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Literary studies: general

Hardback. This is a study of Friel's entire oeuvre, relating his work to the problems of subjectivity, representation, history and the body, with a view to offering some placement of Friel in relation to both postmodernism and traditional humanism. Central to the study is Friel's concept of "translation". Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333600757
ISBN
9780333600757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.60

Hardback. In these essays, McMaster's recurring concern is with the interpenetration of intelligence with emotion among Austen's characters. The book explores Austen's popularity in our culture and then moves on to an examination of all the novels, of the operation of love and the articulation of desire. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333599266
ISBN
9780333599266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

Hardcover. This is a study of Thomas Hardy's life-long interest in the theatre. It discusses his own experiments at crafting scenarios and plays, all productions, both amateur and professional, with which he had any involvement, and his troubled negotiations with adaptors, producers and actors. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333598856
ISBN
9780333598856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.64

Hardcover. Examines Pound's literary criticism as a whole, his critical tenets and concepts, and his evaluations of various writers. Singh analyzes Pound's critical credo, his poetics of imagism, his letters in criticism, his theory and craft of poetic translation and his views on modern French writers. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333598498
ISBN
9780333598498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.27

Hardback. Focuses on the complicated and unresolved relationship between childhood and adulthood in Dickens's fictional and non-fictional work. The book concentrates on the fiction of Dickens's middle years, particularly "David Copperfield", and on some of the journalistic essays. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333594353
ISBN
9780333594353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.66

Paperback. This work begins from the premiss that two modes of verse, free and metrical, engage the creative energies of poetry, creating a rich, fertile environment capable of yielding work valuable to poetry itself and to the society which has given it life. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333593219
ISBN
9780333593219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.41

Hardback. This work begins from the premiss that two modes of verse, free and metrical, engage the creative energies of poetry, creating a rich, fertile environment capable of yielding work valuable to poetry itself and to the society which has given it life. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 308. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333593202
ISBN
9780333593202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.40

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333593073
ISBN
9780333593073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.30

Hardback. Examines the way in which the great 19th-century novelists managed to say something new and true and important about sexual behaviour in spite of, or perhaps because of, rules which dictated that the recording of this behaviour should combine the utmost discretion and deep disapproval. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333591918
ISBN
9780333591918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.36

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

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333583104
ISBN
9780333583104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.49

Paperback. Drawing on a series of new sources, this biography of Ezra Pound outlines his contribution to modernism through a detailed account of his development, influence and continued significance. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 291.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333582572
ISBN
9780333582572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.73

Hardback. Drawing on a series of new sources, this biography of Ezra Pound outlines his contribution to modernism through a detailed account of his development, influence and continued significance. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333582565
ISBN
9780333582565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Paperback. This work provides an account of Wordsworth's evolution as a poet. It includes his earliest known writing while a pupil, and his later poetry. Wordsworth's attitude towards seeking out a public readership beyond his immediate circle of friends and admirers is a central concern of the book. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333574188
ISBN
9780333574188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.32

Hardback. Offers a wide view of E.M. Forster's character as observed and remembered by college associates, close friends, chance acquaintances and fellow writers. These 46 pieces, some published for the first time, variously reveal facets of his private and public personalities. Editor(s): Stape, J. H. Series: Interviews & Recollections S. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333570838
ISBN
9780333570838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Hardback. These essays on J.M. Coetzee adopt a variety of approaches to his work, taking care to place that work within its wider cultural context. Contributions include essays of more general import, ranging across Coetzee's "oeuvre", as well as essays that analyze in more detail individual novels. Editor(s): Huggan, Graham; Watson, Stephen. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333569122
ISBN
9780333569122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.96

Hardcover. This collation from S.T. Coleridge's contributions to the theory of language presents selections from his verse, notebooks, journalism and ephemera. Topics include the language of politics; language and culture; and the language of the religion. The introduction situates the writing within context. Editor(s): Goodson, A. C. Series: Coleridge's Writings. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; DCF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333568224
ISBN
9780333568224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

Paperback. A concise study of the life and poetry of the Victorian priest-poet. The book gives a chronological description and analysis of Hopkins's career and writing, and pays due attention to his Victorian and Jesuit background - a man divided between the religious and the aesthetic life. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333568217
ISBN
9780333568217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.40

Hardback. Aims to put Blake back into the cultural context of his times. These essays by both established and younger scholars readdress Blake's contemporary milieu. By employing notions of history wider than the purely "literary" these essays provide a contribution to the re-historicizing of Romanticism. Editor(s): Clark, Steve; Worrall, David. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333568194
ISBN
9780333568194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.48

Hardback. This collection of essays applies the postmodernist theory of intertextuality to the romantic drama of the English Renaissance, including work by Heywood, Beaumont and Shakespeare. The introduction reviews various understandings of intertextuality and suggests adaptations. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333567036
ISBN
9780333567036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.99

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