Literature
Results 15901 - 15920 of 30439
Literature
Paperback. This text presents a biographical and critical study of C.S. Forester and the "Hornblower" saga. Focusing on the writing, character models, background and nautical veracity of the novels, the book examines the depiction of naval warfare and Forester's research techniques. Num Pages: 128 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606215
- ISBN
- 9780815606215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.72
€ 20.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. John Burroughs combined scientific observation with poetic spirit in his nature writing. This collection of essays explores Burrough's life and character, as well as his role as a writer and his relationships with contemporaries including Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson and Muir. Editor(s): Walker, Charlotte Zoe. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606376
- ISBN
- 9780815606376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.16
€ 26.99
€ 25.16
Paperback. This work provides an overview of Irish theatre, read in the light of Ireland's self-definition. Mediating between history and its relations with politics and art, it attempts to do justice to the enabling and mirroring preoccupations of Irish drama. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606437
- ISBN
- 9780815606437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.25
€ 20.99
€ 20.25
Since 1980, the Adirondack mountains in New York have inspired a resident population of writers and have gained regional and national prominence as these writers use the Adirondacks as their primary setting and subject matter. This anthology contains works by 43 writers from the region. Editor(s): Gould, Jim. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 illustration, 1 map, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607014
- ISBN
- 9780815607014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.50
€ 23.50
Hardback. At age 36, acclaimed poet Marya Zaturenska's work reached its full potential even as she battled emotional and physical illness. Recently rediscovered diaries, published here, reflect that crucial period in the poet's life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607144
- ISBN
- 9780815607144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.64
€ 21.64
Paperback. Since 1979 "Blueline" has been quietly binding together literature that reflects the distinctive Adirondack spirit. These poems and stories, collected in one volume for the first time, reveal an accumulation of regional writing that forms a contemporary history of the Adirondacks. Editor(s): Henry, Rick; Tyler, Anthony O.; Coyne-DeGhett, Stephanie; Gann, Myra; Steinberg, Alan; Gilborn, Alice Wolf. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607700
- ISBN
- 9780815607700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.52
€ 20.99
€ 20.52
This work includes insightful interviews with eigth masters of contemporary fiction and poetry featuring previously uncollected interviews with William Goyen, Philip Larkin, Joyce Carol Oates, Karl Shapiro, William Jay Smith, Elizabeth Spencer, William Styron, and Marya Zaturenska. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607830
- ISBN
- 9780815607830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. New York Poems is dedicated to "The City of New York: embattled, gallant, enduring" by poet D. H. Melhem, who calls the Upper West Side her "muse." D.H. Melhem looks at neighborhood struggles with blight and urban renewal (chastised as "Negro Removal"). Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608134
- ISBN
- 9780815608134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.53
€ 17.99
€ 17.53
Paperback. Featuring a variety of poems about social justice, love, evocations of history, humanitarian concerns, and other themes, this anthology contains a representative selection of modern Turkish poems that convey in faithful translations, the full spectrum of Turkish emotions, humor, intellectual explorations, joys, and agonies. Editor(s): Halman, Talat Sait. Translator(s): Halman, Talat Sait. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 112 pages, bibliographical notes. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608400
- ISBN
- 9780815608400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.04
€ 20.99
€ 20.04
Hardcover. Spanning a period of eighty years, this book depicts a nineteenth-century central New York family grappling with shifting mores, civil war, and vast changes in technology, transportation, culture, education, and even regional landscape. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations, 10 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608608
- ISBN
- 9780815608608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.32
€ 31.99
€ 29.32
Paperback. Hilmi Yavuz is among Turkey's most celebrated poets. Containing English translations, this work offers a glimpse into the complex and expressive poetry of Yavuz, introducing traditional Ottoman forms and themes into a familiar poetic landscape. It discusses Yavuz's work within the world of Turkish poetry. Translator(s): Andrews, Walter G. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608790
- ISBN
- 9780815608790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.14
€ 17.99
€ 17.14
Hardcover. Sets out to explore the true character and creative achievements of the author's great-grandfather Jacob Gordin, playwright extraordinaire and icon of the Yiddish stage. Shedding light on Gordin and his world, this work describes the commune he founded and led in Russia, his meteoric rise among Jewish New York's literati, and more. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 black-&-white photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACY; BGL; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608844
- ISBN
- 9780815608844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.52
€ 26.99
€ 25.52
Hardcover. Presents minibiographies of key British and American poets who at one time or another worked as journalists. This work covers poets ranging from the famous to the obscure: Whittier to Whitman, Kipling to Bryant, and Coleridge to Crane. It tells each writer's story, relating how the poet in question felt about the journalistic experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 black-&-white illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; KNTJ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608882
- ISBN
- 9780815608882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.92
€ 17.92
Hardcover. Echoing the muscular rhythms of the heartbeat, this work features poems that alternate between contraction and expansion. It explores the act of enduring: physically, historically, and culturally. With equal measures of humor, wisdom, polgnancy, and beauty, it mines a variety of individual and collective loss and recovery. Series: Iroquois & Their Neighbors S. Num Pages: 144 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609001
- ISBN
- 9780815609001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.43
€ 20.99
€ 20.43
Paperback. Offering an introduction to Arabic poetry, this title provides the multilingual translation of the author's work, offering each verse in the original Arabic as well as in English, French, and German. Translator(s): Haydar, Adnan; Beard, Michael; Habib, Rouba Saba; Assaf-Nowak, Ursula. Num Pages: 212 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 107 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609254
- ISBN
- 9780815609254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.15
€ 14.15
Hardcover. Deals with the struggle of those who seek love in a world saturated with brutality and aggression. This title features poems that condemn the violence in Iraq, Palestine, and Lebanon, while exploring the intimate consequences of these and other injustices. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609452
- ISBN
- 9780815609452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.88
€ 24.99
€ 21.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Warner, Jayne L. Num Pages: 200 pages, suggested readings, index. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609582
- ISBN
- 9780815609582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.22
€ 12.22
Hardcover. Study of literary critic George Steiner and the focus of the Holocaust on his career Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609605
- ISBN
- 9780815609605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.50
€ 26.99
€ 24.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609674
- ISBN
- 9780815609674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.98
€ 15.99
€ 14.98
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1179.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610052
- ISBN
- 9780815610052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.64
€ 41.99
€ 40.64