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Paperback. This volume contains interviews with and recollections of Walt Whitman from his early days as a school teacher to the moment of his death. The selections demonstrate a wide range of attitudes towards the poet. Myerson's introduction places these accounts within the context of the time. Editor(s): Myerson, Joel. Num Pages: 366 pages, 79 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877457282
ISBN
9780877457282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.20

Whither Quo Vadis? offers an engaging account of how the Roman world and its history are represented in film and the way in which the different adaptations reflect the shifting historical situations and ideological concerns of their own times. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AP; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405183857
ISBN
9781405183857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.41

Paperback. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 2AB; 3JM; DSBH; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479858538
ISBN
9781479858538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Hardback. Series: The Cornell Wordsworth. Num Pages: 392 pages, 92 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 35. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801419461
ISBN
9780801419461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.83

hardcover. In White Civility Daniel Coleman breaks the long silence in Canadian literary and cultural studies around Canadian whiteness and examines its roots as a literary project of early colonials and nation-builders. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802037077
ISBN
9780802037077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.03

paperback. In White Civility Daniel Coleman breaks the long silence in Canadian literary and cultural studies around Canadian whiteness and examines its roots as a literary project of early colonials and nation-builders. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802096425
ISBN
9780802096425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. Num Pages: 381 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481358
ISBN
9781611481358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.85

Paperback. Focusing on the significance of place in North American fiction, this work includes chapters on Indian tent rings, the black search for place in America, the sense of place in William Styron's "Sophie's Choice", and Flannery O'Connor's "Displaced Persons". Editor(s): Westarp, Karl-Heinz. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883700
ISBN
9788772883700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Crameri, Kathryn. Translator(s): Willis, Judith; Crameri, Kathryn. Series: Anglo-Catalan Society Occasional Papers: New Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907869112
ISBN
9781907869112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.46

Hardcover. Transnationalism - and the connected issues of race, migration, and diaspora - has been an area of increasing interest in Irish Studies. Where Motley Is Worn is one of the first collections to focus on transnationalism in Irish literature. Editor(s): Tucker, Amanda; Casey, Moira. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AFR; DSBF; DSBH; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KIN0035176
ISBN
9781782051008
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Should you finish every book you start? How has your family influenced the way you read? What is literary style? How is the Nobel Prize like the World Cup? This collection of provocative pieces tells what readers want from books and how to look at the literature we encounter in a new light. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701796
ISBN
9781784701796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.75

Hardcover. Where Currents Meet treats the Ukrainian and Russian components of cultural experience in Ukraine's East as elements of a complex continuum. This study of cultural memory in post-Soviet society shows how its inhabitants negotiate the historical legacy they have inherited. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGU; DSBH5; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Central European University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789633861196
ISBN
9789633861196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.34

Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231165181
ISBN
9780231165181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.62

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718893606
ISBN
9780718893606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.82

Paperback. The two Muslim poets featured in Scott Kugle's comparative study lived separate lives during the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries in the Deccan region of southern India. Here, they meet in the realm of literary imagination, illuminating the complexity of gender, sexuality, and religious practice in South Asian Islamic culture. Series: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 halftones, 2 figs., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2BMU; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469626772
ISBN
9781469626772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.20

Hardback. With a firm grasp on the latest developments in adaptation theory, Della Coletta invites scholars of media studies, cultural history, comparative literature, and adaptation studies to deepen their understanding of this critical encounter between texts, writers, readers, and cultural movements. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29, 29 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421403656
ISBN
9781421403656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.21
€ 63.16

Paperback. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813562100
ISBN
9780813562100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.17

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813562117
ISBN
9780813562117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.30

Paperback. Late Imperial Russia's revolution in literacy touched nearly every aspect of daily life and culture, from social mobility and national identity to the sensibilities and projects of the country's writers. This title tells the story of this profound transformation of culture, custom and belief. Editor(s): Brooks, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JH; 3JJ; CFC; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810118973
ISBN
9780810118973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.72

Hardback. The displacement in science of positivist notions of observation by a realist model of knowledge provided inspiration for Japanese writers. This work looks at the ideological incarnations of scientific realism in modernist works. It focuses on the struggle of science and art to reclaim the invisible as an object of representation and belief. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027947
ISBN
9780674027947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 38.26

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