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Literary studies: general

Paperback. One of the finest British poets of this century, Roy Fuller was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, the C.B.E., and was elected to the Oxford Professorship of Poetry. The achievements of the late poet, novelist, critic and autobiographer are honoured here in essays and poems by writers who were his friends. Editor(s): Tolley, A.T. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230. . Keywords: "Special Features - Used Books - Biography - Novelists, Poets & Playwrights - Poets,Special Features - Used Books - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Poetry & Poets,Subjects - Biography"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Carleton University Press,Canada U.S.A.
Number of pages
137
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KHS0038618
ISBN
9780886292102
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 19.99
€ 17.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Tolnay, Thomas. Num Pages: 86 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Birch Brook Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913559543
ISBN
9780913559543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.78

Hardback. Editor(s): Mack, Tom. Series: South Carolina Encyclopedia Guides. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GBCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611173468
ISBN
9781611173468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.37
€ 48.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Mack, Tom. Series: South Carolina Encyclopedia Guides. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GBCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611173475
ISBN
9781611173475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. This is a study of the English Reformation as a political and literary event. Focusing on an eclectic group of texts, unified by their explication of the key elements of the cultural history of the period 1510-80 the book unravels the political, poetic and religious themes of the era. Series: Politics, Culture & Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719064616
ISBN
9780719064616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.29

Hardcover. This book takes the work of three contemporary poets-John Burnside, John Kinsella and Alice Oswald-to reveal how an environmental poetics of place is of significant relevance for the Anthropocene: a geological marker asking us to think radically of the human as one part of the more-than-human world. Num Pages: 149 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137364746
ISBN
9781137364746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 98 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816674480
ISBN
9780816674480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Baker, Phil. Series: Dark Masters. Num Pages: 338 pages, 3 black and white drawings and photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 200 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Ist
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909232433
ISBN
9781909232433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.30

Paperback. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349379132
ISBN
9781349379132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. This series of close readings relates architecture, politics, and literary form to shed new light on the works of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey, offering new insights. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137298126
ISBN
9781137298126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.83

Paperback. The texts and visual arts of ancient Egypt reveal a persistent and sophisticated engagement with problems of language, the body, and multiplicity. This innovative book shows how these issues were represented and how Egyptian approaches to them continue to influence the way we think about them today. Num Pages: 344 pages, 78 line diagrams 12 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; DSBB; HRKP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731799
ISBN
9780804731799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748656172
ISBN
9780748656172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.21
€ 89.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349521029
ISBN
9781349521029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 120 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Diaphanes AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037345894
ISBN
9783037345894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, Tom. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 547.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816522415
ISBN
9780816522415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.54

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403999931
ISBN
9781403999931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.35

Paperback. Through the ideas and associations inspired by MacPherson's Ossian, this is a discourse on national identity, "authenticity" and the human psyche. Colvin explores these difficult themes while simultaneously creating accessible, provocative photographs. Num Pages: 64 pages, 28 colour photographs. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB; AJC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 245 x 8. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
National Galleries of Scotland United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903278352
ISBN
9781903278352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. Analysing Hazlitt's radicalism and its foundations in Unitarian culture, Paulin argues that he was in effect a republican epic poet in prose - as distinct from prose poet - and a crucially important critic who has been given nothing like his due. He offers a fully rounded literary portrait with great depth and detail. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations, facsimiles,. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 136 x 31. Weight in Grams: 440. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002424
ISBN
9780571174225
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. During the Cold War, many popular American novels were labelled "middlebrow," leading to a general belief that these texts held less intellectual merit. Perrin debunks these unfair assumptions through works by James Michener, Harper Lee, and Leon Uris, arguing that such writers made a major contribution to the tradition of American literature. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137541307
ISBN
9781137541307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.43

Hardcover. Mark Twain's fiction and nonfiction was disposed to dramatize how the human creature acts in a given environment - and to understand why. This work takes a closer look at this icon's abiding interest in his fellow creatures. Viewing major and minor works through the lens of Twain's shifting attitude, it gives perspectives on the master's oeuvre. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826217585
ISBN
9780826217585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.03
€ 52.89

Paperback. Traces the history of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" from 1876 to its position in today's American culture. Approaching the novel from several different perspectives, the author reveals how Mark Twain's imagination worked and why the novel has affected so many people in so many curious ways. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826210333
ISBN
9780826210333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.63

Hardcover. A collection of essays which have something to do with a genetic approach to literary study. In this work, Tom Quirk takes a stand against the direction taken by modern critical theory and sets forth his approach to literature. Authors discussed include Hawthorne, Melville, Twain and Faulkner. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826213648
ISBN
9780826213648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.03
€ 52.89

Paperback. The definitive critical study of Tolkien's greatest works by the respected and world renowned Tolkien scholar Professor T.A. Shippey. Num Pages: 384 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780261104013
ISBN
9780261104013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.55

Paperback. Tom Stoppard's reputation as a playwright was made when his dazzling debut, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, opened at the National Theatre. Fifty years later, the play's wit, stagecraft and verbal verve remain as exhilarating as they were in 1967. This edition aims to coincide with a fiftieth anniversary production at The Old Vic, London. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main - Faber Modern Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571333721
ISBN
9780571333721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.42

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