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Paperback. 'This is the most gripping book I've read in ages .. It is beautifully written, fascinating, disturbing and often very funny.' Roddy Doyle Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007148110
ISBN
9780007148110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Adapted for the stage by the author, The Speckled People is a German-Irish memoir of growing up in Dublin during the 1950s. This family drama tells a profoundly moving story of a young boy trapped in a war of identity and language. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408171189
ISBN
9781408171189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.34

paperback. Series: Springer Texts in Education. Num Pages: 517 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFF; DSB; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 831.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade Switzerland
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
517
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319516813
ISBN
9783319516813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 152.33

Paperback. Selima Hill is one of Britain's leading poets, the winner of the Whitbread Poetry Award (the forerunner of the Costa). The Sparkling Jewel of Naturism is her 15th book of poetry - her 12th from Bloodaxe - and comprises three sequences. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 194 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780371030
ISBN
9781780371030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Thomas Kyd's highly influential and popular revenge play is now available in a richly documented and critically engaging Norton Critical Edition. Editor(s): Neill, Michael. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393934007
ISBN
9780393934007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.71

Paperback. The "revenge" play became the most durable and commercially successful type of drama on the Elizabethan stage. This example by Thomas Kyd, who was one of the originators of the genre, brings to life the intrigues of the Spanish court, dramatically juxtaposing romantic passion with violent death. Series: Revels Student Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719043444
ISBN
9780719043444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904271604
ISBN
9781904271604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.67

Paperback. Revenge plays became the most durable and commercially successful type of drama on the Elizabethan stage. The Spanish Tragedy brings to life the intrigues of the Spanish court, dramatically contrasting romantic passion with violent deaths and clandestine politics. Editor(s): Gurr, Andrew; Mulryne, J. R. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408114216
ISBN
9781408114216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.10

Paperback. One of the more popular plays of the Elizabethan period and a major influence on "Hamlet." Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 106 x 8. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854593771
ISBN
9781854593771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.32

Hardback. This book focuses on three authors coming of age at an important moment in Spanish literary history and in world history at large. These authors incorporated into their novels the new ideas that they found in the writing of many foreign authors that were essential to their development. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; 2ADS; CJB; DSB; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761857990
ISBN
9780761857990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.57

Paperback. Readerly interactions with books in the form of annotations, improvements, corrections, ornamentation, and suggestive wear-and-tear. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 252 x 10. Weight in Grams: 38.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Univ of Alberta Pr
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551953021
ISBN
9781551953021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.31

paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFC; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2008
SKU
V9781349373505
ISBN
9781349373505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.04

Hardback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFC; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230606258
ISBN
9780230606258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Hardcover. Lojek provides extensive analysis of space in plays by living Irish playwrights, applying practical understandings of staging and the insights of geographers and spatial theorists to drama in an era increasingly aware of space. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230115231
ISBN
9780230115231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.70
€ 46.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; D. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349296576
ISBN
9781349296576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.70
€ 46.06

Paperback. For 30 years Anvil championed the idea of poetry as a free space for the imagination and spirit. In the process the press has gained recognition as one of the liveliest publishers of British and international poetry. This book celebrates that endeavour with the author's selection of the most memorable poetry he has encountered since 1968. Editor(s): Jay, Peter. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856463013
ISBN
9780856463013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00

Paperback. Explores the process of reading as well as the nature of artistic creativity, all the while considering the relation of the literary work to time, to history, and to death. This work reflects on literature and the unique demand it makes upon our attention. Translator(s): Smock, A. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260924
ISBN
9780803260924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.59

Hardback. Hardback in very good condition. With dustjacket. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Grove Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition, 1st Printing
SKU
KRF0043838
ISBN
9780802118646
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Explores the evolution of the socialist realist novel as a myth-like genre. Combining intellectual and literary history, this work traces the development of the novel's master plot from its origins in the mid-19th century to its end at the close of the 20th. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213679
ISBN
9780253213679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.56

Hardcover. 8vo.Nice clean copy in original cloth.Canon Sheehan of Doneraile.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Burns & Oates London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1914
SKU
KEX0265752
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 45.00

Hardcover. 131pp. Sandars lectures, 1926. Original cloth, with title label on spine. Spine lightly sunned. Pages and text very clear and bright. Library blind stamp on title page, and label on fpd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1905
SKU
KHS1018030
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Ranging from medieval Latin lyrics to a cyborg opera, sixteenth-century France to twentieth-century Brazil, romantic ballads to the contemporary avant-garde, this book explores such subjects as the translatability of lyric sound, the historical and cultural roles of rhyme, and the role of sound repetition in novelistic prose. Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Dworkin, Craig. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 halftones, 5 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226657431
ISBN
9780226657431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. This text is an analysis of the aspects of sound in James Joyce's book "Finnegans Wake". It considers phonetic symbolism, rhythm, pitch-contours, motifs and songs in a way which shows how Joyce's work has a genuinely musical layer that is particularly apparent when the book is read aloud. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; CFH; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333553398
ISBN
9780333553398
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.05

Paperback. "A man is the sum of his misfortunes." -William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury Editor(s): Gorra, Michael. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSK; FC; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
Third Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393912692
ISBN
9780393912692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.26

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