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Literary studies: general

Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFD; UBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160827
ISBN
9780231160827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.67
€ 42.52

Paperback. This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of nautical terms, historical entries describing the people and political events that shaped the period, and detailed explanations of the scientific, medical, and biblical references that appear in the novels of Patrick O'Brian. Num Pages: 512 pages, 62 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Holt Paperbacks
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805066159
ISBN
9780805066159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.09

Hardcover. A collection of essays that first appeared in the Regency World magazine. It celebrates the quirkiest corners and cleverest contrivances of Jane Austen's art. It features twenty-one topics ranging from coiffure to crime, from gossip to grandmothers. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Crowood Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719820588
ISBN
9780719820588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.70

Paperback. This is the best, the most thoughtful advanced school edition of Frankenstein ever done. Jerome McGann, University of Virginia Editor(s): Macdonald, D. L.; Scherf, Kathleen. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
375
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554811038
ISBN
9781554811038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.71

Paperback. Stories pervade our daily lives, from human interest news items, to a business strategy, to daydreams between chores. Stories are what we use to make sense of the world. But how does this work? This text examines this pervasive human habit and suggests ways to think about how we use stories. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: CJ; DSB; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010994
ISBN
9780674010994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.88

Hardback. Textual Vision offers a new and original perspective on Enlightenment visual culture as a contested area of representation, and its discussions of major authors like Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, and Jane Austen are both learned and persuasive. Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850. Num Pages: 310 pages, 28 black & white halftones, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBK; AC; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611485691
ISBN
9781611485691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.24

Paperback. The legend of Mulan remains one of the most popular Chinese folktales despite (or because of) its lack of supernatural demonstrations or interventions. In addition to a translation of the earliest recorded version of the legend, this title offers translations of several later iterations of the tale. Translator(s): Kwa, Shiamin; Idema, Wilt L. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841962
ISBN
9781603841962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.65

Paperback. Guides the reader through the perils of the solitary writing life: fear, writer's block, and the bad habits of the internal critic. This book also describes the Amherst Writers and Artists workshop method, widely used across the US and abroad. The chapters on fiction and poetry address matters of technique and point to further resources. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
415
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195165739
ISBN
9780195165739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.13

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138774957
ISBN
9781138774957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. This work brings together the three volumes of Olson's long poem (originally published in 1960, 1968 and 1975 respectively) in one book. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 256 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
664
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520055957
ISBN
9780520055957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 38.17

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, one line drawing. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538997
ISBN
9780199538997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.08

Hardcover. At the age of forty, T S Eliot was to set a new course for his life and work. This title includes his correspondence with friends and mentors that vividly documents all the stages of Eliot's personal and artistic transformation during these crucial years, the continuing anxieties of his private life, and the forging of his public reputation. Editor(s): Eliot, Valerie; Haffenden, John. Series: Letters of T. S. Eliot. Num Pages: 992 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 238 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1296.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
992
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571140855
ISBN
9780571140855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.45

Paperback. "There is continuity in art just as there is in family life. Geraldine Connolly has written a marvelous celebration of both." -- West Branch Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 6. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
First edition.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557530059
ISBN
9781557530059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.21

Paperback. The three short fictions in this unique collection, Sarrasine, The Unknown Masterpiece, and The Girl with the Golden Eyes, deal with the relationship between artistic ideals and sexual desires. They show Balzac's mastery of the seductions of storytelling, and are among the 19th century's richest explorations of life and art. Translator(s): Collier, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199571284
ISBN
9780199571284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. James Macpherson's "poems of Ossian" were the literary sensation of the age, enthralling readers around the world. This International Companion examines the social, political and philosophical context of the poems, their disputed origins, their impact on world literature, and the various critical afterlives of Macpherson and of "Ossian". Editor(s): Moore, Dafydd. Series: International Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908980199
ISBN
9781908980199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.76

Hardcover.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996717
ISBN
9780674996717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. In her opening essays - 'Fathers', 'Forefathers' and 'Ancestors', the author considers the renaissance of the historical novel and discusses particularly the novel of wartime experience; the surprising variety of distant pasts that British writers have invented; and the new 'Darwinian novel'. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283836
ISBN
9780099283836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Margaret Atwood's fascinating account of her lifelong relationship with science and speculative fiction. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087556
ISBN
9781844087556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Peter Field's new editon of the Morte Darthur has been hailed as 'our standard critical edition of Malory'. The paperback makes the complete definitive original spelling text edition available, with the same pagination as the two-volume hardback edition. Num Pages: 1120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Original Text ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844600
ISBN
9781843844600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.05

Paperback. Contains the English translations of Apollodorus' "Library" and Hyginus' "Fabulae" - the two important surviving 'handbooks' of classical mythography. This work discusses the issues of authorship, aim, and influence. It also includes an index of people and geographic locations, and an index of authors and works cited by the mythographers. Translator(s): Trzaskoma, Stephen M.; Smith, R. Scott. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps, geneal. tables. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
247
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208209
ISBN
9780872208209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.94

Paperback. Introduces students to the study of Spanish literature through representative works by major literary figures from the Middle Ages to the present. This title places an emphasis on literature of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It exemplifies the genres of narrative, drama, and poetry, as well as important literary currents of the period. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DQ; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 796. Espana. 544 pages. Introduces students to the study of Spanish literature through representative works by major literary figures from the Middle Ages to the present. This title places an emphasis on literature of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It exemplifies the genres of narrative, drama, and poetry, as well as important literary currents of the period. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2ADS; DQ; DSB. Dimension: 230 x 188 x 21. Weight: 792.
Publisher
Cengage Learning, Inc
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781111839147
ISBN
9781111839147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 216.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856684586
ISBN
9780856684586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.90

Paperback. This work is part of the "Continuum Contemporaries" series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains a biography of the novelist and a full-length study of the novel. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 189 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC New York
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0212364
ISBN
9780826452351
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. The Fiction of Narrative traces the arc and evolution of White's field-defining thought and will become standard reading for students and scholars of historiography, the theory of history, and literary studies. Editor(s): Doran, Robert. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894800
ISBN
9780801894800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.15

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