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Paperback. Louise Gluck's collection is a work of ends and beginnings. Her poetry comes in white-hot sequences of passionate intensity. "Vita Nova" is a sequence of poems which dramatises the end of a relationship and the beginning of a new life. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857544176
ISBN
9781857544176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.56

paperback. The pseudo-Virgilian Aetna poem has fascinated textual critics for centuries on account of its badly corrupted state. But it is fascinating for its content as well. A vigorous and enthusiastic poem, this title repays further study within the didactic tradition. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Classic Editions. Num Pages: 388 pages, 2-colour cover. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904675389
ISBN
9781904675389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.98

Hardcover. This volume contains "Romeo and Juliet", "Julius Caesar", "Antony and Cleopatra", "Coriolanus", "Troilus and Cressida" and "Titus Andronicus". Professor Tony Tanner examines Shakespeare's evolution as a tragedian while also providing discussions of the individual plays. Num Pages: 770 pages, bibliographies, chronology. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 39. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Condition
New
SKU
9781857151640
ISBN
9781857151640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.59

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780142003817
ISBN
9780142003817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.84

paperback. This study offers a timely and necessary reassessment of the careers of Ann Yearsley and Hannah More. Making use of newly-discovered letters and poems, Andrews provides a full analysis of the breakdown of the two writers' affiliation and compares it to other labouring-class relationships based on patronage. Series: Gender and Genre. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138664470
ISBN
9781138664470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.83

paperback. Pauline McLynn, who shot to fame playing Mrs Doyle in Father Ted, introduces us to an irresistible female private investigator, Leo Street, in her first crime caper. 'A breezy, humorous debut..fast-moving, entertaining' Sunday Tribune Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 25. Weight in Grams: 214. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Headline
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0012043
ISBN
9780747263975
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 9.58

Paperback. Sheridan discovers a secret that could transform her life - but revealing it could hurt those she loves. What would YOU do? A fabulously addictive novel from the bestselling author of THE MISSING WIFE and IF YOU WERE ME. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0007679
ISBN
9780755378418
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

paperback. Rhetoric has long been a powerful and pervasive force in political and cultural life, yet the rhetorical training was generally reserved as a masculine privilege. Drawing upon a range of literary texts, this book sheds light on the early modern world, forms of rhetoric, and the role of women in the culture and politics of the time. Editor(s): Richards, Dr. Jennifer; Thorne, Alison. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415385275
ISBN
9780415385275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.54

Hardback. Features critical essays reflecting a variety of schools of criticism; notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index; and, an introductory essay by Harold Bloom. Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSK; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604135800
ISBN
9781604135800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.54

Paperback. Autism was not a recognised disorder in Jane Austen's lifetime, but there were certainly people who had autism, and Phyllis Ferguson Bottomer proposes that Austen wrote about them, without knowing what it was that she was describing. So Odd a Mixture looks at characters in Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, who display autistic traits. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JM; MJN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843104995
ISBN
9781843104995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.39

Paperback. A twentieth-century Japanese Zen Master's Commentary on Shdoka (Cheng tao ke), the famous poem by the great seventh-century Chinese Ch'an master, Yka Genkaku (Yung-chia Hsuan-chueh) Translator(s): Coursin, Janine; O'Conner, Tonen. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
MerwinAsia United States
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937385613
ISBN
9781937385613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.67

paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New York Review Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781681370866
ISBN
9781681370866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 14.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Black, Rabbi Joseph; Nelson, Dr. Holly Faith. Num Pages: 533 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
533
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551114620
ISBN
9781551114620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.13

Paperback. Alive with love, passion, humour, wisdom and brutal honesty, this collection has a rich diversity of time and content which embraces the globe and its conflicts, domestic and urban. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; VSP; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842820186
ISBN
9781842820186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.55

paperback. A collection of poetry which explores love, race, nature, freedom and imprisonment. It takes the reader from resolution to conflict, then back again. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 40.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906307196
ISBN
9781906307196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Paperback. The four plays in this volume focus on the people and the place Fugard knows most intimately - Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Each explores a tense family situation or relationship against the background of wider suffering and tensions, engaging our sympathies for South Africans of all races. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192825292
ISBN
9780192825292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. This edition of "Volpone" is based upon a collation of the 1907 quarto and 1616 folio versions of the play. It calls into question several previously accepted textual conclusions. The introduction sets the play in the context of Jonson's career and introduces new material on the Reynard epic. Series: Revels Plays Companion Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719030932
ISBN
9780719030932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.42

Paperback. A seminal figure in post-World War II literature, Charles Olson has helped define the postmodern sensibility. This work selects some 70 poems, presenting a personal reading of Olson's decisive and inimitable work - 'unequivocal instances of his genius' - over the many years of their friendship. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520212329
ISBN
9780520212329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.39

Paperback. A Student Edition of Sophocles' greatest tragedy in Don Taylor's acclaimed translation. With full commentary, notes and questions for further study this is the perfect edition for every student of drama, literature and classics. Editor(s): Varakis, Angie. Translator(s): Taylor, Don W. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Condition
New
SKU
9780713686760
ISBN
9780713686760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.59

Paperback. Shuntaro Tanikawa has been the most inventive modern Japanese poet, ever since he published Alone in Two Billion Light Years (1952), his first book, aged twentyone. This new selection supplements his original Selected Poems published by Carcanet in 1998. Translator(s): Elliott, William I.; Kazuo, Kawamura. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
9781784100681
ISBN
9781784100681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Popular Press 1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879725648
ISBN
9780879725648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.43

paperback. Presenting diverse stories by Palestinian women, this title offers a critical insight into their society in times of hardship and turmoil, yet look beyond to the warmth of human relations and hope of better times. Writers who were children during the first intifada appear alongside those who remember the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war. Editor(s): Glanville, Jo. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 191.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Telegram Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590122
ISBN
9781846590122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.57

paperback. A collection of essays that question how the human sciences, particularly anthropology and psychoanalysis, articulate their fields of study; Crapananzo addresses the enormous problem of describing the self in both its individual and collective projections. Num Pages: 404 pages, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: DSB; JHM; JMAF; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780674389816
ISBN
9780674389816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.69
€ 47.77

paperback. An anthology which presents examples of the work of more than 100 Japanese women poets, arranged chronologically. It describes the seasonal changes and the vagaries of love and also the devastations of war, childbirth, conflicts between child-rearing and work, experiences as refugees, experiences as non-Japanese residents in Japan, and more. Num Pages: 592 pages, chronology, glossary, bibliography, index of poets. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 793.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780765617842
ISBN
9780765617842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.82

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