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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Features essays that explores literary texts in relation to the history of gynaecology and women's surgery. This title demonstrate how fiction and medicine have a long-established tradition of looking towards each other for inspiration and elucidation in questions of gender. Editor(s): Mangham, Andrew; Depledge, Greta. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318528
ISBN
9781846318528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.74

Hardcover. The biography of a taste in poetry and its consequences. Exploration of the generation of poets anthologized in A. Alvarez's classic The New Poetry - Thom Gunn, Geoffrey Hill, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Peter Porter. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381632
ISBN
9781781381632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.73

Hardcover. The first English language translation of Bedier's classic work in nearly seventy years, this volume is the only edition that provides ancillary materials to help the reader understand the history of the legend and Bedier's method in creating his classic retelling. Translator(s): Gallagher, Edward J. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
210
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603849012
ISBN
9781603849012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.30

Paperback. "The Iliad" is still the greatest poem about war that our culture has ever produced. Poets and thinkers in the West have pored over, retold and argued about the events described in this martial epic, even when direct knowledge of it was lost. This book is about what "The Iliad" is about and what "The Iliad" says of war. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234301
ISBN
9780571234301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.04

Paperback. This book focuses specifically on short fiction written since 1950, a particularly rich and diverse period in the history of the form. A selective approach has been taken, focusing on the best and most representative work. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627660
ISBN
9780748627660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.80

Paperback. Stretch your students to achieve their best grade in AS/A-level English Literature with this year-round course companion; designed to instil in-depth textual understanding as students read, analyse and revise A Streetcar Named Desire throughout the course. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 4KLR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Hodder Education United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471853739
ISBN
9781471853739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.35

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169453
ISBN
9780691169453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.45

Paperback. Translator(s): Nelson, Richard; Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Series: Tcg Classic Russian Drama. Num Pages: 147 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DD; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559364553
ISBN
9781559364553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.46

Paperback. Series: The Press UWI biography series. Num Pages: 120 pages, 1 facsim., 1 map, 1 plan, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; DSBH; DSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
9789766400347
ISBN
9789766400347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.70

Paperback. .
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853595196
ISBN
9781853595196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.69

Hardcover. This pioneering, classic study of 20th-century Chinese fiction covers some sixty years, from the Literary Revolution of 1917 through the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1111.
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629966614
ISBN
9789629966614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.59

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501324697
ISBN
9781501324697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Hardcover. Introduces Western readers to constructions of the sacred in twentieth-century Iranian poetry. Sifting through the lives and writings of modern and classical poets, the author provides a systematic examination of the array of religious impulses in Persian verse. She views poetry as the site of the emergence of the self and the sacred. Series Editor(s): Denny, Frederick M. Series: Studies in Comparative Religion. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Univ of South Carolina Pr
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570036224
ISBN
9781570036224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680757
ISBN
9780816680757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. This lively and accessible textbook, written by an expert in film studies, provides a fascinating introduction to the process and art of literature--to--film adaptations. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405102889
ISBN
9781405102889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.15

Paperback. The definitive critical study of Tolkien's greatest works by the respected and world renowned Tolkien scholar Professor T.A. Shippey. Num Pages: 384 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780261104013
ISBN
9780261104013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198724179
ISBN
9780198724179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.70

Hardback. This book explores the principal thematic and aesthetic preoccupations in MacDiarmid's work, relating his poetry to key national and international concerns in modern culture and politics. Editor(s): Lyall, Scott; Palmer McCulloch, Dr. Margery. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641901
ISBN
9780748641901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.72
€ 96.80

Paperback. The extraordinary history of news and its dissemination, from medieval pilgrim tales to the birth of the newspaper Num Pages: 456 pages, 64 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300212761
ISBN
9780300212761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.85

Hardcover. These new essays explore central aspects of the ethical content of literature: character, its formation, and its role in moral discernment; poetic vision in the context of ethical understanding; self-identity and self-understanding; literature's role in moral growth and change; and the historical background of the ethical dimension of literature. Editor(s): Hagberg, Garry L. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198715719
ISBN
9780198715719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.34

Paperback. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue. The novel traces the course of her education and ends with the death of her childhood. It is one of James's finest studies of lost innocence. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538591
ISBN
9780199538591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.06

Paperback. Presents an overview of some of the central texts of literary Modernism. This work includes discussion of major authors, including T S Eliot, Virginia Woolf, D H Lawrence, Wallace Stevens and H D. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405108539
ISBN
9781405108539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.12

Hardback. Editor(s): Teverson, Andrew (Kingston University, UK Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University, UK Kingston University, UK Kingston University, UK Kingston University); Warwick, Alexandra (University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster University of Westminster University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster); Wilson, Leigh (University of Westminster University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK). Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 234 x 30. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474400237
ISBN
9781474400237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.35
€ 124.35

Hardcover. An advanced introduction for students and a re-orientation for Nietzsche scholars and intellectual historians on the development of his thought and the aesthetic construction of his identity as a philosopher. Editor(s): Bishop, Paul. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 32. Weight in Grams: 852. Life and Works. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 462 pages. Editor(s): Bishop, Paul. An advanced introduction for students and a re-orientation for Nietzsche scholars and intellectual historians on the development of his thought and the aesthetic construction of his identity as a philosopher. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; HPCD. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 32. Weight: 852.
Publisher
Camden House
Number of pages
462
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571133274
ISBN
9781571133274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.57

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