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Paperback. Includes ardent pieces on writers from the author's own private canon - Machado de Assis, Barthes, W G Sebald, Borges, Tsvetaeva and Elizabeth Hardwick. This work shares her passions for film, dance, photography, painting, opera and theatre. It explores her own commitments to the work (and activism) of conscience and to the vocation of the writer. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190211
ISBN
9780141190211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Argues that modern cultural conditions have given way to a critical approach to aesthetics. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141190068
ISBN
9780141190068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.68

Paperback. Susan Srigley argues that Flannery O'Connor's ethics are inextricably linked to her role as a storyteller, and that her moral vision is expressed through the dramatic narrative of her fiction. Srigley elucidates O'Connor's sacramental vision by showing that it is embodied morally within her fiction as an ethic of responsibility. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268017804
ISBN
9780268017804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Srigley, Susan. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGR; DSB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268041380
ISBN
9780268041380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 472 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 772.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170901
ISBN
9780231170901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.94
€ 46.32

Paperback. Series: A Midland Book. Num Pages: 352 pages, Fr.Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780253204493
ISBN
9780253204493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.00

Paperback. A poetic debut that ventures into historical and imagined space both, with musings on Lenin, power and identity. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 157.
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452554
ISBN
9781552452554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 7.88

Paperback. An analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392. Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection. 232 pages, illustrations. An analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HP. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight: 390.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
10th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313663
ISBN
9780822313663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Paperback. Why do we need new art? How free is the artist in making? And why is the artist, and particularly the poet, a figure of freedom in Western culture? This book explores and celebrates the freedom of artists who, working under finite conditions, make considered choices and shape surprising consequences. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSA; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226773872
ISBN
9780226773872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. What is the role of the senses in the creation and reception of poetry? This work traces the path of the aesthetic in search of an explanation for the role of poetry in culture. It draws on readings from the ancient Greeks to the postmoderns to explain how poetry creates meaning between persons. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 33. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226774145
ISBN
9780226774145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 34.23

Paperback. In Columbarium, Susan Stewart gives us a series of splendid, numinous poems about truths learned with the mind but set free through the senses. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 167 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226774442
ISBN
9780226774442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.29

Paperback. Ranging among traditional, open, and newly invented forms, and including a series of free translations of medieval dream visions and love poems, this title begins as a historical meditation on our fall and grows into a song of praise for the green and turning world. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226774558
ISBN
9780226774558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. This study argues that the private homes in transnational women's fiction reflect public legacies of colonialism. Published in Australia, Canada, India, Nigeria, Puerto Rico and the United States between 1995 and 2005, the novels use fictional houses to criticize and unsettle home and homeland, depicting their linked oppressions and exclusions. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349358625
ISBN
9781349358625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 135 x 3. Weight in Grams: 45.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632430069
ISBN
9781632430069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages, 29 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBE; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
David Brown Book Company United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977409426
ISBN
9780977409426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.56

Paperback. This book is a sociological and rhetorical analysis of the best-selling guide to women's health, the collectively authored Our Bodies, Ourselves. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804763097
ISBN
9780804763097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. usan Wicks's seventh collection is a considerable literary achievement: a book of poems about time whose central title-poem weaves together two pregnancies spanning two generations. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780372907
ISBN
9781780372907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2006. This work features poems that explore the cracks in our experience - between movement and stasis, the everyday reality that surrounds us and what we perceive of it, between what our bodies experience and what can or can't be captured in paint or ink. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247553
ISBN
9781852247553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.73

Hardback. As both Americans and expatriates, these writers gained a unique perspective on American culture, particularly in terms of gender roles, national identity, artistic self-conception, mobility, and global culture. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407401
ISBN
9781421407401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.66
€ 58.25

Hardcover. An engaging, accessible guide to educating yourself in the classical tradition. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393050943
ISBN
9780393050943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.72

Paperback. Challenging the notion that Africa s first women novelists were uninterested in postcolonial politics, Susan Z. Andrade shows that in their allegorical fiction, the family stood for the nation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349211
ISBN
9780822349211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. This book explores the relationship of the public theatre to the question of what constituted the 'dead' in early modern English culture within a theoretical framework that makes use of history, psychoanalysis and anthropology. Num Pages: 288 pages, None. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748633630
ISBN
9780748633630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; DSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822962250
ISBN
9780822962250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.65

Hardcover. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935492
ISBN
9780813935492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.37

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