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Paperback. Reinterprets Stendhal's metaphor and tracks the different worlds of an array of twentieth-century writers ranging from realists to wildly inventive postwar writers. This book puts forward an argument that fiction yields rich insight into its subject, and that literature can also be a form of historical understanding. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130330
ISBN
9780691130330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.91

paperback. Time-tested classical techniques--the imitation and analysis of great writers--combined with original composition exercises in history, science, biography, and literature Series: The Complete Writer. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; YQCS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 282 x 218 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Peace Hill Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933339610
ISBN
9781933339610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.29

Hardback. In Dying Modern, renowned literary critic Diana Fuss argues that as death has been increasingly shunted off-stage, out of the public eye, poets have taken up the task of reckoning with dying, loss, absence, and grief. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353751
ISBN
9780822353751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.77

Hardback. In the tradition of Ruskin and Arnold, here's a witty, elegant essay on the contemporary academy by a renowned teacher, scholar, and former administrator. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JNK; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115223
ISBN
9780231115223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 45.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 261 x 37. Weight in Grams: 854.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ibis Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892542161
ISBN
9780892542161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.36

Hardcover. Fresh contributions to the study of medieval manuscripts, texts, and their creators. Editor(s): Horobin, Simon; Mooney, Linne R. Series: Manuscript Culture in the British Isles. Num Pages: 359 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153536
ISBN
9781903153536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.90

Multiple copy . A fascinating glimpse of Elizabethan life and politics is provided by the first full edition of Sir Philip Sidney's correspondence. This young phenomenon-author, statesman, courtier, poet, and soldier-exchanged letters with some of the age's most influential figures. Includes general and textual introductions, biographical sketches, and notes. Editor(s): Kuin, Roger. Num Pages: 1464 pages, Frontispiece to each volume; 20 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBD; DSC; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 240 x 118. Weight in Grams: 2566.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199558223
ISBN
9780199558223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 702.98

Hardcover. Drawing on extensive archival materials held in England, the United States, and Canada, Bernard Shaw and the BBC presents a vivid portrait of many contentious issues negotiated between Shaw and the public broadcaster. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802089205
ISBN
9780802089205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.91

paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226401393
ISBN
9780226401393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.62

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd London
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551747
ISBN
9781871551747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.26

Hardback. A quasi-biographical, historical, and critical study of Andrew Marvell, this book deals with the specific historical presences and pressures that led Marvell to devise his defenses of worthy men. Marvell's perception of his role as poet emerges through his reformation of conventional figures and structures. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135619
ISBN
9780874135619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.92

Paperback. * An overview of the topic of technology in literature, covering the span from late Victorian innovations, through modernism and the cold war, to computing and the internet. * Brings together a wide range of literature in a concise, student-oriented fashion. Series: Themes in 20th and 21st Century Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745639543
ISBN
9780745639543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.19

Paperback. "Psychologically rich.. Matteson's book restores the heroism of [Fuller's] life and work."-The New Yorker Num Pages: 528 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393343595
ISBN
9780393343595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.88

Paperback. A compilation of Martinez Celaya's 2007-9 blog entries providing cultural commentary. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Whale & Star Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979975226
ISBN
9780979975226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.80

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458. The Use of Childhood in Ten Great Novels. 232 pages, ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157827
ISBN
9780231157827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.49
€ 78.05

Paperback. This edition of the letters between Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson has been expanded and revised to include 59 letters discovered after the book's original publication in 1979. The additional letters and new annotations clarify the correspondence and illuminate the writers' friendship. Editor(s): Karlinsky, Simon. Num Pages: 398 pages, 26 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Rev Exp
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220805
ISBN
9780520220805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.25

Paperback. The poems that are written about, in the essays found in this book, all stake a definitive claim for the modernist style and its intent to capture an audience beyond the present moment. Bromwich's essays offer readings of individual poets, as well as comparisons between poets and their style. Num Pages: 268 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226075617
ISBN
9780226075617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.39

Paperback. A collection of 14 essays that locates and describes shifts in the American concept of childhood, as those changes are suggested in nearly two centuries of children's stories. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820318035
ISBN
9780820318035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2AJBL; CBDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 176 x 27. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781812917
ISBN
9780781812917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.22

Hardcover. Wallace Stevens, one of the leading poets of the 20th century, continues to influence a wide range of poets writing today. Here, Brogan traces Steven's evolving poetic practices along three major lines that often intersected. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325194
ISBN
9780820325194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.22

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
STE Publishers South Africa
Condition
New
SKU
V9781919855417
ISBN
9781919855417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.25

Hardback. This study examines the ways in which Willa Cather handles landscape and exile in her fiction. Cather's characters are intricately connected to the places they inhibit, and they are often banished from a native or authentic landscape. Num Pages: 127 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
127
Condition
New
SKU
V9780945636564
ISBN
9780945636564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.49

Paperback. In Kiddie Lit, Beverly Lyon Clark explores the marginalization of children's literature in America - and recent signs of its reintegration - within the academy and by the mainstream critical establishment. Tracing the reception of works by Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Lewis Carroll, Frances Hodgson Burnett, L. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801881701
ISBN
9780801881701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.82

Num Pages: 79 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
79
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813116556
ISBN
9780813116556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.68

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