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hardcover. This book examines the ways in which the literary genre of hagiography and the hermeneutical paradigm of Biblical typology together entered into the construction of "the Renaissance" as a canon and period. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBD; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804726436
ISBN
9780804726436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. Recently, we have witnessed a rearticulation of the traditional relationship between the past, present and future, broadening historiography's range from studying past events to their later impact and meaning. The volume proposes to look at the perspectives of this approach called mnemohistory, and argues for a redefinition of the term 'event'. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSY; JFD; JHBC; JMR; JP. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349500628
ISBN
9781349500628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.01

Hardback. In its innovative methodology and its unprecedented attention to the productive interplay of audience and text, The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825 offers a compelling new approach to eighteenth-century studies, the history of the book, and the very idea of character itself. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812238648
ISBN
9780812238648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.95

Hardcover. Afterlife and Narrative explores why life after death is such a potent cultural concept today, and why it is such an attractive prospect for modern fiction. The book mines a rich vein of imagined afterlives, from the temporal experiments of Martin Amis's Time's Arrow to narration from heaven in Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230364240
ISBN
9780230364240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Paperback. Afterlife and Narrative explores why life after death is such a potent cultural concept today, and why it is such an attractive prospect for modern fiction. The book mines a rich vein of imagined afterlives, from the temporal experiments of Martin Amis's Time's Arrow to narration from heaven in Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones . Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349349357
ISBN
9781349349357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Advance Reader's Copy/Not For Sale
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555977702
ISBN
9781555977702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. The leading English language poet of the southern hemisphere and one of the most eminent and distinguished poets working in any language Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
100
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Abridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330434362
ISBN
9780330434362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887484810
ISBN
9780887484810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. By developing the concept of critical space, this title presents a fresh genealogy of twentieth-century American fiction. It argues that the radical American fiction of Jack London, Upton Sinclair, John Dos Passos, and Josephine Herbst re-imagines the spatial concerns of late nineteenth-century utopian American texts. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220768
ISBN
9780803220768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. This diverse collection is a delightful and entertaining windfall from one of Ireland's most colourful writers. An essential complement to Behan's master works. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 9. Weight in Grams: 156. 156pp. 2008 reprint
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780862780319
ISBN
9780862780319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Dickel, Simon. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JMC; AB; DSBH; JFCA; RNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837628937
ISBN
9783837628937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.31

Hardback. .
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
261
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480887
ISBN
9781611480887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.62

Hardcover. Demonstrates that verse translation from the Irish represents, in its own right, a significant part of the tradition of Irish poetry written in English. This work foregrounds the aesthetic and cultural value of verse translation as poetry. It offers an account of Irish poetry over the past three centuries. Editor(s): Schirmer, Gregory A. Num Pages: 526 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DCQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 45. Weight in Grams: 914.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
526
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184387
ISBN
9781859184387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.00
€ 63.97

Paperback. Frank and Leon are two men from different times, discovering that sometimes all you learn from your parents' mistakes is how to make different ones of your own. Frank is trying to escape his troubled past by running away to his family's beach shack. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099535836
ISBN
9780099535836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.13

Hardback. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491821
ISBN
9781611491821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813217895
ISBN
9780813217895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.84

Hardcover. * Presents the first detailed interrogation of U.S. writing in a time of crisis * Develops a timely and provocative arguement about literature and trauma * Relates U.S. writing since 9/11 to crucial social and historical changes in the U.S. and elsewhere * Places U.S. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470657928
ISBN
9780470657928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.44

Paperback. Quentin is a successful lawyer in New York, but inside his head he is struggling with his own sense of guilt and the shadows of his past relationships. One of these an ill-fated marriage to the charming and beautiful Maggie, who went from operating a switchboard to become a self-destructive star - a singer everyone wanted a piece of. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189994
ISBN
9780141189994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. A lively correspondence embodying a wide range of experiences and imagination between two of our legendary poets Bell & Merrill. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 185.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935210887
ISBN
9781935210887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816629336
ISBN
9780816629336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313427
ISBN
9780822313427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. First seen in 1939 but then largely ignored until a 1994 BBC production, After the Dance is regarded as one of the great, lost plays of the 20th century. As interest in Rattigan has revived so too has the play's reputation and it is now considered by many to be one of the great works of a master dramatist. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854592170
ISBN
9781854592170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. Ama Ata Aidoo is one of the best-known African writers today. Spanning three decades of work, the poems in this collection address themes of colonialism, independence, motherhood, and gender in intimate, personal ways alongside commentary on broader social issues. Editor(s): Yitah, Helen. Series: African Poetry Book Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803296947
ISBN
9780803296947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.99

Paperback. Series: Plays. Num Pages: 88 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868195377
ISBN
9780868195377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.69

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