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Literature: history & criticism

paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780268044206
ISBN
9780268044206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.49

Paperback. Tells the story of the author's parents' lives - largely in their own words. They remember every detail of their Dublin childhoods. Through their eyes, we see the intensely Catholic society of their youth being transformed into the vibrant, modern Ireland. This is the author's first non-fiction book. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099449225
ISBN
9780099449225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

hardcover. The publishers of Ulysses by James Joyce were brought to trial and convicted of obscenity in the USA in 1921. The Ulysses Trials chronicles the progress of the trials and adds not only to the understanding of Joyce but also to the history of the laws of obscenity, censorship and freedom of speech. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 454. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Signed and inscribed to Ivor. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031535
ISBN
9781843516682
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

paperback. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) - poet, philosopher, painter, novelist, playwright, composer, traveler, political commentator and Asia's first Nobel Laureate - was one of his era's cultural icons: the 'Great Sentinel', said Gandhi. This book presents the power of his person, the power of his name and the power of his work. Num Pages: 512 pages, 6x8pp b/w plates, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2BMB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 40. Weight in Grams: 794. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
I.B. Tauris London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025703
ISBN
9781845118044
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

hardcover. This book considers the widespread treatment of traumatic memory in Irish fiction of the past thirty-five years. It focuses on both trauma fiction and the historical novel, and the way certain novelists looked to early events in twentieth century Irish history to engage the recent political violence in Northern Ireland beginning in 1969. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Inscribed affectionately by author to both. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025604
ISBN
9780230250307
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Deals with Oscar's astonishing erotic odyssey through Victorian London's sexual underworld. Oscar Wilde emerges as a man driven personally and creatively by his powerful desires for sex with men, in this book, the author argues that Oscar's Wilde's life and work can only be fully understood and appreciated in terms of his sexuality. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 42. Weight in Grams: 564. Good clean copy showing light age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornerstone U.K.
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0025432
ISBN
9780099415459
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780801488047
ISBN
9780801488047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.49

paperback. Through his literary criticism, his advocacy for the Palestinian cause, and his book "Orientalism", Edward W Said elegantly enriched public discourse by unsettling the status quo. This volume on Edward Said's life and work, spans his broad legacy both within and beyond the academy. Editor(s): Iskandar, Adel; Rustom, Hakem. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFCX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520258907
ISBN
9780520258907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.66

paperback. The latest installment of Yale French Studies explores the history and development of bande dessinee, Franco-Belgian comics Editor(s): Grove, Laurence; Syrotinski, Michael. Series: Yale French Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CJB; DSB; FZG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300225983
ISBN
9780300225983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 6.49

paperback. Understanding exile as flight from political persecution or types of oppression that single out women, this title concentrates on diasporic writers and filmmakers who depict the vulnerability of women to poverty and exploitation in their homelands and their search for safe refuge. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566395403
ISBN
9781566395403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Juan Valera y Alcala-Galiano (1824-1905), one of nineteenth-century Spain's most respected authors, lived an international life-a career in the diplomatic service, with postings to more than a half dozen countries in Europe and the Americas. Editor(s): Fedorchek, Robert M. Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856688584
ISBN
9780856688584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. Jorge Olivares connects the personal, political, and artistic trajectories of the Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) to Arenas's insights into the Cuban Revolution, the struggles of exiles, and the politics of sexuality. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353966
ISBN
9780822353966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

paperback. Compares the self-representations of the US Mexicanas with the representations of academic-affiliated, intellectual Chicana writers and visual artists. This work looks at how the Chicana professional intellectuals and the US Mexicana women refigure demeaning constructions of female gender roles and racial, ethnic, and sexual identities. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; AC; DSBH; HBTD; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343103
ISBN
9780822343103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

paperback. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press Books United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315421
ISBN
9780822315421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. This collection of new essays looks at the diversity of seventeenth-century Quaker writing, examining its rhetoric, its polemical strategies, its purposeful use of the print medium, and the heroism and vehemence of its world vision. Editor(s): Corns, Thomas N.; Loewenstein, David. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DNF; DSB; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714642468
ISBN
9780714642468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.36

paperback. Editor(s): Ikas, Karin; Wagner, Gerhard. Num Pages: 220 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415878401
ISBN
9780415878401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Hardcover. A leading literary critic's innovative study of how the Nobel Prize-winning author turned life into art. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393246872
ISBN
9780393246872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3JD; DSBD; DSC; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268027766
ISBN
9780268027766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.08

Paperback. Richard Bradford provides an overview of Milton's life, contexts, work and the relationship between these, and of the main critical issues surrounding his work. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415202442
ISBN
9780415202442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.02

Hardcover. Xenophon III. Expeditio Cyri (Anabasis) Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198145547
ISBN
9780198145547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.38

Hardcover. Xenophon I. Historia Graeca Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198145523
ISBN
9780198145523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.24

hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1957
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804705035
ISBN
9780804705035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.22

paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, 18 Black and White Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New World Library
Condition
New
SKU
9781608681884
ISBN
9781608681884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.58

paperback. Stanley Fish raises a provocative challenge in this text to those who try to turn literary studies into an instrument of political change, arguing that when literary critics try to influence society at large by addressing social and political issues, they cease to be literary critics at all. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674712201
ISBN
9780674712201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.83

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