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The Added Dimension. Art and Mind of Flannery O'Connor.
. Ed(S): Friedman, Melvin J.; Lawson, Lewis A...
Paperback. In such selections as The Search for Redemption, The Novelist as Prophet, An American Girl, and Flannery O'Connor's Clarity of Vision, ten critics examine the fiction of the modern American writer. Editor(s): Friedman, Melvin J.; Lawson, Lewis A. Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823207114
- ISBN
- 9780823207114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.63
€ 41.99
€ 37.63
Paperback. Translator(s): Brann, Eva; Kalkavage, Peter; Salem, Eric. Series: Focus Philosophical Library. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Focus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941051514
- ISBN
- 9780941051514
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Dickens had everything - fame, success and riches - but he died harbouring a deep sadness he had experienced all his life. He was a man of mercurial character, but he also had a sense of loss and longing that would constantly appear in his work. This title takes the reader into the life of one of the world's greatest writers. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099437093
- ISBN
- 9780099437093
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.29
€ 21.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. This book is a study of As You Like It, which shows how the play represents issues of interest to literate playgoers of its time, as well as speculatively to Shakespeare himself. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371662
- ISBN
- 9781349371662
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. Compares the self-representations of the US Mexicanas with the representations of academic-affiliated, intellectual Chicana writers and visual artists. This work looks at how the Chicana professional intellectuals and the US Mexicana women refigure demeaning constructions of female gender roles and racial, ethnic, and sexual identities. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; AC; DSBH; HBTD; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343103
- ISBN
- 9780822343103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.67
€ 36.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. A translation of Boethius' "The Consolation of Philosophy". It preserves the distinction between the alternating verse and prose sections in the Latin original, allowing us to appreciate the Menippian parallels between the discourses of literary and logical inquiry. Translator(s): Slavitt, David. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674048355
- ISBN
- 9780674048355
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.72
€ 25.99
€ 22.72
Hardcover. This book examines Willa Cather's conceptions through her numerous works. Hively's study combines Cather's interest in the historians, the philosophers, and the mythographers, to examine nine of her novels on three levels. Num Pages: 212 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819194817
- ISBN
- 9780819194817
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Condition: New
€ 116.78
€ 116.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Afridi, Mehnaz M.; Buyze, David M. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPCF3; HRH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349295685
- ISBN
- 9781349295685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1919
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663153900
- ISBN
- 9783663153900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.05
€ 73.05
Hardback. This 26th annual volume of the Index was produced with the cooperation of 298 periodicals from Canada, US, and the Caribbean, and includes nearly 7000 entries for individual poets, and over 20,000 entries for individual poems. Series: Index of American Periodical Verse. Num Pages: 682 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; DSBH; DSC; GBCR; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 40. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 682
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810835450
- ISBN
- 9780810835450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 228.04
€ 228.04
Paperback. A ground-breaking collection of newly-commissioned essays on medieval literature and culture. Encourages students to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries. Reflects the erosion of the traditional, rigid boundary between medieval and early modern literature. Editor(s): Brown, Peter. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 688 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 173 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405195522
- ISBN
- 9781405195522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.22
€ 57.22
Paperback. Editor(s): Hanawalt, Barbara A. Series: Mediaeval Studies at Minnesota S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816620203
- ISBN
- 9780816620203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.14
€ 27.99
€ 26.14
Hardback. Carefully surveys the Greek literary experience of fifteen hundred years. Num Pages: 327 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1950
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231017671
- ISBN
- 9780231017671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.83
€ 132.83
Hardcover. Overviewing the legal thriller, where most of the titles have been written by professionals such as lawyers and judges, this book takes a gender focused approach to analyzing recent titles and argues for the genre both in the way its narrative pattern parallels that of an actual court trial, and how it reflects the concerns of contemporary society. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137407290
- ISBN
- 9781137407290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. This collection asks pressing questions about how and why we study performances of Renaissance drama, challenging prevailing views and suggesting new methodologies for the field. How does an emphasis on Shakespeare limit us? What can we learn from non-traditional theatre? Why should we rethink the value of studying what happens onstage? Editor(s): Werner, Sarah. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205307
- ISBN
- 9780230205307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642710
- ISBN
- 9780691642710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.20
€ 113.20
Hardback. Translator(s): Walsh, Donald D. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643908
- ISBN
- 9780691643908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.26
€ 112.26
Hardback. In the 1890s, when Henry James turned to the theatre, he was unceremoniously booed off the stage. Since the 1940s and 50s his fiction has nevertheless been consistently interpreted by composers and film directors. This book traces the historical development of these adaptations. Editor(s): Bradley, John. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJP; AN; APF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333792148
- ISBN
- 9780333792148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.60
€ 128.60
Hardcover. A disturbing but ultimately discredited strain in American thought, eugenics was a crucial ideological force in the early twentieth century. Luczak investigates the work of writers like Jack London and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, to consider the impact of eugenic racial discourse on American literary production from 1900-1940. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137545787
- ISBN
- 9781137545787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403972224
- ISBN
- 9781403972224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.23
€ 139.23
Hardback. Explores the construction and emergence of 'Bohemia' in American literature and culture. This title presents a study that follows la vie boheme from its earliest expressions in the US until its explosion in Greenwich Village in the 1920s. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760836
- ISBN
- 9780804760836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.24
€ 86.24
Hardback. The displacement in science of positivist notions of observation by a realist model of knowledge provided inspiration for Japanese writers. This work looks at the ideological incarnations of scientific realism in modernist works. It focuses on the struggle of science and art to reclaim the invisible as an object of representation and belief. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027947
- ISBN
- 9780674027947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.70
€ 44.99
€ 37.70
Hardback. Brings together the important historical, legal, mythological, liturgical, and secular texts of the ancient Near East, to provide a contextual base for understanding the people, cultures, and literature of the Old Testament. This book aims to understand the likenesses and differences which existed between Israel and the surrounding cultures. Editor(s): Pritchard, James B. Series: Princeton Studies on the Near East. Num Pages: 744 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSBB; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 285 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1926.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691035031
- ISBN
- 9780691035031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.27€ 161.01
€ 204.27
€ 161.01
Hardback. This title records the the details of the relationships W.B. Yeats had with important figures in the cultural and public life of his time and traces his prolific literary output, providing a vivid witness to an extraordinarily important, rich and crowded life. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 641.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333460061
- ISBN
- 9780333460061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.99
€ 128.99