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Hardback. This is the story of Lady Sarah Cowper, based on a diary that she kept from 1700 to 1716. She reveals not only her personal life, but also her thoughts about religion, politics, and society, weaving her own words with unattributed quotations from conduct manuals, sermons, periodicals, and other sources. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; BGH; DSB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804734189
ISBN
9780804734189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

Paperback. Contests the notion that women occupied a separate private sphere in England during the Romantic Era. This title demonstrates the various ways in which they attempted to shape British public policy and cultural behaviour in the areas of religious and governmental reform, education, philanthropy, and patterns of consumption. Series: Women of Letters S. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213693
ISBN
9780253213693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
BenBella Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939529190
ISBN
9781939529190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.84

Hardcover. A study of 19th-century Irish authors, Edith Somerville and Martin Ross, and their literary collaboration, particularly the latter's influence on their writing and professional careers. New and in-depth archival research is used to rethink Somerville and Ross's joint authorship within the historical intellectual and literary culture. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XS) Student text. Dimension: 166 x 333 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051923
ISBN
9781782051923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Hardback. In Poets, Players and Preachers, Anne James explores the literary responses to the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot in poetry, drama, and sermons. This book is the first full-length study of the literary repercussions of the conspiracy. Num Pages: 424 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; HBLH; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649378
ISBN
9781442649378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.30

hardcover. A careful re-evaluation of pastoral poetics in the early modern Hispanic literature of Spain and Latin America. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855663138
ISBN
9781855663138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.17

Hardcover. A collection of original documentary photographs of the landscape that was integral to Tony Hillerman's writing. It also contains brief synopses of Hillerman's novels, descriptive passages from each work, the author's own comments about the sites, and narrative information on the locations pictured. Num Pages: 192 pages, 153 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AJC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 725.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harper
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061374296
ISBN
9780061374296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.27

Hardback. This juxtaposition of Virginia Woolf and Christa Wolf, writers of two distinct cultures, countries and generations, focuses on the strategies the two authors share in creating their female characters. Hermann looks at each author within the social and historical conditions that produced them, employ Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231066426
ISBN
9780231066426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.31
€ 72.48

Paperback. Coinciding with the major new TV series, this is the definitive companion to the MISS MARPLE novels, films and TV appearances. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 98. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0000945
ISBN
9780006499565
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Although "Paradise Lost" is one of the greatest poems in the English language, it is also among the most difficult and intimidating, especially to unsophisticated readers. One of the most accessible critical studies of Paradise Lost and one frequently recommended by those teaching Milton is Anne Ferry's "Milton's Epic Voice."" Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244686
ISBN
9780226244686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. This anthology of primary materials-the words of American women writers on the act of authorship and their participation in the literary cultures of the nineteenth century- offers revealing insight into Hawthorne's "damned mob of scribbling women." Editor(s): Boyd, Anne E. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892752
ISBN
9780801892752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.12

Paperback. Although these women were encouraged by the democratic ideals implicit in such concepts, they were equally discouraged by lingering prejudices about their applicability to women. Num Pages: 326 pages, 8, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894015
ISBN
9780801894015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.01

Paperback. This volume addresses the multiplicity of issues concerning the presentations to students of post-colonial literature. This collection focuses upon specific strategies for teaching post-colonial literature within particular political environments. Editor(s): Collett, Anne; Jensen, Lars; Rutherford, Anna. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883786
ISBN
9788772883786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Bartlett, Anne Clark; Bestul, Thomas H. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DNF; DQ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484551
ISBN
9780801484551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 44.21

Paperback. Offers a reading of certain of Simonides' texts and aligns these with writings of the modern Romanian poet Paul Celan. Asking such questions as, What is lost when words are wasted? and Who profits when words are saved? This work reveals the two poets' striking commonalities. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691091754
ISBN
9780691091754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. * The definitive and ONLY complete translation of Sappho, by one of the world's greatest living poets Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080816
ISBN
9781844080816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2AFS; DCF; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2/27/00
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375708428
ISBN
9780375708428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.25

Hardback. Liu Yuan's "Lingyan ge", a woodblock-printed book from 1669, re-creates a portrait gallery that memorialized 24 vassals of the early Tang court. This book presents a study that examines the dialogues created among the texts and images in "Lingyan ge" from multiple perspectives. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 218 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JD; AKLB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032804
ISBN
9780674032804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.06
€ 55.14

Paperback. A biography full of romanticism, exoticism, glamour and fantasy Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 x 8pp bw. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719565472
ISBN
9780719565472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911187615
ISBN
9781911187615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.27

The third and final volume of this first time edition of the first Lollard revision of Richard Rolle's English commentary on the Psalter. This volume contains the texts of Psalms 116-150. Editor(s): Hudson, Anne. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. Num Pages: 600 pages, 2 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 47. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199688180
ISBN
9780199688180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.38

Provides, for the first time, a full edition of the first Lollard revision of Richard Rolle's English commentary on the Psalter, and gives detailed evidence for the second revision. Editor(s): Hudson, Anne. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. Num Pages: 610 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 50. Weight in Grams: 908.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
610
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199674299
ISBN
9780199674299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 154.00

Paperback. A study of the Elizabethan text, Holinshed's "Chronicles" - a history of England, Scotland and Ireland. Patterson argues that the chronicles should be read in their own right, as an important and inventive cultural history, rather than simply as source material for Shakespeare's plays. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226649122
ISBN
9780226649122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 68 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888646293
ISBN
9780888646293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.81

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