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Paperback. Abridged for all those interested in Shakespeare's plays, especially teachers and students of English and drama, these one-hour performance scripts maintain the arcs of Shakespeare's plots without compromising the integrity of his language. What remains are manageable performance texts for an introduction to three of his most popular plays. Series: The Hour-long Shakespeare Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
John Catt Educational
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909717381
ISBN
9781909717381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.72

The World in Play tells the story of how certain Victorian literary misfits--working-class melodramatists of the 1830s, the reclusive Emily Bronte, free-spirits Robert Louis Stevenson and John Muir, mischievous Oscar Wilde, among others--struggled to find their bearings in a modern world trapped, like Alice, in play, in a ludic microcosm of itself. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776080
ISBN
9780804776080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.97

paperback. Presents a vicar's ludicrous expedition in 1857 to the Garden of Eden in Tasmania. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140285215
ISBN
9780140285215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Hardcover. With its roots in the devotional verse of the early Christian church and the long lyric poems of the Irish bards, Irish poetry has a rich and robust tradition both of engagement and self-reflection. Thematically organized and spanning many centuries, this selection features a section of Gaelic poetry in translation. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 116 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597867
ISBN
9781841597867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Hardback. An examination of Gower's skilful deployment of personae in his works, showing the parallels between the way he treats love, and the way he treats politics. Series: Publications of the John Gower Society. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843399
ISBN
9781843843399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.37

Paperback. Matthew Mead began publishing his poetry in the 1960s. Over the years he has published five collections of poetry. This work analyses the special and uncommon qualities of Mead's poetry, concluding 'His tone is unmistakable, and once encountered it is never forgotten'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856464003
ISBN
9780856464003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

paperback. A collection of poems where triolets, quatrains and villanelles are interspersed with finely modulated free verse, with echoes of the modern masters and their obsessive focus on uncomfortable truths. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780856463655
ISBN
9780856463655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.21

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649054
ISBN
9780691649054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.29

Paperback. John Newbery is celebrated as the first successful publisher of children's books, and the founder of modern children's literature. Three classic works published by Newbery (the authors unknown) are now available for a new generation of readers. Edited by M. O. Grenby, with an introduction, explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading. Editor(s): Grenby, Matthew O. Series: Classics of Children's Literature. Num Pages: 280 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSY; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Critical
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137274274
ISBN
9781137274274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Hardback. "The Pilgrim and the Bee makes a broad claim about a reading-centered history, reclaiming for this purpose a distinctive body of texts. Brown's analysis marks an important step toward a better history of reading."-David D. Hall, Harvard University Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JB; CFC; DSBD; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812240153
ISBN
9780812240153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.56

Paperback. Large format paperback. clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Random House Trade
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KEX0232115
ISBN
9780812971040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780007479085
ISBN
9780007479085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The term mimesis has long been used to refer to the relationship between an image and its 'real' original. A multidisciplinary study of a term returning to the forefront of contemporary theory, this is a guide for readers in such fields as literature, performance and cultural studies. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415700306
ISBN
9780415700306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

paperback. Rohrer turns wide eyes and lyric wit towards the requirements of fatherhood, citizenship, and romantic love. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 5. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wave Books United States
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933517186
ISBN
9781933517186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.91

Hardcover. Histories of the book often move straight from the codex to the digital screen. Left out is nearly 150 years of audio recordings. Matthew Rubery uncovers this story, from Edison to today's billion-dollar audiobook industry, and breaks from convention by treating audiobooks as a distinctive art form that has profoundly influenced the way we read. Num Pages: 360 pages, 39 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 253 x 34. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674545441
ISBN
9780674545441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 58 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 138 x 4. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
58
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868199870
ISBN
9780868199870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 3. Weight in Grams: 88.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868199559
ISBN
9780868199559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Surveying this expanded field of inquiry, Buckley weaves together a coherent formal genealogy of the drama during this period and offers a new, more continuous generic history of modern drama in its first and most turbulent phase of development. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884344
ISBN
9780801884344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 51 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 5. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
The Play Press New Zealand
Number of pages
51
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877319129
ISBN
9781877319129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Hardcover. Matthew Schultz maps rhetorical hauntings across a wide range of postcolonial Irish novels, and defines the spectre as a non-present presence that simultaneously symbolises and analyses an overlapping of Irish myth and Irish history. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719090929
ISBN
9780719090929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 7.28

Paperback. Includes poems that connect and radiate like the spokes of a wheel: haiku, sestinas, poems beginning with a line by somebody else or sparked off by foreign travel, a version of Dante, a sea sequence set on the Suffolk coast, and - long overdue - the author's own version of the old Irish poem where his namesake is turned into a bird. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224060677
ISBN
9780224060677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Matthew Sweeney is one of our best-known poets - with a high profile in both Britain and Ireland - and moves from Cape to Bloodaxe with this collection. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 156. 96 pages. Matthew Sweeney is one of our best-known poets - with a high profile in both Britain and Ireland - and moves from Cape to Bloodaxe with this collection. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight: 156.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249670
ISBN
9781852249670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. Negotiating the borders and hinterlands of Central and Eastern Europe - with occasional coracle trips or forays to Antarctica for a round of golf - the homesick flaneur surveys the surrounding devastation with the same mixture of fascination and alarm he feels when he discovers that the sweat-mark on his T-shirt makes a perfect map of Ireland. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224080927
ISBN
9780224080927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. Eleventh collection by one of the best-known poets of Britain and Ireland: poems haunted by mortality, by other worlds and far-flung places, by visitations and violent events like the Spanish Inquisition. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
First edition
SKU
9781780371481
ISBN
9781780371481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.41

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