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Paperback. There are many interpretations of the word 'Gothic'. Nick Groom explores the rich history and chronology of the term, bringing together various underlying and disparate elements to clarify its meaning. By examining its history, he argues that we can better interpret and understand society today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, Approx 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199586790
- ISBN
- 9780199586790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Hardback. Translator(s): Frisch, Shelley. Num Pages: 584 pages, 64 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 169 x 255 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151984
- ISBN
- 9780691151984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Letters Against the Firmament is a user's report on the end of the world, a treatise against Tory terror, a proposal for a new zodiac, a defence of poetry, a hex against the devourers of planet earth. The Letters are fierce epistolary poems, a vivid account of the sheer panic and brutality of the Austerity years. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910392157
- ISBN
- 9781910392157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 5S; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559365017
- ISBN
- 9781559365017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.74
€ 30.99
€ 25.74
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KTM0009188
- ISBN
- 9781860494901
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Book Runner recounts the trials, joys and tribulations of selling second hand books. Full of quirky anecdotes and literary odds and ends, these unique insider's tales of the trade are sure to spark the imagination of every book- lover who picks it up. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DN; KNPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906998929
- ISBN
- 9781906998929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38
Paperback. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Penguin London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- SKU
- KAS0004703
- ISBN
- 9780140042702
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The basis for Glinka's famous opera of the same name, Ruslan and Lyudmila - Pushkin's second longest poetical work - is a dramatic and ingenious retelling of Russian folklore, full of humour and irony. Translator(s): Clarke, Roger. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 230. 256 pages. The basis for Glinka's famous opera of the same name, Ruslan and Lyudmila - Pushkin's second longest poetical work - is a dramatic and ingenious retelling of Russian folklore, full of humour and irony. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 156 x 141 x 29. Weight: 228. Translator(s): Clarke, Roger.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492968
- ISBN
- 9781847492968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
paperback. Under the pseudonym Myles na Gopaleen, Flann O' Brien wrote a daily column in the 'Irish Times' called 'Cruiskeen Lawn' for over twenty years which hilariously satirised the absurdities and solemnities of Dublin life. Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- (Reissue)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007247189
- ISBN
- 9780007247189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. Presents a biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), who as a poet, philosopher and critic, stands as one of the seminal figures of his time. His some of the many works include: "Lyrical Ballads" (1799), "Biographia Literaria" (1817), and "Poetical Works". Editor(s): Fenton, James. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571209811
- ISBN
- 9780571209811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.82
€ 4.82
Paperback. First performed at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre, the first stage play from the SUNDAY TIMES No.1 bestselling author of SAINTS OF THE SHADOW BIBLE. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409152644
- ISBN
- 9781409152644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Hardcover. Introducing the infamous hard-drinking and eloquent poet who stands at the very heart of Arabic literary culture. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 145 pages. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 145
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851683604
- ISBN
- 9781851683604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.79
€ 34.79
Hardback. Leading scholars show how laughter and satire in early modern Britain functioned in a variety of contexts both to affirm communal boundaries and to undermine them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; AN; DSBD; HBTB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783272037
- ISBN
- 9781783272037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.09
€ 98.09
paperback. A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps Shakespeare's most popular comedy, and also a profound, archetypal play. Editor(s): Foakes, R. A. Series Editor(s): Gibbons, Professor Brian; Braunmuller, A. R. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 168 pages, 14 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 290. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. 168 pages, 14 b/w illus. Editor(s): Foakes, R. A. A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps Shakespeare's most popular comedy, and also a profound, archetypal play. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 7. Weight: 280. Series Editor(s) :Gibbons, Brian; Braunmuller, A. R.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Updated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521532471
- ISBN
- 9780521532471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardback. Studies of how the physical manifests itself in medieval romance - and medieval romances as objects themselves. Editor(s): Perkins, Nicholas. Series: Studies in Medieval Romance. Num Pages: 311 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843900
- ISBN
- 9781843843900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.88
€ 115.88
Paperback. This book elaborates the social-psychological concept of schema while championing the literary critical practice of close reading to show how literature reflects, promotes, and contests pervasive sociocultural ideas like race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804797023
- ISBN
- 9780804797023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Vladimir Mayakovsky was one of the towering literary figures of pre- and post revolutionary Russia, speaking as much to the working man as to other poets. Part love poem, part political diatribe and the most autobiographical of Mayakovsky's works, this title confirms Mayakovsky as one of the towering figures of Russian literature. Illustrator(s): Rodchenko, Alexander. Translator(s): Hyde, George; Gureyeva, Larissa. Series: Arc Translations. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228. That's What. Series: Arc Translations. 174 pages, Illustrations. Illustrator(s): Rodchenko, Alexander. Vladimir Mayakovsky was one of the towering literary figures of pre- and post revolutionary Russia, speaking as much to the working man as to other poets. Part love poem, part political diatribe and the most autobiographical of Mayakovsky's works, this title confirms Mayakovsky as one of the towering figures of Russian literature. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 9. Weight: 320. Translator(s): Hyde, George; Gureyeva, Larissa.
- Publisher
- Central Books
- Number of pages
- 174
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904614319
- ISBN
- 9781904614319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.54
€ 15.99
€ 12.54
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KLN0018242
- ISBN
- 9781860499593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. This new edition of Shakespeare's dark comedy of sexual desire and hypocrisy, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with one leading director and two actors (Trevor Nunn, Roger Allam, and Josette Simon), looks at specific productions in the play's history, and a completely new introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243903
- ISBN
- 9780230243903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.42
€ 12.42
Hardcover. Surveys the life and work of the 14th century poet. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 140 pages, Illustrations. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851683628
- ISBN
- 9781851683628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Wolfhound Press Dublin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780863279386
- ISBN
- 9780863279386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 7.01
€ 15.99
€ 7.01
Paperback. Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 216. Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature. 128 pages. Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 7. Weight: 218.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521729826
- ISBN
- 9780521729826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.19
€ 14.19
Paperback. Roland Barthes was the leading figure of French Structuralism, the theoretical movement of the 1960s which revolutionized the study of literature and culture, as well as history and psychoanalysis. But Barthes was a man who disliked orthodoxies. This book surveys Barthes' work in prose. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 13 halftones and 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSB; GTE; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 115 x 9. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192801593
- ISBN
- 9780192801593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. This is a superb new translation of the great Augustan poet Horace's Odes and Epodes - brilliantly crafted and diverse poems of politics, friendship, love, and wine. The edition is supplemented by a lucid introduction, extensive notes, and glossary of names. Translator(s): West, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 4KL; DCF. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555277
- ISBN
- 9780199555277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.54
€ 15.99
€ 12.54