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Paperback. A collection of fifty prose poems provided with accurate translation that conveys the lyricism and nuance of the original French text. It includes an introductory essay, explanatory notes, and a bibliography that show the development of Baudelaire's work over time. It also features a translation of Baudelaire's early novella, "La Fanfarlo". Translator(s): MacKenzie, Raymond N. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
135
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209480
ISBN
9780872209480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.80

A collection of fifty prose poems provided with accurate translation that conveys the lyricism and nuance of the original French text. It includes an introductory essay, explanatory notes, and a bibliography that show the development of Baudelaire's work over time. It also features a translation of Baudelaire's early novella, "La Fanfarlo". Translator(s): MacKenzie, Raymond N. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209497
ISBN
9780872209497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DQ; JFSJ1; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619021792
ISBN
9781619021792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.28

Paperback. * Witty, catty and entertaining, Paris Was Yesterday is an insider's guide to the arts scene in Paris between the wars Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080267
ISBN
9781844080267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. Paris, Capital of the Black Atlantic is unique both in its focus on literary fiction as a formal and sociological category and in the range of examples it brings to bear on the question of Paris as an imaginary capital of diasporic consciousness. Editor(s): Braddock, Jeremy; Eburne, Jonathan P. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407791
ISBN
9781421407791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.75

Paperback. Translator(s): King, Brendan. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517246
ISBN
9781903517246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.18

Paperback. Two couples live side by side in identical houses. On the outside Ned is a confident demolitions expert: on the inside he's a mess. He is the victim of increasingly bizarre but recurrent theft, and his marriage to Joy is running out of steam. Eventually he is usurped by his neighbour, and Joy deserts him - literally and metaphorically. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848420267
ISBN
9781848420267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.11

Paperback. Translator(s): Gill, Mary Louise; Ryan, Paul. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
175
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203280
ISBN
9780872203280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.57

Paperback. David Gallop provides a Greek text and a new facing-page translation of the extant fragments of Parmenides' philosophical poem. Translator(s): Gallop, David. Series: Phoenix Presocractic Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802069085
ISBN
9780802069085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.93

paperback. Presents a selection of translations of the poems by the poets from various participating countries in the 2012 London Olympics. Illustrator(s): Wilkinson, Lucy. Editor(s): Constantine, David; Constantine, Helen. Series: Modern Poetry in Translation, Third Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Modern Poetry in Translation United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955906497
ISBN
9780955906497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.08

Hardback. Editor(s): Clark, David R. Series: The Cornell Yeats. Num Pages: 312 pages, 99. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801441837
ISBN
9780801441837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.82

Paperback. This lively introduction demonstrates the importance of parody for literary and cultural studies, clearly explaining complex arguements surrounding it. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415182218
ISBN
9780415182218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.45

Hardcover. Surveys and describes the lively tradition of medieval parody, and destroys the myth of medieval solemnity. Series: Recentiores: Later Latin Texts & Contexts S. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3H; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229. Weight in Grams: 775.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472106493
ISBN
9780472106493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.57

paperback. Translator(s): Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. Series: City Lights Pocket Poets Series. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
City Lights Publishers 1974
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025833
ISBN
9780872860421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 153 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
153
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925005165
ISBN
9781925005165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.71

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780571253296
ISBN
9780571253296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. Editor(s): Mortensen, Lars Boje; Eide, Tormod. Num Pages: 493 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Edition
y First edition
Number of pages
493
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772899077
ISBN
9788772899077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.98
€ 45.32

Paperback. Spiritual conversions figure heavily in such novels as Thomas Pynchon's "Vineland" and Toni Morrison's "Paradise". What connects such varied works is that their convert-characters are disenchanted with secularism yet apprehensive of dogmatic religiosity. This work is a study to identify a body of contemporary fiction in such terms. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820330334
ISBN
9780820330334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 74 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nightboat Books United States
Number of pages
74
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937658014
ISBN
9781937658014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. The evening beyond each chain-lit match seemed to crouch in the shapes of houses, then rose to play havoc in a veil of dogwoods. Based on a logic that considers the atomic symbol an improvised phoneme, this book is keenly attuned to the qualities of voice and concerned with how these improvisations fall on the listening ear. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 8. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226096193
ISBN
9780226096193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Caples, Garrett; Hillman, Brenda; Ebenkamp, Paul. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 91.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632430052
ISBN
9781632430052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.62

Paperback. Documenting four painful years in the life of German writer Christa Wolf, this volume of essays, letters and diary entries portrays the cultural and political situation in the former German Democratic Republic. An admired writer, Wolf was reviled after the publication of her novel "What Remains". Editor(s): Heurck, Jan Van. Translator(s): Heurck, Jan Van; Heurck, J.V. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; BG; DNF; HBG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press Chicago
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226905037
ISBN
9780226905037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.21

Paperback. Combining literary biography with reporting and moral insight, in this text David Laskin shows how sex, politics, and art affected relationships among the "Partisan Review" writers. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2ABM; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Univ of Chicago PR ed.
SKU
V9780226468938
ISBN
9780226468938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837625226
ISBN
9783837625226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.03

hardcover. In studying the white male body, a counterpoint in gender studies to the many readings of the representations of the female body, this book considers works by such authors as Poe, Maupassant, Moravia, Tournier, Roth, Guibert, and Foucault. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804729192
ISBN
9780804729192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.94

Hardcover. Like many of their characters, Joyce and Beckett were superb musicians, creators of performance, and they sought both to evoke and exhaust the resources and rhythms of language and performance. This work explores the rich historical and literary backgrounds of this distinctly Irish phenomenon. It discusses the major works of both authors. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 illustrations, notes, bibiography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631231
ISBN
9780815631231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.38

Paperback. Like many of their characters, Joyce and Beckett were superb musicians, creators of performance, and they sought both to evoke and exhaust the resources and rhythms of language and performance. This work explores the rich historical and literary backgrounds of this distinctly Irish phenomenon. It discusses the major works of both authors. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 illustrations, notes, bibiography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631484
ISBN
9780815631484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.64

Paperback. Filled with spiritual wisdom and artistic beauty, Parzival is one of the greatest works of world literature. The character of Parzival illustrates the path of development required by the modern human being. This is a concise, accessible introduction to the central Grail story. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Temple Lodge Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906999353
ISBN
9781906999353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. A.T. Hatto's translation conveys the bold exuberance and complexities of 'Parzival', the great German poem on the Holy Grail, while Hatto's foreword examines the genre of medieval Grail Romances. This edition also includes a glossary, an 'Introduction to a Second Reading' and further reading. Translator(s): Hatto, A. T. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DNF; YQF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443615
ISBN
9780140443615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. Parzival is the greatest of the medieval Grail romances. It tells of Parzival's growth from youthful folly to knighthood at the court of King Arthur, and of his quest for the Holy Grail. Cyril Edwards's fine translation also includes the fragments of Titurel, an elegiac offshoot of Parzival. Translator(s): Edwards, Cyril. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, genealogy. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 192 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539208
ISBN
9780199539208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.41

The Sacred Flesh. Num Pages: 336 pages. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442648067
ISBN
9781442648067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.70

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 86 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691607061
ISBN
9780691607061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 86 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635729
ISBN
9780691635729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.64

paperback. Deals with the Lebanese civil war of the 1970s in a poetic style. This book focuses on the deranged, destabilized, and, confused state of mind created by living on the scene through a lengthy war. It is filled with details that transcend the narcissism of the main character, while giving clues to the culture of the time. Translator(s): Tanoukhi, Nirvana. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 108 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292705074
ISBN
9780292705074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.91

Hardcover. Selected by Ezra Pound. Four Hundred copies were printed. 60pp. Quarter cloth on paper covered boards. Title in black on front board. Page edges uncut. Some shading to spine, boards and pages. Overall a fine copy with tight binding and clear bright text. Keywords: Irish Literature, Letters, Limited Editions, Rare and Antiquarian Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Cuala Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1917
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KON0828241
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 325.00

Paperback. The successful new comedy by a well-known Scottish playwright. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854593498
ISBN
9781854593498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.13

paperback. Passing Strange attempts to bring contemporary race studies and contemporary Shakespeare studies into an honest and sustained dialogue, demonstrating both how and why instability is the nature of the relationship between Shakespeare and race in American popular culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Usa United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780199987962
ISBN
9780199987962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.28

Paperback. Contains extracts from Johnson's several interviews, giving an account of Johnson's development from the late 1970s until the early years of the twenty-first century. This title brings up many elements of Johnson's life and work: his religious development from the AME Church to Buddhism and the importance of family to him. Editor(s): McWilliams, Jim. Series: V Ethel Willis White Books. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780295984391
ISBN
9780295984391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 131 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGM; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559360883
ISBN
9781559360883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.30

Paperback. The twelve contemporary fiction writers interviewed in PASSION AND CRAFT go beyond the merely autobiographical, revealing that, despite their differences, they share passionate devotion and discipline for their craft. Their comments will interest readers devoted to their novels and stories, other writers, and aspiring writers. 12 photos. Editor(s): Lyons, Bonnie G.; Oliver, Bill. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252066870
ISBN
9780252066870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.55

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