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Hardcover. This broad and original study of the full range of John Clare's work is the first to take seriously his repeated appeals to the judgement of future readers. A series of close readings reveals Clare's sophisticated poetics: his covert quotations, his careful analysis of the history, and his fascination with literary success and posthumous fame. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230517639
ISBN
9780230517639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.92

hardcover. This study explores the sources of the "poor Clare" tradition, and recovers Clare's agency, revealing a writer fully engaged in his own professional life and in the social and political questions of the day. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Edition
2003rd Edition
SKU
V9780333966174
ISBN
9780333966174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.89

Hardback. Features a contemporary poet who selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the authors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Editor(s): Farley, Paul. Series: Faber Nature Poets. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571328741
ISBN
9780571328741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

paperback. With a contemporary poet selecting and introducing Sir John Betjeman, a poet of the past, this book offers insights into their own work, as well provides an accessible introduction to several important poets in our literature. Editor(s): Williams, Hugo. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022845
ISBN
9780571230990
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Hardback. John Benet's Latin chronicle covers the troubled years from 1399 to 1462 ('The Wars of the Roses' period), and is here presented in an English translation to enable non-Latinists to become acquainted with this lively and unique work of medieval history. Num Pages: 80 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137589194
ISBN
9781137589194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.22

Paperback. Published in 1913, this harrowing, autobiographical 'A to Z' of drinking shattered London's reputation as a clean-living adventurer and massively successful author of such books as White Fang and The Call of the Wild. Editor(s): Sutherland, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555574
ISBN
9780199555574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.27

Hardcover. In reading Banville's novels through the work of key psychoanalytical theorists, John Banville's Narcissistic Fictions brings together apparently disparate thematic strands - missing twins, shame, false identities - and presents these as manifestations of a central concern with narcissism. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230361706
ISBN
9780230361706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Paperback. In reading Banville's novels through the work of key psychoanalytical theorists, John Banville's Narcissistic Fictions brings together apparently disparate thematic strands - missing twins, shame, false identities - and presents these as manifestations of a central concern with narcissism. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349348343
ISBN
9781349348343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.05

paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349564477
ISBN
9781349564477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. A celebrated novelist and an acclaimed historian of ideas, father and daughter, unravel the chain of words at the core of Jewish life, history, and culture Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 116 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300205848
ISBN
9780300205848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.17

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333586501
ISBN
9780333586501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.92

paperback. "This book centers on changing paradigms in research and history of Jews and Christians in medieval Europe and specifically in northern France. It seeks to outline both the animosity and the intimacy that existed between these communities during the thirteenth century, a period of great changes"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Baumgarten, Elisheva; Galinsky, Judah D. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 307 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBB; HRAM; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
307
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2015
SKU
V9781349449606
ISBN
9781349449606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.41

Paperback. Stephen Wade offers a student guide to major writers, their key works and to influential background factors including the postmodern, the masternarrative and metafiction. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJP; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853312267
ISBN
9781853312267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 37.73

hardcover. Describing Jewish representation by Jews and Gentiles in the British Romantic era from the Old Bailey courtroom and popular songs to novels, poetry, and political pamphlets, Scrivener integrates popular culture with belletristic writing to explore the wildly varying treatments of stereotypical Jewish figures. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230102897
ISBN
9780230102897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.13

Paperback. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349287413
ISBN
9781349287413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.32

Hardcover. This book looks at the post-Holocaust experience with emphasis on aspects of its impact on popular culture. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230604742
ISBN
9780230604742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.83

Paperback. This book looks at the post-Holocaust experience with emphasis on aspects of its impact on popular culture. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HRJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349372614
ISBN
9781349372614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.92

Paperback. Series: New Directions in Religion and Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350030374
ISBN
9781350030374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 30.31

Features a modernised text of Marlowe's play with annotation on the page, a comprehensive introduction, and related texts, including selections from Machiavelli's "Prince", Gentillet's "Anti-Machiavel", and Bacon's "The Advancement of Learning". Editor(s): Lynch, Stephen J. Num Pages: 144 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
102
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209671
ISBN
9780872209671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.31

Paperback. Features a modernised text of Marlowe's play with annotation on the page, a comprehensive Introduction, and related texts, including selections from Machiavelli's "Prince", Gentillet's "Anti-Machiavel", and Bacon's "The Advancement of Learning". Editor(s): Lynch, Stephen J. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
102
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209664
ISBN
9780872209664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.67

Hardback. This volume examines how Jefferson, in the process of inventing the USA as the first new nation of the Romantic era, sought to find an appropriate imagery to represent the people, their homeland and the cultural ideal to which they should aspire. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333698242
ISBN
9780333698242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.66

Hardcover. This text offers an assessment of Jean-Paul Sartre as an exemplary figure in the evolving political and cultural landscape of post-1945 France. Case studies on such subjects of Gaullism, communism and art criticism illustrate the continuing relevance and appeal of Sartre to the contemporary world. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 423.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333633212
ISBN
9780333633212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.54

Hardcover. First published together in Latin in 1623, these two tracts present descriptions of the hermetic cosmology and the alchemical work. The introduction provides a biographical note on d'Espagnet and traces the influence these works had on later generations. Translator(s): Everard, John; Ashmole, Elias. Series: English Renaissance Hermeticism. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780824075422
ISBN
9780824075422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.17

Hardback. Exploring the works of Flora Annie Steel, Rumer Godden, Krupabai Sattianadhan, Toru Dutt, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Nayantara Sahgal, Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai, Arundhati Roy, and Anita Nair, this book opens a window to the creative world of women novelists in India. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
OUP India
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199452484
ISBN
9780199452484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99

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