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Literary studies: general
Paperback. In 1929 the author went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This book is an account of his life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the First World War that was to haunt him throughout his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSC; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184593
- ISBN
- 9780141184593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Tells the story of the author's experiences as a young officer in the First World War. This title describes life in the trenches and how the dehumanizing horrors he witnessed left him shell-shocked. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSC; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 23. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 368
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241951415
- ISBN
- 9780241951415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.52
€ 7.52
Hardcover. This volume considers the phenomenon of mimetic contagion, whereby works of art draw viewers into direct imitation of themselves, and how it operates within specific historical contexts. Terence's Eunuch is used as a case study, situating the motif within the peculiarities of mid-second-century BC Rome and its anxieties about the power of art. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 254 x 19. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198738732
- ISBN
- 9780198738732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.09
€ 152.09
Hardback. Pensive, mercurial, and often funny, the private Robert Frost remains less appreciated than the public poet. This edition of the correspondence of this complex and subtle verbal artist, includes hundreds of unpublished letters whose literary interest is on a par with Dickinson, Lowell, and Beckett. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1226.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057609
- ISBN
- 9780674057609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Paperback. One of a series, this one concentrating on poems by Robert Frost Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 4KL; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198325710
- ISBN
- 9780198325710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.61
€ 19.61
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691628677
- ISBN
- 9780691628677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.20
€ 106.20
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691627335
- ISBN
- 9780691627335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSB; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637723
- ISBN
- 9780691637723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.89
€ 138.89
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638072
- ISBN
- 9780691638072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.37
€ 133.37
hardcover. This book considers the widespread treatment of traumatic memory in Irish fiction of the past thirty-five years. It focuses on both trauma fiction and the historical novel, and the way certain novelists looked to early events in twentieth century Irish history to engage the recent political violence in Northern Ireland beginning in 1969. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Inscribed affectionately by author to both. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025604
- ISBN
- 9780230250307
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Hardcover. A Concise Companion to Contemporary British Fiction offers an authoritative overview of contemporary British fiction in its social, political, and economic contexts. Focuses on the fiction that has emerged since the late 1970s, roughly since the start of the Thatcher era. Comprises original essays from major scholars. Editor(s): English, James F. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405120005
- ISBN
- 9781405120005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.91
€ 137.91
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138039674
- ISBN
- 9781138039674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93
Paperback. This text challenges the assumption that African American literature aptly reflects black American social consciousness. It delineates the social and political forces that shaped leading black literary works and shows that divisions between political thinkers prevailed throughout the 20th century. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509504
- ISBN
- 9780742509504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.52
€ 75.52
Hardback. This text challenges the assumption that African American literature aptly reflects black American social consciousness. It delineates the social and political forces that shaped leading black literary works and shows that divisions between political thinkers prevailed throughout the 20th century. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509498
- ISBN
- 9780742509498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.88
€ 173.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 864 pages, 77. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1360.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 832
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801433542
- ISBN
- 9780801433542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.34
€ 86.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AGR; DSB; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268030995
- ISBN
- 9780268030995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Hardback. Ranging in original publication dates between 1940 and 1985, this title features forty-one titles that reveal a great deal about Duncan's life in poetry - including his impressions of poets whose work he admires, both contemporaries and precursors. Editor(s): Maynard, James. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 231 x 39. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267732
- ISBN
- 9780520267732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.32
€ 59.42
€ 46.32
Hardback. A collection of poetry and plays that presents annotated texts of both collected and uncollected work from author's middle and late writing years (1958-1988), with commentaries on each of the five books, The Opening of the Field, Roots and Branches, Bending the Bow, and the two volumes of Ground Work. Editor(s): Quartermain, Peter. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 928 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DD; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 238 x 68. Weight in Grams: 1572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 750
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259294
- ISBN
- 9780520259294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.32
€ 59.42
€ 46.32
Hardback. A volume that collects poetry, non-critical prose, and plays of Robert Duncan. Including "Letters: Poems 1953-1956", it thoroughly documents the first phase of Duncan's distinguished life in writing, making it possible to trace the poet's development as he approaches the brilliant work of his middle period. Editor(s): Quartermain, Peter. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 875 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1286. The Collected Early Poems and Plays. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. 875 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Quartermain, Peter. A volume that collects poetry, non-critical prose, and plays of Robert Duncan. Including "Letters: Poems 1953-1956", it thoroughly documents the first phase of Duncan's distinguished life in writing, making it possible to trace the poet's development as he approaches the brilliant work of his middle period. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 53. Weight: 1286.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 875
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259263
- ISBN
- 9780520259263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.32
€ 59.42
€ 46.32
Paperback. A meditation on both the roots of modernism and its manifestation in the work of H D, Ezra Pound, D H Lawrence, William Carlos Williams, Edith Sitwell, and many others. It is especially notable for its illumination of the role women played in creation of literary modernism. Editor(s): Boughn, Michael; Coleman, Victor. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 696 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 229 x 42. Weight in Grams: 972.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272620
- ISBN
- 9780520272620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.91
€ 41.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 118 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652788
- ISBN
- 9780691652788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.94
€ 104.94
Paperback. Randolph Caldecott established a new standard of taste in children's picture books. Colour plates from the author's personal collection. Series: Bruce Peel Special Collections Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551952079
- ISBN
- 9781551952079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.01
€ 41.99
€ 30.01
Paperback. Eminent Frye scholar Robert D. Denham explores the connection between Frye and writers who influenced his thinking but about whom he never wrote anything extensive: Aristotle, Longinus, Joachim of Floris, Giordano Bruno, Henry Reynolds, Robert Burton, Kierkegaard, Lewis Carroll, Stephane Mallarme, Colin Still, Paul Tillich, and Frances A. Yates. Editor(s): Denham, Professor Robert D (Roanoke College). Series: Canadian Literature Collection. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780776623078
- ISBN
- 9780776623078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.38
€ 32.99
€ 31.38
Paperback. Considering the remarkable range of Johnson's reading, DeMaria discovers in one extraordinary career a synoptic view of the subject of reading. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892424
- ISBN
- 9780801892424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.60
€ 41.60