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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This volume features a collection of letters by John B. Keane. These include: "Letters of a Successful TD", "Letters of a Love-Hungry Farmer", "Letters of a Matchmaker", "Letters of an Irish Priest" and "Letters of an Irish Minister of State". Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 450. 390pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Mercier Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
9781856351560
ISBN
9781856351560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.04

Paperback. This book reconsiders the Celtic Revival by examining appropriations of Shakespeare, using close readings of works by Arnold, Dowden, Yeats and Joyce to reveal the pernicious manner in which the discourse of Anglo-Irish cultural politics informed the critical paradigms that mediated the reading of Shakespeare in Ireland for a generation. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439683
ISBN
9781349439683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Hardcover. Ofers a vital new interpretation of modernist literature through an examination of James Joyce's employment of Scottish literature and philosophy, as well as a commentary on his portrayal of shared Irish and Scottish histories and cultures. Barlow also offers an innovative look at the strong influences that Joyce's predecessors had on his work. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 629.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268101015
ISBN
9780268101015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

Paperback. Confronts widespread assumptions about lyric, exploring such topics as its relationship to its audiences, the impact of material conditions of production and other cultural pressures, lyric's negotiations of gender, and the interactions and tensions between lyric and narrative. It is of interest to students across a range of historical fields. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400426
ISBN
9781421400426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.86

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 2ADS; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847693276
ISBN
9780847693276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.22

Paperback. This classic text is the tale of a woman who becomes involved in murder without realizing the terrible price she will pay for it. This edition includes an introduction which analyzes the play in detail, and a commentary illuminating difficulties in the play for the modern reader. Series: Revels Student Editions. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719044816
ISBN
9780719044816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.07

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691605791
ISBN
9780691605791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634715
ISBN
9780691634715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.52

Hardback. An account of language and drama between 1945 and 2005, synthesizing linguistic and dramatic knowledge in order to illuminate the ways in which anxieties and attitudes toward language manifest themselves in discourses on and around English theatre of the time, and how these anxieties and attitudes reflect back through the theatre of this period. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230013292
ISBN
9780230013292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647289
ISBN
9780691647289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 225.91

Paperback. With excerpts from his major booksoBlue Desert, Desierto: Memories of the Future, Blood Orchid, Blues for Cannibals, A Shadow in the City, Trinity, and Some of the Dead Are Still Breathingoas well as prominent magazine articles and early journalism, this anthology gathers the best and most representative writing from Charles Bowden's entire career Editor(s): Almeranti, Erin; Miles, Mary Martha. Num Pages: 297 pages, 1 b&w Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292721982
ISBN
9780292721982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 222 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Karolinum Press, Charles University
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024615738
ISBN
9788024615738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

Paperback. This Student Edition of Chekhov's last and most elusive play, a study of the effect of social change on the values of individuals, includes notes on the life and career of the playwright, an introduction giving the background to the play and a guide to its interpretation. Editor(s): Worrall, Nick. Translator(s): Frayn, Michael. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 colour, 8 page sections. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413695000
ISBN
9780413695000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 189 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763536721
ISBN
9788763536721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.55

Hardback. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; DSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 268 x 188 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810877245
ISBN
9780810877245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.51

Paperback. The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary texts. Written by international experts, the volume's essays challenge earlier readings of childhood and offer fascinating contributions to the current upsurge of interest in constructions of childhood. Editor(s): Gavin, A. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY; JFC; JFSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349345496
ISBN
9781349345496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardback. The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary texts. Written by international experts, the volume's essays challenge earlier readings of childhood and offer fascinating contributions to the current upsurge of interest in constructions of childhood. Editor(s): Gavin, Dr. Adrienne. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230348271
ISBN
9780230348271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.00
€ 67.65

Hardback. A new generation of Asian American writers has garnered critical and popular attention since the 1990s. Min Hyoung Song argues that their diverse work pushes against existing ways of thinking about race. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 illustrations, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354383
ISBN
9780822354383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

Hardback. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 258 pages, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 2GDC; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137512253
ISBN
9781137512253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardcover. Focusing on its adaptation in the Chinese context, Catherine Vance Yeh traces the rise of the political novel to international renown between the 1830s and the 1910s. Yeh explores in detail the tensions characteristic of transcultural processes, among them the dynamics through which a particular, and seemingly local, literary genre goes global. Num Pages: 441 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504356
ISBN
9780674504356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.39
€ 54.88

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Critical
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823228690
ISBN
9780823228690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. This text examines the ways that Classical and Renaissance epic poems often work against their expressed moral and political values. It combines a formal and tropological analysis that stresses difference and disjunction with a political analysis of the epics figurative economy. Num Pages: 496 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 38. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719179
ISBN
9780804719179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Paperback. Includes translated commentaries, dating from the sixth century, that show the persisting survival of Greek learning in an increasingly Christianised world. This work takes the form of a series of explanations and glosses of classical references in Gregory's original Sermons. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HRAX; HRCX4; HRKP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853239178
ISBN
9780853239178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801048821
ISBN
9780801048821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.42

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