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Literary studies: general

Paperback. This book is a collection of essays about the invention-and disappearance-of the 'Semites' and the lingering effects, both institutional and theologico-political, of this invention. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HR; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 330. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804756952
ISBN
9780804756952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.17

paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2J; DSB; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714529677
ISBN
9780714529677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.35

Paperback. The first book to consider British suburban literature from the vantage point of imperial and postcolonial studies, this argues that suburban identity is tied to the rise and fall of the British empire. Drawing on postcolonial theory, urban studies, and Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813929262
ISBN
9780813929262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.22

Paperback. Constitutes a major contribution to the growing literary study of autobiography. Editor(s): Polonsky, Antony; Adamczyk-Garbowska, Monika. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; DQ; DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803287679
ISBN
9780803287679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637853
ISBN
9780691637853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.37

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691630267
ISBN
9780691630267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.78

Paperback. Argues for the adoption of a theory of object relations, combining traditional psychoanalytic theory with contemporary views on attachment behaviour and intersubjectivity. Rogers provides a critical rereading of the case histories of Freud, Winnicott, Lichtenstein, Sechehaye and Bettelheim. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JMAF; JMS; MMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814774434
ISBN
9780814774434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Discusses works by great painters such as Delacroix and Ingres. This title features writings on Poe, Flaubert and Gautier. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: AB; ACV; DNF; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Publication date
1993
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446067
ISBN
9780140446067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Hardback. -- Robert E. Morrell, Washington University Editor(s): Yampolsky, Philip B. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 508 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072601
ISBN
9780231072601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.67
€ 89.78

Aiming in his translation for an English haunted and affected by the strangeness of the original, David Constantine offers a wealth of Heinrich von Kleist's key writings in this collection, the most ambitious of its kind. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 674.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207448
ISBN
9780872207448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.95
€ 44.74

Paperback. Gerard de Nerval was a poet, visionary, short-story writer and autobiographer. This selection of his works includes "Aurelia", the memoir of his madness; the novella of love and memory "Sylvie"; the hermetic sonnets of "The Chimeras"; as well as Nerval's experimental fictions and selections from his correspondence. Translator(s): Sieburth, Richard. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AHA; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446012
ISBN
9780140446012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. A reprint of the J M Dent edition of 1997. Heinrich von Kleist was born and grew up in the Enlightenment and died in a suicide pact in 1811, aged only thirty-four. He left behind him literary works which are among the most disturbing and amusing of any produced in that revolutionary and romantic period. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
442
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207431
ISBN
9780872207431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.55

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Havel, Hippolyte. Editor(s): Berkman, Alexander. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 205 x 37. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
AK Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849352567
ISBN
9781849352567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.81

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
€ 29.20

Paperback. A new selection of John Donne's verse, prepared by the editor of The Oxford Authors edition, with full notes and a useful introduction. John Donne is perhaps the most important poet of the seventeenth century, and has often been referred to as the founder of the metaphysical genre. Editor(s): Carey, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539062
ISBN
9780199539062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Hopkins is now recognized as a major nineteenth-century poet. His poetry reveals his sense of vocation as both priest and poet, his love of beauty, and his search for a unifying sacramental view of creation. This selection includes many of his best-known poems, including 'The Windhover' and 'Felix Randall'. Editor(s): Phillips, Catherine. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537297
ISBN
9780199537297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Lorca's poetry is steeped in the land and folklore of his native Andalusia, and he evokes a world of intense feelings. This selection balances his early poems with better-known later work to give a clear vision of his poetic development, in excellent translations and with an astute Introduction. Translator(s): Sorrell, Martin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JJ; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199556014
ISBN
9780199556014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Hugh MacDiarmid hailed William Dunbar (1461?-1520?) as "in many ways the most modern, as he is the most varied, of Scottish poets". This fully annotated edition makes the richness of Dunbar's language accessible to the modern reader. Editor(s): Wood, Harriet Harvey. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547191
ISBN
9781857547191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. In this selection, which includes short poems and extracts from the longer ones, there is ample evidence of the quality of Cowper's faith and of his eye and ear for nature. Indicative of how his life was sustained by writing, these poems reveal his effort to engage in discourse with friends and with the natural world. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Fyfield Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547122
ISBN
9781857547122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. There is more to Thomas Chatterton than the romantic archetype. This selection, with its detailed notes, shows the historical significance and unexpected range of Chatterton's poetry, and also enables the reader to enjoy it for its rich resonance and wonderfully memorable rhythms. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 132. 96 pages. There is more to Thomas Chatterton than the romantic archetype. This selection, with its detailed notes, shows the historical significance and unexpected range of Chatterton's poetry, and also enables the reader to enjoy it for its rich resonance and wonderfully memorable rhythms. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 7. Weight: 152.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857546927
ISBN
9781857546927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. The York Notes series covers major works from medieval to modern English literature, and classic and contemporary works from Europe, America, the Commonwealth and the Third World. This text covers the selected poems of Sylvia Plath. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582424777
ISBN
9780582424777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. Drawing on the published work from "A Private Country" to "Vega", this title provides a revaluation of Durrell's poetic career. It makes the case for "A Private Country" as one of the most accomplished debut collections of the twentieth century, and traces Durrell's preoccupations and poetic personality within the wider scene. Editor(s): Porter, Peter. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 8. Weight in Grams: 125.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571227396
ISBN
9780571227396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 144 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582414655
ISBN
9780582414655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.36

Hardcover.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510116
ISBN
9781843510116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 20.49

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