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Paperback. Central to any understanding of the significance of material objects, whether contemporary or prehistoric, is a discussion of the very nature of interpretation itself: how we 'read' artefacts and inscribe them into the present. Editor(s): Tilley, Christopher. Num Pages: 372 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631172857
ISBN
9780631172857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.71

Paperback. An examination of whether Chinese writers of the Creation Society, a Chinese literary coterie, successfully appropriated shishosetsu, a quintessentially Japanese form of autobiographical narrative, into a form to be exploited for their own ends, especially political ends. Series: Comparative Perspectives on Modern Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349528233
ISBN
9781349528233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Yamamoto Sanehiko's (1885-1952) achievements as a publisher, writer, and politician in the interwar period served as both a catalyst and a template for developments after the wars. While exploring the accomplishments the compelling figure, this study sheds new light on the social, cultural, and political changes that occurred in postwar Japan. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; DSBH; DSBH5; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349474035
ISBN
9781349474035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.02

Hardcover. Traversing the themes of language, terror and representation, this is the first study to engage Coleridge through the sublime, showing him to have a compelling position in an ongoing conversation about finitude. Drawing on close readings of both his poetry and prose, it depicts Coleridge as a thinker of 'the limit' with contemporary force. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278110
ISBN
9780230278110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135. .
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910996089
ISBN
9781910996089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.68

He demonstrates a significant point of contact between two writers generally thought to be antagonists-the idea that imperial speech structures reveal the self. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421406749
ISBN
9781421406749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 84.33

Hardcover. "Bound in maroon cloth; stamped in gold; top edges stained maroon. Purchased from Gilman, Crompond, N.Y. The Erich T. Griebling Drama Collection. Commissioning organisation: edited by Christopher St. John [pseud.]. 3 p.B., v-xxx p., 1B., 3-334 p., 1B. 23.5 cm. Associated Names: Shaw, Bernard,. Associated Names: Marshall, Christabel,. Associated Dates: 1856-1950. Original cloth. Good clean copy, rubbed and fraying at spine ends, worn at edges." Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons New York
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1932
SKU
KEX0059175
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Shoestring Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904886297
ISBN
9781904886297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198127673
ISBN
9780198127673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 409.37

Paperback. Drawing on diaries, letters, memoirs and biographies, as well as the journalistic tradition of sketch-writing, this text covers all aspects of parliamentary life, from the landmark events of Britain's history to the eating and drinking habits of MPs. Editor(s): Silvester, Christopher. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; DQ; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 864. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0006027
ISBN
9780712666435
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559364508
ISBN
9781559364508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.74

Paperback. A programme text of Shinn's new play examining freedom of speech and set on U.S. presidential election night in the leading candidate's family. The play opens at the Royal Court Theatre on 3 September 2008. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 4. Weight in Grams: 60. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRA0010585
ISBN
9781408112687
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Paperback. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425293
ISBN
9781848425293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.32

Hardcover. Modernist debates about waste - both aesthetic and economic - often express biases against gender and sexual errancy. The Poetics of Waste looks at writers and artists who resist this ideology and respond by developing an excessive poetics. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137402783
ISBN
9781137402783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. An English-language introduction to the writings of the so-called New Vienna School of art history. Editor(s): Wood, Christopher S. Num Pages: 488 pages, 58 illus. BIC Classification: ACX; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 753.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951153
ISBN
9781890951153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

All those beguiled by the work of William Blake recognise the importance of the Bible for his poetic genius, whether as an object of criticism, or an inspiration. This book attempts to locate Blake within the broad spectrum of Christian biblical interpretation, orthodox, heterodox, and radical. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations & 8 colour images. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSC; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300112603
ISBN
9780300112603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.12
€ 53.43

Hardback. Reading portraiture as a national rhetoric during the romantic period, Imagining the Gallery reveals a pervasive cultural discourse that reflects and propels sociopolitical shifts taking place in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. Num Pages: 272 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751247
ISBN
9780804751247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.00

Hardcover. This book introduces and analyzes the fiction of Xu Xu and Wumingshi and shows their importance during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) until 1949. It makes the wider argument that their short stories and novels in this period, and popular Chinese literature more broadly, was indebted to the Shanghai modernist writers of the 1930s (Xinganjue Pai). Series: Edinburgh East Asian Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748696369
ISBN
9780748696369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.89
€ 103.50

hardcover. Signed and inscribed to Édith Fournier, Beckett's translator, by Eoin O'Brien, friend of Beckett. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light age and shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Clarendon Press Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0029655
ISBN
9780198123583
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 125.00

Paperback. A biographical and critical study of Tennyson aiming to show what went into the making of the man, exploring the power, subtlety and variety of his poems, along with the artistic principles and preoccupations which shaped his life's work. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333486559
ISBN
9780333486559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.35

Paperback. Looks closely at three outstanding poets of the past half-century - Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell - through the lens of their relation to their two predecessors in genius, T S Eliot and Ezra Pound. Series: The Anthony Hecht Lectures in Humanities Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300171464
ISBN
9780300171464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 26.01

Paperback. This is a study of the poetry of T.S. Eliot. The author sets out to discover just how his poetry, charged with coldness, antisemitism, misogyny, elitism and prissiness invites or incites prejudice. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 245.
Publisher
Faber Faber Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571170357
ISBN
9780571170357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

Hardcover. Christopher Ricks's 'Oxford Book of English Verse' -- third in succession, after Arthur Quiller-Couch's original volume (1900) and Helen Gardner's new selection (1972) -- is a treasury from more than seven centuries of the poet's art. Poems that are also translations are included. Editor(s): Ricks, Christopher. Num Pages: 752 pages, index. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Number of pages
742
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192141828
ISBN
9780192141828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.52

hardcover. Clustering around the letter 'C', this title features seventy poems that celebrate a lexicon of lived experience through a single letter of the alphabet. It includes tales of cufflinks and costume, cougars and cochineal, catapults and cavalry, even canoodlings in canoes. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571321452
ISBN
9780571321452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.75

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