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Literary studies: general

Paperback. In clear and witty writing, Morson offers first serious study of the many kinds of aphorisms, their relation to longer works, and the philosophical wisdom they offer. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804781695
ISBN
9780804781695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardcover. Bringing together translation theory and literary history, this volume conveys how Pound in his influential and controversial Homage to Sextus Propertius enriched the art of translation. The work of Louis Zukofsky, Basil Bunting, J. V. Cunningham, and Peter Porter is also discussed. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941664820
ISBN
9780941664820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.79

Paperback. Robyn Schiff's poems enquire about making, buying, selling and stealing in the material world, the natural landscape and the human soul. Schiff moves from Cartier and Tiffany to the Shedd Aquarium, from Marie Antoinette to the Civil War and from Mary Pickford to Marilyn Monroe. Series: Kuhl House Poets. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Edition
2002nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877458203
ISBN
9780877458203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.35

Hardcover. Series: The Dickens Companions. Num Pages: 528 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1090.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Helm Information Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873403570
ISBN
9781873403570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.05

Paperback. First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Editor(s): Szarmach, Paul E. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138883635
ISBN
9781138883635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.90

Paperback. Dickens had everything - fame, success and riches - but he died harbouring a deep sadness he had experienced all his life. He was a man of mercurial character, but he also had a sense of loss and longing that would constantly appear in his work. This title takes the reader into the life of one of the world's greatest writers. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
01st Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
9780099437093
ISBN
9780099437093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. A biography of Virginia Woolf which moves freely between a detailed life-story and attempts to understand significant questions. She is presented as occupying a distinct and even uneasy position within the Bloomsbury Set, and also as a radically sceptical, subversive, courageous feminist. Num Pages: 912 pages, illustrations facsimiles, geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099732518
ISBN
9780099732518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. Reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, this study shows cancer for what it is. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141187129
ISBN
9780141187129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. This volume features a collection of letters by John B. Keane. These include: "Letters of a Successful TD", "Letters of a Love-Hungry Farmer", "Letters of a Matchmaker", "Letters of an Irish Priest" and "Letters of an Irish Minister of State". Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 450. 390pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Mercier Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
9781856351560
ISBN
9781856351560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.04

Paperback. An annotated parallel-text edition of Wordsworth's autobiographical poem in blank verse. Editor(s): Wordsworth, Jonathan. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140433692
ISBN
9780140433692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Pilny, Ondrej; Wallace, Clare Elizabeth. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381. 8vo. Very good Copy. First edition. Politics and politicians in 20th century Ireland.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0310206
ISBN
9788073081034
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Hardcover. First published together in Latin in 1623, these two tracts present descriptions of the hermetic cosmology and the alchemical work. The introduction provides a biographical note on d'Espagnet and traces the influence these works had on later generations. Translator(s): Everard, John; Ashmole, Elias. Series: English Renaissance Hermeticism. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780824075422
ISBN
9780824075422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.30

Paperback. A new translation of a long-neglected Greek drama that has become increasingly popular in classrooms and on the stage. The two editors, Alan Shapiro and Peter Burian, a poet and classicist, collaborated previously on The Oresteia. This is the final volume of the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series. Editor(s): Burian, Peter. Translator(s): Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and previous owners name written in pen on title page
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEA0000122
ISBN
9780195179101
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; YQEF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551116051
ISBN
9781551116051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.77

Paperback. A transcript of the first original play by a woman to be published in England. Included with the play is a biography, also written in the 1600s, by one of the playwright's daughters, which enriches contemporary knowledge of both domestic and religious conflict in the 17th century. Editor(s): Weller, Barry; Ferguson, Margaret W. Num Pages: 344 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520079694
ISBN
9780520079694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.56

Hardcover. This study of the construction of intellectual authority examines the impact of Thucydides's "History". It argues that Thucydides's work succeeded for two main reasons: he refined the language of administration, and drew upon the abstract philosophical rhetoric that arose in the 5th century. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780847681297
ISBN
9780847681297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.15

Paperback. Serves as a reference work dealing with all of Auden's writings. For every poem, play or libretto, this work encapsulates the publishing history, paraphrases difficult passages, explains allusions, points out interesting variants, identifies sources and influences, looks at the verse form and offers critical interpretation. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 48. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571192724
ISBN
9780571192724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 20.54

Hardback. An annotated bibliography to the criticism of the work of James Fenimore Cooper, regarded as a pioneer in the development of the American social and political novel. The material is divided into broad subject categories and, where appropriate, subdivided by the Cooper work in question. Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in American Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; GBCR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313279195
ISBN
9780313279195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.90

Hardback. In this 2002 volume, scholars examine the role of literature in the construction of 'Britishness'. Editor(s): Baker, David J.; Maley, Willy. Num Pages: 314 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662. Hardback in good condition, with dustjacket, some shelfwear.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF2232699
ISBN
9780521782005
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A biography of W B Yeats, it covers the second half of Yeats' life, taking in his controversial political involvements, continued supernatural experiments, his extraordinary marriage, a series of love affairs, and the writing of his greatest poetry. It also weaves together his life and work. Num Pages: 832 pages, 32pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1306. Good clean copy showing light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0024921
ISBN
9780192806093
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 48.00

Hardback. An investigation of English writing in seventeenth-century Ireland, and its connections to Shakespeare, Sidney and Milton. Num Pages: 310 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 635. Fine in fine dust wrapper, showing light shelf and reading wear. Remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0024930
ISBN
9780521843027
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 30.00

Paperback. This interpretation of Aristotle's "Poetics" seeks to demonstrate that it is a coherent statement of a challenging theory of poetic art and it hints towards a theory of mimetic art in general. The core of the book is an appraisal of Aristotle's view of tragic drama. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313948
ISBN
9780226313948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Hardcover. Hawlin and Burnett present the final volume in this three volume edition of Browning's great murder-story, "The Ring and the Book". Browning concludes his poem with the monologues of Pope Innocent XII and of Guido in his prison-cell prior to execution, and then the witty, ironic envoi of Book XII. Series: Oxford English Texts: Browning. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 722. Clean copy with light wear and rubbing to spine and boards. No dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
428
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0003039
ISBN
9780198186717
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 219.53
€ 203.62

Paperback. Series: Writers of Wales. Num Pages: 100 pages, 1port. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 241 x 23. . Rare. Text in English and Welsh. Testun yn Gymraeg a Saesneg. Good clean copy showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0025039
ISBN
9780708311011
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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