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Secondhand Literary Criticism & Poetry Bargain Book Box (17 Books) SP2472
$120.00 AUD
Secondhand Literary Criticism & Poetry Bargain Book Box (17 Books) This scholarly collection features seventeen secondhand volumes dedicated to English literature, linguistics, and poetry. It includes classic Pelican and Penguin...
Opinions and Reflections
A Free Mind at Work 1990 - 2015 'Opinions and Reflections' is an edited selection of the work of a public intellectual with a distinctive independence of mind and a...
Not Quite White in the Head
Miles Franklin-award winner Melissa Lucashenko's searing essays and journalism published together for the first time. 'For thousands of years, global narratives have had, as their explicit task, the expansion of...
Girl Logic: The Genius and the Absurdity
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From breakout stand-up comedian Iliza Shlesinger comes a subversively funny collection of essays and observations on the secret genius of irrational behavior. Have you ever been pissed because you're not...
My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir
My Good Bright Wolf is a memoir about thinking and reading, eating and not eating, about privilege and scarcity, about the relationships that form us and the long tentacles of...
Cross Currents: Magazines And Newspapers In Australian Literature
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Author: Bruce BennettBinding: HardbackPublished: Longman Cheshire, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work examines the profound impact of periodicals on the development of Australian literary traditions. It...
Spirit Of Place: Lucy Maud Montgomery And Prince Edward Island
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Author: Lucy Maud MontgomeryBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling non-fiction work uncovers the profound connection between celebrated author Lucy Maud Montgomery and...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Books: The History and Future of
Around 2000, people began to believe that books were on verge of extinction. Their obsolescence, in turn, was expected to doom the habits of mind that longform print had once...
The Rainbow
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Author: D. H. LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: mildew marks on top of spineA seminal work of...
Women In Love
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Author: D.H. LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: some chipping at back of coverSet against the backdrop of...
Columbia Dictionary Of Modern European Literature: Second Edition, Fully Revised And Enlarged
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Author: Jean-Albert Bédé And William B. Edgerton (General Editors)Binding: HardbackPublished: Columbia University Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis comprehensive reference work, Columbia Dictionary Of Modern European Literature:...
From Beowulf To Virginia Woolf: An Astounding And Wholly Unauthorized History Of English Literature
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Author: Robert Manson MyersBinding: HardbackPublished: WERNER LAURIE, 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis captivating literary history chronicles the vast expanse...
Venice
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Author: Adrian Stokes. John Piper (Illustrator)Binding: HardbackPublished: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling volume, Venice, presents a profound meditation on...
Goodbye Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land
'Do not rush to bid farewell to eastern Europe until reading this book. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this very personal story of the place that one can't find on...
Cold Warriors: Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War
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In this brilliant account of the literary war within the Cold War, novelists and poets become embroiled in a dangerous game of betrayal, espionage, and conspiracy at the heart of...
Addison's Essays From The Spectator: With Explanatory Notes
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Author: AddisonBinding: HardbackPublished: William Tegg & Co., 1877Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerEssays From The Spectator presents a collection...
A Fleshly School
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Author: Paddy KitchenBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1970Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerA Fleshly School presents a sharp, witty critique of the London art scene and...
Mantissa
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Author: John FowlesBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape. , 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA provocative work of metafiction, Mantissa plunges into the tumultuous creative process of a novelist grappling with...
Paradigms Lost: Reflections On Literacy And Its Decline
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Author: John SimonBinding: HardbackPublished: Clarkson N. Potter; Crown Publishers, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: rubbing of cloth cover edges; some wear of dust jacketThis incisive collection,...
Feminism And Linguistic Theory
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Author: Deborah CameronBinding: PaperbackPublished: MACMILLANCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, pencil underlining throughout This seminal work in sociolinguistics and feminist theory critically...
Cromwell Our Chief Of Men
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Author: Antonia FraserBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1973Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: cover worn, rubbed on edges and marked...
A History Of English Literature
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Author: Peter QuennellBinding: HardbackPublished: G & C Merriam Company, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: mildew spotting on spine; plastic laminate is worn and has some dirt...
Moby Dick, The Confidence-man, The Piazza Tales, Billy Budd
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Author: Herman MelvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA sweeping journey through obsession, deception, and moral ambiguity, where the sea becomes a mirror for the human...
Femininity & The Creative Imagination: A Study Of Henry James, Robert Musil & Marcel Proust
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Author: Lisa AppignanesiBinding: HardbackPublished: Vision, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: stain on first three pages, lots of pencil underlining throughoutThis academic study, Femininity &...
All Desire is a Desire for Being
A new selection of foundational works from the influential philosopher who developed the theory of mimetic desire Rene Girard eludes easy categories, bridging the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, sociology,...
Strong of Heart
The Site May 30, 2002 "How will we ever get through this?" is the question I ask on the night of September 11. "How?" Maybe the answer is here, all...
The Catch: Fishing for Ted Hughes
'An absolute gem . . . I was delightfully lost by the river throughout' Paul Whitehouse 'Marvellous . . . The Catch leaves both its writer and its reader wonderfully...
Further Transports of Delight
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The book titled Further Transports of Delight by the author Spike Milligan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Helplessly Tangled in Female Arms and Legs: Elizabeth Jolley's Fiction
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The book titled Helplessly Tangled in Female Arms and Legs: Elizabeth Jolley's Fiction by the author Paul Salzmann. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...
Coastwise Lights
The book titled Coastwise Lights by the author Alan Ross. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Norman Birkett: The Life Of Lord Birkett Of Ulverston
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Author: Richard ChaseBinding: HardbackPublished: The Reprint Society London, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: some marks to hardcover; rubbing of...
Giants Of Literature: Shakespeare
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Author: Sampson LowBinding: HardbackPublished: Sampson Low, 1970Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: dust cover worn; cloth cover in good condition; some marks on...
The History Of The Hobbit
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Author: John D. RateliffBinding: HardbackPublished: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work meticulously chronicles the intricate creative process behind J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved classic,...
Colonial Discourse And Post-Colonial Theory: A Reader
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Author: Patrick Williams And Laura ChrismanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, 1993Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageColonial Discourse And Post-Colonial Theory:...
Come As You Are: Sexuality And Narrative
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Author: Judith RoofBinding: HardbackPublished: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCome As You Are: Sexuality & Narrative presents a...
Bamboo: Essays and Criticism
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On the heels of Boyd's Costa (formerly Whitbread) Award winner, Restless , an erudite and entertaining collection of essays and opinions from one of our generation's most talented writers. Plant...
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889): A Study Of Poetic Idiosyncrasy In Relation To Poetic Tradition; Volume Ii
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Author: W. H. GardnerBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis academic study presents a meticulous examination of Gerard Manley Hopkins' distinctive poetic voice. It...
Feet On The Ground: An Approach To Modern Verse
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Author: Margaret J. O'Donnell, M.A.Binding: HardbackPublished: Blackie & Son Limited, 1950Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: wear and rubbing of hard cover; marked moulding on spine; binding becoming loose on...
A History Of English Literature
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Author: Peter Quennell & Hamish JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Ferndale Editions, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the vast and intricate tapestry of English literary tradition. It...
The Complete Works: William Shakespeare
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Author: William ShakespeareBinding: HardbackPublished: ABBEY LIBRARY, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: dust cover torn and worn; some rubbing to cloth cover otherwise in...
Mothers, Fathers, and Others: Essays
'Dizzyingly flexible, deeply human, often funny, it blasts aside our preconceptions and urges us to see the world as it is' i Feminist philosophy meets family memoir in Siri Hustvedt's...
Cultural Imperialism and the Indo-English Novel: Genre and Ideology in
Cultural Imperialism and the Indo-English Novel focuses on the novels of R. K. Narayan, Anita Desai, Kamala Markandaya, and Salman Rushdie and explores the tension in these novels between ideology...
Sartre: A Life
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Author: Annie Cohen-SolalBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: some wear and marks to cloth cover; some tanning...
A Critical History Of English Literature: Volume One: From The Beginnings To The Sixteenth Century
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Author: David DaichesBinding: PaperbackPublished: London: Secker & Warburg, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear and fading to outside cover; white out marks on first inside page;...
A Critical History Of English Literature: The Restoration To 1800, Volume Three
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Author: David DaichesBinding: PaperbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, London, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear and fading to outside cover; mildew spotting...
A Critical History Of English Literature: The Romantics To The Present Day, Volume Four
$40.00 AUD
Author: David DaichesBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear to cover; minor chipping to edges;...
From Sarah to Sydney: The Woman Behind All-of-a-Kind Family
This is the first and only biography of Sydney Taylor (1904-1978), author of the award-winning All-of-a-Kind Family series of books, the first juvenile novels published by a mainstream publisher to...
Candor And Perversion: Literature, Education, And The Arts
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Author: Roger ShattuckBinding: PaperbackPublished: W. W. NORTON & COMPANY, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis insightful collection of essays critically examines the...