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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. A collection of essays by political theorists on Agamben's Homo Sacer. Editor(s): Norris, Andrew. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335375
- ISBN
- 9780822335375
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. This title explores how the concept of childhood in the Victorian era was constructed through ideological work in children's literature, as well as contemporary pedagogical and medical writing. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: DSYC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 303.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415514682
- ISBN
- 9780415514682
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Condition: New
€ 71.18
€ 71.18
Paperback. Andrew Parker undertakes a critical reconsideration of the frequently absent, or troubled, figure of the mother in theorists including Marx, Freud, Lacan, and Derrida. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352327
- ISBN
- 9780822352327
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. The extraordinary history of news and its dissemination, from medieval pilgrim tales to the birth of the newspaper Num Pages: 456 pages, 64 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212761
- ISBN
- 9780300212761
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94
Paperback. Much ink has been spilled lamenting or championing the decline of printed books. The author shows that the rich history of reading itself offers unexpected clues to what lies in store for books. From medieval manuscript books to today's interactive urban fictions, he explores the manifold ways that physical media have shaped how we read. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103488
- ISBN
- 9780226103488
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.39
€ 19.99
€ 17.39
Paperback. Examining novels, critical editions, gift books, translations, and illustrated volumes, as well as the communities who made them, this title tells a wide-ranging story of the book's identity at the turn of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: DSBF; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103518
- ISBN
- 9780226103518
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.10
€ 27.99
€ 23.10
Hardcover. Examining novels, critical editions, gift books, translations, and illustrated books, as well as the communities who made them, this book tells a wide-ranging story of the book's identity at the turn of the nineteenth century. It shows how many pressing modern communicative concerns are not unique to the digital age. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226669724
- ISBN
- 9780226669724
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Condition: New
€ 94.73€ 79.10
€ 94.73
€ 79.10
Paperback. Penetrating and comprehensive, The Anatomy of Blackness shows that, far from being a monolithic idea, eighteenth-century Africanist discourse emerged out of a vigorous, varied dialogue that involved missionaries, slavers, colonists, naturalists, anatomists, philosophers, and Africans themselves. Num Pages: 328 pages, 29, 29 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; DSBF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409658
- ISBN
- 9781421409658
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Condition: New
€ 42.82
€ 42.82
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Helm Information Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903206140
- ISBN
- 9781903206140
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Condition: New
€ 25.34
€ 25.34
Paperback. The Short Oxford History of English Literature offers an introductory guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day covering all the major periods of English literature chronologically. This third edition has been revised and updated incorporating a greater number of female and contemporary authors. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1166.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199263387
- ISBN
- 9780199263387
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Condition: New
€ 58.19
€ 58.19
Hardback. Starting with a comparison of Queens Elizabeth I and Victoria, this title examines works by poets and painters, essayists and dramatists, architects and musicians. It explores the literary nature of Victorian history writing, and author reveals the degree to which painters were indebted to written records both fictional and factual. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 244 pages, 80 colour images + 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AB; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 192 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300190427
- ISBN
- 9780300190427
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.97
€ 52.99
€ 37.97
Paperback. Translation previously published in: The Huainanzi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. Translator(s): Meyer, Andrew Seth. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248. Liu An's Art of War. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 176 pages. Translation previously published in: The Huainanzi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA; JWL. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 12. Weight: 248. Translator(s): Meyer, Andrew Seth.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153331
- ISBN
- 9780231153331
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.57
€ 26.99
€ 20.57
Paperback. Outlining the history and ways of reading Gothic literature, this revised edition includes a chapter on Contemporary Gothic which explores the Gothic of the early twentieth century and looks at new critical developments. It features an updated Bibliography of critical sources and a revised Chronology. Series Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andrew. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. 224 pages. Outlining the history and ways of reading Gothic literature, this revised edition includes a chapter on Contemporary Gothic which explores the Gothic of the early twentieth century and looks at new critical developments. It features an updated Bibliography of critical sources and a revised Chronology. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight: 342. Series Editor(s) :Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andrew.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748647415
- ISBN
- 9780748647415
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.33
€ 26.99
€ 25.33
Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture and critical theory, this title offers insight into the complex and various Gothic forms of the 19th century. Each chapter is written by an acknowledged expert in their field on a specific topic within the Victorian writing, including science, and gender. Editor(s): Smith, Andrew; Hughes, William. Series: Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748691166
- ISBN
- 9780748691166
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.92
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€ 27.92
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087868
- ISBN
- 9780719087868
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.96
€ 26.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. This book will provide the first study of how the Gothic engages with ecocritical ideas. The book's focus is from the late eighteenth century to the present day, via consideration of a number of national and global contexts and different media including short stories, novels and films. Editor(s): Hughes, William; Smith, Andrew W. M. Series Editor(s): Bronfen, Elisabeth; Bruhm, Steven; Gelder, Ken; Hogle, Jerrold E.; Horner, Avril; Hughes, William. Series: International Gothic Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AFPS; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 303 x 24. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526106896
- ISBN
- 9781526106896
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.89
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€ 26.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 65 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 65
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560727347
- ISBN
- 9781560727347
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.11
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Paperback. A tribute to the enduring power of the printed word. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782069423
- ISBN
- 9781782069423
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153390
- ISBN
- 9781903153390
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Condition: New
€ 86.22
€ 86.22
Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748633470
- ISBN
- 9780748633470
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€ 112.49€ 108.45
€ 112.49
€ 108.45
Paperback. Richard Wright's "Native Son" (1940) presents an account of crime and racism which remain the source of profound disagreement both within African-American culture and throughout the world. Part of the "Routledge Guides to Literature" series, this book acts as a guide to this novel and provides a range of perspectives. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415344487
- ISBN
- 9780415344487
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Condition: New
€ 52.98
€ 52.98
Paperback. Features the Victorians' fascination with the old north. This title explores the ways in which the terms 'Viking' and 'Viking Age', both unknown in 1800, were invented, explored and popularised during the nineteenth century. It presents an account of the construction and translation of the Viking Age in Queen Victoria's Britain. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AB; DSB; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- D.S. Brewer
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859916448
- ISBN
- 9780859916448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.03
€ 40.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. This Reader's Guide synthesises the key criticism on Pinter's work over the last half century. Andrew Wyllie and Catherine Rees examine critical approaches and reactions to the major plays from academics and the press, along themes such as Absurdism, politics and gender identity. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299641
- ISBN
- 9780230299641
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.87
€ 32.99
€ 27.87
Paperback. Introduces a Renaissance masterpiece to a modern audience. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748639571
- ISBN
- 9780748639571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51