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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. One of a complete set of Jane Austen's novels collating the editions published during the author's lifetime and previously unpublished manuscripts. The books are illustrated with 19th-century plates and incorporate revisions by experts in the light of subsequent research. Series: Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen. Num Pages: 446 pages, plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 125 x 27. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
446
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192547019
ISBN
9780192547019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.17

Paperback. First published in 1993, this work is a portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement. It includes an afterword by the author. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 185.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781862079083
ISBN
9781862079083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.28

paperback. Looking back not only at author's own much younger self, but also at the other writers who shared Paris with him - James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald - he recalls the time when, poor, happy and writing in cafes, he discovered his vocation. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099285045
ISBN
9780099285045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Hardback. "A remarkable analysis of an important medieval text.. This work will surely initiate new studies of the precolonial frame of mind and the role of distinct versions of medieval manuscripts in the shaping of medieval understanding."-Sixteenth Century Journal Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812233438
ISBN
9780812233438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.37
€ 44.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780099365006
ISBN
9780099365006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. This series introduces students to more sophisticated analysis and wider critical perspectives to enbable students to appreciate contrasting interpretations of the text and to develop critical thinking. This volume explores "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Longman
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
9780582431638
ISBN
9780582431638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.69

Paperback. This innovative work sets two texts by two different authors on facing pages, designed so that they read in tandem--Miller's text on the right, Asensi's on the left. Miller analyzes the changes in the contemporary research university in the West; Asensi provides the first comprehensive interpretation of Miller's work. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732444
ISBN
9780804732444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.05
€ 52.94

Paperback. Editor(s): Brearton, Fran. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716533047
ISBN
9780716533047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.85

Paperback. With "A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu" Marcel Proust achieved a perfect rendering of life in art, of the past created through memory. It is both a portrait of the artist and a discovery of the aesthetic by which the portrait is painted, and it was to have a seminal influence on 20th-century literature. This title presents the life of this writer. Num Pages: 816 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Pimlico
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712674799
ISBN
9780712674799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. This book offers an examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. It shows how the garden has served as a check against the destruction and losses of history. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317908
ISBN
9780226317908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.34

Hardback. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 124 x 192 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691154114
ISBN
9780691154114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. A discourse on the connection between sex, eroticism and love in literature by the Nobel Prize-winning poet and essayist. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846554360
ISBN
9781846554360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.75

Paperback. The stories of Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) are wonderful evocations of ordinary Italian life, focusing in particular on his native, Sicily. In an original and dynamic prose style, he portrays such eternal human themes as love, honour and adultery with rich and colourful language. Translator(s): McWilliam, G.H. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 2AHA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447415
ISBN
9780140447415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Hardcover. An examination of the career of William Butler Yeats with special emphasis upon his connection with English Renaissance literature. Amongst other topics, it looks at the influence on his work of such writers as Arnold, Spenser, Jonson, Milton and Donne. Series: Studies in Anglo-Irish literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper but otherwise clean
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Schol, Print UK
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0005158
ISBN
9780333521779
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KSS0004963
ISBN
9780330354912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KKD0006315
ISBN
9780330354912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A critical book on Virgina Woolf that places her world of class, politics, feminism, pacifism, and the family into firm historical perspective. It is a penetrating, learned, wide-ranging appreciation of Virginia Woolf in her social and political context, documenting what muscle and thought there was in her allegedly gossamer work. Num Pages: 375 pages, 2Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520061842
ISBN
9780520061842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.38

Paperback. Presents an account of the author's Irish rural upbringing that describes a patriarchal society surviving on the edge of poverty, sustained by the land and an insatiable love of gossip. This title includes tales of schoolboy skirmishes, blackberrying and night-time salmon-poaching. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141184203
ISBN
9780141184203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. Ever since "Robinson Crusoe" in 1719, the novel has introduced British readers to truly unforgettable characters - people in whom we can find deeper understanding of our own lives. This book examines and celebrates the most famous and best-loved of these dazzling fictional creations and their wider impact on British culture as a whole. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
BBC Books
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
V9781846079603
ISBN
9781846079603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.75

Hardcover. In this powerful and authoritative study Borbala Farago provides the fullest account yet of the work of a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature as well as in contemporary women's writing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782050889
ISBN
9781782050889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.00
€ 38.37

Paperback. This accessible new translation of Sophocles' Antigone includes an analytical introduction, comprehensive notes and an essay by director Karen Libman. Num Pages: 126 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521134781
ISBN
9780521134781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.06

Paperback. Challenging the conception of empowerment associated with the Black Power Movement and its political and intellectual legacies, this title contends that power can be found not only in martial resistance, but, surprisingly, where the black body has been inflicted with harm or humiliation. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 327 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740958
ISBN
9780814740958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. A detailed analysis of Proust's masterpiece, aimed at students coming to the work for the first time. Num Pages: 230 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521720069
ISBN
9780521720069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.43

Paperback. The most current, wide-ranging, and accessible introduction on the post-war novel in Britain available. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 316 pages. The most current, wide-ranging, and accessible introduction on the post-war novel in Britain available. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521669665
ISBN
9780521669665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.82

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