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Hardback. Suzanne Rintoul identifies an important contradiction in Victorian representations of abuse: the simultaneous compulsion to expose and to obscure brutality towards women in intimate relationships. Through case studies and literary analysis, this book illustrates how intimate violence was both spectacular and unspeakable in the Victorian period. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBF; JFFE3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137493262
ISBN
9781137493262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.74

Hardcover. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. .
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd Ireland
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510338
ISBN
9781843510338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.31

Hardcover. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; BGH; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New
SKU
KEX0201819
ISBN
9781843510178
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPK; BT; DSK; JFMP; LNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 242 x 13. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970979
ISBN
9781907970979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFD; APTD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Delta
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780440504900
ISBN
9780440504900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.05

Paperback. Studies the relationship between the personal lives of writers and the works they produce. In particular, this book reconsiders the place of John Middleton Murry (1889-1957) in the development of literary modernism in Britain. It rewrites standard assumptions about John Middleton Murry's relationships with Katherine Mansfield and D H Lawrence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362. John Middleton Murray, Katherine Mansfield and D. H. Lawrence. 240 pages. Studies the relationship between the personal lives of writers and the works they produce. In particular, this book reconsiders the place of John Middleton Murry (1889-1957) in the development of literary modernism in Britain. It rewrites standard assumptions about John Middleton Murry's relationships with Katherine Mansfield and D H Lawrence. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight: 362.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748664863
ISBN
9780748664863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.67

Paperback. First translation of French novella (1801) about passion, social convention, obsession, and despair. Translator(s): Delany, Sheila. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HRCV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772121230
ISBN
9781772121230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.78

Paperback. Since its creation in 1894 by Joseph Snell Wood, the Society of Women Writers & Journalists has attracted the company of many famous women writers, journalists, poets and playwrights. This title reveals the long and fascinating history of the Society. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 9. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752451596
ISBN
9780752451596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. Sylvia Plath is one of the defining voices in twentieth-century poetry. This classic selection of her work provides a suitable introduction to this most influential of poets. It includes poems that are taken from Sylvia Plath's four collections Ariel, The Colossus, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 200 x 126 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
85
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571135868
ISBN
9780571135868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 287.
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Abridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385493918
ISBN
9780385493918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.83

Paperback. The response of one writer to the work of another can be doubly illuminating. This title presents a selection of Sylvia Plath's poetry. It draws upon the collections Ariel, The Colossus, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees, and from Sylvia Plath's Pulitzer Prize-winning Collected Poems. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 123 x 7. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571222971
ISBN
9780571222971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Contains all Sylvia Plath's mature poetry written from 1956 up to her death in 1963. Num Pages: 352 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
First U. S. Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571118380
ISBN
9780571118380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.69

Hardback. Investigates the shifts in ideas of homeness in post-war diasporic Anglophone Lebanese novels. This title deals with the brutal civil strife in Lebanon (1975-1990) and beyond to the war's crucial and long-standing by-product: expatriation. Series Editor(s): El-Enany, Rasheed. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643424
ISBN
9780748643424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.58
€ 103.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816636808
ISBN
9780816636808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.13

Hardcover. This volume explores how issues of women and gender were addressed in medieval culture from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 15th century. It pays attention to the form in which these questions were addressed (which varies significantly from period to period and from culture to culture). Editor(s): Fenster, Thelma; Lees, Claire. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312232443
ISBN
9780312232443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.08
€ 56.91

Hardcover. Victorian Time examines how literature of the era registers the psychological impact of the onset of a modern, industrialized experience of time as time-saving technologies, such as steam-powered machinery, aimed at making economic life more efficient, signalling the dawn of a new age of accelerated time. Editor(s): Ferguson, Trish. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137007971
ISBN
9781137007971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Paperback. A lucid intervention in current debates about identity and difference, this book uses the concept of Otherness to look again at both Gothic fiction and Postcolonialism. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st ed. 2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137547729
ISBN
9781137547729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.76

Paperback. For this volume Eliot gathered together his choice of the miscellaneous reviews and literary essays he had written since 1917, when he became assistant-editor of "The Egoist". In his preface to the third edition (1951) he described the book as an historical record of his interests and opinions. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571197460
ISBN
9780571197460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.26

Hardcover. At the age of forty, T S Eliot was to set a new course for his life and work. This title includes his correspondence with friends and mentors that vividly documents all the stages of Eliot's personal and artistic transformation during these crucial years, the continuing anxieties of his private life, and the forging of his public reputation. Editor(s): Eliot, Valerie; Haffenden, John. Series: Letters of T. S. Eliot. Num Pages: 992 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 238 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1296.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
992
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571140855
ISBN
9780571140855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.60

Paperback. First published in 1920, this is T.S. Eliot's first collection of literary criticism. It contains some of his most influential early essays and reviews, including "Tradition and the Individual Talent", "Hamlet and His Problems", and Eliot's thoughts on Marlowe, Jonson, Massinger and Dante. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571190898
ISBN
9780571190898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781587299773
ISBN
9781587299773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.33

Hardback. Through a close-reading of the work of five prominent American postmodernist writers, this book re-evaluates the role of the past in recent American fiction, outlines the development of the postmodernist historical novel and considers the waning influence of postmodernism in contemporary American literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298347
ISBN
9780230298347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. With detailed analysis of the text, discussions on themes, historical backgrounds and author biographies, York Notes offers students the best insight into the world of English Literature. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UA) A / AS level; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 8. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405861816
ISBN
9781405861816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.33

Paperback. 'York Notes' offer an approach to English literature that aims to fully reflect student needs. They are filled with summaries, commentaries, exam advice, margin and textual features to offer a wider context to the text and encourage a critical analysis. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 7. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Pearson York Notes
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582784246
ISBN
9780582784246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.44

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