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Paperback. In this biography, Douglas Patey follows Evelyn Waugh's career from the comfortable middle-class home he was anxious to flee, through his escapades at Oxford, his adventures in South America and Africa, his experience of war, to his last years as veiled autobiographer. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 456 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231349
ISBN
9780631231349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.73

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318610
ISBN
9781846318610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.83

Paperback. Based on La Nona, Yer Granny is a riotous new comedy about a diabolical 100-year-old granny who's literally eating her family out of house and home. Series: Oberon Modern Plays. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oberon Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783199211
ISBN
9781783199211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.28

Paperback. "Heartbreakingly powerfula wonder of grace and beauty' - London Herald Series: Oberon Modern Plays. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
114
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840025637
ISBN
9781840025637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. An exciting new one woman play from the award-winning Scottish playwright. Num Pages: 66 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 132 x 5. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
66
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849430647
ISBN
9781849430647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849431255
ISBN
9781849431255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.30

Paperback. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, poets and architects, designers and critics, teachers and thinkers are rediscovering the virtues of the previous century's energetic cultural constellation. This book teases out the contradictions inherent in modernism's commitment to badness. Editor(s): Mao, Douglas; Walkowitz, Rebecca L. Num Pages: 376 pages, 41 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337973
ISBN
9780822337973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

hardcover. Aristophanes' comedies are famous for their comic characters and earthy humour. But they are also highly topical, with many contemporary political allusions easily missed today. This book provides students with a long needed accessible and essential introductory guide to the plays, focusing particularly on information about the Athens of the day. Num Pages: 376 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198721581
ISBN
9780198721581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.92

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650173
ISBN
9780691650173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.28

paperback. Num Pages: 447 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
447
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816633647
ISBN
9780816633647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

paperback. Num Pages: 86 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Josef Weinberger Plays United Kingdom
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856762727
ISBN
9780856762727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.37

Hardcover. Presents a collection of essays from various periods of the author's distinguished career and by fellow academics writing in response to his work, which represents a novel dialogic form of literary criticism. In his essays ranging from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" to the "Canon", he offers nuanced and informed readings of his chosen texts. Editor(s): Clare, Janet; O'Mara, Veronica. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558477
ISBN
9781904558477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.85

hardcover. From Milton and the Court Wits to Dryden and the Scriblerians, authors deploy baroque moments of disruption, grotesquerie, excrescence, extravagance, exuberance, encryption_even as they turn to more supposedly classical, restrained, and rational forms. Canfield tries to ferret out the meanings of these disruptions. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611492354
ISBN
9781611492354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.54

The American Southwest has long fascinated audiences. Authors and filmmakers of the 20th century have created a pantheon of mavericks who often cross a metaphorical boundary among the literal ones of Anglo, Native American and Hispanic cultures. This text focuses on such border crossings. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; APFA; DSA; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 535.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813121802
ISBN
9780813121802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.35

This work analyzes by subgenre the ways in which Restoration playwrights attempted to reinscribe feudal aristocratic ideology after the English Civil War. It demonstrates, for example, how heroic romance and romantic tragedy reaffirm the older ideology after it was tested in the fires of conflict. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813121253
ISBN
9780813121253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.72

Hardcover. Fine copy, with fine D.J. Signed by the author. First Edition
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st
SKU
KST0005098
ISBN
9780316640329
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 14.00

Paperback. This text presents a translation of a short poem by 16th-century French poet Clement Marot. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 188 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1419.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465086450
ISBN
9780465086450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.25

Paperback. This substantial new volume is a stimulating yet in-depth introduction to Scottish literature in English and Scots. From medieval to modern, the entire range of literature is introduced, examined and explored. Editor(s): Gifford, Douglas; Dickson, Beth; MacGillivray, Allan; Dunnigan, Sarah. Series: Scottish Language and Literature. Num Pages: 1248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1858.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
1248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748608256
ISBN
9780748608256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.81

Paperback. This volume of RIM focuses on the inscriptions of the Third Dynasty of Ur, a city made famous by archaeological excavations of its spectacular burial sites. Num Pages: 524 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CJB; DB; DSB; HBLA1; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442623767
ISBN
9781442623767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.30
€ 88.28

Paperback. Homeric figure Nestor has a special relation to Ionia, where the Homeric poems were composed, and through Ionia to early Athens. The relationship between the Ionian city of Miletus and early Athens is particularly important. This book covers the role of these cities, and the location of Nestor's city Pylos. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 600 pages, 17 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674032903
ISBN
9780674032903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Paperback. In a distinguished poetic career, Douglas Dunn has won the Somerset Maugham Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Hawthornden Prize and the Whitbread Book of the Year. This selection draws on the entire range of Dunn's poetry, From "Terry Street" (1969) to "The Year's Afternoon" (2000). Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571215270
ISBN
9780571215270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.16

Paperback. It was an energetic 'No' to provincialism, and a vigorous 'Yes' to nationalism as an enabler of poetry. This work is a Douglas Dunn's anthology of poetry. Editor(s): Dunn, Douglas. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DCQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 36. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571228386
ISBN
9780571228386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.09

Paperback. Politovsky was the flag-engineer on the flagship "Kniaz Suvorov". This work presents his secretly written verse-letters to his wife, Sophie, cataloguing the squalor and frustrations of life aboard ship. He gives a portrait of a man caught in the destinies of progress, history and geography. Series: Faber Poetry. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
175
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571204267
ISBN
9780571204267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Hardback. Poetry Broadsheet, 14 x 15 cm (Framed, 38x35.5cm). Signed by the author. Part of a portfolio that covers virtually every important English 20th century poet alive at the time. Poem of the Month 1970 - 1975. Keywords: Poetry - Broadsheets - Poem of the Month Club
Publisher
Poem of the Month Club London
Condition
Used, Like New
Format
Hardback
SKU
KHS0056635
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 75.00

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