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Paperback. A biography of W B Yeats, it covers the second half of Yeats' life, taking in his controversial political involvements, continued supernatural experiments, his extraordinary marriage, a series of love affairs, and the writing of his greatest poetry. It also weaves together his life and work. Num Pages: 832 pages, 32pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1306. Good clean copy showing light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0024921
ISBN
9780192806093
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 48.00

Paperback. Yeats is usually seen as a great modernist innovator. This book goes against the grain to explore the Irish literary traditions that preceded and influenced him-romantic 'national tales' in post-Union Ireland, the poetry and polemic of the Young Ireland movement, the occult novels of Sheridan LeFanu, and William Carleton's 'peasant fictions'. Num Pages: 256 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199641659
ISBN
9780199641659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.91

Hardback. "Beowulf" is one of the finest works of vernacular literature from the European Middle Ages and as such is a fitting title to head the Old English family of texts published in the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. This title provides readers as well as established scholars with fresh insights into "Beowulf", and the four other texts. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 521.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052956
ISBN
9780674052956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. Used hardback, in good condition. With dustjacket. Former library book with usual markings.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
Reprints
SKU
KIN0008343
ISBN
9780330400183
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 634pp. Notes in pen. Title page missing. Keywords: International Literature, Fiction
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
Reprints
SKU
KON0827602
ISBN
9780330400183
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 4.99

Paperback. A classic Latin composition course. Series: Latin Language. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862922658
ISBN
9780862922658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.39

Hardback. He argues for the particular capacity of literature to undertake an imaginative risk on behalf of another that seems the very ground of ethics itself. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801879777
ISBN
9780801879777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.68
€ 52.44

Paperback. Set in the First World War, this book concerns a group of British officers on the front line and opens in a dugout in the trenches in France. Raleigh, a new eighteen-year-old officer fresh out of English public school, joins the besieged company of his friend and cricketing hero Stanhope, and finds him dramatically changed. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 80.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183268
ISBN
9780141183268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Hardcover. This miscellany of articles and essays, written over a stretch of 60 years, is being published on the occasion of the author's 90th birthday. Broadly bounded by Dublin and Trinity College, this gathering illuminates a wide range of human experience. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DN; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0019222
ISBN
9781843510284
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.00

Hardback. Virgil offers undergraduates, graduate students and general readers a comprehensive and carefully balanced introduction to the works and literary reception of Virgil. Offering a fresh, comprehensive introduction to Virgil in translation, this book traces the poet's literary influence on later authors and his impact on the arts. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159494
ISBN
9781405159494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.71

Hardback. The Extension of Life studies ten American novels from such authors has Capote, Bellow, and Kingsolver, in the light of theories of narration and of the recent debate of the nature of fiction. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472615
ISBN
9781611472615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.79

Hardcover. "243 p. Publishers cloth. Good copy with slight shelf wear to spine bands, clean but slightly sunned cloth, minor wear to edges of the paper title label on the spine, spine is starting but binding remains strong." Keywords: "Literature. , English literature"
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Ex-library
Publisher
M. Secker
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1913
SKU
KEX0053203
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 27.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Damp Stain on Front Cover, Otherwise Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1955
Publisher
Vintage Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KDK0014270
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Geddes & Grosset (New Lanark)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KAK0010916
ISBN
9781842051542
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Geddes & Grosset (New Lanark)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KHN0001046
ISBN
9781842051542
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 307 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DN; VSC; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 217 x 29. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
HarperOne
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062515063
ISBN
9780062515063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.28

Hardcover. Critical edition of an important Scottish poem, highlighting its striking poetic features. Editor(s): Hanna, Ralph, III. Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Scottish Text Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897976395
ISBN
9781897976395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 49.52

Paperback. Translator(s): Parkinson, R. B. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555628
ISBN
9780199555628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Driskill, Qwo-Li; Justice, Daniel Heath; Miranda, Deborah; Tatonetti, Lisa. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816502424
ISBN
9780816502424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.40

Hardcover. In Hindostan by William Combe. Num Pages: 252 pages, ILLUSTRATED. Dimension: 230 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Studio Orientalia
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9788192450216
ISBN
9788192450216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 49.75

Paperback. Brilliantly revitalized by James, the Trojan Epic will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in Greek mythology and the legend of Troy. Editor(s): James, Alan. Series: Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 260 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886355
ISBN
9780801886355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.82

Hardcover. This collection of twenty-nine original essays, surveys satire from its emergence in Western literature to the present. * Tracks satire from its first appearances in the prophetic books of the Old Testament through the Renaissance and the English tradition in satire to Michael Moore's satirical movie Fahrenheit 9/11. Editor(s): Quintero, Ruben. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 624 pages, 18. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1226.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405119559
ISBN
9781405119559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.16

Hardcover. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) has been acknowledged by writers as diverse as Harold Bloom, Adrienne Rich and R.S. Thomas as one of the central poets of the 20th century. Justin Quinn offers a fundamental reassessment of Stevens's work and the connections it makes between nature, community and art. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004410
ISBN
9781900621663
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 63 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
63
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559364379
ISBN
9781559364379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.94

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