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Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBH5; HBJD; HBJD1; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349526642
ISBN
9781349526642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.63

Paperback. Studies in Rhetorical Epic. Series: Bristol Classical Paperbacks. 104 pages. This work considers the rules of ancient rhetoric as learned by Lucan and applied in his epic. Four themes common to poetry and to the declamatory schools (tyranny, storms, the occult and dreams) are closely analyzed in relation to the poem, and the poem is set in the context of the Neronian age. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 8. Weight: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duckworth Publishing
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853994883
ISBN
9781853994883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. Focuses on the influence of the oral tradition on written vernacular verse in England from the 5th to the 15th century. The book explores how a living tradition articulated through the public, performance voices of pre-literate singers found expression through the pens of private, literate authors. Series: Poetics of Orality & Literacy S. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268020248
ISBN
9780268020248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Hardcover. This 1982 collection examines Ireland's relations with the rest of western Europe between AD 400 and 1200. Editor(s): Whitelock, Dorothy; McKitterick, Rosamond; Dumville, David. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 791. Nice clean copy in dustjacket. Scarce
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ8038956
ISBN
9780521235471
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 48.00

Paperback. Offers satirical and bitter denunciation of the degeneracy of Roman society. This work draws forth a world of whores, fortune-tellers, boozy politicians, slick lawyers, shameless sycophants, ageing flirts and downtrodden teachers. It portraits of decadent aristocrats - male and female - and the jumped-up sons of newly-rich former slaves. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ACD; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236. Good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks and creases, remains a good readable copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KCW0017533
ISBN
9780140447040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 15.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 324. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Inscription to previous owner on half title page, remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
SOUTHBANK PUBLISHING
SKU
KCW0017297
ISBN
9781904915096
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. On the day that Homes was born in 1961, she was given up for adoption. Thirty years later, out of the blue, Homes was contacted by a lawyer on behalf of her birth mother, and they began to correspond; her biological father contacted her soon after. These two individuals and their effect on the adult Homes are strange and unexpected. Num Pages: 238 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080110
ISBN
9781847080110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Hardback. This study considers the recent surge of science fiction narratives from the postcolonial Third World as a utopian response to the spatial, political, and representational dilemmas that attend globalization. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230354470
ISBN
9780230354470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

Paperback. Over the past two decades, practitioners across the West have used documentary performance-making to confront new socio-political realities. This book, now in paperback and with a new Preface, contextualizes this work, exploring historical and contemporary examples of documentary and 'verbatim' theatre and applying a range of critical perspectives. Editor(s): Forsyth, Alison; Megson, Chris. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; DSBH; DSG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230336896
ISBN
9780230336896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 134.97

Hardcover. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772895604
ISBN
9788772895604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Gale, Monica R. Num Pages: 200 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856688898
ISBN
9780856688898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Consists of ten essays that explore early English culture, from Caxton's introduction of the press, through questions of audience, and genre, to the fascination with Caxton's books. This book suggests that the first century of print production is defined less by transition or break, than by a dynamic transformation in literary production itself. Editor(s): Kuskin, William. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033095
ISBN
9780268033095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Now in paperback: From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the best-selling book-length poem selected for the Best American Poetry annual in both 1999 and 2000. Num Pages: 72 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 187 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306810732
ISBN
9780306810732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.35

Hardcover. Although often embroiled in controversy and public debate, Spender's all consuming passion was literature. This is a serious literary biography which quotes extensively from Spender's writing and shows its relationship to the major political and social events with which Spender became involved. Num Pages: 350 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160. Weight in Grams: 644. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016490
ISBN
9780715629482
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers an introduction to the First World War Poetry. This title features the sequence of poems that is drawn from a number of sources, mixing both well-known and less familiar poetry. Editor(s): Pirandello, Luigi. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 104 x 10. Weight in Grams: 68. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and some yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0006520
ISBN
9780141181035
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A long-overdue collection that balances representative and canonical works with traditionally under-represented ones. Barbara Gates, University of Delaware Editor(s): Collins, Thomas J. Num Pages: 692 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 902.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
692
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113661
ISBN
9781551113661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.21
€ 61.64

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353898
ISBN
9780822353898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. A cultural studies examination of the 20th-century genre of dystopian fiction in the political and scholarly context of the evolution of science fiction studies and utopian studies since the 1960s. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Westview Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813397689
ISBN
9780813397689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.69

Paperback. Reveals the cultural meanings and literary representations of disability in Victorian Britain. This book introduces readers to popular literary and dramatic works that explored culturally risky questions like 'can disabled men work?' and 'should disabled women have babies?' Series: Corporealities: Discourses of Disability. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 halftones in text. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472068418
ISBN
9780472068418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Paperback. Translator(s): Joyce, Jane Wilson. Series: Masters of Latin Literature. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801481376
ISBN
9780801481376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.82

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