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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Telling the story of the author's grandparents and parents, and of his brothers' involvement in the violent Mau Mau uprising, this title etches a tumultuous era, capturing the landscape of Kenya, the people and their culture, and the social and political vicissitudes of life under colonialism and war. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 2AB; 3JJ; BM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099548522
ISBN
9780099548522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

hardcover. Dressed to Kill reconciles Zayas's Desenga os with the age in which it was written, contextualizing the book in baroque poetics, the Spanish honour code, and fifteenth-century martyr saints' lives. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JD; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643505
ISBN
9781442643505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.64

Hardback. The dominant literary genre in Song dynasty China, shi poetry reflected profound changes occurring in Chinese culture from 960--1279. Michael Fuller traces the intertwining of shi poetry and Neo-Confucianism that led to the cultural synthesis of the last years of the Southern Song and set the pattern of Chinese society for the next six centuries. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 525 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 42. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
525
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073227
ISBN
9780674073227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.09
€ 54.12

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748690848
ISBN
9780748690848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 102.99

Paperback. From Oscar Wilde to Rudyard Kipling, from Jonathan Swift to WB Yeats and Samuel Beckett: the city of Dublin has enchanted and inspired some great poetry. This is a companion for a visit to the Fair City. Series: Poetry of Place. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSRC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 106 x 8. Weight in Grams: 80.
Publisher
Eland Publishing London
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011239
ISBN
9781906011239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.60

Paperback. .
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554811229
ISBN
9781554811229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.71

paperback. Dubliners is arguably the best-known and most influential collection of short stories written in English, and has been since its publication in 1914. Editor(s): Norris, Margot. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 412 pages, 8 maps; 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Norton
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393978513
ISBN
9780393978513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. Classic drama from Longman Literature Series: New Longman Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KHT; 4KL; DD; DSG. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
PEARSON SCHOOLS
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582817791
ISBN
9780582817791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.91

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Daimon Verlag Switzerland
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9783856307479
ISBN
9783856307479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.47

Paperback. This unusual philosophy book asks the reader to reconsider the received view that animal rights have no place in ancient thought. Catherine Osborne argues that by reflecting on the work of the ancient philosophers and poets, we can see when and how we lost touch with the natural intelligence of dumb animals. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199568277
ISBN
9780199568277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.64

Paperback. Editor(s): Johnson, David F.; Claassens, Geert H. M. Series: Arthurian Archives. Num Pages: 770 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1074. Five Interpolated Romances from the Lancelot Compilation. Series: Arthurian Archives. 770 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Johnson, David F.; Claassens, Geert H. M. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 42. Weight: 1074.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
770
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843108
ISBN
9781843843108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.67

Paperback. Series: Arthurian Archives. Editor(s): Johnson, David F.; Claassens, Geert H. M. Parallel texts of key Dutch Arthurian romances in acclaimed translations with notes and introductions. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 87. Weight: 2408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
1590
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843115
ISBN
9781843843115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.15

Hardback. Novels by Proust, Woolf, and Nabokov have been read as expressions of a desire to transcend time. Hagglund gives them another reading entirely: fear of time and death is generated by investment in temporal life. Engaging with Freud and Lacan, he opens a new way of reading the dramas of desire as they are staged in both philosophy and literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPCF7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Sew
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066328
ISBN
9780674066328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.82
€ 58.69

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353898
ISBN
9780822353898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Hardback. In Dying Modern, renowned literary critic Diana Fuss argues that as death has been increasingly shunted off-stage, out of the public eye, poets have taken up the task of reckoning with dying, loss, absence, and grief. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353751
ISBN
9780822353751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.23

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783160587
ISBN
9781783160587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.00

Paperback. In the "Poet to Poet" series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and their critical reactions, the selectors offer intriguing insights into their own work. Here, Derek Mahon selects Dylan Thomas. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 119 x 8. Weight in Grams: 72.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571218349
ISBN
9780571218349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. The definitive biography of the poet who was almost as notorious for his 'rock 'n roll' lifestyle as his artistic work Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753817872
ISBN
9780753817872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Ringrose, Chris. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Dimension: 152 x 212 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838208428
ISBN
9783838208428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.18

paperback. The first complete collection of all of E. Pauline Johnson's known poems, many painstakingly culled from newspapers, magazines, and archives, along with a selection of her prose, including fiction, journalism, and discussions of gender and race. Editor(s): Gerson, Carole; Strong-Boag, Veronica. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802084972
ISBN
9780802084972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.70

hardcover. The first complete collection of all of E. Pauline Johnson's known poems, many painstakingly culled from newspapers, magazines, and archives, along with a selection of her prose, including fiction, journalism, and discussions of gender and race. Editor(s): Gerson, Carole; Strong-Boag, Veronica. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802036704
ISBN
9780802036704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

Hardcover. A study of 19th-century Irish authors, Edith Somerville and Martin Ross, and their literary collaboration, particularly the latter's influence on their writing and professional careers. New and in-depth archival research is used to rethink Somerville and Ross's joint authorship within the historical intellectual and literary culture. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XS) Student text. Dimension: 166 x 333 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051923
ISBN
9781782051923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

hardcover. This edition of E.J. Pratt's letters is the final volume in the Collected Works series. The letters take us into his "workshop," illuminating the research behind his distinctive documentary long poems and the social nature of his creative production. Editor(s): Popham, Elizabeth A.; Pitt, David G. Series: Collected Works of E.J.Pratt. Num Pages: 792 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JJ; ACX; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1190.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
792
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442650237
ISBN
9781442650237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.87

Paperback. EM Forster's most challenging work, "A Passage to India" has since 1924 provoked debate on topics from imperialism to modernism to ethnicity, sexuality and symbolism. This book introduces not only the novel but the key issues which surround it. It offers a contextual and biographical overview, with a chronology of important dates. Editor(s): Childs, Peter. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415238236
ISBN
9780415238236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.62

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