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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FZG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613733325
ISBN
9781613733325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.64

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Mosaic Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889629929
ISBN
9780889629929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.70

Hardcover. American literature offers exceptional resources for understanding the complex role religion has played in the life of the culture and in the experience of its people. This title deals with the vital role that religion has played in the literature of the United States. Editor(s): Lundin, Professor Roger. Num Pages: 205 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602581470
ISBN
9781602581470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.70

Paperback. What impels poets to leap across time and space to speak to invisible listeners, seeking an ideal intimacy? This book argues that such poets must invent the language that will enact, on the page, an intimacy they lack in life. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134741
ISBN
9780691134741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.61

Hardback. This book explores how representations of intimacy between women included both a sexualized model of the "lesbian" tribade and an "idealized" model that portrayed female friendship as devoid of sexual expression. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729567
ISBN
9780804729567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.64

Paperback. This book explores how representations of intimacy between women included both a sexualized model of the "lesbian" tribade and an "idealized" model that portrayed female friendship as devoid of sexual expression. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736503
ISBN
9780804736503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Hardback. Stephen J. Ross examines the concept of nature in the work of John Ashbery. Through close readings of Ashbery's poetry and critical prose, he reveals Ashbery's work to be a case study of the dramatic transformation of nature in art and literature since World War II. Series: Oxford English Monographs. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198798385
ISBN
9780198798385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.10

Paperback. In today's world poetry is often regarded as particularly impenetrable, written in obscure and willfully difficult language: Invitation to Poetry opens the door to this rich art form, and teaches the serious student and the novice alike how to 'speak poetry'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405131643
ISBN
9781405131643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.03

Paperback. Contains character, book, painting and place indices. This work is a database of Anthony Powell's imagination and England's cultural landscape. It details over four hundred characters and one million words of Powell's fifty-year dance of fiction and fact. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099484363
ISBN
9780099484363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Hardback. Translator(s): Winston, Richard; Winston, Clara. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691654577
ISBN
9780691654577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.87

Paperback. Translator(s): Svarlien, Diane Arnson. Num Pages: 368 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664809
ISBN
9781624664809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.31

Hardback. Translator(s): Svarlien, Diane Arnson. Num Pages: 368 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 273 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664816
ISBN
9781624664816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.01

hardcover. Euripides' romantic melodrama of the reunion in Tauris of Iphigenia with the brother she thought was dead abounds in situations of danger and of touching reminiscence. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance Series. Num Pages: 67 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
67
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566631143
ISBN
9781566631143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 214 x 7. Weight in Grams: 16.
Publisher
Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929524559
ISBN
9780929524559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.14

Hardback. Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter in order to ensure the good fortune of his forces in the Trojan War is, despite its heroic background, in many respects a domestic tragedy. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance Series. Num Pages: 69 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 163 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
69
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566631129
ISBN
9781566631129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.84

Hardback. Num Pages: 204 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801443299
ISBN
9780801443299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.86

Paperback. Presents a collection of essays that centres on the implications of an intricate conception of Irish history and identity. This work emphasises both the historical considerations and the literary representations of Irish identities. It contains contributions by American, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish scholars. Editor(s): Westarp, Karl-Heinz; Boss, Michael. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 179 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; HBJD1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
179
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883809
ISBN
9788772883809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.25

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

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
€ 20.60

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. 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

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
€ 29.77

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
€ 16.61

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
€ 34.61

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