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Hardback. This is the first collection of essays ever published on Martin Amis, one of England's most controversial and critically acclaimed authors. It assembles the ideas of twelve scholars from different countries to clarify the major trends and transitions in Amis's work. The essays will become an authoritative resource for scholars and students alike. Editor(s): Keulks, Gavin. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008304
- ISBN
- 9780230008304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. While artistically ambitious poets of the era are often characterized as preferring a lasting future fame to contemporary popularity, this book reveals that a sophisticated, strategic and fascinated engagement with new modes of fame was central to the experiments with literary form of poets such as Byron, Keats, Shelley and Barrett Browning. Num Pages: 211 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230228153
- ISBN
- 9780230228153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Editor(s): Grady, Frank. Series: Stud. Age Chaucer Ye. Num Pages: 549 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DQ; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- ND Studies in Age of Chaucer
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780933784284
- ISBN
- 9780933784284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.77
€ 65.77
Hardcover. Eighteenth-century British culture is often seen as polite and sentimental - the product of an emerging middle class. This title uncovers a strain of cruelty coursing through the period that reminds us just how slowly ordinary sufferings became worthy of sympathy. It expands our understanding of many of the century's major authors. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226146188
- ISBN
- 9780226146188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.96€ 78.69
€ 93.96
€ 78.69
Basho (1644-94) is perhaps the best known Japanese poet in both Japan and the West, and this book establishes the ground for badly needed critical discussion of this critical figure by placing the works of Basho and his disciples in the context of broader social change. Num Pages: 400 pages, 11 half-tones. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 3JD; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730983
- ISBN
- 9780804730983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.96
€ 150.96
Paperback. Investigating the omnipresent religious theme that runs throughout Russian culture, even in the antireligious Chekhov, the author argues that no other major European literature was as much preoccupied as the Russian with the tensions between religion and rationality. He highlights this unique quality of Russian literature and culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145662
- ISBN
- 9780691145662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Volume Nine of The Oxford History of the Novel in English provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the 'world novel' in English. Editor(s): Crane, Ralph; Stafford, Jane; Williams, Mark. Series: Oxford History of the Novel in English. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199609932
- ISBN
- 9780199609932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 235.28
€ 235.28
Paperback. This interpretation of Aristotle's "Poetics" seeks to demonstrate that it is a coherent statement of a challenging theory of poetic art and it hints towards a theory of mimetic art in general. The core of the book is an appraisal of Aristotle's view of tragic drama. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226313948
- ISBN
- 9780226313948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. A collection of essays exploring travel, composition and literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; 1KBC; DSB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897231418
- ISBN
- 9781897231418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.07
€ 21.99
€ 20.07
Paperback. Necromanticism is a study of literary pilgrimage: readers' compulsion to visit literary homes, landscapes, and (especially) graves during the long Romantic period. The book draws on the histories of tourism and literary genres to highlight Romanticism's recourse to the dead in its reading, writing, and canon-making practices. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338573
- ISBN
- 9781349338573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631400
- ISBN
- 9780691631400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.72
€ 196.72
Paperback. Translator(s): Johnston, Ian. Series: Broadview Anthology of British Literature Editions. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554812240
- ISBN
- 9781554812240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.91
€ 23.99
€ 22.91
hardcover. Exploring how the concept of the imagination is figured in principal texts of English Romanticism, this book argues that this figuring is an ideological activity that reveals a deep social and political investment. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804716499
- ISBN
- 9780804716499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.84
€ 144.84
Paperback. Of the 1995 full-length edition:'Aristophanes addicts unite! This book is for us. It has everything that we always wanted to know about Birds and we were unable to find in one place.' Greek Gazette 'The commentary elucidates with an experts knowledge of syntax, meter, and artifacts.. The volume will remain authoritative for generations. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprinted with revisions 1991.
- SKU
- V9780856682889
- ISBN
- 9780856682889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.00
€ 40.99
€ 36.00
Paperback. This book is an examination of three major literary, critical and philosophical movements in European and Anglo--American literature. It aims to show their differences (often pointed out) and their similarities (never yet demonstrated) and to make accessible recent post--structuralist theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631189640
- ISBN
- 9780631189640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.74
€ 59.74
hardcover. Writing Wales explores representations of Wales in English and Welsh literatures written across three tumultuous centuries, from Wales' union with England in 1536, to its industrialisation in the early nineteenth-century. Uniquely. Editor(s): Mottram, Stewart; Prescott, Sarah. Num Pages: 248 pages, Includes 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 2AFW; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781409445098
- ISBN
- 9781409445098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.92
€ 187.92
Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816619412
- ISBN
- 9780816619412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Hosmer, Robert E. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349225675
- ISBN
- 9781349225675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.70
€ 126.70
Paperback. This is an imaginative evocation and analysis-through the medium of translations (the author's own) of once popular but now forgotten literature-of the variety of "stories" in terms of which the Chinese have interpreted their lives since the early years of the 19th century. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804730914
- ISBN
- 9780804730914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240110
- ISBN
- 9780312240110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardback. In this study of the "Agronautica", Albis examines the structural elements of the text that recreate phenomena associated with composers and performers of epic much earlier in the Greek tradition. It includes analyses of the Homeric influence on Apollonius and Apollonius' influence on Virgil. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847683154
- ISBN
- 9780847683154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.60
€ 150.60
Recreating Benjamin Franklin's words in the way that his contemporaries would have read and understood them, the author chronicles Franklin's use (and abuse) of humor for commercial, diplomatic, and political purposes. The author samples Franklin's apologues on the necessity of living reasonably even when life's circumstances may seem absurd. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBF; DSK; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123714
- ISBN
- 9780813123714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.34
€ 39.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555974893
- ISBN
- 9781555974893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.27
€ 15.99
€ 14.27
Hardback. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403932112
- ISBN
- 9781403932112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31