781590335901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.61
€ 55.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Lloyd, Dr David (Independent Consultant). BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474415323
ISBN
9781474415323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349949625
ISBN
9781349949625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.94
€ 38.61

Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernism Drama and Performanc. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; DSG; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474424462
ISBN
9781474424462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.89
€ 107.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761817352
ISBN
9780761817352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.72

Hardback. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 261 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137567833
ISBN
9781137567833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.24

Hardcover. In this frank memoir, John Bayley describes the life he has shared with his wife, Iris Murdoch, afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. He explains how he has coped emotionally and practically with the illness that has beset the woman he loves and cherishes. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162. Weight in Grams: 519. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has some minor wear but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KDK0016825
ISBN
9780715628485
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.38

Paperback. Comprehensively engaging with Murdoch's work this volume gathers contributions from philosophers, theologians, and a literary critic to explore the significance of her ideas for contemporary thought. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226021133
ISBN
9780226021133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.35

Hardcover. Iris Murdoch: A Writer at War is a fascinating private memoir of one of the great women writers and thinkers of the 20th century and a remarkable historical document of life behind the scenes during the Second World War. Num Pages: 303 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; BJ; DSK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition - Later Print Run
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906021221
ISBN
9781906021221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Hardback. Although Irene Nemirovsky was Jewish, she frequented authors and politicians on the extreme right. This biography analyzes the discrepancy between Nemirovsky's real and imagined identities, and explores a literary work that revisits in a different way Jewish identity, exile, betrayal, and the solidarity of persecuted people. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804754811
ISBN
9780804754811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.66

Hardcover. Investigates how the Irish cultural debate informed O'Nolan's early fiction and journalism. This work offers an assessment of his work in its Irish context, arguing that his self-reflexive comic writing betrays a crisis of literary identity that is rooted in the cultural dynamics of post-Independence Ireland. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
284
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184424
ISBN
9781859184424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Hardcover. This 1982 collection examines Ireland's relations with the rest of western Europe between AD 400 and 1200. Editor(s): Whitelock, Dorothy; McKitterick, Rosamond; Dumville, David. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 791. Nice clean copy in dustjacket. Scarce
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ8038956
ISBN
9780521235471
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 48.00

Hardcover. This volume explores the ways in which the complicated revolution in British newspapers, the New Journalism, influenced Irish politics, culture, and newspaper practices. The essays here further illuminate the central role of the press in the evolution of Irish nationalism and modernism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Steele, Karen; De Nie, Michael. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137428707
ISBN
9781137428707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.78

Hardcover. In this volume, the distinguished Dublin poet Harry Clifton - who has lived and worked all over the globe - focuses on locating himself and other Irish poets in relation to the literary traditions of Britain, Europe and the United States. Clifton opens by recounting his time living in London in the late eighties and early nineties. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359904
ISBN
9781906359904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.57

Hardcover. No one interested in Irish studies during the past 30 years will have missed the work of Patrick Rafroidi. Whether it be romantic poets or the contemporary novel or theatre and drama, he had much to say that was provocative, lively and always readable. Series: Irish Literacy Studies Series. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 221 x 142. Weight in Grams: 422. Rare. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Previous owner's name to ffep. Text is crisp and remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Books Maryland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0027027
ISBN
9780389209669
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

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