Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. This book looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland. On subjects as varied as the vogue for fairy plays to the representation of economics to the work of a parliamentary committee in regulating theatres, the authors redefine what theatre and performance in the Nineteenth century might be. Editor(s): Davis, Tracy C.; Holland, Peter. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230572560
- ISBN
- 9780230572560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.40
€ 63.40
Hardcover. Famously, Blake believed that 'without contraries' there could be no 'progression'. Conflict was integral to his artistic vision, and his style, but it had more to do with critical engagement than any urge to victory. The essays in this volume look at conflict as it marked Blake's thinking on politics, religion and the visual arts. Editor(s): Haggarty, Sarah; Mee, Jon. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573871
- ISBN
- 9780230573871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardcover. This collection investigates dramatic and performative renderings of 'America' as an exilic place particularly focusing on issues of language, space and identity. It looks at ways in which immigrants and outsiders are embodied in American theatre practice and explores ways in which 'America' is staged and dramatized by immigrants and foreigners. Editor(s): Jestrovic, Silvija; Meerzon, Yana. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 279 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574564
- ISBN
- 9780230574564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
Hardcover. This innovative book draws together literature, law and economic and social history to investigate the meanings and uses of legitimacy in nineteenth-century Britain. This broad range of essays highlights the ways in which contested narratives and interested performances shaped the idea of legitimate authority during this period. Editor(s): Finn, Margot; Lobban, Michael; Taylor, Jenny Bourne. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576520
- ISBN
- 9780230576520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
Hardcover. In these essays, a range of leading scholars seek both to investigate the historical, institutional and philosophical origins of deconstruction and to think through the problem of the idea of origin itself. Editor(s): McQuillan, Martin; Wills, Ika. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460. 296 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): McQuillan, Martin; Wills, Ika. In these essays, a range of leading scholars seek both to investigate the historical, institutional and philosophical origins of deconstruction and to think through the problem of the idea of origin itself. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7; JFCX. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230581906
- ISBN
- 9780230581906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
Paperback. Humour in contemporary culture is generally celebrated as a public good, yet at times is felt to produce misunderstanding and even hatred. Now available in paperback, this collection explores the ethics and aesthetics of humour, in everyday life and in media comedy. An updated introduction looks at the implications of the Brand/Ross controversy. Editor(s): Lockyer, Sharon; Pickering, Michael. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230594500
- ISBN
- 9780230594500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.41
€ 128.41
Hardcover. This collection attends to western women's struggles within Roman Catholicism by examining how women throughout the centuries have attempted to reconcile their unruliness with their Catholic backgrounds or conversions. Editor(s): DelRosso, Jeana; Eicke, Leigh; Kothe, Ana. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600256
- ISBN
- 9780230600256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Hardcover. This exciting collection represents a range of scholarly approaches and include close textual study, comparative readings, and broad cultural analysis. Contributors to this collection include Bernard Beatty, Peter Cochran, Marilyn Gaull, Charles E. Robinson, Andrew Stauffer, and Timothy Webb. Editor(s): Wilson, Cheryl A. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600294
- ISBN
- 9780230600294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Hardcover. This collection brings together important new scholarship focused on J. Edgar Hoover's FBI and its institutional presence in shaping and directing American print, film, and art culture. Editor(s): Culleton, Claire A.; Leick, Karen. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230601352
- ISBN
- 9780230601352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Hardcover. This book traces representations of "Gypsies" that have become prevalent in the European imagination and culture and influenced the perceptions of Roma in Eastern and Western European societies. Editor(s): Glajar, Valentina; Radulescu, Domnica. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 269 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603240
- ISBN
- 9780230603240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.38
€ 119.38
Hardcover. This collection explores the relations between literature and the economy in the context of the unprecedented expansion of England's long distance trade in the early modern period. Editor(s): Deng, Stephen; Sebek, Barbara. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 287 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604735
- ISBN
- 9780230604735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
Hardcover. This detailed study is the first to outline Julian of Norwich's reception throughout history, from the extant manuscripts to the present day. Editor(s): Salih, Sarah; Baker, Denise Nowakowski. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606678
- ISBN
- 9780230606678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.33
€ 119.33
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ward, Joseph Patrick. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230609808
- ISBN
- 9780230609808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.30
€ 119.30
Hardcover. The Double Binds of Ethics after the Holocaust advances the idea that the Holocaust undermined confidence in basic beliefs about human rights and shows steps of salvage and retrieval that need to be taken if ethics is to be a significant presence in a world still besieged by genocide and atrocity. Editor(s): Geddes, Jennifer L.; Roth, John K.; Simon, Jules. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230614925
- ISBN
- 9780230614925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
Hardcover. These essays recover the lively discussions on the topics of 'magnificence' and 'the sublime' in the art and literature of antiquity, the Renaissance, and the ages following, and apply them to the Middle Ages to draw exciting new conlcusions. Editor(s): Jaeger, Stephen. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460. Art, Architecture, Literature, Music. Series: New Middle Ages. 320 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Jaeger, Stephen. These essays recover the lively discussions on the topics of 'magnificence' and 'the sublime' in the art and literature of antiquity, the Renaissance, and the ages following, and apply them to the Middle Ages to draw exciting new conlcusions. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 20. Weight: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618985
- ISBN
- 9780230618985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.18
€ 140.18
Hardcover. Examines a range of texts commemorating European holy women from the ninth through fifteenth centuries. Explores the relationship between memorial practices and identity formation. Draws upon much of the recent scholarly interest in the nature and uses of memory. Editor(s): Cotter-Lynch, Margaret; Herzog, Brad. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619869
- ISBN
- 9780230619869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Hardcover. This text examines African Americans' experiences under the law and how that in turn has fostered a rich tradition of legal criticism in African American culture. Editor(s): Schur, Richard L. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; LAQ; LND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619883
- ISBN
- 9780230619883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.07
€ 63.07
Hardcover. Editor(s): Perez Rosario, Vanessa. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 254 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620650
- ISBN
- 9780230620650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Presents an exploration of both Shakespeare's works and his age. Focusing on six recurring prejudices in Shakespeare's plays - such as misogyny, elitism, distrust of effeminacy, and racism, this title examines how Shakespeare and his contemporaries treated them. It reveals a playwright constantly exploiting and exploring his own personal stances. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300115765
- ISBN
- 9780300115765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.64
€ 60.64
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240110
- ISBN
- 9780312240110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64