Literary essays
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Literary essays
paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 115 x 11. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Wakefield Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984115563
- ISBN
- 9780984115563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.10
€ 16.10
Hardback. Though known chiefly as a writer of novels and stories, Paul Bowles (1910-99) thought of himself first and foremost as a composer. This book collects the music criticism that Bowles published between 1935 and 1946 as well as an interview conducted by Irene Herrmann shortly before his death. Editor(s): Mangan, Timothy; Herrmann, Irene. Num Pages: 310 pages, 1 music example. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236554
- ISBN
- 9780520236554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.26€ 65.36
€ 84.26
€ 65.36
Hardback. This volume collects for the first time essays published in British, Irish, and American periodicals during Bowen's lifetime as well as essays which have never been published before. The essays include Bowen's observations on age, toys, disappointment, writers, and manners. Editor(s): Hepburn, Allan. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748635689
- ISBN
- 9780748635689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.48€ 131.38
€ 136.48
€ 131.38
Paperback. "Perfect Catch" is a bundle of poems, plays and collaborations between Ian McMillan and various musicians, theatre groups, radio producers and ordinary and extraordinary people. Poetry is a community art for this writer, not a craft pursued in a lonely room. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 187. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KEX0281282
- ISBN
- 9781857544961
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
paperback. One of the greatest 19th-century scientist-explorers, Alexander von Humboldt traversed the tropical Spanish Americas between 1799 and 1804. By the time of his death in 1859, he had won international fame for his scientific discoveries, his observations of Native American peoples and his descriptions of the flora and fauna of the continent'. Translator(s): Wilson, Jason. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DNF; PD; RGR; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445534
- ISBN
- 9780140445534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 74 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 145 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 74
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559138
- ISBN
- 9781875559138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213174
- ISBN
- 9780253213174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.44
€ 51.99
€ 46.44
Hardback. A new edition of Scott's longest, and arguably most intriguing, novel. Editor(s): Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 704 pages, None. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605781
- ISBN
- 9780748605781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.75€ 109.40
€ 112.75
€ 109.40
Paperback. Features an appendix that contains the fragments of early Greek love poetry which helps the reader appreciate the rich, and perhaps elusive, meaning of eros. Editor(s): Nehamas, Alexander; Woodruff, Paul. Translator(s): Nehamas, Alexander; Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 141
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872202207
- ISBN
- 9780872202207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.54
€ 17.99
€ 14.54
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
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
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
€ 40.93
€ 40.93
Hardcover. Offers an analysis of fundamental shifts in German cultural memory. This study challenges the institutional boundaries of Germany's memory culture that have guided and arguably limited German identity debates by focusing on the resurgence of family stories in fiction, autobiography and in film. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APFA; DNF; JFC; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554054
- ISBN
- 9780230554054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
A collection of short personal essays on complex issues that range from humorous to poignant Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611173710
- ISBN
- 9781611173710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.68
€ 33.68
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€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
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€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
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
- W. W. Norton & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Critical
- SKU
- V9780393938944
- ISBN
- 9780393938944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
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
€ 20.99€ 18.14
€ 20.99
€ 18.14
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
€ 7.13
€ 7.13
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€ 25.82
€ 26.99
€ 25.82
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€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64