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Paperback. An examination of the ways major modernist novels use the physical book to track the passing of time in which reading necessarily unfolds, this study explores the sense of finitude and transience that the works of Marcel Proust, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf share with and transmit to their readers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823270989
- ISBN
- 9780823270989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. A volume of notes, impressions of travel, of friends, of public and private events - elicited by the author's reading. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200. A Year of Favourite Books. 272 pages. A volume of notes, impressions of travel, of friends, of public and private events - elicited by the author's reading. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight: 194.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841958217
- ISBN
- 9781841958217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Hardback. What awaits us beyond the grave is perhaps the fundamental human mystery. Visionary accounts of the afterlife are attested long before the Common Era, and loomed large in the imaginative universe of early Christianity. The medieval Irish inherited and further transformed this tradition, producing vivid eschatological narratives which had a profound Editor(s): Carey, John; Nic Carthaigh, Emma; O'Dochartaigh, Caitriona. Num Pages: 964 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFR; DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 252 x 59. Weight in Grams: 2732.
- Publisher
- Celtic Studies Publications,U.S. United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781891271205
- ISBN
- 9781891271205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.06
€ 137.06
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085550
- ISBN
- 9780719085550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.28
€ 149.28
Paperback. What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? This book explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287587
- ISBN
- 9780520287587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.29
€ 20.99
€ 20.29
Paperback. Updated guide and answer-book for those using the second edition of Reading Greek. Series: Reading Greek. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CJCR; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 496. Series: Reading Greek. 280 pages. Updated guide and answer-book for those using the second edition of Reading Greek. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AHA; CJCR; DSBB. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 14. Weight: 562.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521698504
- ISBN
- 9780521698504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.91
€ 35.91
Paperback. This Roman play is one of Shakespeare's last tragedies, best known for its political and military themes.The Introduction and commentary notes open up the language, themes and ideas in this complex yet richly rewarding play for the student and teacher. Editor(s): Holland, Peter. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 illustrations in introduction. BIC Classification: DDS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Arden Shakespeare
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904271284
- ISBN
- 9781904271284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.35
€ 13.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Three Lebanese writers - Kahlil Gibran, Ameen Rihani, and, Mikhail Naimy - emigrated to the USA early in life. This book examines the influences of foreign literary movements like Romanticism and Realism upon the three authors. It provides a window to the Arab world's cultural interaction with Europe, America and Russia in the twentieth century. Translator(s): Thomson, Robin. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Anqa Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905937271
- ISBN
- 9781905937271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.79
€ 20.99
€ 15.79
Paperback. Series: The Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 258 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Number of pages
- 101
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195061673
- ISBN
- 9780195061673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.12
€ 15.99
€ 14.12
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192277
- ISBN
- 9780141192277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198704492
- ISBN
- 9780198704492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.73
€ 31.73
Hardback. Using close readings of Shaw's plays and letters, as well as archival research, David Clare illustrates that Shaw regularly placed Irish, Irish Diasporic, and surrogate Irish characters into his plays in order to comment on Anglo-Irish relations and to explore the nature of Irishness. Series: Bernard Shaw and His Contemporaries. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543554
- ISBN
- 9781137543554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.06€ 26.79
€ 71.06
€ 26.79
Hardcover. Asks how stories affect the way we think about time and, in particular, how they condition thinking about the future. Focusing on surprise and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories are mechanisms that reconcile what is taking place with what can have been. It provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748676293
- ISBN
- 9780748676293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.58€ 102.03
€ 106.58
€ 102.03
Hardback. What did Britain look like to the Muslims who visited and lived in the country in increasing numbers from the late eighteenth century onwards? This book is a literary history of representations of Muslims in Britain from the late eighteenth century to the eve of Salman Rushdie's publication of The Satanic Verses (1988). Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSBF; DSBH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252592
- ISBN
- 9780230252592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.26
€ 65.26
Paperback. Describes the adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. This poem also describes his endurance, his love for his wife and son. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853260254
- ISBN
- 9781853260254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.74
€ 6.74
Paperback. Describes the adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. This poem also describes his endurance, his love for his wife and son. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332. Clean copy In good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Unabridged
- SKU
- KLJ0001372
- ISBN
- 9781853260254
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.74
€ 6.74
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447948865
- ISBN
- 9781447948865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, 'York Notes Advanced' introduce students to sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Longman Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582823105
- ISBN
- 9780582823105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.40
€ 11.40
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 242
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184820
- ISBN
- 9781859184820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Paperback. 'How had the pair of elderly Jewish lesbians survived the Nazis?' The author asks at the beginning of this work of literary biography and investigative journalism. The pair, of course, is Gertrude Stein, the modernist master and Alice B Toklas, the 'worker bee' who ministered to Stein's needs throughout their forty-year expatriate 'marriage'. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300143102
- ISBN
- 9780300143102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.63
€ 16.99
€ 13.63
Hardback. The Miracles of the Virgin Mary, written c. 1135 by the Benedictine monk and historian William of Malmesbury (d. 1143), is an important document in the history of Marian devotion in medieval Europe. Editor(s): Winterbottom, Michael; Thomson, Prof. R. M. Series: Boydell Medieval Texts. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270163
- ISBN
- 9781783270163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.38
€ 151.38
Hardback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AVGC9; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- first
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162647
- ISBN
- 9780231162647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. Geoffrey Chaucer has some claim to being the greatest poet in the English language. Yet he has also been considered to be an invisible poet, self-depreciating and ironic, leaving only the breath of his comedy behind. In truth a great deal is known of him. He was a royal servant, who was indicted for rape. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 colour plate section, b&w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287483
- ISBN
- 9780099287483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.66
€ 8.66
Paperback. Spectral Shakespeares is an illuminating exploration of experimental adaptations of Shakespeare on film, TV, and the web. Drawing on adaptation studies, media theory, and Derrida's work, the "Shakespeare" that emerges from these adaptations is a fragmentary and mediatized presence that leaves a mark on our contemporary mediascape. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JM; APF; APT; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137585127
- ISBN
- 9781137585127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.06
€ 63.06