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Paperback. Suitable for all students of Greek theatre and literature, this book examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Editor(s): Heath, Malcolm. Translator(s): Heath, Malcolm. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446364
ISBN
9780140446364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
540
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995635
ISBN
9780674995635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.15

paperback. Although best known as a master of the formal lyric poem, Louise Bogan (1897- 1970) also published fiction and what would now be called lyrical essays. A Poet's Prose: Selected Writings of Louise Bogan showcases her devotion to compression, eloquence, and sharp truths. Editor(s): Kinzie, Mary. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 916. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804010719
ISBN
9780804010719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. This volume contains shorter prose works from throughout Patrick Kavanagh's career: the autobiographical pieces and rural reminiscences and a selection of Kavanagh's penetrating, sometimes scabrous, literary and cultural criticism. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 31. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510109
ISBN
9781843510109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00
€ 13.70

Hardcover. The greatest English religious poet of the nineteenth century, Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89) was a Jesuit priest and literary scholar whose life ended prematurely after his exhausting pastoral work among the slums of Liverpool and Dublin. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 107 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157215
ISBN
9781857157215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Hardcover. The major seventeenth-century English poet between Shakespeare and Milton, Donne is chiefly celebrated as a love poet. But he was also the author of satires and epistles, and a series of religious poems including the Holy Sonnets. This volume presents a complete portrait of this poet. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 111 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157222
ISBN
9781857157222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Hardcover. Offers a selection of the poet's work, including all the lyrics and the important prophetic books. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 666.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
440
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150346
ISBN
9781857150346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.58

Hardcover. From jazz fantasy camp to running a movie studio; from a fight between an old guy and a fat guy to a fear of clowns, this book delivers two dozen essays that revolve around the themes and obsessions that have characterized Rotella's writing from the start: boxing, music, writers, and cities. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DNF; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226729091
ISBN
9780226729091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. Translator(s): Brann, Eva; Kalkavage, Peter; Salem, Eric. Series: Focus Philosophical Library. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Focus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941051514
ISBN
9780941051514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. In this sequel to Catherine Cookson's collection of essays and poems, "Let Me Make Myself Plain", she offers a further selection of thoughts, recollections and observations on life - and death - together with more of the poems she prefers to describe as "prose on short lines". Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 107 x 24. Weight in Grams: 200. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0010071
ISBN
9780552143844
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Translator(s): Gilbert, Stuart; O'Brien, Justin. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
704
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152784
ISBN
9781857152784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.27

Hardback. Editor(s): McNair, Wesly. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892727605
ISBN
9780892727605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.51

Paperback. This allegory of Christian life describes the pilgrimage of the hero, Christian, from the Shadow of Destruction via the Slough of Despond, the Hill of Difficulty, the Valley of the Shadow of Death and Vanity Fair, over the River of the Water of Life and into the Celestial City. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264689
ISBN
9781853264689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Hardcover. The extraordinary story of abundance being hunted to extinction in a New World unused to ecological husbandry. An extinction which coincided with the outbreak of World War 1 - another example of mass destruction. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 full colour 1 black & white. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 112 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903656
ISBN
9781907903656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.27

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Orbis Books (USA) United States
Edition
Modern Spiritual Masters Series
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570752483
ISBN
9781570752483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.28

Paperback. Magnificent and strange, Pierre is a richly allusive novel mirroring both antebellum America and Herman Melville's own life. Editor(s): Levine, Robert S.; Weinstein, Cindy. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393938944
ISBN
9780393938944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.15

Paperback. Italy's famous sights are all to be found here - St Peter's in Rome, Naples with Vesuvius smouldering in the background and canals of Venice. In this book, the author portrays a nation of great contrasts: between grandiose buildings and squalid poverty, and between past and present, as he observes everyday life beside ancient monuments. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434316
ISBN
9780140434316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. Picasso's extraordinary capacity to work in a variety of mediums and styles amazed his critics since the first years of the century. This collection of critical and personal reactions to Picasso provides an account of the many innovations and changes of direction that baffled his contemporaries. It also reveals his working methods and attitudes. Editor(s): McCully, Marilyn. Num Pages: 288 pages, 55 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AFC; AGB; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691003481
ISBN
9780691003481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. This play by a young Toulouse lawyer-poet, was published posthumously in 1611 and has since been largely neglected. It is reprinted here for the first time, accompanied by an introductory study, explanatory notes and a glossary. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 84 pages, 1 b&w halftone, glossary. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859894883
ISBN
9780859894883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.42

Paperback. Editor(s): Rowe, Christopher. Translator(s): Rowe, Christopher. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140449747
ISBN
9780140449747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

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