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Hardcover. This work examines the theories of reading developed by John Locke to show how a revolutionary attitude towards authority was disseminated throughout the colonies. The book traces the Lockean legacy through 18th century children's literature to show how his emphasis on "consent" was influential. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSY; HBJK; HBLH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002982
ISBN
9780674002982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.55
€ 84.47

Paperback. Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. This work is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse between him and his 'nurse' Philosophy. Translator(s): Watts, Victor. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSK; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447804
ISBN
9780140447804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. A translation of Boethius' "The Consolation of Philosophy". It preserves the distinction between the alternating verse and prose sections in the Latin original, allowing us to appreciate the Menippian parallels between the discourses of literary and logical inquiry. Translator(s): Slavitt, David. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674048355
ISBN
9780674048355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.30

Hardcover. This text examines the concept of the "mental landscape" in American romantic literature. It contends that this landscape creates a space in the imagination that helps to form a writer's perspective. The book also explores the function of literary allusion in 19th-century American romance. Num Pages: 236 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804717939
ISBN
9780804717939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691176130
ISBN
9780691176130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.86

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 5S; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691161808
ISBN
9780691161808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 33.05

Paperback. 'The Constellation' is the special 'Poetry International Festival' issue of MPT. Featuring the powerful and moving exchange of poems and letters between Bertolt Brecht and his lover and collaborator Margarete Steffin, new poems by Christine Marendon and Nikola Madzirov and responses to Rilke. Also raw new poems from Iran, China, Somalia and Turkey Editor(s): Dugdale, Sasha. Series: Modern Poetry in Translation, Third Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Modern Poetry in Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957235496
ISBN
9780957235496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.22

Paperback. Argues that contemporary copyright law, rooted as it is in a nineteenth-century Romantic understanding of the author as a solitary creative genius, may be inapposite to the realities of cultural production. This volume explores the social and cultural construction of authorship as a step toward redefining notions of authorship and copyright. Editor(s): Woodmansee, Martha; Jaszi, Peter. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 240 x 32. Weight in Grams: 818.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314127
ISBN
9780822314127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.47

Paperback. A harrowing site-specific drama about people-trafficking by an up-and-coming writer. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 199 x 5. Weight in Grams: 78.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848420731
ISBN
9781848420731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.29

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843842859
ISBN
9781843842859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.80

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691602653
ISBN
9780691602653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 33.20

Paperback. Adventurous, engaging and politically urgent, contemporary American novels have come to enjoy a particular prestige and, through university courses, film adaptations and cultural controversies, a global circulation. This book provides an introduction to the contemporary American novel focusing on contexts, key texts and criticism. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826436962
ISBN
9780826436962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.26

Paperback. Written by some of the world's finest contemporary literature specialists, the newly commissioned essays in this volume examine the work of more than twenty major British novelists. Editor(s): Acheson, James; Ross, Sarah C. E. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618958
ISBN
9780748618958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.77

Paperback. This book provides a chapter-length discussion of the works of 20 major contemporary British novelists and features essays by many of the leading literary critics of the day. It offers new insights into complext contemporary novels and presents a new approaches to narrative, the new multi-cultural Britain, and the writing of historical fiction. Editor(s): Archeson, James. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474403733
ISBN
9781474403733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.51

Paperback. This study offers critical readings of key contemporary Irish novels, employing a range of historical, psychoanalytic and theoretical approaches. Linden Peach examines texts by established writers such as William Trevor and John Banville alongside works by younger writers, including Roddy Doyle. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333948934
ISBN
9780333948934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 17.65

Hardback. In this new edition, what was already an expansive work has been updated and further enlarged to include information not only on American and British novelists but also on writers in English from around the world. Num Pages: 696 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 216 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2147.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810831032
ISBN
9780810831032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 309.76

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472588463
ISBN
9781472588463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.11

Hardback. A reliable edition of these classic works. Editor(s): Rowe, Dr. Alfred Lestie. Series: The Contemporary Shakespeare Series. Num Pages: 690 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
690
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819139085
ISBN
9780819139085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.38

Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001236
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
SKU
KOC0025930
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. I saw a tramp last night the way the old dog walked with dotted, tired fur down nobody's alley being nobody's dog ..past the empty vodka bottles past the peanut butter jars, with wires full of electricity and the birds asleep somewhere, down the alley he went - nobody's dog moving through it all, brave as any army. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061771217
ISBN
9780061771217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. With annotated footnotes, this work explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. It also includes an introduction that provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. Num Pages: 147 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
147
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780814747933
ISBN
9780814747933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.09

Paperback. A valuable collection from an extraordinary writer, "The Convent of Pleasureand Other Plays raises important issues about women and gender. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801861000
ISBN
9780801861000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.29

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Orion
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0008782
ISBN
9781407235202
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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