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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Life of the Russian poet who withstood Stalinism and became an inspiration to millions Num Pages: 352 pages, 20, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753820643
ISBN
9780753820643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. Poet Anna Wickham, a neglected figure in early 20th-century literature, is the subject of this biography. The book details her flight from her husband and sons to live with Natalie Clifford Barney in Paris, and her friendships with members of a literary circle that included D. H. Lawrence and Lawrence Durrell. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Derrydale Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568332536
ISBN
9781568332536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.79

Paperback. Offers a translation of one of the greatest accounts of ancient Rome. This title recounts the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero in AD 68. Translator(s): Damon, Cynthia. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DB; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455649
ISBN
9780140455649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardcover. A collection of major works of Tacitus, one of the greatest historian of Roman empire. It includes such works as the "Annals" and the "Histories", "Agricola" and the "Germania". Num Pages: 920 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 47. Weight in Grams: 932.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593111
ISBN
9781841593111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.94

Paperback. Anne of France (1461-1522) composed these lessons - presented as a portrait of an ideal princess - as guidance in negotiating the pitfalls facing a woman in the world of politics. First English translation. Series: Library of Medieval Women. Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; JFM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 202 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843842934
ISBN
9781843842934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.54

Paperback. First published in 1908 and has never been out of print. The story of how a little girl, adopted from an orphanage to help a brother and sister on their farm, grows to responsible young adulthood and, as she grows, brings light and life to her adopted home. Editor(s): Devereux, Cecily. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
Broadview Editions
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113623
ISBN
9781551113623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.44

Paperback. Since its publication in 1908, Anne of Green Gables has been an enduring bestseller and arguably Canada's most famous novel. Editor(s): Rubio, Mary Henley; Waterston, Elizabeth. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393926958
ISBN
9780393926958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 194 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 2AGZ; 3H; DSBB; HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816630547
ISBN
9780816630547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Focusing on Annie Ernaux's writing trajectory, this title provides an analysis of Ernaux's individual texts. It highlights the contradictions and nuances in her writing, and demonstrates the intellectual intricacies of her literary project. Series: Modern French Writers. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853235477
ISBN
9780853235477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.89

Paperback. A guide to Annie Proulx's novel "Postcards" and her short story "Brokeback Mountain" that features a biography of the author, an analysis of the texts, a summary of the their popular and critical reception, a discussion of the film adaptation of "Brokeback Mountain" and its reception. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. 96 pages. A guide to Annie Proulx's novel "Postcards" and her short story "Brokeback Mountain" that features a biography of the author, an analysis of the texts, a summary of the their popular and critical reception, a discussion of the film adaptation of "Brokeback Mountain" and its reception. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 190 x 135 x 11. Weight: 156.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847064554
ISBN
9781847064554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Hardback. In celebration of its tercentenary, this collection brings together ten eminent scholars with new perspectives on the poem. Editor(s): Nichol, Don. Num Pages: 312 pages, 63. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647961
ISBN
9781442647961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.70

Hardcover. A compilation of bibliographical information accumulated between 1986 and 96 in the annual publication of the New Chaucer Society, "Studies in the Age of Chaucer". Features include an extensive subject index and a descritptive annotation for each entry, identifying the nature of the study. Editor(s): Bowers, Bege K.; Allen, Mark. Num Pages: 752 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC; DSK; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1125.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268020163
ISBN
9780268020163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

Paperback. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program United States
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885445308
ISBN
9781885445308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. He expands his examination of possible textual corruption and adds hundreds of new glosses to help scholars, students, and general readers untangle the dense thicket of allusions that crowds every sentence of Joyce's nearly inscrutable masterpiece. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DS; DSR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
fourth edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419077
ISBN
9781421419077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 43.08

Hardback. In Anonymous Life: Romanticism and Dispossession, Khalip approaches romantic subjectivity's fascination with anonymity as an ethics of engaged withdrawal or strategic reticence, arguing that anonymity is an alternative model of being that resists the requirement to inhabit a social category and remains open to change and re-description. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758406
ISBN
9780804758406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.21

paperback. In bold, dazzling prose, Flynn tells the story of two lives and the trajectory that led him and his father into a homeless shelter, onto Boston's streets, and finally to each other. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 27. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Faber And Faber Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
9780571214082
ISBN
9780571214082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.59

Hardback. Editor(s): Pugliese, Stanislao G. Num Pages: 332 pages, 9 b&w illus. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 28. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823233588
ISBN
9780823233588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.83

Hardback. Editor(s): Trzaskoma, Stephen M.; Brunet, Stephen. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664984
ISBN
9781624664984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.53
€ 55.14

Paperback. Editor(s): Neill, Michael. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535781
ISBN
9780199535781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

hardcover. A valuable collection of essays that look at Anthony Burgess's relationship with Modernism and postmodernity Editor(s): Roughley, Alan. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078866
ISBN
9780719078866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.80

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