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Paperback. This book provides students and scholars of classical literature with a practical guide to modern literary theory and criticism. Using a clear and concise approach, it navigates readers through various theoretical approaches, including Russian Formalism, structuralism, deconstruction, gender studies, and New Historicism. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405153744
ISBN
9781405153744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.14

Paperback. "Joyce and the G-Men" explores Hoover's suspicions that James Joyce was a Communist. In his FBI file, Culleton tracks the evidence of the FBI's surveillance of Joyce to show the culture of the FBI under Hoover and the resurgence of American anti-intellectualism. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349386420
ISBN
9781349386420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.34
€ 64.47

Paperback. The literary 'middle ground', once dismissed by academia as insignificant, is the site of powerful anxieties about cultural authority that continue to this day. In short, the middlebrow matters . These essays examine the prejudices and aspirations at work in the 'battle of the brows', and show that cultural value is always relative and situational. Editor(s): Grover, M.; Brown, E. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349334520
ISBN
9781349334520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. Ibn Rushd, known to Christian Europe as Averroes, came from Cordoba in Spain and lived from 1126 to 1198. He is regarded as the last great Arab philosopher in the Classical tradition, and, under the patronage of the Almohad ruler Abu Ya'quib Yusuf, was a very prolific one. Num Pages: 630 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DNF; HPDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 172 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Edition
3 Reprint
Number of pages
630
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094563
ISBN
9780906094563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.89

Paperback. First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878300921
ISBN
9780878300921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Hardback. The defeat of the Ottomans by the Holy League fleet at Lepanto (1571) was among the most celebrated international events of the sixteenth century. The Battle of Lepanto anthologizes the work of twenty-two poets who composed Latin poetry in response to the news of the battle, the largest Mediterranean naval encounter since antiquity. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 532 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725423
ISBN
9780674725423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.12

Paperback. Drawing on four decades of work and also including other poems, this selection of Mei-mei Berssenbrugge's poetry displays the extraordinary luminosity characteristic of her style - its delicate, meticulous observation, great scenic imagination, and unusual degree of comfort with states of indetermination, contingency, and flux. Series Editor(s): Hillman, Brenda; Bedient, Calvin; Hass, Robert; Gander, Forrest. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 208 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246027
ISBN
9780520246027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.13

Paperback. Suitable for a course in literary criticism, the title is concerned with the attempt to define and track down the implications of the term "symbolic action," and to show how the marvels of literature and language look when considered form that point of view. Num Pages: 532 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520001923
ISBN
9780520001923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.06

Paperback. Treacherous, power-hungry, untempered by moral restraint, and embittered by physical deformity, Richard, the younger brother of King Edward IV, is ablaze with ambition to take England's throne. This title is a chronicle of Richard's machinations to be king - a tale of murder upon murder. Editor(s): Raffel, Professor Burton. Series: The Annotated Shakespeare. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300122022
ISBN
9780300122022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.11

Paperback. Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) is one of the most important and enigmatic figures in twentieth-century Latin American literature. This book presents a collection of the Locas mujeres poems that explore facets of the self in extremis. Editor(s): Couch, Randall. Translator(s): Couch, Randall. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226531915
ISBN
9780226531915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.73

Paperback. This bilingual edition contains an introduction to the three major periods of the troubadours - their beginning, rise, and decline - as well as headnotes that briefly put each poet in context. Lark in the Morning will become an essential collection for those interested in learning about and teaching the origins of Western vernacular poetry. Editor(s): Kehew, Robert. Translator(s): Pound, Ezra; Snodgrass, W. D.; Kehew, Robert. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Bilingual edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226429335
ISBN
9780226429335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.39

paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226401393
ISBN
9780226401393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing to edges and ffep, with minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Faber
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0008754
ISBN
9780571054442
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Part thriller, part mystery, with a powerful love story at its heart, this three-part adaptation delivers a vibrant and visceral story. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 358. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on edges and ffep with minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0008625
ISBN
9781849904285
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 8.99
€ 5.38

Paperback. Presents tales such as "King Oedipus", "Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone". Translator(s): Watling, E.F. Num Pages: 176 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134. Good copy with some shelf wear, wrapped in plastic cover. Yellowing of pages and minor foxing, inscribed by previous owner on inside cover. Good copy
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KKD0010149
ISBN
9780140440034
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Long time, no see introduces us to the unforgettable world of Mister Psyche. Hanging out with men some forty-plus years his senior proves hazardous for Mister Psyche when the appearance of a bullet-hole in Uncle Joe-Joe's window draws him into a series of (mis)-adventures which unsettle and bemuse. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber And Faber Ltd.
Edition
Main
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
9780571210794
ISBN
9780571210794
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In this sequel to Catherine Cookson's collection of essays and poems, "Let Me Make Myself Plain", she offers a further selection of thoughts, recollections and observations on life - and death - together with more of the poems she prefers to describe as "prose on short lines". Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 107 x 24. Weight in Grams: 200. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0010071
ISBN
9780552143844
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Represents a city's underworld, and the laws of corruption and delay. This novel projects these things in a vision that embraces black comedy, cosmic farce, and tragic ruin. Illustrator(s): Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 504. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KKD0010044
ISBN
9781853260827
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear, stains on cover, pages remain good with clear text
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0009978
ISBN
9780224090100
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 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

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