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Paperback. Offers a collection of poems and songs from the eighteenth century. This title includes a selection from the work of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson (Burns' 'elder brother in the muse'), as well as a wider selection from the men and women writers whose good-humoured accessibility so characterised the poetry of their time. Editor(s): MacLachlan, Christopher. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DCQ; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841952536
ISBN
9781841952536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.36

hardcover. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Histories of American Literature. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DS. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2024
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781405170468
ISBN
9781405170468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.09

Hardback. This student-friendly handbook provides an engaging overview of American fiction over the twentieth century, with entries on the important historical contexts and central issues, as well as the major texts and writers. Series: Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 38. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405160230
ISBN
9781405160230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.05

Paperback. A guide to twentieth-century American poetry. It explores the material, historical and social contexts in which twentieth-century American poetry was produced. It also includes a biographical dictionary of major writers with entries on poets ranging from Robert Frost to Adrienne Rich. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220268
ISBN
9780631220268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.15

Hardback. Written by a leading authority on William Carlos Williams, this book provides a wide--ranging and stimulating guide to twentieth--century American poetry. * A wide--ranging and stimulating critical guide to twentieth--century American poetry. * Written by a leading authority on the innovative modernist poet, William Carlos Williams. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220251
ISBN
9780631220251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.36

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056039
ISBN
9780674056039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Luscombe, Christopher; McKee, Malcolm. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854592590
ISBN
9781854592590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.59

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403976079
ISBN
9781403976079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This book brings together fresh research from experts on contemporary Chinese poetry, built upon one of the most glorious poetic traditions of any civilization in the world yet historically neglected by scholars in English. This comprehensive volume offers readable and provocative treatments of many of the most important Chinese poets of our age. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; DSBH; DSBH5; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349536702
ISBN
9781349536702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Paperback. The stories gathered here explore the vagaries of sexual desire, gender identity, and erotic attachment, revealing the surprising queerness of nineteenth-century American literature. Editor(s): Looby, Christopher. Series: Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223668
ISBN
9780812223668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. An examination of crucial texts of 18th-century American literature, this book argues that the United States was self-consciously enacted through the spoken word. Balancing the strong emphasis on the importance of print culture, it uncovers the complex process of articulating a new nation. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226492834
ISBN
9780226492834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.81

Paperback. In this series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and by the personal and critical reactions they express, the selectors offer intriguing insight into their own work. Translator(s): Logue, Christopher. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 104 x 177 x 10. Weight in Grams: 77.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
9780571203833
ISBN
9780571203833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.20

Hardcover. This timely and incisive study reads contemporary literature and visual culture from the American South through the lens of cultural memory. Rooting texts in their regional locations, the book interrupts and questions the dominant trends in Southern Studies, providing a fresh and nuanced view of twenty-first-century texts. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137502841
ISBN
9781137502841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. Christopher Lloyd has been writing a weekly column in "Country Life" since 1963. His prose is exciting; his knowledge is vast; his ideas are provocative, and what is the true test of a writer who has transcended his medium, he makes you laugh out loud. This book intends to capture the essence of Christopher Lloyd and of his garden at Great Dixter. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240. The Garden Diaries of Great Dixter. 288 pages. Christopher Lloyd has been writing a weekly column in "Country Life" since 1963. His prose is exciting; his knowledge is vast; his ideas are provocative, and what is the true test of a writer who has transcended his medium, he makes you laugh out loud. This book intends to capture the essence of Christopher Lloyd and of his garden at Great Dixter. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; WM. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight: 204.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408811085
ISBN
9781408811085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.32

Hardback. During the Chinese Qin-Han period, there arose a regime of textual authority - overlapping but not coinciding with imperial authority. Drawing on research, this work analyzes the early elite culture, particularly in literature and in linguistic, intellectual and institutional history. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSB; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847687381
ISBN
9780847687381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.61

Hardback. This book examines how Asian American fiction reveals with the limitations of identity while continuing to rely on its theoretical logic as the basis of oppositional knowledge and political practices. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804778701
ISBN
9780804778701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.15

Paperback. This collection of essays studies the seemingly permanent racial undercurrents of society, focusing on unconscious fantasies and identities. The essays engage with postcolonial, political and psychoanalytic theory, as well as a wide range of texts and theories. Editor(s): Lane, Christopher. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFFJ; JFSL; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109475
ISBN
9780231109475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.85

Paperback. Showing why Victorian fiction conveys both the pleasure and anguish of intimacy, this text examines works by Bulwer-Lytton, Swinburne, Schreiner, Hardy, James, Santayana, and Forster, he argues that these writers struggled with aspects of psychology that undermined the utilitarian ethos of the age. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFSJ; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780226468600
ISBN
9780226468600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226526225
ISBN
9780226526225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. This study explores the concept of fetishism as a strategy for expressing social and political discontent in American literature, and for negotiating traumatic experiences particular to the second half of the twentieth century. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349287437
ISBN
9781349287437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Hardcover. This study explores the concept of fetishism as a strategy for expressing social and political discontent in American literature, and for negotiating traumatic experiences particular to the second half of the twentieth century. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230102903
ISBN
9780230102903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.16

Hardcover. 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: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJP; DSK; HBTB; JFC; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137366214
ISBN
9781137366214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268044244
ISBN
9780268044244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911024095
ISBN
9781911024095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.29

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