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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Traces the history of maps, from their initial decorative and religious purposes to their later instructional applications. This book describes how maps rely on projections in order to portray a three-dimensional world on the two-dimensional flat surface of paper. Num Pages: 246 pages, with colour & b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595340412
ISBN
9781595340412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.58

paperback. A companion for undergraduates studying Welsh fiction in English, specially commissioned to accompany the Library of Wales series. It includes 15 essays both by well-known academics and experts of the field and cutting-edge young researchers at the outset of their careers. Editor(s): Gramich, Katie. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Parthian
Edition
First Edition - Soft Cover
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762989
ISBN
9781905762989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

hardcover. The eleven essays of Mapping the Fiction of Cristina Fernandez Cubas examine the intellectual preoccupations, narrative strategies, and rhetorical devices that distinguish the four volumes of short stories, two novels, the play, and the book of memoirs that Cristina Fernandez Cubas has published to date. Editor(s): Glenn, Kathleen M.; Perez, Janet. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611492712
ISBN
9781611492712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.99

Paperback. Traces the evolution of Russia's onetime capital from a 'conceptual hierarchy' to a living cultural system. This book seeks to revise the literary monumentalization of St Petersburg - with Pushkin and Dostoevsky representing two traditional albeit opposing perspectives - to offer a view of an urban landscape. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130323
ISBN
9780691130323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 110 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 210. .
Publisher
The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851242573
ISBN
9781851242573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

hardcover. Editor(s): Watts, Edward; Holt, Keri; Funchion, John. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black & white photograph, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348223
ISBN
9780820348223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.02

Hardcover. Analyzes Wolf's, Drewitz's, and Weil's views of individual responsibility in history, with reference to theories of memory and feminist ethics. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134431
ISBN
9781571134431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.65

Hardcover. Medievalists are increasingly grappling with spatial studies. This timely book argues that geography is a crucial element in Sir Thomas Malory's M orte Darthur and contributors shine a light on questions of politics and genre to help readers better understand Malory's world. Series: Arthurian and Courtly Cultures. Num Pages: 244 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137034854
ISBN
9781137034854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.84

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691639888
ISBN
9780691639888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.26

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691611938
ISBN
9780691611938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.11

Hardcover. This volume offers an empirical and diachronic investigation of the foundations and nature of metaphor in English, based on evidence from The Historical Thesaurus of English. It offers case studies of a number of semantic domains and provides a significant step forward in the data-driven understanding of metaphor. Editor(s): Anderson, Wendy; Bramwell, Ellen; Hough, Carole. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFGA; CFM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198744573
ISBN
9780198744573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.80

Hardback. Num Pages: 286 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611492408
ISBN
9781611492408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903039694
ISBN
9781903039694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.89

Paperback. "A Map of the Island" is an extended poetic meditation upon a boy's youth in Trinidad. In these verses we hear the cadences of the West Indies spoken from the distance of the Canadian prairies. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
70
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643711
ISBN
9780888643711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, facsims.,ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; AVGC2; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482380
ISBN
9780801482380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.42

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535538
ISBN
9780199535538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.27

Editor(s): Calotychos, Vangelis. Num Pages: 258 pages, 12 black & white halftones, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 2AHM; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSC; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611474657
ISBN
9781611474657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.32

hardcover. Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2001. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9781575911595
ISBN
9781575911595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.95

Hardcover. Examining the novels and short stories of Victorian America, this book uncovers the widely overlooked phenomenon of passionate friendships between men. It offers a fresh perspective on nineteenth-century America's attitudes toward love, friendship, marriage, and sex. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226586663
ISBN
9780226586663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 50.62

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056039
ISBN
9780674056039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.02

paperback. Critiques "Manifest Destiny's" exclusive claim as an explanatory national story in order to rethink the meaning and boundaries of the West and of the United States' national identity. This work considers the American West before it became a trusted symbol of US national character or a distinct literary region in the later nineteenth century. Series: Postwestern Horizons. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218451
ISBN
9780803218451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

hardcover. Osip Mandelstam is the maverick Russian poet. This title carries the reader through Mandelstam's early life and education in prerevolutionary Petersburg and at the Sorbonne in Paris and in Heidelberg and his return to revolutionary Russia. Translator(s): Retivov, Tatiana. Series: Studies in Slavic and Russian Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843284
ISBN
9781934843284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.95

paperback. Examines Gertrude Stein's drama within the history of the theatric and cinematic avant-gardes. This book explores her development of a playwriting aesthetic based in avant-garde drama, cinema, and queer identity. Series: Studies in Modern Drama. Num Pages: 220 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415977234
ISBN
9780415977234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.01

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843672
ISBN
9781843843672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

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