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Literary studies: general
Paperback. R. S. Thomas was a major figure in the landscape of contemporary poetry - attested by his Nobel Prize for Literature nomination. His poetry, coloured by personal experience of rural Wales, is stark but passionate. Series: Everyman Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780460878111
- ISBN
- 9780460878111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.92
€ 8.99
€ 7.92
Paperback. A History of the Hellenistic World provides a new, authoritative account of the period following the reign of Alexander the Great. With clear narration and extensive documentation, the book explains the highly complex political history of the Hellenistic period. Series: Blackwell History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233886
- ISBN
- 9780631233886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.74
€ 44.99
€ 44.74
Hardcover. Shirley Werner, On the History of the Commenta Bernensia and the Adnotationes super Lucanum, Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 32. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Department of the Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674379442
- ISBN
- 9780674379442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 44.47
€ 51.99
€ 44.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551532
- ISBN
- 9781871551532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.47
€ 18.99
€ 17.47
Hardback. Other contributors include Jack Abecassis, Marina Brownlee, Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet, Andreas Kablitz, and Ursula Peters. Editor(s): Bloch, R. Howard; Calhoun, Alison; Cerquiglini-Toulet, Jacqueline; Kupper, Joachim; Patterson, Jeanette. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412405
- ISBN
- 9781421412405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.27€ 60.12
€ 65.27
€ 60.12
Paperback. Other contributors include Jack Abecassis, Marina Brownlee, Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet, Andreas Kablitz, and Ursula Peters. Editor(s): Bloch, R. Howard; Calhoun, Alison; Cerquiglini-Toulet, Jacqueline; Kupper, Joachim; Patterson, Jeanette. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412412
- ISBN
- 9781421412412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.57
€ 35.99
€ 30.57
Paperback. Offers a reconception of the person generally assumed to be the first woman writer in French, the woman referred to as Marie de France in contemporary times. This book considers almost all of the writing ascribed to Marie, including her famous "Lais", her 103 animal fables, and the earliest vernacular, "Saint Patrick's Purgatory". Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226059846
- ISBN
- 9780226059846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.46
€ 47.99
€ 37.46
Hardcover. In the tradition of The Swerve, this thrilling, detective-like work of literary history reveals how a poem created the world we live in today. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 280 x 31. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871406637
- ISBN
- 9780871406637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.89
€ 29.99
€ 25.89
Hardback. Yeats is usually seen as a great modernist innovator. This book goes against the grain to explore the Irish literary traditions that preceded and influenced him-romantic 'national tales' in post-Union Ireland, the poetry and polemic of the Young Ireland movement, the occult novels of Sheridan LeFanu, and William Carleton's 'peasant fictions'. Num Pages: 256 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0027124
- ISBN
- 9780199592166
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. A biography of W B Yeats, it covers the second half of Yeats' life, taking in his controversial political involvements, continued supernatural experiments, his extraordinary marriage, a series of love affairs, and the writing of his greatest poetry. It also weaves together his life and work. Num Pages: 832 pages, 32pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1306. Good clean copy showing light shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0024921
- ISBN
- 9780192806093
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 48.00
€ 48.00
Paperback. Yeats is usually seen as a great modernist innovator. This book goes against the grain to explore the Irish literary traditions that preceded and influenced him-romantic 'national tales' in post-Union Ireland, the poetry and polemic of the Young Ireland movement, the occult novels of Sheridan LeFanu, and William Carleton's 'peasant fictions'. Num Pages: 256 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199641659
- ISBN
- 9780199641659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.40
€ 29.40
Hardback. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812231571
- ISBN
- 9780812231571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.57
€ 106.57
Hardback. He argues for the particular capacity of literature to undertake an imaginative risk on behalf of another that seems the very ground of ethics itself. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801879777
- ISBN
- 9780801879777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.63€ 53.85
€ 57.63
€ 53.85
Hardback. Virgil offers undergraduates, graduate students and general readers a comprehensive and carefully balanced introduction to the works and literary reception of Virgil. Offering a fresh, comprehensive introduction to Virgil in translation, this book traces the poet's literary influence on later authors and his impact on the arts. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159494
- ISBN
- 9781405159494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.05
€ 48.05
Hardcover. Critical edition of an important Scottish poem, highlighting its striking poetic features. Editor(s): Hanna, Ralph, III. Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Scottish Text Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897976395
- ISBN
- 9781897976395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.87
€ 52.99
€ 50.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 217 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DS; BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 291 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Xlibris
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781456852009
- ISBN
- 9781456852009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 19.40
€ 31.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. Translator(s): Parkinson, R. B. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555628
- ISBN
- 9780199555628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.62
€ 16.62
Hardcover. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) has been acknowledged by writers as diverse as Harold Bloom, Adrienne Rich and R.S. Thomas as one of the central poets of the 20th century. Justin Quinn offers a fundamental reassessment of Stevens's work and the connections it makes between nature, community and art. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004410
- ISBN
- 9781900621663
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Quinlan, Susan Canty (Associate Professor of Portugese and Women's Studies, University of Georgia, USA); Arenas, Fernando (Associate Professor of Portugese Studies, University of Minnesota, USA). Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 1H; 1KL; 2ADP; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816639212
- ISBN
- 9780816639212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.43
€ 36.43
Paperback. This biography describes Virginia Woolf's family and childhood; her early writings; the formation of the Bloomsbury group; her marriage to Leonard Woolf; the mental breakdowns of 1912-15; the origins and growth of the Hogarth Press and the political and personal distresses of her last years. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712674508
- ISBN
- 9780712674508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.02
€ 26.99
€ 19.02
Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750325
- ISBN
- 9780804750325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.68
€ 103.68
Hardback. Focusing on the representations of spiritual crisis in twentieth-century African American fiction and autobiography, this title asks how some of the most distinguished writers of this tradition wrestle with the inexplicable nature of God and the experience of unmerited natural and moral sufferings such as racial oppression. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927961
- ISBN
- 9780813927961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.50
€ 92.50
Paperback. Translator(s): Azarov, Vladimir; Callaghan, Barry. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 109 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Exile Editions Canada
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550963885
- ISBN
- 9781550963885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.63
€ 18.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888393883
- ISBN
- 9780888393883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31