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Paperback. Recognised as a classic when first published (winner of 'Lakeland Book of the Year' in 1994) this is a fullyrevised and updated edition of Grevel Lindop's guide to the Lake District and its literary associations. Invaluable for all with an interest in the writers, poets and novelists who have been inspired by the beauty of the area. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 bw 77 line/map. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; DSRC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Sigma Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910758120
ISBN
9781910758120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. Exploring themes that preoccupied Albert Camus--absurdity, silence, revolt, fidelity, and moderation--Robert Zaretsky portrays a moralist who refused to be fooled by the nobler names we assign to our actions, and who pushed himself, and those about him, to challenge the status quo. For Camus, rebellion against injustice is the human condition. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 191 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970861
ISBN
9780674970861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.00

Hardcover. A collection of George Orwell's correspondence. It provides an eloquent narrative of Orwell's life, from his schooldays to his final illness. It affords a view of his thoughts on matters both personal, political and much in between, from poltergeists, to girls' school songs and the art of playing croquet. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 38. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Number of pages
560
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846553554
ISBN
9781846553554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. A collection of 850 letters of the author to friends, family, his editor and a diverse circle of well-known and influential public figures. It opens with letters that were written during the author's early years in California, and closing with and unfinished 1968 note written in Sag Harbor, New York. Editor(s): Steinbeck, Elaine; Wallsten, Robert. Num Pages: 928 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 55. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186290
ISBN
9780141186290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.54

Paperback. A Level English Text Guide - The Great Gatsby Editor(s): CGP Books. Num Pages: 75 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP)
Number of pages
75
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847626684
ISBN
9781847626684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.57

Hardback. Against the background of Montrose's campaign of 1644-5, this spirited novel centres on one of Scott's most memorable creations - Sir Dugald Dalgetty of Drumthwacket. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 270 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
270
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605729
ISBN
9780748605729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.28
€ 106.92

Paperback. This book explores the amazing journey of Anne Hebert's writing into English by people "in the middle" of the process of editing, publishing, distributing, and preservation. Series: Canadian Literature Collection. Num Pages: 244 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 257.
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780776623764
ISBN
9780776623764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.80

Paperback. A History of Victorian Literature offers a wide-ranging narrative overview of literature in Great Britain between 1830 and 1900 exploring the extraordinarily varied literary production and reception of the Victorian age, with fresh considerations of major figures and new attention to neglected and less familiar careers. Series: Blackwell History of Literature. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470672396
ISBN
9780470672396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.71

Paperback. Accessible guide to and description of the medieval poetic tradition in Scandinavia. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843842798
ISBN
9781843842798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.52

Hardback. A History of Modern Drama: Volume II explores a remarkable breadth of topics and analytical approaches to the dramatic works, authors, and transitional events and movements that shaped world drama from 1960 through to the dawn of the new millennium. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405157582
ISBN
9781405157582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.83

Hardcover. This pioneering, classic study of 20th-century Chinese fiction covers some sixty years, from the Literary Revolution of 1917 through the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1111.
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629966614
ISBN
9789629966614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.58

Hardback. Editor(s): Miner, Earl Roy. Translator(s): Teele, Nicholas. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691629131
ISBN
9780691629131
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 232.36

Paperback. Revised and updated throughout, the third edition of this best-selling book traces the development of one of the world's richest literatures from the old English period to the present day. It now features a full chapter on the contemporary period, with more on genres and the impact of globalisation. Series: Palgrave Foundations Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 65 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 189 x 246 x 23. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
3rd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230368316
ISBN
9780230368316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.33

Hardback. Series: Blackwell History of Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405135023
ISBN
9781405135023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.83

Paperback. Updated throughout and with much new material, A History of American Literature, Second Edition, is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey available of the myriad forms of American Literature from pre-Columbian times to the present. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 247 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1368.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
952
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405192286
ISBN
9781405192286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.80

Paperback. The first reference work to provide an integrated and authoritative body of information about the political, cultural and economic contexts of postcolonial literatures that have their provenance in the major European Empires of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Latin America and the Philippines. Editor(s): Poddar, Prem; Patke, Rajeev S.; Jensen, Lars. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1162.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644827
ISBN
9780748644827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.07

Paperback. With a combination of alphabetical and descriptive lists, this title provides all the rhetorical terms - mostly Greek and Latin - that students of Western literature and rhetoric are likely to come across in their reading or will find useful in their writing. It offers a revised system of cross-references between terms. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316. 205 pages, illustrations. With a combination of alphabetical and descriptive lists, this title provides all the rhetorical terms - mostly Greek and Latin - that students of Western literature and rhetoric are likely to come across in their reading or will find useful in their writing. It offers a revised system of cross-references between terms. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSB; GBC. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight: 312.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
205
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273689
ISBN
9780520273689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.64

Hardback. A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford in 2003. There are twelve different essays by authors from various countries, including Australia, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470482
ISBN
9781611470482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.59

Paperback. Featuring the latest research findings and exploring the fascinating interplay of modernist authors and intellectual luminaries, from Beckett and Kafka to Derrida and Adorno, this bold new collection of essays gives students a deeper grasp of key texts in modernist literature. Series: Critical Theory Handbooks. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119121404
ISBN
9781119121404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.18

Hardcover. This book is a comprehensive introductory manual that guides beginners to a functional reading knowledge of late medieval and early modern Yiddish (c.1100-1750). It is the first such manual to exist for that language, whose early literary tradition comprises a range of genres as broad as other contemporary European literary traditions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; CF; CJB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198785026
ISBN
9780198785026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 213.21

Paperback. A Guide to Old English is a detailed but accessible introduction to the Old English language for beginners. The language section offers a simple yet comprehensive language reference, including sections on orthography and pronunciation, inflexions, word formation, and syntax. Num Pages: 444 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
444
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
8th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470671078
ISBN
9780470671078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 42.56

Paperback. This newly updated second edition features wide-ranging, systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to third century BC. Series: Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118455128
ISBN
9781118455128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 53.01

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cengage Learning, Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
11th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781285465067
ISBN
9781285465067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Hardcover. New life of forgotten novelist Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black and white illustrations in a 16 page plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 1DDF; BGL; DSBH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784538408
ISBN
9781784538408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.78

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