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Hardback. Possibly one of the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition. This biography traces the writer's life from his boyhood in Ohio, to his consularship in Italy under President Lincoln, to his rise as editor of "Atlantic Monthly". Num Pages: 545 pages, 47 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 545
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238961
- ISBN
- 9780520238961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Hardback. The author is one of the most celebrated and influential American poets. A stylist of the highest order, he imbued his correspondence with the literary artistry he brought to his poetry. This title deals with his works. Editor(s): Smith, Rod; Baker, Peter; Harris, Kaplan. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 545
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520241602
- ISBN
- 9780520241602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.40€ 51.34
€ 65.40
€ 51.34
Paperback. Features several interviews, giving detailed and personal stories from veteran screenwriters of the seventies and eighties, focusing on their craft, their lives, and their profession. Looking at how movies get made, this work offers a different perspective on many of the great movies, directors, and actors of the seventies and eighties. Editor(s): McGilligan, Patrick. Num Pages: 434 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245181
- ISBN
- 9780520245181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.52
€ 40.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Offers a selection of Pulitzer Prize-winning objectivist poet George Oppen's extant writings outside of poetry, including the essay "The Mind's Own Place" and "Twenty-Six Fragments," which were found on the wall of Oppen's study after his death. This work presents an inspiring portrait of this writer and a testament to the creative process itself. Editor(s): Cope, Stephen. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252325
- ISBN
- 9780520252325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. A collection of profiles and essays, which proffers observations on writers and writing in the post-1950s period. It considers writers associated with the "New Yorker" magazine, including John Updike, William Maxwell, Truman Capote, and Jonathan Franzen. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252370
- ISBN
- 9780520252370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Offers advice on turning a dissertation into a book or journal articles that will appeal to publishers. This book helps prospective authors master writing and revision skills, better understand the publishing process, and increase their chances of getting their work into print. It also features planning tables to facilitate project scheduling. Editor(s): Luey, Beth. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 line illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 207 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition,Revised
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254015
- ISBN
- 9780520254015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.31
€ 31.99
€ 23.31
Hardback. Shortly after the third edition of "Leaves of Grass" was published in 1860, Walt Whitman seemed to drop off the literary map, only to emerge two and a half years later. This work reconstructs the forgotten years of Whitman through letters and manuscripts, as well as mapping his associations through newspapers and magazines in which he published. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259065
- ISBN
- 9780520259065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.45
€ 50.99
€ 36.45
Hardback. A collection of poetry and plays that presents annotated texts of both collected and uncollected work from author's middle and late writing years (1958-1988), with commentaries on each of the five books, The Opening of the Field, Roots and Branches, Bending the Bow, and the two volumes of Ground Work. Editor(s): Quartermain, Peter. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 928 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DD; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 238 x 68. Weight in Grams: 1572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 750
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259294
- ISBN
- 9780520259294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.96
€ 59.45
€ 46.96
Hardback. Ranging in original publication dates between 1940 and 1985, this title features forty-one titles that reveal a great deal about Duncan's life in poetry - including his impressions of poets whose work he admires, both contemporaries and precursors. Editor(s): Maynard, James. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 231 x 39. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267732
- ISBN
- 9780520267732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.96
€ 59.45
€ 46.96
Paperback. Examines Delhi's postcolonial literary world, its institutions, prizes, publishers, writers, and translators, and the cultural geographies of key neighborhoods in light of colonial histories and the globalization of English. This title undertakes a study of literary culture that probes the connections between place, language, and text. Series: Flashpoints. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336. The Political Life of Literature in India. Series: Flashpoints. 240 pages, Illustrations, map. Examines Delhi's postcolonial literary world, its institutions, prizes, publishers, writers, and translators, and the cultural geographies of key neighborhoods in light of colonial histories and the globalization of English. This title undertakes a study of literary culture that probes the connections between place, language, and text. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269576
- ISBN
- 9780520269576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Hardback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285330
- ISBN
- 9780520285330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 73.24
€ 95.12
€ 73.24
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631136712
- ISBN
- 9780631136712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.33
€ 134.33
Paperback. This is a bold and original reinterpretation of almost all of Shakespearea s major plays, in the light of the Marxist, feminist and semiotic ideas of our own time. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631145547
- ISBN
- 9780631145547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Hardback. This is a biographical study of the English writer and social activist Vera Brittain, author of Testament of Youth . Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631147152
- ISBN
- 9780631147152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.30
€ 106.30
Paperback. The aim of this book is to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of teaching language for communication. It is written primarily for teachers who wish to adopt a communicative approach and would like to reflect on the principles that underlie it. Series: Applied Language Studies. Num Pages: 136 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; CJA; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631154563
- ISBN
- 9780631154563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Paperback. Drawing data from a corpus of more than 100,000 spontaneous utterances, the author demonstrates that the fundamental characteristic of children's earliest grammars is that they are essentially "lexical" in nature, showing mastery of items belonging to lexical (but not formal) categories. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFDC; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631163589
- ISBN
- 9780631163589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.34
€ 55.34
Hardback. Collects together 37 of Fred Robinson's essays and three new articles, on the literary interpretation of "Beowulf", the background and value of Ezra Pound's translation of "The Seafarer", and an account of the use of Old English in 20th-century literary composition. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631173281
- ISBN
- 9780631173281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Paperback. In the six centuries before the Norman Conquest, the Anglo--Saxons set their mark on England: the origins of much that is distinctive in modern English culture may be found in the period, most notably the English language itself. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ABA; CF; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631174363
- ISBN
- 9780631174363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 52.16
€ 52.99
€ 52.16
Hardback. Providing a close examination of Milton's wide-ranging prose and poetry at each stage of his life, Barbara Lewalski reveals a rather different Milton from that in earlier accounts. * Provides a close analysis of each of Milton's prose and poetry works. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 816 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; BGH; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 816
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631176657
- ISBN
- 9780631176657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.70
€ 140.70
Paperback. In this fresh alternative to traditional Shakespeare studies, Dympna Callaghan, Lorraine Helms, and Jyotsna Singh address Shakespearea s works in terms of, amongst other things, the feminist history of sexuality, the ideology of romantic love, and feminist interventions in performance. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631177982
- ISBN
- 9780631177982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.50
€ 55.50