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paperback. Collects 14 interviews with a Brooklyn-born author of such novels as "Girl in Landscape", "Motheriess Brooklyn", "The Fortress of Solitude", "Chronic City", and many others, that cover a wide range of subjects, from what it means to incorporate genre into literature, to the impact of his mother's death on his life and work. Editor(s): Clarke, Jaime. Series: Literary Conversations Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604739725
ISBN
9781604739725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.86

paperback. Brings together eighteen interviews by journalists and literary correspondents throughout the world with Julian Barnes, the author of such highly acclaimed novels as "Flaubert's Parrot" (1984), "A History of the World in 10-1/2 Chapters" (1989), and "Arthur & George" (2005) that address the entirety of Barnes' varied works. Editor(s): Guignery, Vanessa; Roberts, Ryan. Series: Literary Conversations Series. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604732047
ISBN
9781604732047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811219501
ISBN
9780811219501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.37

Hardback. This work offers the perspectives of poets, journalists, and scholars as they discuss their views on creativity, the teaching of writing, and the importance of a sense of place in their work. Editor(s): Beattie, L.Elisabeth. Series: Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 2ABM; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Edition
11
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813121246
ISBN
9780813121246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Elliot, Jeffrey M. Series: Literary Conversations S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 429.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878053629
ISBN
9780878053629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.86

Paperback. United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey describes her mode as elegiac. Although the loss of her murdered mother informs each work, Trethewey's range of forms and subjects is far reaching. This is a collection of interviews with the Pulitzer Prize winner and United States Poet Laureate. Editor(s): Hall, Joan Wylie. Series: Literary Conversations Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617039515
ISBN
9781617039515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.86

Hardback. IN Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423009
ISBN
9780857423009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483684
ISBN
9780801483684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.29

Hardcover. The essays collected here explore the power and sensuality that food engenders within literature. The book permits the reader to sample food as a rhetorical structure, one that allows the individual writers to articulate the abstract concepts in a medium that is readily understandable. " Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Popular Press 1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879724436
ISBN
9780879724436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.52

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662469
ISBN
9781855662469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.43

Paperback. The Student Edition of Frayn's multi-award winning play includes a full commentary and notes. Editor(s): Butler, Robert. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Student
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413773715
ISBN
9780413773715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.25

Hardback. Series: Griffith Institute Publications. Num Pages: 258 pages, plus 48 b/w pls, tbs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2AHA; 2CXC; DNF; DSBB; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 310. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Griffith Institute United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416750
ISBN
9780900416750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.01

Paperback. This Roman play is one of Shakespeare's last tragedies, best known for its political and military themes.The Introduction and commentary notes open up the language, themes and ideas in this complex yet richly rewarding play for the student and teacher. Editor(s): Holland, Peter. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 illustrations in introduction. BIC Classification: DDS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
3rd Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904271284
ISBN
9781904271284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816519286
ISBN
9780816519286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.17

Hardback. Unconventional journeys into the genius of Cormac McCarthy form a new, highly personal way of appreciating literary greatness Series: Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University. Num Pages: 292 pages, 34 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292744295
ISBN
9780292744295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.79

Paperback. Corporate Romanticism offers an alternative history of the connections between modernity, individualism, and the novel. Early-nineteenth-century England saw two developmentsGCothe rise of corporate persons and the expanded scale of industrial actionGCoboth of Series: Lit Z. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823272242
ISBN
9780823272242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.58

Hardback. We must see to it that we put the best of ourselves in our letters; for there is nothing to suggest that we shall see each other again soon. So wrote Walter Benjamin to Gretel Adorno in spring 1940 from the south of France, shortly before he took his own life. Num Pages: 336 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745636696
ISBN
9780745636696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.50

Paperback. A complete English translation of the correspondence between the philosopher Martin Heidegger and the novelist and essayist Ernst Junger, together with a translation of Junger's essay Across the Line. Translator(s): Quinn, Timothy Sean. Series: New Heidegger Research. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; HPCF; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783488766
ISBN
9781783488766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.30

Hardback. This collection of 266 letters, cards, and telegrams that Helen Kemp and Northrop Frye wrote to each other forms a compelling narrative of their early relationship. The letters reveal Frye's early talent as a writer. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations, facsimiles.,ports. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 44. Weight in Grams: 935.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802007728
ISBN
9780802007728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Hardback. This work examines the notion of Europe as expressed in Romanian and British fiction. It surveys symbolic notions of the common cultural links which seem to embody "European identity". In particular, the author examines the shift in post-Iron Curtain literary concepts of this ancient identity. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVWR; DSB; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761817468
ISBN
9780761817468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.39

Hardcover. Traces the principle that luxury corrupts its possessor as seen through a millennium of Greek literature Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 34. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472072293
ISBN
9780472072293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.17

Paperback. Traces the principle that luxury corrupts its possessor as seen through a millennium of Greek literature Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472052295
ISBN
9780472052295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.57
€ 57.07

Hardback. The first analysis in any language of China's recent epic novels about official corruption, this book explores how Chinese authors treat the theme of official malfeasance in mass-market thrillers, how those works reflect modern life, and how they approach the taboo subject of regime change. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804754859
ISBN
9780804754859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.05

Paperback. The early seventeenth-century traveler Thomas Coryate's five-month tour of Western Europe culminated in Coryats Crudities, one of the strangest travelogues published in early modern England. This edition abridges Crudities' more than 900 pages to a manageable size, focusing on episodes most likely to be of interest to students. Editor(s): Palmer, Philip S. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Broadview Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
abridged edition annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554813230
ISBN
9781554813230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.75

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