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Hardcover. In this powerful and authoritative study Borbala Farago provides the fullest account yet of the work of a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature as well as in contemporary women's writing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782050889
- ISBN
- 9781782050889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 38.37
€ 49.00
€ 38.37
Paperback. A critical book on Virgina Woolf that places her world of class, politics, feminism, pacifism, and the family into firm historical perspective. It is a penetrating, learned, wide-ranging appreciation of Virginia Woolf in her social and political context, documenting what muscle and thought there was in her allegedly gossamer work. Num Pages: 375 pages, 2Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520061842
- ISBN
- 9780520061842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KKD0006315
- ISBN
- 9780330354912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KSS0004963
- ISBN
- 9780330354912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. An examination of the career of William Butler Yeats with special emphasis upon his connection with English Renaissance literature. Amongst other topics, it looks at the influence on his work of such writers as Arnold, Spenser, Jonson, Milton and Donne. Series: Studies in Anglo-Irish literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper but otherwise clean
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Schol, Print UK
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0005158
- ISBN
- 9780333521779
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A discourse on the connection between sex, eroticism and love in literature by the Nobel Prize-winning poet and essayist. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846554360
- ISBN
- 9781846554360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
Hardback. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 124 x 192 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691154114
- ISBN
- 9780691154114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.52
€ 19.99
€ 14.52
Paperback. Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. This book offers an examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. It shows how the garden has served as a check against the destruction and losses of history. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317908
- ISBN
- 9780226317908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.08
€ 21.08
Paperback. Editor(s): Brearton, Fran. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716533047
- ISBN
- 9780716533047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.85
€ 29.99
€ 24.85
Paperback. This series introduces students to more sophisticated analysis and wider critical perspectives to enbable students to appreciate contrasting interpretations of the text and to develop critical thinking. This volume explores "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Longman
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- 9780582431638
- ISBN
- 9780582431638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.69
€ 10.99
€ 8.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780099365006
- ISBN
- 9780099365006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.01
€ 14.99
€ 11.01
Hardback. "A remarkable analysis of an important medieval text.. This work will surely initiate new studies of the precolonial frame of mind and the role of distinct versions of medieval manuscripts in the shaping of medieval understanding."-Sixteenth Century Journal Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812233438
- ISBN
- 9780812233438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.97€ 44.73
€ 68.97
€ 44.73
paperback. Looking back not only at author's own much younger self, but also at the other writers who shared Paris with him - James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald - he recalls the time when, poor, happy and writing in cafes, he discovered his vocation. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099285045
- ISBN
- 9780099285045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. First published in 1993, this work is a portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement. It includes an afterword by the author. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781862079083
- ISBN
- 9781862079083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.28
€ 11.99
€ 9.28
Paperback. Covers Isabel Allende's three books "City of the Beasts", "Portrait in Sepia: A Novel", and "Daughter of Fortune". This book includes four interviews in which Allende discusses her spiritual adventure and political interests. Editor(s): Rodden, John. Num Pages: 324 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702110
- ISBN
- 9780292702110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.22
€ 34.99
€ 32.22
Paperback. Thisis a series of meditations on the question of place and the loss of place in relation to writing by one of the major voices in modern French poetry. Translator(s): Waldro, Rosmarie; Waldrop, Rosmarie. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726849
- ISBN
- 9780804726849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.39
€ 25.99
€ 24.39
Paperback. Provides a rich new conceptual language to describe the movements of sex in nineteenth-century America before it solidified into the sexuality we know Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 265 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814717417
- ISBN
- 9780814717417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Gathers almost twenty years of New York City's smartest and most explosive-as well as hard to find- writing, providing an indispensable archive of one of the most exciting artistic scenes in U.S. History. Editor(s): Stosuy, Brandon; Cooper, Dennis; Myles, Eileen. Num Pages: 500 pages, 180 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 217 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740118
- ISBN
- 9780814740118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover. Aristocrat, literary celebrity, 'Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new biography. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 39. Weight in Grams: 746. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007390
- ISBN
- 9780007486960
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. For nine years, John Dowell and his wife spend the summer season at a German spa town in the company of the respectable Ashburnhams. Behind the placid exteriors lie the destructive passions of men and women. This text includes biographical and critical apparatus. Series: Ford Madox Ford programme. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313. 8vo. Illustrated. Near fine copy in slipcase
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The Folio Society London
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0022657
- ISBN
- 9781857543001
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. With a novelist's insight and eye for detail, A.S. Byatt examines the relationship between Wordsworth and Coleridge against the background of the great changes of their times - in society, politics, education and literature. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; BG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 208. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0005994
- ISBN
- 9780099302230
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "Shamela" is a parody of Samuel Richardson's "Pamela", in which a virtuous servant girl long resists her master's advances and is eventually 'rewarded' with marriage. "Joseph Andrews", Fielding's first novel, can also be seen as a response to Richardson, as the lascivious Lady Booby sets out to seduce her comically chaste servant Joseph. Editor(s): Hawley, Judith. Num Pages: 432 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0006000
- ISBN
- 9780140433869
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A study of heroic femininity as it appears in the epic Mahabharata, and focuses on the roles of wife, daughter-in-law, and mother, on how these women speak and on the kinship groups and varying marital systems that surround them. It portrays those qualities that cohere about women in the poem. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSBB; HRGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031982
- ISBN
- 9780674031982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Paperback. Translator(s): Conley, Verena Andermatt. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; DSBF; DSK; HPCF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 147 x 227 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816618293
- ISBN
- 9780816618293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.62
€ 30.62