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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. This book offers a much-needed study of the Victorian novel's role in representing and shaping the service sector's emergence. Arguing that prior accounts of the novel's relation to the rise of finance have missed the emergence of a wider service sector, it traces the effects of service work's many forms and class positions in the Victorian novel. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; KCZ; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137525505
- ISBN
- 9781137525505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.95
€ 118.95
Paperback. This book, now with a new preface, offers a new history of the fairy tale, revealing the creative role of periodical publication in shaping this genre. Sumpter explores the fairy tale's reinvention for (and by) diverse readerships in unexpected contexts, including debates over evolution, colonialism, socialism, gender and sexuality and decadence. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361492
- ISBN
- 9780230361492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Paperback. This book offers a new history of the fairy tale, revealing the creative role of periodical publication in shaping this popular genre. Sumpter explores the fairy tale's reinvention for (and by) diverse readerships in unexpected contexts, including debates over evolution, colonialism, socialism, gender and sexuality and decadence. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSY; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355754
- ISBN
- 9781349355754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.87
€ 61.87
Hardcover. This book offers a new history of the fairy tale, revealing the creative role of periodical publication in shaping this popular genre. Sumpter explores the fairy tale's reinvention for (and by) diverse readerships in unexpected contexts, including debates over evolution, colonialism, socialism, gender and sexuality and decadence. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230518056
- ISBN
- 9780230518056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349513338
- ISBN
- 9781349513338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.53
€ 61.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403917270
- ISBN
- 9781403917270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.43
€ 62.43
Hardback. This study covers the impact on Victorian Britain of the history and literature of Ancient Rome. It shows how scholars and poets, as well as engineers, soldiers, scientists and politicians, gained inspiration from the writing, theory and practice of their Roman predecessors. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1QDAR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSB; HBJD1; HBLA; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631180760
- ISBN
- 9780631180760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.40
€ 124.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761819905
- ISBN
- 9780761819905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.51
€ 109.51
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633787
- ISBN
- 9780691633787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.54
€ 104.54
Paperback. Features the Victorians' fascination with the old north. This title explores the ways in which the terms 'Viking' and 'Viking Age', both unknown in 1800, were invented, explored and popularised during the nineteenth century. It presents an account of the construction and translation of the Viking Age in Queen Victoria's Britain. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AB; DSB; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- D.S. Brewer
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859916448
- ISBN
- 9780859916448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.57
€ 40.99
€ 33.57
Paperback. Written by a prominent member of the Bloomsbury group, this novel of colonial Ceylon (Sri Lanka) includes a biographical afterword by Sir Christopher Ondaatje, author of "Woolf in Ceylon", and a short story, "Pearls before Swine", which vividly draws on Woolf's experience as a young District Commissioner. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272. 216 pages. Written by a prominent member of the Bloomsbury group, this novel of colonial Ceylon (Sri Lanka) includes a biographical afterword by Sir Christopher Ondaatje, author of "Woolf in Ceylon", and a short story, "Pearls before Swine", which vividly draws on Woolf's experience as a young District Commissioner. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FKS; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight: 278.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871293
- ISBN
- 9780907871293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.11
€ 17.99
€ 13.11
Hardback. The result is a study that underscores how Baudelaire's legacy continues to energize literary engagements with the violence of modernity. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801883088
- ISBN
- 9780801883088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.57€ 57.47
€ 63.57
€ 57.47
Hardcover. Wallace Stevens, one of the leading poets of the 20th century, continues to influence a wide range of poets writing today. Here, Brogan traces Steven's evolving poetic practices along three major lines that often intersected. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325194
- ISBN
- 9780820325194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.22
€ 59.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571116133
- ISBN
- 9780571116133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. From one of our most perceptive and provocative voices comes an arresting and wholly original account of the last days of Susan Sontag, Sigmund Freud, John Updike, Dylan Thomas, Maurice Sendak and James Salter. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349008530
- ISBN
- 9780349008530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813565699
- ISBN
- 9780813565699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.96
€ 168.96
Hardback. Examines Charlotte Armstrong's contribution to the suspense genre through an exploration of her childhood diaries, adult correspondence, published and cinematic works, reviews of those works, and the recollections of her agent, children, and grand children. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911229
- ISBN
- 9781575911229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.52
€ 119.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HPCF3; HPJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401038812
- ISBN
- 9789401038812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 181.14
€ 181.14
Paperback. Series: Library of Medieval Women. 200 pages, black & white illustrations. Translation of Christine's autobiographical Vision, both dealing with her own life and career, and offering a possible solution to the troubled state of France at the time. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 144 x 194 x 12. Weight: 254. Translator(s): McLeod, Glenda; Willard, Charity Cannon.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843842989
- ISBN
- 9781843842989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.26
€ 26.99
€ 23.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Num Pages: 506 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801491177
- ISBN
- 9780801491177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.28
€ 31.99
€ 28.28