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Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 220 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714510125
ISBN
9780714510125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.56

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714530826
ISBN
9780714530826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746311431
ISBN
9780746311431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.97

Hardcover. A geography of William Faulkner's Mississippi. It offers an approach to writer and meditation on the relationship between literary imagination and place. It takes the reader on a tour of Faulkner's real and imagined worlds. Series: Center Books on the American South Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 61 b&w photos, 27 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820332192
ISBN
9780820332192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.55

Hardback. Num Pages: 602 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
602
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810867413
ISBN
9780810867413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 215.54

Paperback. John Haffenden's acclaimed biography of William Empson (1906-1984), the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century, is now available in paperback. An authoritative and compelling account and the second of two volumes exploring his remarkable life and work. Num Pages: 824 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white plates. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
824
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539925
ISBN
9780199539925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.80

Hardback. Possibly one of the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition. This biography traces the writer's life from his boyhood in Ohio, to his consularship in Italy under President Lincoln, to his rise as editor of "Atlantic Monthly". Num Pages: 545 pages, 47 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
545
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238961
ISBN
9780520238961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 38.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075866
ISBN
9781906075866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.62

Paperback. William Burroughs is one of America's great writers. This book examines the major works Burroughs produced in the 1950s - "Junky", "Queer", "The Yage Letters", and "Naked Lunch" - to piece together a material record of his creative history during his germinal decade as a writer. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809327317
ISBN
9780809327317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.94

Hardback. Anderson offers fresh literary and historical accounts of Bradford's accomplishment, exploring the context and the form in which the author intended his book to be read. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSK; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801870743
ISBN
9780801870743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.26
€ 50.37

Paperback. William Barnes was born in 1801 near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, of a farming family. He learned Greek, Latin and Music, taught himself wood-engraving, and in 1823 became a schoolmaster in Mere. Among his best-known books of poetry are "Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect" (1844) and "Hwomely Rhymes" (1859). Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571236657
ISBN
9780571236657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.98

Hardcover. A biography of Willa Cather, presenting a writer whose life and quietly modernist work reflected the artistic and cultural tensions of her day. It seeks to portray a woman and an artist who exemplifies the ambivalence, foreboding and complexity which we associate with the 20th-century mind. Num Pages: 400 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919966
ISBN
9780813919966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 13. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803279964
ISBN
9780803279964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

paperback. With a focus on Willa Cather's artistic principle of "the thing not named," this book illuminates the contradictions and complexities inherent in notions of identity and shows how her fiction transforms the very categories-regarding gender, sexuality, race, and class-around which most recent Cather scholarship has focused. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326724
ISBN
9780822326724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.77

Hardback. This study examines the ways in which Willa Cather handles landscape and exile in her fiction. Cather's characters are intricately connected to the places they inhibit, and they are often banished from a native or authentic landscape. Num Pages: 127 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
127
Condition
New
SKU
V9780945636564
ISBN
9780945636564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.53

Paperback. Shakespeare was a man of his time, constantly engaging with his audience's deepest desires and fears. In this book, by reconnecting with this historic reality we are able to experience the true character of the playwright himself. It traces Shakespeare's unfolding imaginative generosity. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 312 x 36. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847924520
ISBN
9781847924520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.04

Paperback. Presents Wilhelm Dilthey's principal writings on aesthetics and the philosophical understanding of poetry, as well as representative essays of literary criticism. This book includes the essay, "The Imagination of the Poet" which is his attempt to examine the philosophical bearings of literature in relation to psychological and historical theory. Editor(s): Makkreel, Rudolf A.; Rodi, Frithjof. Series: Selected Works. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029283
ISBN
9780691029283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.94
€ 64.27

Paperback. The definitive biography of the war poet - 'Dominic Hibberd has probably done more more than any other individual to illuminate Owen's life and work. His new Life is a triumph .. it is difficult to believe it will ever be superseded' Mark Bostridge, The Independent on Sunday Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
584
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753817094
ISBN
9780753817094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.36

Hardcover. The story of Oscar Wilde's landmark 1882 American tour explains how this quotable literary eminence became famous for being famous. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 243 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393063172
ISBN
9780393063172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.84

Paperback. As the first collection of literary criticism focusing on Alberta writers, Wild Words establishes a basis for identifying Alberta fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction as valid subjects of study in their own right. Editor(s): Coates, Donna; Melnyk, George. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
AU Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897425305
ISBN
9781897425305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408. Bibliophiles, Bluestockings, and Prolific Pens. 288 pages, b&w. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 190 x 158 x 20. Weight: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Red Wheel Weiser
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573242714
ISBN
9781573242714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.41

Paperback. William Graves conveys the texture of life in Majorca, where he lived from the age of five in the household of his father, the poet Robert Graves. The book is also a portrait of Robert Graves, his "Muses" and his entourage, and a study of how the son of a famous father finds his own identity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712601160
ISBN
9780712601160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Mary Wesley published her first novel at seventy and went on to write a further nine bestsellers, including the legendary The Camomile Lawn. Many of her stories were inspired by her experiences during the Blitz, and by her marriages. The author highlights the links between Wesley's real life and her fiction. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099498179
ISBN
9780099498179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Since the 1960 publication of her first novel, "The Country Girls", award-winning Irish writer Edna O'Brien has been both celebrated and maligned. This book situates her in Irish contexts that allow for an appraisal of her contribution to Irish women's literary tradition while attesting to the potency of writing against patriarchal conventions. Editor(s): Colletta, Lisa; O'Connor, Maureen. Series: Irish Studies in Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299216344
ISBN
9780299216344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.56

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