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paperback. Alan Hollinghurst and the Vitality of Influence proposes a striking approach for reading the influences that interlace twentieth-century gay British writers. Focusing on the role of the textual image in literary influence, this book moves toward a new understanding of the interpenetration of literary and visual culture in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9781349472505
ISBN
9781349472505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.62

Paperback. A second collection of Alan Bennett plays, including "Kafka's Dick", "The Insurance Man", "The Old Country", "An Englishman Abroad", and "A Question of Attribution". Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571194421
ISBN
9780571194421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.41

Paperback. A collection of four Alan Bennett plays, with an introduction by the author which describes the background to their writing and performance. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 138 x 202 x 25. Weight in Grams: 305.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571177455
ISBN
9780571177455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Plays One: "A Chorus of Disapproval""A Small Family Business ""Henceforward..""Man of the Moment" Alan Ayckbourn introduces his first volume of collected work that contains his morality plays from the 1980s. Num Pages: 576 pages, l port. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 449.
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Number of pages
573
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571176809
ISBN
9780571176809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. Features such plays as: "Snake in the Grass"; "If I Were You"p; "Life and Beth"; "My Wonderful Day"; and, "Life of Riley". Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571274628
ISBN
9780571274628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Features such plays as: "The Revengers' Comedies"; "Things We Do for Love"; and, "House & Garden". Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571274611
ISBN
9780571274611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.15

Paperback. A collection of plays that includes: "Haunting Julia", "Sugar Daddies", "Drowning on Dry Land" and "Private Fears in Public Places". Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571226887
ISBN
9780571226887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. "An astonishing collection of political poetry at its finest."-The Progressive, Favorite Books of 2004 Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393326215
ISBN
9780393326215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
PM Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604865905
ISBN
9781604865905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.25

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856687440
ISBN
9780856687440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.36

Paperback. This text discusses Arabic writing and composition by looking at vocabulary, grammar, transformations, and style. Written entirely in Arabic, the book is clear and logical, and is aimed at intermediate to advanced levels. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJBG; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774244728
ISBN
9789774244728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.56

Hardcover. Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived in Iraq during the first century of the Abbasid caliphate. This book introduces the writings and Abbasid-period textual world of Al-Jahiz, the 'father of Arabic prose'. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; 3F; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 240 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748683321
ISBN
9780748683321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.57

Hardcover. This exhaustive and enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3F; BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851684069
ISBN
9781851684069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.02

Hardback. "Crua/Hardback 127 lch. Tá an-éagsúlacht sa chnuasach filíochta seo ó fhile léannta a bhfuil an domhan mór siúlta aige: Buailtear isteach im aigne/anois agus arís/go bhfuil mo chroí briste . . . A substantial volume of poems, many of which are elegant and simple, others challenging and idiosyncratic."
Publisher
"An Clóchomhar,"
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Edition
An Chéad Chló
Condition
New
SKU
9781906882594
ISBN
9781906882594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.61

Paperback. 421pp
Publisher
Frank
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
9781904893097
ISBN
9781904893097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 19.95

150pp. Inscribed. Wrappers, spine sunned, some shelf wear. Minor foxing, text very clear. Keywords: Irish - Literature - Folklore
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Atwell
Publication date
1929
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS1004646
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 75.00
€ 50.00

Paperback. The illuminating letters of Nobel Prize winning poet Tomas Transtromer and celebrated American writer and poet Robert Bly offer insights into their life and times, and the processes of translation. Editor(s): Smith, Thomas R.; Schmidt, Torbjorn. Translator(s): Moffett, Judith; Svensson, Lars-Hakan. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 35. Weight in Grams: 878.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First UK edition of title published in the US in A
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249953
ISBN
9781852249953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. This work rescues from undeserved neglect the American-born English author Pearl Craigie, who published as John Oliver Hobbes. It traces Craigies crowded external and inner lives and her connections with many well-known people. Num Pages: 541 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 921.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
541
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471281
ISBN
9781611471281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.69

Hardcover. The author enlists her readers in pursuit of the elusive concept of atmosphere in literary works. In this title, she shows how diverse conceptions of air in the eighteenth century converged in British fiction, producing the modern literary sense of atmosphere and moving novelists to explore the threshold between material and immaterial worlds. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226476698
ISBN
9780226476698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 46.16

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781720745
ISBN
9781781720745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.76

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