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Hardcover. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431. "Includes index. Bibliography: p. [189]-197. Commissioning organisation: Thomas C. Foster. xi, 203 p. 23 cm. Publishers cloth. Fine clean copy with dw." Keywords: "Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - General,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Literary Studies - 20th Century,Education Resources - Books - English"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Pre
Number of pages
218
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0072267
ISBN
9780875801346
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 21.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. Building on recent Petrarch scholarship and broader studies of medieval poetics, poetic narrativity, and biblical intertextuality, Peterson conducts a rigorous examination of the Fragmenta's poetic language. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB; DSBB; DSBD; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 180 x 32. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487500023
ISBN
9781487500023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713668131
ISBN
9780713668131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, Suspiria de Profundis, and 'The English Mail-Coach' are De Quincey's finest essays in autobiography, published here with three appendices containing a wealth of related manuscript material and a comprehensive introduction and notes. Editor(s): Morrison, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DN; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199600618
ISBN
9780199600618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. The early seventeenth-century traveler Thomas Coryate's five-month tour of Western Europe culminated in Coryats Crudities, one of the strangest travelogues published in early modern England. This edition abridges Crudities' more than 900 pages to a manageable size, focusing on episodes most likely to be of interest to students. Editor(s): Palmer, Philip S. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Broadview Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
abridged edition annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554813230
ISBN
9781554813230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.51

Paperback. An impressive collection bringing together contributions of renowned scholars on the topic of a "New Poetics of Community" that goes beyond both a romantic nostalgia for homogeneity and the myths of social engineering and rational choice. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270927
ISBN
9780823270927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.61

Paperback. There is more to Thomas Chatterton than the romantic archetype. This selection, with its detailed notes, shows the historical significance and unexpected range of Chatterton's poetry, and also enables the reader to enjoy it for its rich resonance and wonderfully memorable rhythms. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 132. 96 pages. There is more to Thomas Chatterton than the romantic archetype. This selection, with its detailed notes, shows the historical significance and unexpected range of Chatterton's poetry, and also enables the reader to enjoy it for its rich resonance and wonderfully memorable rhythms. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 7. Weight: 152.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857546927
ISBN
9781857546927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415311755
ISBN
9780415311755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.13

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
327
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841952789
ISBN
9781841952789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.25

Paperback. The untold story of Ireland's role, from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1x8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340637876
ISBN
9780340637876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardcover. A book on Virginia Woolf that contends psychobiography has much to gain from a closer engagement with science. It demonstrates how Woolf used her illness intelligently and creatively in her theories of fiction, of mental functioning, and of self structure. Num Pages: 362 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 513.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520072800
ISBN
9780520072800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98
€ 49.23

Paperback. Born in 1931, the illegitimate child of an abandoned mother, Thomas Bernhard was brought up by an eccentric grandmother and adored grandfather. He ran away from home at 15 and at 18, was put in a hospital ward for the old and terminally ill when he caught pneumonia. This volume tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099442530
ISBN
9780099442530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardback. Editor(s): Harper, Thomas L.; Shirane, Haruo. Num Pages: 632 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBD; DSK; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
632
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166584
ISBN
9780231166584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68
€ 56.86

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450358
ISBN
9780801450358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.85

Paperback. After much investigation, Ziolkowski reinforces Umberto Eco's notion that the most powerful secret, the magnetic center of conspiracy fiction, is in fact "a secret without content." Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HBLA1; JFHC; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422435
ISBN
9781421422435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99

Hardcover. Illuminates unexplored dimensions of the music-literature relationship and the sometimes unrecognized talents of certain famous writers and composers. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 307 x 2. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139733
ISBN
9781571139733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.66

Paperback. Newest volume of the central scholarly forum for discussion of Brecht and aspects of theater and literature of particular interest to him, especially the politics of literature and theater in a global context. Editor(s): Rippey, Theodore F. Series: Brecht Yearbook. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 2ACG; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780985195632
ISBN
9780985195632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.93

Paperback. Available in English for the first time, this is a collection of essays by social philosopher and critic, T.W. Adorno, on such writers as Mann, Bloch, Holderlin, Kare Kraust, Sigfried Kracauer, Goethe, Benjamin and Stefan George. It includes Adorno's reflections on a variety of literary subjects. Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Translator(s): Nicholsen, Shierry Weber. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 372 pages. Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Available in English for the first time, this is a collection of essays by social philosopher and critic, T.W. Adorno, on such writers as Mann, Bloch, Holderlin, Kare Kraust, Sigfried Kracauer, Goethe, Benjamin and Stefan George. It includes Adorno's reflections on a variety of literary subjects. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight: 522. Translator(s): Nicholsen, Shierry Weber.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
372
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231069137
ISBN
9780231069137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. First English translation of the final work of Theodor Fontane, one of Germany's most significant novelists. Translator(s): Zwiebel, William L. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135735
ISBN
9781571135735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 41.99

Hardcover. Theocritus (early third century BCE) was the inventor of the bucolic genre, also known as pastoral. The present edition of his work, along with that of his successors Moschus (fl. mid-second century BCE) and Bion (fl. around 100 BCE), replaces the earlier Loeb Classical Library volume of Greek Bucolic Poets by J. M. Edmonds (1912). Translator(s): Hopkinson, Fellow in Classics Neil (Loughborough University University of Cambridge Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University). Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 117 x 35. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996441
ISBN
9780674996441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

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