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Hardback. This book is a study of the 'mothers' of the mystery genre. Traditionally the invention of crime writing has been ascribed to Poe, Wilkie Collins and Conan Doyle, but they had formidable women rivals, whose work has been until recently largely forgotten. The purpose of this book is to 'cherchez les femmes', in a project of rediscovery. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272293
- ISBN
- 9780230272293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.86
€ 116.86
Hardback. While the gender and age of the girl may seem to remove her from any significant contribution to empire, this book provides both a new perspective on familiar girls' literature, and the first detailed examination of lesser-known fiction relating the emergence of fictional girl adventurers, castaways and 'ripping' schoolgirls to the British Empire. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272866
- ISBN
- 9780230272866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardback. Now in paperback, this book considers crime fighting from the perspective of the civilian city-goer, from the mid-Victorian garotting panics to 1914. It charts the shift from the use of body armour to the adoption of exotic martial arts through the works of popular playwrights and novelists, examining changing ideals of urban, middle-class heroism. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273450
- ISBN
- 9780230273450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Hardcover. A socio-cultural analysis of the relationship between modernism and science fiction, from the 1870s to the 1970s, with examples drawn from literature and other media in Britain, Europe and the Americas. The book challenges how high and low culture has been mapped in the twentieth century. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; DSBH; DSK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 205 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273481
- ISBN
- 9780230273481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.93
€ 104.93
Hardback. Investigating modern art, literature, theory and the law, this book illustrates the different ways in which sex, gender and time intersect. It demonstrates that time offers new critical perspectives on sex and gender and makes problematic reductive understandings of sexual identity as well as straight and queer time Editor(s): Davies, Ben; Funke, Jana. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230275478
- ISBN
- 9780230275478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 215 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DS; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230277878
- ISBN
- 9780230277878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.95
€ 127.95
Hardback. The volume explores Elizabeth I's impact on English and European culture during her life and after her death, through her own writing as well as through contemporary and later writers. The contributors are codicologists, historians and literary critics, offering a varied reading of the Queen and of her cultural inheritance. Editor(s): Petrina, Alessandra; Tosi, Laura. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBD; DSC; DSG; DSK; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278172
- ISBN
- 9780230278172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Hardcover. EPUB Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 393 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278455
- ISBN
- 9780230278455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.29
€ 68.29
Hardcover. This book focuses on the role of the city, and its processes of mutual transformation, in poetry by experimental women writers. Readings of their work are placed in the context of theories of urban space, while new visions of the contemporary city and its global relationships are drawn from their innovations in language and form. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC; JFSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292789
- ISBN
- 9780230292789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. While the arms race of the post-war period has been widely discussed, Purcell explores the under-acknowledged but critical role another kind of 'race' - that is, race as a biological and sociological concept - played within the global and cultural Cold War. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230321434
- ISBN
- 9780230321434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardback. Among the first critical works on Alice Munro's writing, this study of her short fiction is informed by the disciplines of narratology and literary linguistics. Through examining Munro's narrative art, Isla Duncan demonstrates a rich understanding of the complex, densely layered, often unsettling stories. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338579
- ISBN
- 9780230338579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. Analyzing the poets Melvin B. Tolson, Langston Hughes, and Amiri Baraka, this study charts the Afro-Modernist epic. Within the context of Classical epic traditions, early 20th-century American modernist long poems, and the griot traditions of West Africa, Schultz reveals diasporic consciousness in the representation of African American identities. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 219 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338739
- ISBN
- 9780230338739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. 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: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338753
- ISBN
- 9780230338753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardback. Gives long overdue attention to O'Neill's one-acts, this edited collection offers a variety of lenses through which to better understand both his one-act plays and entire oeuvre. Editor(s): Bennett, Michael Y.; Carson, Benjamin D. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339811
- ISBN
- 9780230339811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.91€ 46.85
€ 52.91
€ 46.85
Performing Gender Violence: Plays by Contemporary American Women Drama...
. Ed(S): Ozieblo, Barbara; Hernando-Real, Noe...
hardcover. Examines violence against women in contemporary American plays by female dramatists. Editor(s): Ozieblo, Barbara; Hernando-Real, Noelia. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339958
- ISBN
- 9780230339958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.91€ 46.73
€ 52.91
€ 46.73
Hardcover. Chinese American authors often find it necessary to represent Asian history in their literary works. Tracing the development of the literary production of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Lisa See, and Russell Leong, among others, this book captures the effects of international politics and globalization on Chinese American diasporic consciousness. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340060
- ISBN
- 9780230340060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardback. Argues for the necessity of a re-articulation of the differences that separated man from other forms of life. The essays in this collection argue for recognition of the persistently indistinct nature of humans, who cannot be finally divided ontologically or epistemologically from other forms of matter. Editor(s): Feerick, Jean E.; Nardizzi, Vin. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 303 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340473
- ISBN
- 9780230340473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardcover. Theatre-Making explores modes of authorship in contemporary theatre seeking to transcend the heritage of binaries from the Twentieth century such as text-based vs. devised theatre, East vs. West, theatre vs. performance - with reference to genealogies though which these categories have been constructed in the English-speaking world. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; ANF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230343108
- ISBN
- 9780230343108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. The Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622 studies the conception of Persia in the literary, political and pedagogic writings of Renaissance England and Britain. It argues that writers of all kinds debated the means and merits of English empire through their intellectual engagement with the ancient Persian empire. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230343269
- ISBN
- 9780230343269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. The first critical monograph to benefit from the textual rigour of Archie Burnett's landmark edition of The Complete Poems (2012), Radical Larkin celebrates Larkin's technical genius by offering seven in-depth analyses of the stylistic strategies he used to create eleven of his most famous poems. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 219 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348240
- ISBN
- 9780230348240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardcover. Cyber Ireland explores, for the first time, the presence and significance of cyberculture in Irish literature. Bringing together such varied themes as Celtic mythology in video games, Joycean hypertexts and virtual reality Irish tourism, the book introduces a new strand of Irish studies for the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230358171
- ISBN
- 9780230358171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Hardcover. Welsh Writing, Political Action and Incarceration examines the prison literature of certain iconic Welsh authors whose political lives and creative writings are linked to ideas about Wales and the Welsh language, the nature of political activism, and the function of incarceration. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AFW; CFB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230362840
- ISBN
- 9780230362840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. An in-depth, exhaustive exploration of Bond's output over a fifty-year career, combining rigorous analysis and discussion of plays such as Saved and Innocence. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ANB; ANF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230367395
- ISBN
- 9780230367395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardback. Plunka argues that drama is the ideal art form to revitalize the collective memory of Holocaust resistance. This comparative drama study examines a variety of international plays - some quite well-known, others more obscure - that focus on collective or individual defiance of the Nazis. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369566
- ISBN
- 9780230369566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.91€ 47.33
€ 52.91
€ 47.33