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Hardback. Talks about the Reizei poets as participants in a collective institution devoted more to the continuity of family poetic practices and ideals than to the concept of individual expression that is central to modern poetic culture. This book features an appendix of 100 poems from over the centuries, by poets who were affiliated with the Reizei house. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 7 charts, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; DSC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 236 x 42. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024533
- ISBN
- 9780674024533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.09€ 49.38
€ 54.09
€ 49.38
Paperback. This book argues that Aelian's highly influential compilation, De natura animalium, offers a sophisticated literary critique of Severan Rome. Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108401937
- ISBN
- 9781108401937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.98
€ 43.99
€ 43.98
Paperback. 'Realism' is a term which is key to understanding, amongst other things: the novel genre, Victorian literature, modernism, and postmodernism. This study recognises that realism is every bit as complex as other modes of representation and requires a similar level of critique. Series Editor(s): Barry, Peter; McLeod, John. Series: Beginnings. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719072215
- ISBN
- 9780719072215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Hardcover. A collection of songs and poems which tell of a life that began with "bikes and trikes and kites and trees" and has progressed through fatherhood and many days and nights spent on the road. Editor(s): Hill, Billy Bob. Num Pages: 96 pages, 1 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653594
- ISBN
- 9780875653594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.42
€ 16.99
€ 16.42
Hardback. This study examines the practice and functions of literary translation in Anglo-American Modernism. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295196
- ISBN
- 9780312295196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Paperback. An anthology of nature writing that celebrates California, the most geographically diverse state in the union. It contains sections on California's mountains, hills and valleys, deserts, coast, and elements (earth, wind, and fire). It also contains essays, diary entries, and excerpts from larger works, including fiction. Editor(s): Gilbar, Steven. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520212091
- ISBN
- 9780520212091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.37
€ 34.99
€ 25.37
The resulting picture of the emotional agency of criticism opens up a new angle on Blake's literary and visual legacy and offers a vivid interrogation of the practical potential of theoretical discourse. Num Pages: 416 pages, 37, 37 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408064
- ISBN
- 9781421408064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.54
€ 79.54
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631851
- ISBN
- 9780691631851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.41
€ 147.41
hardcover. Born in Chicago in 1918, the prodigiously gifted and erudite Isaac Rosenfeld was anointed a 'genius' upon the publication of his novel, "Passage from Home"; someone expected to surpass even his closest friend and rival, Saul Bellow. This book intends to reclaim Rosenfeld's legacy by opening up his work. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW with price sticker to front, remains very good to like new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031625
- ISBN
- 9780300126495
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Hardcover. A twist on the traditional story finds a teacher and his students coping withevery conceivable crisis on the eve of Christmas. Illustrations. Num Pages: 32 pages, 31 colour illus. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 280 x 215 x 8. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pelican Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781565548336
- ISBN
- 9781565548336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.55
€ 19.99
€ 19.55
paperback. Num Pages: 331 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; J. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074018
- ISBN
- 9780231074018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 26.96
€ 37.99
€ 26.96
T.S. Eliot and Early Modern Literature provides a comprehensive discussion of the engagement of Eliot with that earlier English literary period which he declared to be his favourite. It offers a full sense of the critical and literary context against which Eliot measured his own ideas on Early Modern poets and playwrights. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199574773
- ISBN
- 9780199574773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 160.86
€ 160.86
Hardcover. This book explores the relationship between H.G. Wells's scientific romances and the discourses of science in the 1890s and early years of the twentieth century. It investigates how Wells utilizes his early fiction to participate in a range of topical scientific disputes and, increasingly, as a means to instigate social reform. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230535626
- ISBN
- 9780230535626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Paperback. Before Gertrude Stein became the 20th century's preeminent experimental writer, she spent a decade conducting research in a psychological laboratory and medical school in the US. This book unearths the turn-of-the-century scientific and philosophical worlds in which the young Stein was immersed. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 480 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749305
- ISBN
- 9780804749305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.35
€ 42.99
€ 42.35
Hardback. Before Gertrude Stein became the 20th century's preeminent experimental writer, she spent a decade conducting research in a psychological laboratory and medical school in the US. This book unearths the turn-of-the-century scientific and philosophical worlds in which the young Stein was immersed. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733281
- ISBN
- 9780804733281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.94
€ 180.94
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691614168
- ISBN
- 9780691614168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.18
€ 52.99
€ 37.18
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641829
- ISBN
- 9780691641829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.32
€ 130.32
Paperback. Includes the author's interviews with various crime writers conducted at Yellowbird Productions, Stockholm, Sweden, Mar. 30, 2011. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 2ACSW; APFN; APT; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090691
- ISBN
- 9780719090691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.09
€ 37.09
Hardcover. James Ellroy: Demon Dog of Crime Fiction is a study of all of Ellroy's key works, from his debut novel Brown's Requiem to the epic Underworld USA trilogy. This book traces the development of Ellroy's writing style and the importance of his Demon Dog persona to carving out his unique place in American crime fiction. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137490827
- ISBN
- 9781137490827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.34
€ 62.34
Hardback. After decades of neglect, the screenplay is finally being recognized as a form that deserves serious critical analysis. This book for the first time combines detailed study of the theory and practice of screenwriting with new approaches to criticism and original studies of individual texts. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223615
- ISBN
- 9780230223615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Hardback. Presents roughly sixty years' worth of Arthur Miller scholarship, offering a range of interpretations and critical responses to the playwright's work. Editor(s): Centola, Steven R.; Cirulli, Michelle. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313289194
- ISBN
- 9780313289194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.62€ 32.14
€ 87.62
€ 32.14
Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231173520
- ISBN
- 9780231173520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.12€ 49.96
€ 65.12
€ 49.96
Paperback. N.B. this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title. Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. Using literary and social analysis, this book examines a range of modern Arab American literary fiction and illustrates how socio-political phenomena have affected the development of the Arab American novel. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536870
- ISBN
- 9781349536870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.44
€ 61.44
Hardcover. An overview of Arab-American fiction as it has developed over the past twenty years Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632771
- ISBN
- 9780815632771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.69
€ 59.69