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Hardcover. A stimulating and enticing selection of the writings and witticisms of the early 19th century liberal cleric and founder of 'The Edinburgh Review', arranged thematically along with biographical extracts written by his daughter. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10ill. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC91; HRCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718829513
ISBN
9780718829513
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

Paperback. Series: Cornell University East Asia papers. Num Pages: 257 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJ; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 0. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939657001
ISBN
9780939657001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 20 pages, 2 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 168 x 10. Weight in Grams: 76.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Candlestick Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907598333
ISBN
9781907598333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.20

Paperback.
Publisher
Colourpoint Creative Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
9781780731735
ISBN
9781780731735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.03

Hardback. 51pp. This edition is limited to 100 copies of which this copy is out of series. Signed by Ted Hughes, Stevie Smith, George MacBeth, Peter Redgrove, Adrian Henri, Lee Harwood, Tom Pickard, Micheal Hamburger, Edward Lucie-Smith, Seamus Heaney, Jon Silkin, William Plomer. Bound in orange cloth with original dustjacket. Superb copy. Keywords: Poetry; Heaney; Hughes; Limited Edition
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Poets Trust
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
SKU
KHS0040028
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 995.00

Paperback. 51pp. Fine. 12 poems commissioned for the Camden Festival 1970, appear in print for the first time
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Poets Trust London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHS1003388
ISBN
9780950035512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 65.00

Paperback. Diana Spencer and her Egyptian lover are visiting Paris. An international fixer puts a team in place to watch the princess. Former Special Branch man John Harper is recruited as part of the team. Ritz hotel Deputy Director of Security Henri Paul and paparazzo supreme James Andanson are their surveillance targets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780571223428
ISBN
9780571223428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 4.18

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198768036
ISBN
9780198768036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. Twelve Years a Slave (1853) is a memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York, details his kidnapping and subsequent sale into slavery. After having been kept in bondage for 12 years, he was able to write to friends and family in New York, who were in turn able to secure his release. Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781840225877
ISBN
9781840225877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.28

Paperback. Series: Comics Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; JFCA; WHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813590455
ISBN
9780813590455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Hardback. The history play is a popular genre among English playwrights of this century, yet very little research has been done in the field. This book examines the term 'history play' afresh, seeking to define the scope and the limits of the genre in relation to twentieth-century ideas of and attitudes to history. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333425176
ISBN
9780333425176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.55

Paperback. This work provides an overview of Irish theatre, read in the light of Ireland's self-definition. Mediating between history and its relations with politics and art, it attempts to do justice to the enabling and mirroring preoccupations of Irish drama. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815606437
ISBN
9780815606437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.25

Paperback. In this series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet or poets of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and by the personal and critical reactions they express, the selectors offer intriguing insight into their own work. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 118 x 16. Weight in Grams: 126. 8vo. good copy in original wrappers.Poetry.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Ed.
SKU
KEX0277810
ISBN
9780571203888
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Hardback. Written by a leading authority on William Carlos Williams, this book provides a wide--ranging and stimulating guide to twentieth--century American poetry. * A wide--ranging and stimulating critical guide to twentieth--century American poetry. * Written by a leading authority on the innovative modernist poet, William Carlos Williams. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220251
ISBN
9780631220251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.99

Paperback. A guide to twentieth-century American poetry. It explores the material, historical and social contexts in which twentieth-century American poetry was produced. It also includes a biographical dictionary of major writers with entries on poets ranging from Robert Frost to Adrienne Rich. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220268
ISBN
9780631220268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Hardback. In 18 essays, Brooke Allen explores the lives and work of some of the last century's most brilliant and eccentric literary talents. These writers embody in their very different ways the various attitudes of their contentious century. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566635202
ISBN
9781566635202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.13

Paperback. In eighteen enlightening essays, the critic Brooke Allen explores the lives and work of some of the last century's most brilliant and eccentric literary talents. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBH; GT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566635974
ISBN
9781566635974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.72

Paperback. Featuring contributions from some of the major critics of contemporary poetry, Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry offers an accessible, imaginative, and highly stimulating body of critical work on the evolution of British and Irish poetry in the twentieth-century. Editor(s): O'Neill, Michael; Callaghan, Madeleine. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631215103
ISBN
9780631215103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.12

Hardcover. A collection of essays which examine the way in which fantasy literature functions as cultural and social criticism. Essays on Tolkien, Le Guin, Angela Carter, H.G. Wells and C.S. Lewis are included, as well as works by William Burroughs, Ford Madox Ford and Salman Rushdie are discussed. Editor(s): Filmer, Kath. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333569542
ISBN
9780333569542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.39

paperback. Revisits the work and place of eight scholars contemporary with Anglo-American New Criticism. This work considers the achievements of each critic, examining his methodology and basic presuppositions as well as the critiques marshalled against him. It also explores their relation to history, to canon-formation, and to our theoretical debates. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802094759
ISBN
9780802094759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.54

hardcover. The Twentieth-Century Humanist Critics brings together humanist critical traditions from Europe, the United Kingdom, and North America and reveals the surprising extent to which, in various languages and academic systems, critics were posing similar questions and offering a gamut of similar responses. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802092830
ISBN
9780802092830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.83

Hardback. This work explores the best of contemporary Italian theatre, from Luigi Pirandello to Massimo Bontempelli. It covers the period from the end of the 19th century to the aftermath of World War II, and includes a number of translations of plays never before published in English. Editor(s): House, Jane; Attisani, Antonio. Num Pages: 622 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1135.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231071185
ISBN
9780231071185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.02
€ 75.92

paperback. This volume presents a selection of poems in the original Italian, with introductory material and notes in English. Editor(s): Picchione, John; Smith, Lawrence R. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802073686
ISBN
9780802073686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 48.60

Paperback. Latin Americans have written some of the world's finest poetry in the twentieth century, as the Nobel Prizes awarded to Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, and Octavio Paz attest. This title attempts to represent the most important Latin American poets. Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 444 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 217 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1024.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
444
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292781405
ISBN
9780292781405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

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