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Paperback. Who is more important: the reader, or the writer? Addressing the issue, this book aims to challenge perceived wisdom. It brings some radical ideas to a wide audience, and argues persuasively for a totally practical way of reading. It is suitable for those interested in the development of literary theory. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 137 x 30. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415378499
- ISBN
- 9780415378499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.46
€ 23.99
€ 23.46
Hardback. Two of James Hogg's pastoral dramas with songs, presented here with full explanatory notes and glossary. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 208 pages, music. BIC Classification: DD; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748634521
- ISBN
- 9780748634521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.96€ 109.07
€ 112.96
€ 109.07
Hardcover. For this six-volume edition of The Histories, W. R. Paton's 1922 translation has been thoroughly revised, the Buttner-Wobst Greek text corrected, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added. All but the first five of forty volumes survive in an incomplete state. Volume VI includes fragments unattributed to particular books of The Histories. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 116 x 32. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Sew Rev
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996618
- ISBN
- 9780674996618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
Paperback. In this wonderful collection of stories by some of Ireland's finest writers, including Carleton, Yeats and Lady Wilde, a legion of fairy folk - leprechauns, giants, witches and mermaids - help, hinder, charm and terrify their mortal neighbours. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856408366
- ISBN
- 9780856408366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.74
€ 11.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. You've just boarded a plane. You've loaded your phone with your favorite podcasts, but before you can pop in your earbuds, disaster strikes: The guy in the next seat starts telling you all about something crazy that happened to him--in great detail. This is the unwelcome storyteller, trying to convince a reluctant audience to care about his story. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBV; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 246 x 37. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Writer's Digest Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781440348235
- ISBN
- 9781440348235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.16
€ 21.99
€ 19.16
Paperback. The next introduction in the IDEAS IN PROFILE series: a snappy but serious introduction to criticism Series: Ideas in Profile. Num Pages: 176 pages, Black and white reproductions of paintings, a few photographs. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781254509
- ISBN
- 9781781254509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. The author of more than 70 plays, Aeschylus is the earliest of the great Attic tragedians. Of these plays, only seven remain. The "Oresteia" is his only complete surviving trilogy. Peter Meineck has aimed to translate this version of the "Oresteia" for the modern stage. Translator(s): Meineck, Peter. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872203907
- ISBN
- 9780872203907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.42
€ 18.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. This edition contains all Shelley's poetry, from his juvenilia to his great works such as "The Revolt of Islam" and "Ode to the West Wind", and his only completed verse drama "The Cenci", a melodramatic Venetian tale of incest, murder and revenge. Series: Wordsworth Poetry Library. Num Pages: 752 pages, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853264085
- ISBN
- 9781853264085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.13
€ 7.13
Hardcover. Since its first appearance in 2008, this book has changed the landscape of Virgilian studies. Analysing closely the logic and the literary genres of Virgil's three poems, it politely confronts the modern orthodoxy that Virgil signalled distaste for the methods of his ruler, Octavian-Augustus. Num Pages: 310 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADL; D. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125210
- ISBN
- 9781905125210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.80
€ 80.80
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Tiger Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KNW0010383
- ISBN
- 9781855013254
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: In Parole. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Contrasto
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788869656392
- ISBN
- 9788869656392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.74
€ 23.99
€ 17.74
Hardcover. A collection of essays which examine the way in which fantasy literature functions as cultural and social criticism. Essays on Tolkien, Le Guin, Angela Carter, H.G. Wells and C.S. Lewis are included, as well as works by William Burroughs, Ford Madox Ford and Salman Rushdie are discussed. Editor(s): Filmer, Kath. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333569542
- ISBN
- 9780333569542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.08
€ 194.08
CD-Audio. There's something for everybody in this brilliantly baffling collection to keep listeners of all ages in suspense. Num Pages: 4 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 150. A collection of fictional detectives such as: Sherlock Holmes with his long suffering colleague, Dr Watson in "The Dying Detective", Father Brown as a witness in court in "The Man in the Passage", and J G Reeder in "The Poetical Policeman" and "The Green Mamba". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FF. Dimension: 150 x 131 x 20. Weight: 150.
- Publisher
- Csa Word Ltd
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904605317
- ISBN
- 9781904605317
CD
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 17.81
€ 31.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486280554
- ISBN
- 9780486280554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.73
€ 5.73
Paperback. Examines the political nature of culture and specifically literature. This title challenges the way the West has appropriated Africa with a particular emphasis on how 'imperialist' literature has been used to justify its dispossession and degradation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128. 128 pages. This work is an extended exploration of the European impact on African culture, viewed through the most vivid experience available to the author - his own life. It is an extended snapshot of a major writer's childhood, illuminating his roots as an artist. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight: 126.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953854
- ISBN
- 9781841953854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571191451
- ISBN
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- SKU
- KTK0099442
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007197903
- ISBN
- 9780007197903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Toibin's remarkable insights provide scholars, students, and general readers a fresh encounter with James's well-known texts. Editor(s): Griffin, Susan M. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897795
- ISBN
- 9780801897795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.63
€ 34.99
€ 33.63
Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482935
- ISBN
- 9781611482935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.61
€ 127.61