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Literary studies: general

Constructing Spain explores the interactions between culture, geography, and society over fifty years of recent Spanish history through close readings of over a dozen films and novels. Num Pages: 354 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1DS; 3JJ; 3JM; DSB; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483963
ISBN
9781611483963
Condition: New

€ 161.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 159 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231054409
ISBN
9780231054409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.44
€ 80.25

Hardback. Modernist Nowheres explores connections in the Anglo-American sphere between early literary modernist cultures, politics, and utopia. Foregrounding such writers as Conrad, Lawrence and Wyndham Lewis, it presents a new reading of early modernism in which utopianism plays a defining role prior to, during and immediately after the First World War. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278998
ISBN
9780230278998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Hardback. This book is a genealogy of reconciliation in modern Ireland. As Seamus Deane has written, reconciliation stands at a nexus between politics and aesthetics in Irish writing, and has therefore often been a vehicle of colonial ideology. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782050681
ISBN
9781782050681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Revealing the truth behind the legend of Ayn Rand, author of "Atlas Shrugged", Nathaniel Branden tells the story of his relationship with the literary genius, 25 years his senior. It lasted 18 years and went from student/teacher, to friends, to colleagues, to lovers, and to bitter adversaries. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787945138
ISBN
9780787945138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. Bawdier than The Canterbury Tales, The Fabliaux is the first major English translation of the most scandalous and irreverent poetry in Western literature. Translator(s): Dubin, Nathaniel E. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 143 x 49. Weight in Grams: 966.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
982
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871403575
ISBN
9780871403575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.99

Hardcover. .
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170427
ISBN
9781590170427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Editor(s): Bell, Michael Davitt. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539123
ISBN
9780199539123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. After a two-year absence a husband returns to find his wife wearing the scarlet 'A' for Adulteress on her breast. Determined to find her lover, he embarks on a destructive path of revenge. This edition uses the most authoritative text, with a wide-ranging critical introduction. Editor(s): Harding, Brian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537808
ISBN
9780199537808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Hardback. 'Between Genders' demonstrates how gender differentiation becomes a defining issue in early French Modernism. It also explores how border crossings among seemingly distinct terms of identification (heterosexuality, homosexualities, androgyny, etc.) put in question the idea of identity and provoke reconsideration of other important issues. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874138450
ISBN
9780874138450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.07

Hardcover. A study of the 30-year collaboration between playwright Samuel Beckett and director Alan Schneider, Bianchini reconstructs their shared American productions between 1956 and 1984. By examining how Beckett was introduced to American audiences, this book leads into a wider historical discussion of American theatre in the mid-to-late 20th century. Series: New Interpretations of Beckett in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137439857
ISBN
9781137439857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Paperback. Discusses how the writers or editors of Arab women's autobiographies have written, documented, presented, and organized their texts. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 2CSR; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780292705456
ISBN
9780292705456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252082047
ISBN
9780252082047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252040573
ISBN
9780252040573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Paperback. The Owl and the Nightingale is one of the comic poems in the English language and one of the best-known and accomplished of all medieval literary texts. This book contains a lively parallel-text translation in modern English, as well as a glossary, notes and introduction. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 b&2 halftones, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896900
ISBN
9780859896900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.53

Hardback. Series: Landscapes: The Arts, Aesthetics and Education. Num Pages: 316 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH; HPN; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 643.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319429045
ISBN
9783319429045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.98

Hardcover. Established accounts of the child in nineteenth century literature tend to focus on those who occupy a central position within narratives. This book is concerned with children who are not so easily recognized or remembered, the peripheral or overlooked children to be read in works by Dickens, Bronte, Austen and Rossetti. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137452443
ISBN
9781137452443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

hardcover. Latin epics such as Virgil's "Aeneid", Lucan's "Civil War", and Statius' "Thebaid" addressed Roman aristocrats whose dealings in gifts, favors, and payments defined their conceptions of social order. This book argues that these exchanges play a central yet overlooked role in epic depictions of Roman society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226111872
ISBN
9780226111872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.27
€ 55.72

Paperback. The original edition of this work was entitled "A Student's Guide to Seamus Heaney". It has been revised throughout and contains additional chapters on each of Heaney's poetry collections published since the first edition, as well as separate discussions of his work as a translator and essayist. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571177479
ISBN
9780571177479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.06

Hardcover. This book considers the kinds of responsibility which modern lyric poetry takes on, or to which it makes itself subject - social, cultural, political, aesthetic and personal. Series: Poetry &.. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781380352
ISBN
9781781380352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.68

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