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Paperback. Many poets make us smile; how many poets make us laugh - or, in that curious phrase, "laugh out loud" (as if there's another way of doing it)? Who else uses an essentially conversational idiom to achieve such a variety of emotional effects? This title offers a selection from the poetry of Philip Larkin. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571258116
ISBN
9780571258116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.04

Paperback. The eye can hardly pick them out. From the cold shade they shelter in, Till wind distresses tail and mane; Then one crops grass, and moves about - The other seeming to look on - And stands anonymous again. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 4. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571260126
ISBN
9780571260126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Brings together Philip Larkin's poems. In this book, due prominence is given to the poet's comments on his poems, which often outline the circumstances that gave rise to a poem, or state what he was trying to achieve. Editor(s): Burnett, Archie. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 894.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571240074
ISBN
9780571240074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.20

Hardcover. Philip Larkin's Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse provoked controversy and dispute on first publication in 1973. It was also considered a quirky and idiosyncratic collection by some critics. Today it is recognized as a fine and wide-ranging selection of modern English verse. Editor(s): Larkin, Philip. Series: Oxford Books of Verse. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 39. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publisher
Clarendon Press Oxford
Number of pages
692
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198121374
ISBN
9780198121374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Presenting a writer, who is capable of evoking his native land and of touching all readers, this book includes a collection of his best-loved poems. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571097104
ISBN
9780571097104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. A collection, which includes some of Larkin's pieces ("The Old Fools", "This Be the Verse", "The Explosion", and the title poem) show the preoccupation with death and transience that is so typical of the poet. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 74.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571260140
ISBN
9780571260140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Hardcover. Early Poems and Juvenilia Editor(s): Tolley, A.T. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 34. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Faber & Faber Poetry
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571223060
ISBN
9780571223060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.12

Paperback. This edition of Larkin's poems presents his four published books "The North Ship", "The Less Deceived", "The Whitsun Weddings" and "High Windows" in their original sequence. The text also includes an appendix of poems that Larkin published in other places, from his juvenilia to his final years. Editor(s): Thwaite, Anthony. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571216543
ISBN
9780571216543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Whitsun Weddings - Faber Modern Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571326297
ISBN
9780571326297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. This text gathers together the many interviews, broadcasts, statements and reviews that were omitted from "Required Writing". Taken together the collection fills in a consistent but sometimes unexpected portrait of Philip Larkin - mordant, intolerant, generous, but always himself. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571216147
ISBN
9780571216147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.38

Paperback. Always a poet of memory and invention, Philip Levine has written poems which search for universal truths. His poetry addresses the joys and sufferings of industrial life, with radiant feeling, as well as painful irony. It is a testament to the durability of love, the strength of the human spirit and the persistence of life in the face of death. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Print, This Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247379
ISBN
9781852247379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.08

Hardback. The Tears of Sovereignty is a comparative study of the representation of the concept of sovereignty in paradigmatic plays of early modern English and Spanish drama. It argues that baroque drama produces the critical terms through which contemporary philosophical criticism continues to think through the problems of sovereignty today. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251308
ISBN
9780823251308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.52

Hardcover. "The range of Manas performance traditions captured here is immense. What is wonderful and remarkable is that each is presented vividly, with careful ethnographic detail, so that they become living traditions to the reader."--Susan Wadley, Syracuse University Series: Philip E.Lilienthal Books. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BM; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 39. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520066908
ISBN
9780520066908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.70
€ 56.89

Hardback. Exploring deep-rooted understandings of race and gender and describing how differently their "Americanness" resonates in both writers' works, What Else But Love? considers the legacy of slavery in a variety of ways, from the meaning of mammies and mothers to the question of black manhood. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102766
ISBN
9780231102766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.41

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640433
ISBN
9780691640433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.59

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075606
ISBN
9781906075606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Translator(s): McDonagh, Philip. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 127.
Publisher
Arlen House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9781851321261
ISBN
9781851321261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802142054
ISBN
9780802142054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.57

Paperback. 49 original essays on the essential terms and concepts in children's literature Editor(s): Nel, Philip; Paul, Lissa. Series: Keywords. Num Pages: 293 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 206 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758557
ISBN
9780814758557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.36

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359287
ISBN
9781906359287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.83
€ 72.77

Paperback. A touching and sometimes comic story of five friends' journey into the Irish countryside to scatter the ashes of a friend who died of AIDS. Series: Oberon Modern Playwrights. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
Publisher
Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870259873
ISBN
9781870259873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Hardcover. This volume contains a survey of prose writing - novels, plays, journalism - produced in Ireland between 1922 and 1939. All quotations are given in English with original Irish in notes. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AFR; DSBH; DSK; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558132
ISBN
9781904558132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.15
€ 78.86

Paperback. Quintessentially English, Betjeman was an 'outsider' in England - and doubly so in Cornwall where he was a 'foreigner'. And yet, as this book describes, Betjeman also strove to acquire a veneer of 'Cornishness', cultivating an alternative Celtic identity, and finding inspiration in Cornwall's Anglo-Catholic tradition. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BGL; DSC; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898485
ISBN
9780859898485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.39

Hardback. Quintessentially English, Betjeman was an 'outsider' in England - and doubly so in Cornwall where he was a 'foreigner'. And yet, as this book describes, Betjeman also strove to acquire a veneer of 'Cornishness', cultivating an alternative Celtic identity, and finding inspiration in Cornwall's Anglo-Catholic tradition. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BGL; DSC; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898478
ISBN
9780859898478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.25

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