Literary essays
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Literary essays
Paperback. Despite his reputation for idleness, Peter Cook was a great comedy writer, who created countless outrageous sketches and articles and was famed for his prolific role in the satire boom of the 1960s. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and some yellowing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0006250
- ISBN
- 9780099443254
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Paperback. The author is the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of "Fanny Hill", and who once found herself poring over a 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only thing in her apartment that she had not read at least twice. This title recounts her lifelong obsession with books. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111 x 11. Weight in Grams: 110. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0017521
- ISBN
- 9780140283709
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€ 14.99€ 10.53
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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
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Condition: Used, Good
€ 15.99€ 11.12
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 80 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 270 x 220. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Thomas Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780911487008
- ISBN
- 9780911487008
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Condition: New
€ 60.07€ 54.43
€ 60.07
€ 54.43
Paperback. Taken from the columns of the "Irish Press", "Hibernia", "The Crane Bag" and "Irish University Review", this gathering of prose, essays and reviews focuses on Joyce, Kavanagh, O'Casey, Behan, Bowen, Gregory, Shaw and Wilde, as well as on Irish drama and Paul Valery. The author brings a continental sensibility to bear on his literary milieu. Editor(s): McFadden, Hugh. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. . Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0017928
- ISBN
- 9781843510666
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Editor(s): Grafton, John. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 142.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486408941
- ISBN
- 9780486408941
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Condition: New
€ 5.70
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Paperback. A collection of pieces in which Barbara Kingsolver, author of the novel "Pigs in Heaven", explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world. The topics include Kentucky, housework, promiscuity, health clubs, the Canary Islands, rock and roll, space rockets, and Thoreau. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571179503
- ISBN
- 9780571179503
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.59
€ 12.99
€ 10.59
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393974645
- ISBN
- 9780393974645
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.59
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Paperback. An essay on the nature of human revolt, this book makes a critique of communism, how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, and the resulting totalitarian regimes. It also questions two events held sacred by the left wing, the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917. Translator(s): Bower, Anthony. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141182018
- ISBN
- 9780141182018
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex (The Oth...
Henricus Cornelius Agrippa
Paperback. Originally published in 1529, this work argues that women are more than equal to men in all things that really matter, including the public spheres from which they have long been excluded. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 142 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFJ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226010595
- ISBN
- 9780226010595
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
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Paperback. This text gathers together the many interviews, broadcasts, statements and reviews that were omitted from "Required Writing". Taken together the collection fills in a consistent but sometimes unexpected portrait of Philip Larkin - mordant, intolerant, generous, but always himself. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571216147
- ISBN
- 9780571216147
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.38
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Paperback. Features that illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century. Displaying an almost unrivalled mastery of English plain prose, this essays create a literary manner from the process of thinking aloud and continue to challenge, move and entertain. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141183060
- ISBN
- 9780141183060
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.87
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Paperback. Martin Amis provides portraits of contemporaries and mentors alike. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099461876
- ISBN
- 9780099461876
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.29
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Paperback. Editor(s): Chapman, R. W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1536 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1182. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1536
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000131
- ISBN
- 9780199540211
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 32.99€ 20.55
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Paperback. Comprises texts from the American colonial period, which bear witness to the extraordinary diversity of writing at this time. Editor(s): Radzinowicz, Mary Ann. Series: Cambridge English Prose Texts. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001057
- ISBN
- 9780521286800
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780684818450
- ISBN
- 9780684818450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.06
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Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BJ; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780804171441
- ISBN
- 9780804171441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.59
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Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DNF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555977597
- ISBN
- 9781555977597
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.32
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Paperback. A companion to British literature explores the political, social, intellectual, and cultural history and background of English poetry, fiction, prose, and drama and analyzes the changing conditions of literary activity. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 700. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002840
- ISBN
- 9780393303438
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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Hardcover. Addresses one of the most fundamental questions of all: what makes for a happy life? This title explores the sensual happiness of the flesh; covers the difficulties of the modern world's obsession with consumption; and, finally the consolation and sympathy provided by art and literature. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 116 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0014614
- ISBN
- 9780701187118
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. These 11 essays are the writings that galvanized the 60s youth revolution, written when Leary was at the peak of his popularity, influence and visionary intensity. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Ronin Publishing United States
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579510091
- ISBN
- 9781579510091
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
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Paperback. Mieke Bal has had a significant impact on every field she has touched. This work reflects the fields that Bal has most profoundly influenced: literary study, interdisciplinary methodology, visual analysis, and postmodern theology. This work brings together a collection of her work that distills her broad interests and areas of expertise. Num Pages: 496 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226035857
- ISBN
- 9780226035857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.09
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Hardcover. Charts the connections that the author has made between sexuality, psychoanalysis, and aesthetics. This book considers the author's ideas alongside Freud's and helps in gaining a clearer understanding of human identity and how we relate to one another. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043524
- ISBN
- 9780226043524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.01€ 79.98
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Paperback. Exploring the place of poetry in American culture and in the university, this text addresses issues such as: the role of the public intellectual; the poetics of scholarly prose; vernacular modernism; idiosyncratic postmodernism; identity politics; aesthetics; and poetry as a performance art. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044101
- ISBN
- 9780226044101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41