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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. Fictions of Conversion investigates the anxieties produced by the rapid and erratic religious, political, and cultural transformations in early modern England, which were often given shape in poetry, plays, and translations by the figure of the Jewish converso. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812244823
ISBN
9780812244823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501705588
ISBN
9781501705588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. This study explores women writers and gender portrayals at the Japanese Heian court and Heian memoirists creations of themselves in four texts: "Kagero Nikki", "Makura No Soshi", "Sarashina Nikki, and "Sanuki No Suke Nikki". Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733786
ISBN
9780804733786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.07

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSC. 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
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631615
ISBN
9780691631615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.16

paperback. Fictions of India explores the relation of narrative technique to issues of power in the work of selected writers dealing with India. It examines the imperial context in which the writers operate and suggests how historical and ideological assumptions and anxieties may be read into the texts they produce. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; 3JJ; CFG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780748611812
ISBN
9780748611812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.91

Paperback. Argues that men must interrogate their own sexuality in dialogue with women in order to revise phallocentric discourse. Drawing on a range of genres, cultures and theoretical perspectives, this examination questions the assumptions behind the representations of manhood in modern literature. Editor(s): Murphy, Peter F. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press New York
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814754986
ISBN
9780814754986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 402 pages, 9 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226141367
ISBN
9780226141367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.96

Hardcover. By examining writings of Kepler, Godwin, Hooke, Cyrano, Cavendish, Fontenelle, and others, this title shows that it was through the telling of stories - such as accounts of celestial journeys - that the Copernican hypothesis, for example, found an ontological weight that its geometric models did not provide. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 halftones, 2 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: DSBD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226011226
ISBN
9780226011226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 50.42

hardcover. Series: Penn State Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 320 pages, 192 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 275 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780271019130
ISBN
9780271019130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.50
€ 78.37

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. 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
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691615233
ISBN
9780691615233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.15

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSA; DSBD; DSK. 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
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642741
ISBN
9780691642741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.26

Paperback. The Mexican government's brutal repression of the Student Movement of 1968 in the infamous Massacre of Tlatelolco exposed and exacerbated a serious crisis of political legitimacy. This study examines the cultural impact of this watershed event through historically contextualized readings of five paradigmatic novels. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557534873
ISBN
9781557534873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21

Hardback. In late medieval and early modern Spain, physicians began to translate and refashion medical information for lay readers. This book explores the concept of the sickly reader, a highly motivated individual whom medical writers encouraged to seek out useful remedies and efficacious hygienic practices in various vernacular health guides. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812242553
ISBN
9780812242553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Paperback. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442627079
ISBN
9781442627079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.31

hardcover. Fictions of Youth is a comprehensive examination of adolescence as an aesthetic, sociological, and ideological category in Pier Paolo Pasolini's prose, poetry, and cinema. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; APFB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649743
ISBN
9781442649743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.37

Hardback. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088375
ISBN
9780674088375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801441929
ISBN
9780801441929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.04

Hardback. The focus of Fictive Domains is the period 1717-1770, during which nostalgia was just beginning to emerge as a cultural concept. Using psychoanalytic, feminist, and materialist theories, this book examines representations of bodies and landscapes in the cultural production of the early- to mid-eighteenth century. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482447
ISBN
9781611482447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 coloUr. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837637045
ISBN
9783837637045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Friebert, Stuart; Walker, Dr David (University of Wales Swansea); Young, David. Series: Field Editions. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oberlin College Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780932440778
ISBN
9780932440778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.26

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