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Literary studies: general
Paperback. Carson McCullers was deemed the "find of the decade" when she appeared on the literary scene at the age of twenty-three and is best remembered for her celebrated novels "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" and "The Member of the Wedding." This book provides a balanced introductory study of her major fiction and shows her as more than a lesbian novelist. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570036156
- ISBN
- 9781570036156
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Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
paperback. Presents an introduction to Richard Powers - one of the important and admired writers to emerge in the post-Pynchon era of American literature. This title places Powers in context as a major voice in the first generation born entirely within the era of television and the computer. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037849
- ISBN
- 9781570037849
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€ 27.21
€ 27.21
Paperback. A guide to the life and work of the author of "The Remains of the Day". It reveals Ishiguro's novels to be intricately crafted, psychologically absorbing, hauntingly evocative works that betray the author's grounding not only in the literature of Japan but also in the 20th-century British and Irish masters - Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 204 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037948
- ISBN
- 9781570037948
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Condition: New
€ 27.21
€ 27.21
paperback. Explores the idiosyncratic vision that permeates Heller's writings, and maps the dark terrain Heller carved out, novel by novel, with considerable verbal dazzle. Series Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570038402
- ISBN
- 9781570038402
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Condition: New
€ 32.29
€ 32.29
Paperback. Surveys the career of Julian Barnes - an innovative British novelist who has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize on three occasions. Series Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 13
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570038754
- ISBN
- 9781570038754
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Condition: New
€ 27.21
€ 27.21
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 245.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570039737
- ISBN
- 9781570039737
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Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
Paperback. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570039829
- ISBN
- 9781570039829
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Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
paperback. New edition of highly acclaimed book examining Darwin's work in a literary/cultural context. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 43. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034154
- ISBN
- 9780521783927
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. This work provides an integral understanding of the political, philosophical and religious context of Dante's "Divine Comedy". Initially written in French in 1981, it brings to light the complexity of Dante's thought and art, and its relation to the central themes of Western civilization. Translator(s): LePain, Marc A. Series: Applications of Political Theory. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 3H; DSBB; DSC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034166
- ISBN
- 9780739103272
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. In AD 986, Earl Hakon, ruler of most of Norway, won a triumphant victory over an invading fleet of Danes in the great naval battle of Hjorunga Bay. Sailing under his banner were no fewer than five Icelandic skalds, the poet-historians of the Old Norse world. Translator(s): Hollander, Lee Milton. Num Pages: 116 pages, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034440
- ISBN
- 9780292776234
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. With general introductions, and in some cases, new translations, this collection comprises all of the 38 principle narratives, written from 1634 to 1810, describing the Mohawk valley and its Iroquois inhabitants. It provides a detailed look at an American Indian nation. Editor(s): Snow, Professor Dean R.; etc.; Gehring, Charles T. (Director of New York State Library's New Netherland Project, USA); Starna, William A. (Professor of Anthropology, State University of New York College, Oneonta, USA). Series: Iroquois & Their Neighbors S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815604105
- ISBN
- 9780815604105
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Condition: New
€ 35.79
€ 35.79
Hardcover. This work applies Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of literary discourse and the concept of "carnivalisation" to the work of Flann O'Brien. The author emphasises the political and social implications of the writings, arguing that O'Brien maintained a reflexive focus on language throughout his career. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815626657
- ISBN
- 9780815626657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
paperback. Benjamin and Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. With material dating from 1918 to 1923, this text aims to make their more obscure work accessible to a wider audience. The topics discussed include messianism, language and divine justice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJG; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034451
- ISBN
- 9780231126571
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Centuries before W B Yeats wove Indian, Japanese, and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinship in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 478 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1F; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 718. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034461
- ISBN
- 9780815631644
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. The festival of the Panathenaia, held in Athens to celebrate the birthday of the city's goddess, was the setting for the Homeric "Iliad" and "Odyssey" by professional reciters or "rhapsodes". This text examines the testimony of Plato as an expert about the cultural legacy of these performances. Series: Center for Hellenic Studies: Colloquia S. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034472
- ISBN
- 9780674009639
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. Girolamo Fracastoro (?1478-1553) was a doctor and scientist, as well as a poet. He was born in the northern Italian city of Verona, into a prominent local family. Series: ARCA (Classical & Medieval Texts, Papers & Monographs) S. Num Pages: 295 pages, viii + 295 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Francis Cairns Publications
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034498
- ISBN
- 9780905205205
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. It is commonly held that Aristotle's views on politics have little relevance to the preoccupations of modern political theory with authority and obligation. This work considers the ethical underpinning of Aristotle's political thought, the normativity of his political theory, and the concepts of political authority and obligation themselves. Series: Oxford Aristotle Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA; JP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 611. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034674
- ISBN
- 9780199251506
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Ranging widely across scholarly disciplines, Back to Nature illuminates the response of seventeenth-century culture, especially English literature, to the way urbanization, capitalism, Protestantism, colonialism, Skepticism, empiricism, and new technologies conspired to alienate people from both the earth and reality itself. Num Pages: 448 pages, 51 illus. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034761
- ISBN
- 9780812220223
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. Rivers examines the rise of Anglican moral religion during the period 1660-1780, and the reactions against it. Series Editor(s): Erskine-Hill, Howard; Richetti, John. Series: Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature & Thought. Num Pages: 292 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 600. Volume I only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034813
- ISBN
- 9780521383400
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. This collection addresses the neglected state of scholarship on southern women dramatists by bringing together criticism on some important playwrights of the 20th century, including Beth Henley, Marsha Norman, and Lillian Hellman, as well as less studied writers such as Naomi Wallace. Editor(s): McDonald, Robert L.; Paige, Linda Rohrer. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817310806
- ISBN
- 9780817310806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.30
€ 37.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 270.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789888139989
- ISBN
- 9789888139989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.84
€ 33.84
Hardback. Broken Masculinities portrays the post-dictatorial novel of the 1970s in all its complexity, and introduces the reader to a 1968-era Turkey, a period which challenges Turkey's now reinforced Islamic image by portraying the quest for sexual liberation and critical student uprisings. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJPL; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Central European University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786155225253
- ISBN
- 9786155225253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.56
€ 141.56
paperback. This highly influential study takes a fresh look at one of the most fertile periods in English literature, a period wich produced writers such as Blake, Keats, Coleridge, and Austen. Marilyn Butler shows that one of the most dynamic and stressful periods of modern history fostered a literature that was itself various and contradictory. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000538
- ISBN
- 9780192891327
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. Suitable for students of Roman myth and history in this country and around the world at undergraduate and graduate level, this book redresses the perception of classical myth as a predominantly Greek invention; and builds a cohesive narrative from the mass of mythical and historical tales that cluster around the nexus of Rome. Num Pages: 448 pages, chronology & maps, comprehensive index of myths stunningly illustrated & designed, 16 pag. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HRKP4; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1234. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000548
- ISBN
- 9780859897044
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91