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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. How is it that Flaubert, the last of the great French romantics, still seems so incredibly modern? In this biography, Geoffrey Wall investigates why it is that the author of Madame Bovary still exerts such a hold upon our imaginations. Num Pages: 432 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486. Minor scuffing, otherwise excellent.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
432
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KTJ0001565
ISBN
9780571212392
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; DSBH; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340. Paperback in very good condition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0026720
ISBN
9780801488924
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; DSBH; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340. Paperback in very good condition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0006153
ISBN
9780801488924
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268030964
ISBN
9780268030964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.88

Hardcover. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations, facsims., maps, music, plans. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 859.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
520
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859182451
ISBN
9781859182451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Hardcover. Inner emigration is applied to writers who were not forced out of Germany during the Nazi era, and implies that they were in some measure isolated from the regime and its actions. Some have wondered whether it was in fact possible for them to publish fiction or commentary without collaborating. Scholars of German literature and popular culture rais Editor(s): Donahue, Neil H.; Kirchner, Doris. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571810014
ISBN
9781571810014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.71

Hardback. Flint on a Bright Stone closes a significant gap in the history of Modernist poetry by identifying the existence of "Tempered Modernism," an international phenomenon exemplified by Akhmatova, Rilke, H.D., and Williams, and characterized by small poems written with precision, restraint, simplicity, equilibrium, and hardness. Series: Verbal Art: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ACG; 2AGR; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750752
ISBN
9780804750752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.09

Hardback. In this book, Walter Judd and Grant Judd give detailed species accounts of every plant found in Tolkien's universe, complete with the etymology of the plant's name, a discussion of its significance within Tolkien's work, a description of the plant's distribution and ecology, and an original hand-drawn illustration in the style of a woodcut print. Num Pages: 416 pages, 289. BIC Classification: DSBH; PDX; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190276317
ISBN
9780190276317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.82

Paperback. Translator(s): Kisacky, Julia. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226256788
ISBN
9780226256788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Series: Irish Literature Series. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564783165
ISBN
9781564783165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.88

Hardback. Editor(s): Sanford, James H.; LaFleur, William R.; Nagatomi, Masatoshi. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; DS; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632674
ISBN
9780691632674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.58

paperback. Num Pages: 86 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Josef Weinberger Plays United Kingdom
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856762727
ISBN
9780856762727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.37

Paperback. A reticent personnel manager living with his mother, Mr Newman shares prejudices of his times and of his neighbours - and neither a Hispanic woman abused outside his window nor the persecution of the Jewish store owner he buys his paper from are any of his business. Until Newman begins wearing glasses, and others begin to mistake him for a Jew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190044
ISBN
9780141190044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075606
ISBN
9781906075606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

paperback. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075262
ISBN
9781906075262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872878549
ISBN
9780872878549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 49.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 587 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 168 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
587
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472226
ISBN
9781611472226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.07

Hardback. Cover slightly stained. Keywords: "20th Century, Folklore, History & Criticism, Classic, The Classics, Scottish, Criticism, English" This study examines how various conventions from Irish folklore have been subsumed in 12 Irish novels published between 1912 and 1948, including works by James Joyce, Flann O'Brien, Mervyn Wall, Darrell Figgis, Eimar O'Duffy and James Stephens. black & white illustrations. Series: Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
176
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KHS0069877
ISBN
9780313304903
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 30.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138774957
ISBN
9781138774957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Hardback. A unique bibliographic survey, including over 1500 items, opening avenues for further research on food and drink. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810830301
ISBN
9780810830301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 262.78

Hardback. Tracing dramatic changes in how Americans ate during the 1800s, Food and the Novel in Nineteenth-Century America argues that novelists, along with writers of cookbooks and domestic guides, helped negotiate the meaning of these changes in ways that still shape how Americans eat today. Series: Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759120945
ISBN
9780759120945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.75

Paperback. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816678204
ISBN
9780816678204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.83

Paperback. Driven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed's family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But things are no better there. Eight of his siblings die of malnutrition and neglect, and one is killed by his father in a fit of rage. This is a memoir of a young Moroccan boy's coming of age in a time of extreme poverty and degradation. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Telegram Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
169
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590108
ISBN
9781846590108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. Poems that borrow from the lexicon of filmmaking to let us find some solace in our facades. Num Pages: 72 pages, port. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452745
ISBN
9781552452745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.30

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