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Literary studies: general

Paperback. A collection of essays that explores subjects such as violence, eroticism, childhood, myth and transgression. Translator(s): Hamilton, Alastair. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141195575
ISBN
9780141195575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Hardcover. The esteem in which satyr drama was held in antiquity arouses curiosity and controversy. This title explores questions central to the genre, including how did satyr drama relate to comedy and tragedy; how closely was it tied to its tragic trilogy; and, how did the Athenians react to pro-satyric drama, such as the "Alcestis". Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
The Classical Press of Wales
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125036
ISBN
9781905125036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.04

Hardback. The first comprehensive description of the published works of American humorist and poet Ogden Nash (1902-1971). Series: The Scarecrow Author Bibliographies Series. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
482
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810823327
ISBN
9780810823327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.34

Paperback. Three lectures on contemporary poetry by one of Britain's leading poets, George Szirtes, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize. George Szirtes' lectures cover poets such as Elizabeth Bishop, George Seferis, Derek Mahon and several Eastern European writers. Series: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry S. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852248802
ISBN
9781852248802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.81

Paperback. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017672
ISBN
9780674017672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. This study examines selected aspects of John Donne's life and work in an historical context, emphasizing the relationship between his circumstances and his individuality. Thus his poetry and prose are examined as products of difficult times as opposed to mere aesthetic forms. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; BG; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Some sunning to spine
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000823
ISBN
9780333422137
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This look at romantic fiction seeks to discover the reason for its appeal by combining analysis of the poetics of the genre with a study of the real reader's intervention. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 401.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333720493
ISBN
9780333720493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.18

Paperback. Thoroughly expanded and updated, this pioneering work continues to be the "ur-textof hypertext studies. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 456 pages, 35, 8 black & white halftones, 27 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; UMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 190 x 31. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
third edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882579
ISBN
9780801882579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.75

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 498 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647418
ISBN
9780691647418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 256.38

Hardcover. An original, insightful and accessible critical account of thirty representative nineteenth-century Irish novels, The Irish Novel 1800-1910 will inform and stimulate the specialist and the general reader. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051251
ISBN
9781782051251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

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
€ 19.06

Paperback. Featuring a collection of articles, this book focuses on the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century. It includes a selection of shorter pieces such as 'My Country Right or Left', 'Decline of the English Murder', 'Shooting an Elephant' and 'A Hanging'. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183060
ISBN
9780141183060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.03

Paperback. Offers a selection of Pulitzer Prize-winning objectivist poet George Oppen's extant writings outside of poetry, including the essay "The Mind's Own Place" and "Twenty-Six Fragments," which were found on the wall of Oppen's study after his death. This work presents an inspiring portrait of this writer and a testament to the creative process itself. Editor(s): Cope, Stephen. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520252325
ISBN
9780520252325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.32

Num Pages: 176 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813120539
ISBN
9780813120539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.51

Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813116495
ISBN
9780813116495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.66

Hardcover. This selection of letters of the novelist and poet George Meredith includes his two earliest extant letters written just after he had left Neuwied, his school in Germany, and also his first letter to Chapman and Hall concerning his project for the publication of his first volume of verse. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; BJ; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333563496
ISBN
9780333563496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.16

Hardcover. Series: Alberta Reflections. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643254
ISBN
9780888643254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. Series: Alberta Reflections. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; 2ABM; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643247
ISBN
9780888643247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.18

Paperback. Series: Alberta Reflections. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888642967
ISBN
9780888642967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.42

Hardcover. Series: Alberta Reflections. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643162
ISBN
9780888643162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801426049
ISBN
9780801426049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403942289
ISBN
9781403942289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.23

Paperback. The two Shelleys, Byron, Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont, and John William Polidori (Byron's physician) spent a "wet, ungenial summer in the Swiss Alps." Byron suggested that "each write a ghost story." If one is to trust Mary Shelley's account, only she and "poor Polidori" took the contest seriously. Editor(s): Levine, George; Knoepflmacher, U. C. Num Pages: 362 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520046405
ISBN
9780520046405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691622422
ISBN
9780691622422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

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