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Paperback. Professor Nelson's companion considers the stage and screen work of one of the great auteurs of our present age. Ranging across Poliakoff's work for the theatre, his early TV dramas and his high-profile work for the screen since 1998, this is an invaluable study of a unique theatre, film and TV talent. Series: Plays and Playwrights. Num Pages: 272 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; APF; APT; DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408131084
- ISBN
- 9781408131084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.51
€ 31.99
€ 26.51
Hardcover. Although often embroiled in controversy and public debate, Spender's all consuming passion was literature. This is a serious literary biography which quotes extensively from Spender's writing and shows its relationship to the major political and social events with which Spender became involved. Num Pages: 350 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160. Weight in Grams: 644. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016490
- ISBN
- 9780715629482
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies. This book traces the poet's steps from his early works, through to his receipt of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature and his post-Nobel life. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 39. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571242535
- ISBN
- 9780571242535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.92
€ 21.99
€ 15.92
Paperback. Editor(s): Banash, Professor David. Num Pages: 344 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628923674
- ISBN
- 9781628923674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.16
€ 49.16
Paperback. Stigmata collects some of Helene Cixous' most intriguing meditations. A unique book, it is a testimony to an extraordinary writer. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415345453
- ISBN
- 9780415345453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.86
€ 21.99
€ 21.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888393883
- ISBN
- 9780888393883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.15
€ 11.99
€ 10.15
Hardback. The precipitous cliffs, rolling headlands and rocky inlets of the Big Sur coast of California were alive for Robinson Jeffers, and throughout his long career as a poet, he extolled their wild beauty. This text is a collection of Morley Baer's photographs with Jeffers' poetry. Editor(s): Karman, James. Num Pages: 176 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 6300 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739429
- ISBN
- 9780804739429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.86€ 65.44
€ 69.86
€ 65.44
Paperback. Now in her eighties, one of Britain's finest and most spirited women looks back on her life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BM; DSB; KNTD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349006116
- ISBN
- 9780349006116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. The first comprehensive study of fantasy's uses of myth, this book offers insights into the genre's popularity and cultural importance. Combining history, folklore, and narrative theory, Attebery's study explores familiar and forgotten fantasies and shows how the genre is also an arena for negotiating new relationships with traditional tales. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; FL; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199316076
- ISBN
- 9780199316076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Paperback. For ten winter days in 1977, the orator Paul John - widely respected as a dean of Yupik elders - held an audience of Yupik students rapt at Nelson Island High School in southwest Alaska. This book records one elder's attempt to create a moral universe for future generations through stories about the special knowledge of the Yupik people. Editor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann. Translator(s): Shield, Sophie. Num Pages: 856 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 2JN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 856
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295983509
- ISBN
- 9780295983509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.64
€ 46.99
€ 46.64
Paperback. Translator(s): Parsa, Soheil; Farbridge, Peter; Quirt, Brian. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DD; DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press,Canada
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887548192
- ISBN
- 9780887548192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.27
€ 40.99
€ 33.27
Hardcover. A study of the effects of plantation society on literature and the influences of literature on social practices in 19th-century Georgia, this text examines works of fiction, travel accounts, diaries, and personal letters and shows how Georgian authors romanticized agrarian themes. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 2ABM; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820321325
- ISBN
- 9780820321325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.50
€ 70.50
Paperback. A comprehensive , ambitious, and demanding critique of eighteenth-century English and French fiction, Story and History rereads the major works of the period as components in a systematic exploration of how the ordering of experience by individuals might relate to larger orders of authority. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ADF; 3JF; DSA; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- No Edition Stated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631175124
- ISBN
- 9780631175124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Paperback. In 1955, Maxine Kumin submitted a poem to the Saturday Evening Post. This book brings together Kumin, Julia Alvarez, Jane Smiley, Erica Jong, and fifteen other accomplished women of this generation to reflect on their writing lives. Editor(s): Burroway, Janet. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014104
- ISBN
- 9780226014104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.87
€ 24.99
€ 19.87
Paperback. The timeless boyhood adventures of a mischievous lad in 19th-century New England, in a new edition for today's readers. Illustrator(s): White, A.B. Series: Hardscrabble Classics. Num Pages: 314 pages, 71 drawings. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874517941
- ISBN
- 9780874517941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.28
€ 16.99
€ 14.28
Hardback. This text offers an appraisal of Mario Vargas Llosa's literary and political production. It engages the debate concerning his role in Latin America, the merits and shortcomings of modernist and postmodernist thought, and the differences between neoliberalism and alternative positions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697502
- ISBN
- 9780847697502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.87
€ 158.87
Paperback. This text offers an appraisal of Mario Vargas Llosa's literary and political production. It engages the debate concerning his role in Latin America, the merits and shortcomings of modernist and postmodernist thought, and the differences between neoliberalism and alternative positions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697519
- ISBN
- 9780847697519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.02
€ 51.02
Paperback. The authorised biography of one of the greatest storytellers of all time, written with complete access to the archives stored in the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre. Num Pages: 448 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 47. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007254774
- ISBN
- 9780007254774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.26
€ 25.99
€ 19.26
hardcover. This volume is an "A to Z" collection of over 700 authoritative yet highly readable articles containing descriptive information about the major types, elements, characters, themes, titles and reference points in storytelling. Editor(s): Leeming, David Adams; Sader, Marion. Num Pages: 556 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; DSB; GBC; HBTD; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 187 x 265 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 556
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573560252
- ISBN
- 9781573560252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43
€ 118.43
Paperback. Storytelling is perhaps the most common way people make sense of their experiences, claim identities, and "get a life." So much of our daily life consists of writing or telling our stories and listening to and reading the stories of others. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592132133
- ISBN
- 9781592132133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.63
€ 36.99
€ 33.63
hardcover. With extracts from Rusyn texts never before available in English, Rusinko's study creates an entirely new perspective on Rusyn literature that rescues it from the cliches of Soviet dominated critical theory. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DV; 2AG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 42. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802037114
- ISBN
- 9780802037114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.49
€ 172.49
Hardback. Examines the development in Tudor culture of a tendency to identify the common good with the health of the "motherland." Vanhoutte examines how motherland tropes came to describe England, how they changed in response to specific political crises, and how they came, by the end of the 16th century, to shape literary ideals of masculinity. Num Pages: 236 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138320
- ISBN
- 9780874138320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81
Hardback. Presents a discussion of how key concepts from cognitive science complicate our cultural interpretations of "strange" literary phenomena. This title discusses motifs of confused identity and of twins in drama, and science fiction's use of robots, cyborgs, and androids. It reveals the range of key concepts from science in literary interpretation. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11, 10 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887062
- ISBN
- 9780801887062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.32
€ 79.32
Paperback. Presents a discussion of how key concepts from cognitive science complicate our cultural interpretations of "strange" literary phenomena. This title discusses motifs of confused identity and of twins in drama, and science fiction's use of robots, cyborgs, and androids. It reveals the range of key concepts from science in literary interpretation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11, 10 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887079
- ISBN
- 9780801887079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.42
€ 36.99
€ 31.42