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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226092317
ISBN
9780226092317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.63

Hardcover. Drawing on his experiences as a photographer and author, Brassai discovered a neglected aspect of Proust's interests, offering a study of the role of photography both in Proust's oeuvre and in early 20th-century culture. This translation features photographs from Brassai's "High Society" series. Translator(s): Howard, Richard (Prpfessor, School of the Arts, Columbia University, USA). Num Pages: 148 pages, 16 duotones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 194 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226071442
ISBN
9780226071442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 45.92

Hardcover. Offers the study of the legal structure crucial to Dante's Divine Comedy. This title makes the compelling case that Dante deliberately exploits this highly structured legal system to explore the phenomenon of exceptions to it, introducing Dante to crucial current debates about literature's relation to law, exceptionality, and sovereignty. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226071091
ISBN
9780226071091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Paperback. The writings of the Marquis de Sade have attained notoriety in the canon of world literature. Sade himself is often celebrated as a heroic apostle of individual rights and a giant of philosophical thought. In this detailed work, Laurence Bongie tests these claims. Num Pages: 348 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DNF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226064215
ISBN
9780226064215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. 'The Fugitive's Properties' uncovers a poetics of intangible, personified property emerging out of antebellum laws, circulating through key 19th century works of literature, and informing cultural forms such as blackface minstrel performance and early race films. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations, bibliog references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044347
ISBN
9780226044347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

hardcover. Offers a comprehensive assessment of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's complicated feminism by exploring the renowned writer's theories of sexuality and evolutionary analyses of androcentric, or male-dominated, culture. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226014623
ISBN
9780226014623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.14
€ 88.84

Paperback. In 1955, Maxine Kumin submitted a poem to the Saturday Evening Post. This book brings together Kumin, Julia Alvarez, Jane Smiley, Erica Jong, and fifteen other accomplished women of this generation to reflect on their writing lives. Editor(s): Burroway, Janet. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226014104
ISBN
9780226014104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.31

Hardcover. A guide to the increasingly allusive and complex Peppercanister poems. All the poems are discussed in chronological order and are accompanied by illustrations and reproductions of covers, which are fully explained in the text. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 256 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590. Nice copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003133
ISBN
9781900621526
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 60 b/w, 36 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 189 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1311. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear fine in dustjacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0002967
ISBN
9780300109948
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Covering a diverse range of figures and issues from Jonathan Swift's pornographic poetry to Oscar Wilde's famous cello-shaped coat this book collapses Irish studies into the critical perspective of disability studies: linking 'Irishness' and 'disability' together allows the emergence of a new critical perspective, an Irish disability studies. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy in illustrated covers with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004414
ISBN
9780230574656
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) has been acknowledged by writers as diverse as Harold Bloom, Adrienne Rich and R.S. Thomas as one of the central poets of the 20th century. Justin Quinn offers a fundamental reassessment of Stevens's work and the connections it makes between nature, community and art. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004410
ISBN
9781900621663
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. This book begins with two fatal duels, as the most apt introduction to a literary period best defined by its antagonisms. Exploring three publishing phenomena of the age; the novels of Walter Scott, Byron's Don Juan, and the new literary magazines, it attempts a radical reconfiguration of our understanding of literary culture after Waterloo. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; DSBF; FC; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1648. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004409
ISBN
9780199582532
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A guide to the increasingly allusive and complex Peppercanister poems. All the poems are discussed in chronological order and are accompanied by illustrations and reproductions of covers, which are fully explained in the text. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004381
ISBN
9781900621533
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An incisively argued collection of essays which sets out to look afresh at the landscape of Irish poetry in the 1930's. Editor(s): Coughlan, Patricia; Davis, Alex. Series: Poetry/literary criticism. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004380
ISBN
9781859180617
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Lojek, Helen. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AS; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carysfort Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004376
ISBN
9781904505013
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Irish Literary Studies Series No. 26. Series: Irish Literacy Studies Series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004306
ISBN
9780389207146
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004281
ISBN
9781859182611
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An exploration of the relationship between US political and social thought and literary consciousness in the early post-war years in which the author analyzes the efforts by writers to reshape their "old" liberalism into a "new" sceptical liberalism that recognized the persistence of human evil. Series: History of American Thought & Culture S. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JPFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004273
ISBN
9780299128449
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. YORK NOTES ADVANCED - THE ULTIMATE LITERATURE GUIDES. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Longman
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004268
ISBN
9781405835657
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Murphy, Neil. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 466. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004260
ISBN
9781564785626
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.00
€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Coughlan, Patricia; O'Toole, Tina. Num Pages: 311 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Carysfort Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KAC0004252
ISBN
9781904505358
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Explores the works of leading black and Jewish writers from the 1950s to the 1980s. Series Editor(s): Gelpi, Albert (Stanford University, California); Posnock, Ross. Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004244
ISBN
9780521635752
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A study of the Irish modernist poet, Brian Coffey (1905-95), whose work has always been regarded as difficult. This text aims to explain how the poems release their meaning and guide the reader in understanding the poet's work. Num Pages: 160 pages, 4 photographs, 2 line illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 249. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004240
ISBN
9781900621441
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It will be a welcome addition to the library of any scholar of modernism and can easily be adapted for courses on Woolf and modern literature. Editor(s): Linett, Maren. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 464 pages, 17, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004231
ISBN
9780801891182
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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