Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
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
€ 71.11
€ 71.11
Hardcover. In this detailed study of the origins of "Shinkokinshu", the author argues that the compilers of "Shinkokinshu" instead saw their collection as a "new" beginning, a revitalization and affirmation of courtly traditions and not a reaction to loss. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008533
- ISBN
- 9780674008533
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
hardcover. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; DSB; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226706269
- ISBN
- 9780226706269
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Condition: New
€ 117.77€ 97.57
€ 117.77
€ 97.57
Hardback. London has become the focus of a ferocious imaginative energy since the rise of Thatcher. The Making of London analyses the body of work by writers who have committed their writing to the many lives of a city undergoing complex transformations, tracing a major shift in the representation of the capital city. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230234789
- ISBN
- 9780230234789
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Condition: New
€ 68.12
€ 68.12
Paperback. London has become the focus of a ferocious imaginative energy since the rise of Thatcher. The Making of London analyses the body of work by writers who have committed their writing to the many lives of a city undergoing complex transformations, tracing a major shift in the representation of the capital city. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348363
- ISBN
- 9780230348363
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Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardback. Whether you're a devoted Janeite or simply Jane-curious, The Making of Jane Austen will have you thinking about how a literary icon is made, transformed, and handed down from generation to generation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422824
- ISBN
- 9781421422824
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.04
€ 33.99
€ 29.04
Hardcover. Adopts a double approach to the poetry composed between the end of the 1st Century BC and the 3rd Century AD. This book examines extant material from this period synchronically with some poems attached to authors and some not. It argues that this was 'one poetry,' created from a shared poetic repertoire and compositional practices. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021365
- ISBN
- 9780674021365
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Paperback. "Concise, learned, revisionary.. should enrich the passionate conversation about poetic forms for years to come."- Edward Hirsch, author of How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry Editor(s): Boland, Eavan; Strand, Mark. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780393321784
- ISBN
- 9780393321784
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.38
€ 19.99
€ 19.38
The Making of a Cultural Landscape. The English Lake District as Touri...
. Ed(S): Wood, Professor Jason (Nottingham Tr...
Paperback. Editor(s): Wood, Professor Jason (Nottingham Trent University); Walton, John K (University of California). Series: Heritage, Culture and Identity. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTM; KNSG; RGC; TQ; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138246256
- ISBN
- 9781138246256
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Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 856
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862418205
- ISBN
- 9780862418205
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.27
€ 33.99
€ 22.27
Hardcover. New edition of one of the most important collections of sixteenth-century Scots poetry. Editor(s): Martin, Joanna M. Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series. Num Pages: 540 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 46. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Scottish Text Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897976401
- ISBN
- 9781897976401
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.94
€ 52.99
€ 50.94
Paperback. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 714 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 2ADP; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 44. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910213445
- ISBN
- 9781910213445
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.52
€ 24.99
€ 21.52
Hardcover. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2B; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857285119
- ISBN
- 9780857285119
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Condition: New
€ 141.28
€ 141.28
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650449
- ISBN
- 9780691650449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.37€ 98.39
€ 128.37
€ 98.39
Paperback. Designed for students, teachers, scholars, poets, and readers with a general interest in poetics, this book presents an intellectual history of the theory of lyric reading that has circulated both within and beyond the classroom, wherever poetry is taught, read, discussed, and debated today. Editor(s): Jackson, Virginia; Prins, Yopie. Num Pages: 680 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 181 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412009
- ISBN
- 9781421412009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.51
€ 57.51
Hardcover. Science has transformed understandings of the mind, supplying physiological explanations for what once seemed transcendental. Nikki Skillman shows how lyric poets-caught between a reductive scientific view and naive literary metaphors-struggled to articulate a vision of consciousness that was both scientifically informed and poetically truthful. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DS; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674545120
- ISBN
- 9780674545120
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.41
€ 48.99
€ 41.41
Paperback. Editor(s): White, Landeg. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199539963
- ISBN
- 9780199539963
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Editor(s): Gaskill, Nicholas; Nocek, A.J. Num Pages: 496 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679966
- ISBN
- 9780816679966
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.28
€ 36.99
€ 34.28
Paperback. An account of Chinese literary modernism, written from the perspective of Republican China. Shih argues for the contextualization of Chinese modernism in the semicolonial cultural and political formation of the time and analyzes pivotal issues, such as decadence and Orientalism. Series: Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220645
- ISBN
- 9780520220645
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Hardback. This volume tackles the subject of illustration, technically, metaphorically and historically in nineteenth-century periodicals, displaying the ubiquity of the visual in the press: the articles cover material illustration, graphics, and design and metaphorical use of images in the letterpress, offering specific examples and theoretical approaches. Editor(s): Brake, Laurel; Demoor, Marysa. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; AKLB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 298
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217317
- ISBN
- 9780230217317
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Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Paperback. This informed introduction provides the reader with an insight into Burns's world through a unique personal selection of the legendary poet's best work, chosen by John Cairney. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906817855
- ISBN
- 9781906817855
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
The Low Countries and the New World(s). Travel, Discovery, Early Relat...
Prins, Johanna C.; Brandt, Bettina; Stevens, ...
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761819455
- ISBN
- 9780761819455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.23
€ 117.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HPCD; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350025684
- ISBN
- 9781350025684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.64
€ 29.99
€ 25.64
Paperback. Ruminates on the life of the writer and the significance of language as art. This title takes as its central conceit a famous anecdote about Ernest Hemingway's early work: Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, going by train from their apartment in Paris to visit him in Switzerland, brought along, at his request, a suitcase full of his work-in-progress. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115438
- ISBN
- 9780231115438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06