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Paperback. Offering a guide to the poet's craft, this second edition provides a useful introduction to practical criticism for students. Chapters on each element of poetry offer a general account and end by looking at different poems, to build up sustained analytical readings. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199265381
ISBN
9780199265381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.51

Hardcover. Traditionally known as the Father of History, the Greek writer Herodotus(c 484-420 BC), was the first man to tell a story in prose on the scale of the ILIAD and the ODYSSEY. This book deals with his work. Editor(s): Blakeney, E.H. Translator(s): Rawlinson, George; Thomas, Rosalind. Num Pages: 772 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 44. Weight in Grams: 852.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152340
ISBN
9781857152340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.96

Paperback. This book discusses the political and social presumptions ingrained in the texts of the Harry Potter series and examines the manner in which they have been received in different contexts and media. The 2nd edition also contains extensive new material which comments on the later books and examines the impact of the phenomenon across the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: APFA; DNF; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd ed. 2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219588
ISBN
9780230219588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.59

Hardcover. The Arabic poetic legacy is as vast as it is deep, spanning a period of fifteen centuries in regions from Morocco to Iraq. This book selects eighty poems that reflecting desire and longing of various kinds: for the beloved, for the divine, for the homeland, and for change and renewal. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597980
ISBN
9781841597980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Paperback. Harold Pinter has acted on stage, screen and radio, he has appeared on countless political platforms, and his work has been celebrated in festivals at Dublin's Gate Theatre and New York's Lincoln Center. In 2005, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and in 2006, the European Theatre Prize. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234769
ISBN
9780571234769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Robert Adamson has been nourished for much of his life by Australia's Hawkesbury River. His poems relate to nature, myth and his fishing background. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780373010
ISBN
9781780373010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.38

Hardback. From one of our leading contemporary critics and poets comes a fresh, wily, accessible book of poetry in all its forms. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848872899
ISBN
9781848872899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.04

Paperback.
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608462704
ISBN
9781608462704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.50

Paperback. November 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of Terry Waite's release from captivity in Beirut. In this sequence of poetry and prose he recalls the highs and lows of his life, both during his ordeal as a hostage and in the happier years of humanitarian work that have followed. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; BGXA; DCF; HRAM9; HRCC91. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 276 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780281077618
ISBN
9780281077618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, this title opens in New York City in the spring of 1967 when twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and his silent and seductive girlfriend Margot. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571249527
ISBN
9780571249527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. This Revels student edition of Jonson's "Volpone" has been modernised for the use of students, theatrical producers and actors of the play. The introduction presents new material about Volpone's debt to the popular Reynard beast epic and Italian commedia dell'arte. Editor(s): Parker, R. B.; Bevington, David. Series: Revels Student Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719051821
ISBN
9780719051821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.19

Paperback. Virginia Woolfs many novels, notably Night and Day (1919), Mrs Dalloway (1925), and The Waves (1931), transformed ideas about structure, plot and characterisation. In charting some of the milestones in Woolfs life, the author acknowledges the seen and unseen aspects of her subject; the outer and the inner, the recognisable and the concealed. Num Pages: 192 pages, 192 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AGHF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 190 x 21. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
National Portrait Gallery
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855144811
ISBN
9781855144811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472505736
ISBN
9781472505736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.01

Hardback. Seven-year-old Che was abandoned by his radical Havard-student parents during the upheaval of the 1960s, and since then has been raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother. He yearns to see or hear news of his famous outlaw parents, but his grandmother refuses to tell him anything. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
1st
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KSG0015513
ISBN
9780571231515
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408865507
ISBN
9781408865507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.84

Hardcover. Illuminates unexplored dimensions of the music-literature relationship and the sometimes unrecognized talents of certain famous writers and composers. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 307 x 2. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139733
ISBN
9781571139733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854590510
ISBN
9781854590510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. The third in a series of "World Classics" presenting David Mamet's stage plays. Those in this volume date from the 1980s. Series: Contemporary Dramatists. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413687500
ISBN
9780413687500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.66

Paperback. The definitive biography of the war poet - 'Dominic Hibberd has probably done more more than any other individual to illuminate Owen's life and work. His new Life is a triumph .. it is difficult to believe it will ever be superseded' Mark Bostridge, The Independent on Sunday Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
584
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753817094
ISBN
9780753817094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. 117pp. Index
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Four Courts Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS1015053
ISBN
9781851823390
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 18.00

Paperback. Often called the German lliad, "Das Nibelungenlied" is a heroic epic both national in character and sweeping in scope. The poem moves inexorably from romance through tragedy to holocaust. This translation brings the epic poem to life in English. Translator(s): Raffel, Professor Burton. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300125986
ISBN
9780300125986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.91

Paperback. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRF0023106
ISBN
9780007326341
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Mark O'Rowe's fluid yet faithful adaptation of Ibsen's masterpiece. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848424876
ISBN
9781848424876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.37

Paperback.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571253586
ISBN
9780571253586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

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