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Paperback. Since its creation in 1894 by Joseph Snell Wood, the Society of Women Writers & Journalists has attracted the company of many famous women writers, journalists, poets and playwrights. This title reveals the long and fascinating history of the Society. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 9. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752451596
ISBN
9780752451596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.64

paperback. Tells the complete history of women readers and the controversies their reading has inspired since the beginning of the written word. This volume travels from the Cro-Magnon cave to the digital bookstores of our time, exploring how and what women have read through the ages and across cultures and civilizations. Num Pages: 344 pages, 60 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300197204
ISBN
9780300197204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.16

Paperback. First translation of French novella (1801) about passion, social convention, obsession, and despair. Translator(s): Delany, Sheila. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HRCV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772121230
ISBN
9781772121230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. Translator(s): Rand, Nicholas T. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JMAF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816648580
ISBN
9780816648580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; 3JB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801499333
ISBN
9780801499333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. Masterly biography of Leigh Hunt - publisher, poet, critic and Republican, and the mentor of Keats and Shelley Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Abacus
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349117706
ISBN
9780349117706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040352
ISBN
9780268040352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: DDS; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535910
ISBN
9780199535910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Includes material to help the reader understand and enjoy Shakespeare on the stage as well as on the page. This book includes scene-by-scene summary of the play "The Winter's Tale". It also explores the text and critical debates around it. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230576162
ISBN
9780230576162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.30

Hardback. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, B&W Photos: 14,. BIC Classification: 2GJ; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164887
ISBN
9780231164887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.22
€ 64.47

Paperback. The text of this 1902 novel is again that of the fully corrected and annotated reprint of the New York Edition (1909), together with James's preface and the two frontispieces he commissioned for the New York Edition of The Wings of the Dove. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393978810
ISBN
9780393978810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. Series: Cornell East Asia. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947662
ISBN
9781933947662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardcover. Editor(s): Burwick, Frederick. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature. Num Pages: 7284 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 283 x 275 x 133. Weight in Grams: 14657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
7284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118399514
ISBN
9781118399514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 2,400.09

The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing 1660-1789 features coverage of the lives and works of almost 500 notable writers based in the British Isles from the return of the British monarchy in 1660 until the French Revolution of 1789. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 180 x 31. Weight in Grams: 924.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405156691
ISBN
9781405156691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.20

Paperback. Series: Pike's Peak. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA; FT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Ohio University Press Ohio
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227536
ISBN
9780804010474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Analyzes the political, theological and social dimensions of speech as depicted in late medieval English lyric poetry. Series: Syracuse Uni: Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632733
ISBN
9780815632733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.88

Paperback. Is the 'West Country' on the map or in the mind? Is it the south-west peninsula of Britain or a semi-mythical country offering a home for those in pursuit of the romance of wrecking, smuggling and a rural Golden Age? This book investigates these questions in the context of the relationship between place and writing. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895385
ISBN
9780859895385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.73

Hardback. Is the 'West Country' on the map or in the mind? Is it the south-west peninsula of Britain or a semi-mythical country offering a home for those in pursuit of the romance of wrecking, smuggling and a rural Golden Age? This book investigates these questions in the context of the relationship between place and writing. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 234 x 38. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895378
ISBN
9780859895378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.33

Tradition and originality, the interplay of present and past, are a concern of poets in any age. Peter Bing's seminal monograph chases this idea through the thickets of Hellenistic poetry and particularly among the lines of Callimachus' Hymn to Delos. Series: Cultural Legacies. Num Pages: 163 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Michigan Classical Press United States
Number of pages
163
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979971303
ISBN
9780979971303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.15

Hardcover. An engaging, accessible guide to educating yourself in the classical tradition. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393050943
ISBN
9780393050943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Repeater
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910924389
ISBN
9781910924389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Presents a study of detective fiction written by American women between the Civil War and World War II. This book shows how women writers blended Gothic elements into domestic fiction. It focuses on the narrative qualities of the domestic novel tradition and the ways in which it reflected ideologies of domesticity and gender. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322719
ISBN
9780822322719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.63

Paperback. Christian Jacob presents a completely fresh and unique reading of Athenaeus's Sophists at Dinner (ca. 200 ce), a text long mined merely for its testimonies to lost classical poets. Connecting the world of Hellenistic erudition with its legacy among Hellenized Romans, Jacob helps the reader navigate the many intersecting paths in this enormous work. Editor(s): Johnson, Dr. Scott Fitzgerald. Translator(s): Papaconstantinou, Dr. Arietta. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073289
ISBN
9780674073289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Vaschenko, Alexander; Smith, Claude Clayton. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indegenous Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816670819
ISBN
9780816670819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.93

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