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Paperback. This is the first book-length study of the uncanny, an important topic for contemporary thinking on literature, film, philosophy, psychoanalysis, feminism and queer history. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 1 colour illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; HRQX; VXQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719055614
ISBN
9780719055614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890650063
ISBN
9781890650063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. The topic of 'the unconscious' has figured largely in literary studies for some time. Antony Easthope approaches this controversial subject not in terms of the body but as meanings. It shows the existence of the unconscious in a variety of ways Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415192095
ISBN
9780415192095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.07

Paperback. A touching and sometimes comic story of five friends' journey into the Irish countryside to scatter the ashes of a friend who died of AIDS. Series: Oberon Modern Playwrights. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
Publisher
Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870259873
ISBN
9781870259873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. W.G. Sebald and the Poetics of Travel. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 406 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Zisselsberger, Markus. The first sustained interrogation of travel in Sebald's literary and essayistic work, employing multivalent and new critical perspectives. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight: 560.
Publisher
Camden House
Number of pages
404
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135667
ISBN
9781571135667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 42.30

Hardback. For more than a quarter century, William Logan has delivered clear-eyed and razor-sharp assessments of contemporary and classic poetry. Combining the sensibilities of poet and critic, Logan vividly conveys what he finds most memorable and most damning in a poet's work. Poets discussed include Shakespeare, Whitman, Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Rita Dove, Seamus Heaney, and Czeslaw Milosz. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136389
ISBN
9780231136389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.11
€ 79.73

Hardcover. Melek Ortabasi reassesses the influence of Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962), a folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, in shaping modern Japan's cultural identity. Only the second book-length English-language study of Yanagita, this book moves beyond his pioneering work in folk studies to reveal the full range of his contributions as a public intellectual. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGL; DSB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492004
ISBN
9780674492004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.34

Hardcover. The Undressed is a poetry collection inspired by a cache of antique nude photographs of women. King studied the photographs ranging from the 1840s to the 1930s and attempted to return voices to these mostly anonymous women lost to history. Num Pages: 100 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909844803
ISBN
9781909844803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback.
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573014673
ISBN
9780573014673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.88

paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
384
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KIN0036482
ISBN
9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
384
SKU
KKD0009969
ISBN
9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
384
SKU
KRA0006680
ISBN
9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A funny memoir of John Carey, best known for his provocative stance on the arts and the academic establishment. It shows his journey from an ordinary background to Oxford's oldest literary professorship. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571310937
ISBN
9780571310937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.05

Paperback. Explores the relationship between unexpected events in narrative and life. Focusing on surprise, spontaneous eruption and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories help us to reconcile what we expect with what we experience. It also provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402354
ISBN
9781474402354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.31

Hardcover. Asks how stories affect the way we think about time and, in particular, how they condition thinking about the future. Focusing on surprise and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories are mechanisms that reconcile what is taking place with what can have been. It provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748676293
ISBN
9780748676293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 102.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448645
ISBN
9780801448645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.12

Hardback. Anderson's carefully considered work makes a persuasive case for revisiting this celebrated book with a keener appreciation for the subtlety and beauty of Franklin's performance. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; DSBD; DSK; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405230
ISBN
9781421405230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 54.57

hardcover. Laird sets Moletti's Dialogue within the historical background of medieval and Renaissance mechanics, sketches the life and works of Moletti, and analyses the arguments and the geometrical theorems of the Dialogue. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBD; DSK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802046994
ISBN
9780802046994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.97

Paperback. Explores the African American writer's literary odyssey and struggle for freedom from racism and materialism. Translator(s): Barzun, Isabel. Num Pages: 680 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062643
ISBN
9780252062643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 52.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632430151
ISBN
9781632430151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. Written in the late sixteenth century, at the pinnacle of the English Renaissance, the rich and ingenious works of Thomas Nashe uniquely reveal the ambivant nature of the Elizabethan era. This collection of Nashe's works includes "The Unfortunate Traveller", "Pierce Penniless", "Terrors of the Night", "Lenten Stuff", and more. Editor(s): Steane, J. Num Pages: 512 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140430677
ISBN
9780140430677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Hardcover. 210pp. Original dark blue cloth with pictorial gilt decoration on the spine. A very good copy,with small tear on spine. Keywords: Drama; Lady Gregory; Yeats
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The MacMillian Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1908
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS0042305
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 350.00

Paperback. Some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Manuscript Publisher
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First edition. Complete and unabridged.
SKU
KTK0095672
ISBN
9780957672987
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. "The Universal Home Doctor" is Simon Armitage's most personal collection of poems yet. The poems journey across the globe but are ultimately set against the most intimate of landscapes - the human body. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 96.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571217267
ISBN
9780571217267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

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