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Paperback. Elizabeth Barrett-Browning's ambitious and challenging epic, 'Aurora Leigh' is illuminated for twenty-first century readers by Michele C. Martinez's Reading Guide. A clear commentary on core sections of the poem, as well as a range of interpretative frameworks, offer a genuinely new appreciation of this great poem. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310. A Reading Guide. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. Elizabeth Barrett-Browning's ambitious and challenging epic, 'Aurora Leigh' is illuminated for twenty-first century readers by Michele C. Martinez's Reading Guide. A clear commentary on core sections of the poem, as well as a range of interpretative frameworks, offer a genuinely new appreciation of this great poem. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 11. Weight: 296.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639724
ISBN
9780748639724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. A collection of essays on Elizabeth Bishop drawing on work presented at the first UK Elizabeth Bishop confrence, held at Newcastle University. It brings together papers by both academic critics and leading poets, including Michael Donaghy, Vicki Feaver, Deryn Rees-jones and Anne Stevenson. Series: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry S. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852245566
ISBN
9781852245566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.11

Hardback. This book offers a discussion of Elizabeth Bishop's translations through close-readings of a selection of poems, with particular attention to the features that relate them to translation, and suggests that translation can be seen as a poetic principle that can be related to the poet's original works. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498520638
ISBN
9781498520638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.94

Paperback. Elizabeth Bishop dedicated her poetry to telling 'what really happened'. This book presents her biography that pieces together the story of Bishop's life and traces the writing of her poems. Num Pages: 602 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1018.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
602
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203457
ISBN
9780520203457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Features the 20th century American poet's work. This book explores Elizabeth Bishop's poetry, from her early days at Vassar College to her last great poems in Geography III and the later uncollected poems. It draws on psychoanalytic and poststructuralist theory. It connects the poems with their process of composition. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402361
ISBN
9781474402361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.26

Paperback. This study charts the evolution of Bishop's poetry, aided by newly discovered diaries, previously unpublished work and early drafts. It focuses on the poet's 20-year residence in Brazil, and attempts to provide a new understanding of Bishop's treatment of love, sex and gender. Num Pages: 306 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231076630
ISBN
9780231076630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772896243
ISBN
9788772896243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.93

Hardcover. This anthology of the Irish writings of the Anglo-Irish novelist, Elizabeth Bowen 1899-1973 gathers together, for the first time, her Irish writings including her lectures, essays, reviews and reports and includes an extensive introductory essay by the editor as well as annotations and a critical bibliography . Editor(s): Walshe, Eibhear. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184493
ISBN
9781859184493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 36.30

Paperback. This textual study attempts to subject the works of the Anglo-Irish writer, Elizabeth Bowen, to a poststructuralist re-reading from a lesbian feminist perspective. Hoogland's current research is preoccupied with configurations of lesbian sexuality in novels of "female development" in the 50s. Series: Elizabeth Bowen. Num Pages: 390 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; CF; DSBH; DSK; JFFK; JFSK1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press New York
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814735114
ISBN
9780814735114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardcover. A collection of essays that broadens the critical framework of Elizabeth Bowen scholarship and extends Bowen criticism by mapping her work's position in relation to contemporary critical concerns and its location in relation to twentieth-century literature generally. Editor(s): Osborn, Susan. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
172
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
first edition, edited by Susan Osborn
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184356
ISBN
9781859184356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Hardcover. Original cloth, name on endpaper, otherwise a very good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Maunsel & Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1913
SKU
KTK0094210
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 40.00

Paperback. Elizabeth Costello is an Australian writer of international renown. Famous principally for an early novel that established her reputation, she has reached the stage where her remaining function is to be venerated and applauded. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461920
ISBN
9780099461920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age. This biography traces Elizabeth's youth in rural Knutsford, her married years in the tension-ridden city of Manchester and her wide network of friends, her religious and feminist arguments of nineteenth century Britain, with enjoyment, passion and wit. Num Pages: 704 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571203598
ISBN
9780571203598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.02

Hardcover. England's Virgin Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, had a reputation for proficiency in foreign languages, repeatedly demonstrated in multilingual exchanges with foreign emissaries at court and in the Latin she spoke on formal visits to Cambridge and Oxford. This title offers a collection of Elizabeth's translations from and into Latin, French, and Italian. Editor(s): Mueller, Janel; Scodel, Joshua. Num Pages: 452 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; DN; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226201313
ISBN
9780226201313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.98
€ 55.32

Paperback. Four centuries after her death, Elizabeth I remains a powerful and fascinating figure. Editor(s): Felch, Susan M.; Stump, Donald V. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 700 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 790.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
700
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393928228
ISBN
9780393928228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.59

Hardcover. England's Virgin Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, had a reputation for proficiency in foreign languages, repeatedly demonstrated in multilingual exchanges with foreign emissaries at court and in the Latin she spoke on formal visits to Cambridge and Oxford. This title offers a collection of Elizabeth's translations from and into Latin, French, and Italian. Editor(s): Mueller, Janel; Scodel, Joshua. Num Pages: 422 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; DN; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226201320
ISBN
9780226201320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.98
€ 55.55

Paperback. Elizabeth Jennings listens carefully, through spiritual, emotional and mental turbulence. She has created a body of poetry, using traditional forms with experimental vigour, keeping her spirit attuned to her art and the changes in language which is her medium in every sense. Series: Poetry pleiade. Num Pages: 401 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 31. Weight in Grams: 502. Series: Poetry pleiade. 401 pages. Elizabeth Jennings listens carefully, through spiritual, emotional and mental turbulence. She has created a body of poetry, using traditional forms with experimental vigour, keeping her spirit attuned to her art and the changes in language which is her medium in every sense. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 31. Weight: 494.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
401
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857545593
ISBN
9781857545593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.32

Hardback. Backscheider looks to archival materials, literary analysis, biographical evidence, and a configuration of cultural and feminist theories to prove her groundbreaking argument. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408422
ISBN
9781421408422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.76
€ 49.96

Paperback. The well-educated daughter of a minister, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844-1911) was introduced to writing at a young age, as both her mother and father were published writers. This book seeks to restore Phelps' reputation by bringing together a diverse collection from the entire body of her lifetime of work. Editor(s): Duquette, Elizabeth; Tevlin, Cheryl. Series: Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243972
ISBN
9780803243972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Surveys the Golden Age of English popular theatre: the 1590s, the age of Marlowe and the young Shakespeare. This book describes the staging practices, performance conditions and acting techniques of the period, focusing on five popular dramas that include The Spanish Tragedy", "Mucedorus", "Edward II", "Doctor Faustus" and "Titus Andronicus". Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415489010
ISBN
9780415489010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.90

Paperback. First Princeton papberback edition published: 1966. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691624006
ISBN
9780691624006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

Paperback. Treats, through excerpts from contemporary opinion and official documents, various aspects of the little world of theatre in the full context of Elizabethan-Jacobean life and times. Editor(s): Evans, G. Blakemore. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DS; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
New Amsterdam Books United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941533706
ISBN
9780941533706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.34

Paperback. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
SKU
KRF0038091
ISBN
9780552992510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In good condition. A well read copy
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
SKU
KRS0011028
ISBN
9780552992510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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