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Paperback. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349343126
- ISBN
- 9781349343126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This is the first book-length critical study of E.B. White, the American essayist and author of Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan. G. Douglas Atkins focuses on White and the writing life, offering detailed readings of the major essays and revealing White's distinctiveness as an essayist. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 219 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340664
- ISBN
- 9780230340664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.40
€ 66.40
Hardcover. Rooted in close reading of texts, including the essays of E.B. White, this comprehensive assessment of the oft-slighted subform of the literary essay situates the familiar at the heart of the essay as form. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620001
- ISBN
- 9780230620001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Hardcover. This highly readable book represents a unique approach to the controverted matter of the relations of literature and religion, eschewing linear argument in favor of a nuanced essayistic manner that elucidates texts and issues of immediate and lasting concern. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621473
- ISBN
- 9780230621473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813101651
- ISBN
- 9780813101651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.11
€ 41.11
Hardcover. By reading T.S. Eliot literally and laterally, and attending to his intra-textuality, G. Douglas Atkins challenges the familiar notion of Eliot as bent on escaping this world for the spiritual. This study culminates in the necessary, but seemingly impossible, union of reading and writing, literature and commentary. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301314
- ISBN
- 9781137301314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.65
€ 65.65
Hardcover. Here, G. Douglas Atkins offers a fresh new reading of the past century's most famous poem in English, T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land (1922). Using a comparatist approach that is both intra-textual and inter-textual, this book is a bold analysis of satire of modern forms of misunderstanding. Num Pages: 86 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137375742
- ISBN
- 9781137375742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.68
€ 65.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349294398
- ISBN
- 9781349294398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349343287
- ISBN
- 9781349343287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319441436
- ISBN
- 9783319441436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Hardback. This book offers an exciting new approach to T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets as it shows why it should be read both closely and in relation to Eliot's other works, notably the poems The Waste Land, 'The Hollow Men,' and Ash-Wednesday. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112483
- ISBN
- 9780230112483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardback. More than three centuries later, Jonathan Swift's writing remains striking and relevant. In this engaging study, Atkins brings forty-plus years of critical experience to bear on some of the greatest satires ever written, revealing new contexts for understanding post-Reformation reading practices and the development of the modern personal essay. Num Pages: 111 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 111
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311627
- ISBN
- 9781137311627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Hardcover. In a fresh reading of Gulliver's Travels and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Atkins draws parallels between the protagonists: both Lemuel Gulliver and Stephen Dedalus flee from the burdens of life, seeking a transcendent existence. The study sheds important new light on both novels as essential critiques of modern misunderstandings. Num Pages: 79 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137399816
- ISBN
- 9781137399816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.62
€ 65.62
Hardcover. By comparing and contrasting the pre-conversion and the post-conversion poetics and poetic practices of T.S. Eliot, this book elucidates the responsibilities and opportunities for a poet who is also Christian. This book is the second in a trilogy which includes T.S. Eliot, Lancelot Andrewes, and the Word. Num Pages: 118 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137446886
- ISBN
- 9781137446886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Hardback. Applying new readings of Four Quartets, this book completes a trilogy on the Christian character of Eliot's writing. Num Pages: 114 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470836
- ISBN
- 9781137470836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.98
€ 65.98
Hardback. This is the first full-scale analysis of T.S. Eliot's six "Ariel Poems" as Christmas poems. Through close readings, Atkins argues that these poems considered together emerge as clearly related representations of the "impossible union" that occurred in the Incarnation. Num Pages: 101 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 101
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485700
- ISBN
- 9781137485700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Hardback. Written for both specialist and non-specialist, this book examines T. S. Eliot's treatments of putting-in-other-words, including the necessity of putting ancient truth in 'new verse.' By means of fresh new readings of Ash-Wednesday and Four Quartets, G. Douglas Atkins carries his exploration of Eliot's religious thinking into bold new territory. Num Pages: 100 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590572
- ISBN
- 9781137590572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. 256pp
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Guildhall Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780946451869
- ISBN
- 9780946451869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A collection of texts on prayer and the spiritual life, written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. It contains some of the most important writings in the entire collection. Editor(s): Sherrard, Philip; Ware, Kallistos, of Diokleia; Palmer, G. E. H. Translator(s): Palmer, G. E. H.; Ware, Kallistos, of Diokleia; Sherrard, Philip. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571193820
- ISBN
- 9780571193820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.45
€ 26.99
€ 18.45
paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- SKU
- V9781349543304
- ISBN
- 9781349543304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80