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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. From the author of 'Practical Anarchy' and 'Resistance is Futile', this latest collection of poetry is two books in one. 'The Coalville Divan' builds on Gallas' fascination with Eastern literature, and 'Excellent Men' puts Beckett before Oort and Fellini next to the Unknown Soldier. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABU; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547436
ISBN
9781857547436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSK; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781444743500
ISBN
9781444743500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Trent Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842330869
ISBN
9781842330869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. One of the texts to emerge from the Althusserian tradition, this book analyzes the ideological unconscious that always exists, without becoming explicit, in any discursive field. Editor(s): Read, Malcolm K. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AN; CFG; DSB; GTE; JFC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874130560
ISBN
9780874130560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.85

Hardcover. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Univ of Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947822
ISBN
9781933947822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.73

Hardback. A sociohistory of German bourgeois literature from 1770-1914 based on detailed readings of six cononical literary texts. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 777.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724029
ISBN
9780804724029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.01

Paperback. Reflections on how Americans are constrained by cultural scripts for age-, race-, and gender-proper emotional behavior and how our increasingly media-saturated culture impoverishes our interior lives. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343776
ISBN
9780822343776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Statius' 'Achilleid' is perhaps the most remarkable of all Latin epic poems. Its project - to tell the whole life of Achilles - was cut short by the poet's untimely death. In relating this story, Statius explores the nature of gender and the limits of the epic genre, while playfully positioning himself in the epic - and wider - poetic tradition. Editor(s): Dilke, O.A.W. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Classic Editions. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904675112
ISBN
9781904675112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.50

Hardcover. Statius's Silvae, thirty-two occasional poems, were written probably between 89 and 96 CE. The verse is light in touch, with a distinct pictorial quality. D. R. Shackleton Bailey's edition, which replaced the earlier Loeb Classical Library edition by J. H. Mozley, is now reissued with corrections by Christopher A. Parrott. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996908
ISBN
9780674996908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 19 halftones. 11 line illus. 2 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 786.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165127
ISBN
9780691165127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.96
€ 44.75

Paperback. This collection of essays explores the social and cultural aspects of steampunk, examining the various manifestations of this multi-faceted genre, in order to better understand the steampunk sub-culture and its effect on-and interrelationship with-popular culture and the wider society. Editor(s): Taddeo, Professor Julie Anne; Miller, Cynthia J. Num Pages: 360 pages, 48 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AS; DSK; FZG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810893153
ISBN
9780810893153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.14

Hardcover. A new critical assessment of the works of the Austrian-Jewish author, in whom there has been a recent resurgence of interest, from the perspective of world literature. Editor(s): Vanwesenbeeck, Birger; Gelber, Mark H. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 278 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139245
ISBN
9781571139245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.17

Hardback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Num Pages: 137 pages, Plans transparencies :Includes index. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
137
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810819634
ISBN
9780810819634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.37

Hardback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Num Pages: 1 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810824447
ISBN
9780810824447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780679746997
ISBN
9780679746997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.00

Hardback. The essential thrust of this book is an examination of the origins and development of the satirical element of Stendal's writing in Italy, which culminates with the creation of what many critics consider to be his finest achievement, the novel La Chartreuse de Parme. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859894463
ISBN
9780859894463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.32

Hardcover. Stephen Crane was a prodigious American author whose bohemian ways seemed to contradict his conscientious upbringing. Drawing on documents by Crane's father, mother and sister, this text shows how their vitality and versatility galvanized Crane's imagination and spurred his literary career. Num Pages: 352 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629016
ISBN
9780815629016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.78

Paperback. A penetrating study of the life and writings of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage , by one of America's greatest poets and critics. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815411154
ISBN
9780815411154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.16

Hardback. Stephen Crane's short, compact life--"a life of fire," he called it--is surrounded by myths, distortions, and fabrications. Paul Sorrentino has sifted through garbled chronologies and contradictory eyewitness accounts, scoured the archives, and followed in Crane's footsteps. The result is the most accurate account of the poet and novelist to date. Num Pages: 452 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 938.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674049536
ISBN
9780674049536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Paperback. Professor Nelson's companion considers the stage and screen work of one of the great auteurs of our present age. Ranging across Poliakoff's work for the theatre, his early TV dramas and his high-profile work for the screen since 1998, this is an invaluable study of a unique theatre, film and TV talent. Series: Plays and Playwrights. Num Pages: 272 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; APF; APT; DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408131084
ISBN
9781408131084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.84

Hardcover. Although often embroiled in controversy and public debate, Spender's all consuming passion was literature. This is a serious literary biography which quotes extensively from Spender's writing and shows its relationship to the major political and social events with which Spender became involved. Num Pages: 350 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160. Weight in Grams: 644. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016490
ISBN
9780715629482
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The enchanting true story of Stephenie Meyer, the Queen of Twilight. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KAK0002952
ISBN
9781844549368
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies. This book traces the poet's steps from his early works, through to his receipt of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature and his post-Nobel life. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 39. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571242535
ISBN
9780571242535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Banash, Professor David. Num Pages: 344 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628923674
ISBN
9781628923674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.55

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