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Literary studies: general

Paperback. This companion forms the best introduction to the work of one of Britain's leading experimental writers. Maggie O'Sullivan has an international reputation as a poet both on the page and as a mesmerising performer. Her work breaks through traditional boundaries of performance and writerly practice. Editor(s): Hamilton-Emery, Chris; Salt Publishing; Upton, Lawrence. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876857738
ISBN
9781876857738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.11

Hardcover. Beryl Bainbridge is best known as a prolific writer of novels that ranged from black comedies of contemporary life, often autobiographical in inspiration, to idiosyncratic reimaginings of historical events and characters. This book offers a highly personal, chronological account of Beryl's life and work both her writing and her painting. Num Pages: 208 pages, 95 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; ACXJ; AFC; AGB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500516515
ISBN
9780500516515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 5.80

Paperback. Includes translated commentaries, dating from the sixth century, that show the persisting survival of Greek learning in an increasingly Christianised world. This work takes the form of a series of explanations and glosses of classical references in Gregory's original Sermons. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HRAX; HRCX4; HRKP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853239178
ISBN
9780853239178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.88

Paperback. The best and most eloquent introduction to Dante for our time. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631490064
ISBN
9781631490064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.19

Paperback. Provides a broad selection of writing from Nikolai Karamzin and the beginnings of modern Russian prose to Ivan Bunin and the years just before the Revolution Editor(s): Proffer, Carl R. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 30. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253325068
ISBN
9780253325068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.24

Paperback. Translator(s): Fong, Professor Gilbert C F. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; AN; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 213.
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629961015
ISBN
9789629961015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.47

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135018
ISBN
9781571135018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.04

Hardcover. Timothy Walsh argues here that the use of absence in works of art - of silence, shadow, blankness and void - is a principal means by which the inherent biological limitations of human consciousness and of human language are encoded in aesthetic constructions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809321728
ISBN
9780809321728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Paperback. Series: Understanding the Ancient World. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 2. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138645394
ISBN
9781138645394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.72

Paperback. In "re-reading" the sophists of fifth-century Greece, Susan C. Jarratt reinterprets classical rhetoric, with implications for current theory and composition. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809322244
ISBN
9780809322244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.94

Hardback. This study introduces readers to the eighteenth-century novel through a consideration of contemporary social issues. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625994
ISBN
9780748625994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.73
€ 109.28

Paperback. This study introduces readers to the eighteenth-century novel through a consideration of contemporary social issues. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748626007
ISBN
9780748626007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.18

Paperback. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415525848
ISBN
9780415525848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 43.65

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135544
ISBN
9781571135544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.65

Hardback. Num Pages: 161 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
161
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231047821
ISBN
9780231047821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.64

Hardcover. The book focuses on a philosophical trajectory that not only had a profound impact on critical thought of the 20th and now 21th centuries, but on cosmopolitan, contemporary culture more broadly and on artistic experiment and expression in particular. Series: Journal of Beckett Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSG; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748697328
ISBN
9780748697328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.73
€ 108.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJP; AVGP; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 36. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628926279
ISBN
9781628926279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.04

Paperback. This lively introduction demonstrates the importance of parody for literary and cultural studies, clearly explaining complex arguements surrounding it. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415182218
ISBN
9780415182218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.65

Hardcover. "Chapter 3 is a revised version of an essay that first appeared in The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review 7 (2009)."-- T.p. verso. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817317614
ISBN
9780817317614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.50

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843849
ISBN
9781843843849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.58

Hardcover. Biography of the influential, lesser known member of the W.H. Auden circle. Peter Stansky tells the fascinating story of Edward Upward's conflict between art and life. At the same time he colourfully provides significant insight into English society during the twentieth century and explores the special nature of English radicalism. Num Pages: 350 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 35. Weight in Grams: 884.
Publisher
Enitharmon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910392843
ISBN
9781910392843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; DSBD; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226456966
ISBN
9780226456966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 40.40

Brings Christian theology, creative literature and literary critical theory into dialogue on the theme of 'the end'. This book also considers scientific views on the nature of time. It provides an exegesis of novels, plays and poems by such writers as John Fowles, Julian Barnes, Doris Lessing, Samuel Beckett, T S Eliot, and Virginia Woolf. Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HRCM; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220848
ISBN
9780631220848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441157287
ISBN
9781441157287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.97

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