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Hardcover. This is the very first English translation of the work and reproduces the original edition, published under the author's supervision in 1855 Editor(s): Davies, Humphrey. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814729373
ISBN
9780814729373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.21

Hardback. This is the very first English translation of the work and reproduces the original edition, published under the author's supervision in 1855 Editor(s): Davies, Humphrey. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814769843
ISBN
9780814769843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.67

paperback. The essays in this volume examine modernism in Germany and Scandinavia by focusing on the relation between culture, politics, and critical ideological endeavors. Editor(s): McCormick, R.; McBride, P.; Zagar, Monika. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349534494
ISBN
9781349534494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This book is an account of the history and continuation of plague as a potent metaphor since the disease ceased to be an epidemic threat in Western Europe, engaging with twentieth-century critiques of fascism, anti-Semitic rhetoric, the Oedipal legacy of psychoanalysis and its reception, and film spectatorship and the zombie genre. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DQ; DSA; DSB; DSG; JFCA; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219342
ISBN
9780230219342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.71

Paperback. A translation of Osbern Bokenham's "Legendys of Hooly Wummen" (1443-1447), the first all-female hagiography. Translated from Latinale Middle English, it contains the Augustinian friar's version of the stories of 13 women saints from gospel, apocrypha, martyrology and high-medieval history. Translator(s): Delany, Sheila. Series: Mediaeval Studies: Sources & Appraisals S. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSC; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268012953
ISBN
9780268012953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.72

Paperback. Legion Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571228096
ISBN
9780571228096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. "Animated by scandals, scoundrels and imposters, this collection, with contributions from prominent scholars of literature, history and law, seeks to address issues of identity, trust and deception in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain through the optic of the twin concepts of legitimacy and illegitimacy"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Finn, Margot; Lobban, Michael; Taylor, Jenny Bourne. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349366392
ISBN
9781349366392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.69

Hardcover. This innovative book draws together literature, law and economic and social history to investigate the meanings and uses of legitimacy in nineteenth-century Britain. This broad range of essays highlights the ways in which contested narratives and interested performances shaped the idea of legitimate authority during this period. Editor(s): Finn, Margot; Lobban, Michael; Taylor, Jenny Bourne. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230576520
ISBN
9780230576520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838635711
ISBN
9780838635711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.05

paperback. The description or depiction of leisure activities has formed part of the subject matter of art and literature for a long time. This volume looks at funeral games in Homer, leisure as depicted in painting, and the part that literature played in promoting athleticism in public schools and Oxbridge. Editor(s): Mallett, Michael. Series: Warwick Studies in the European Humanities. Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1992
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349113552
ISBN
9781349113552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.52

Paperback. Explains that it was Lenin who made Karl Marx's thought explicitly political, who extended it beyond the confines of Europe, who put it into practice. This title demonstrates that truth and partisanship are not mutually exclusive as is often suggested. Editor(s): Budgen, Sebastian; Kouvelakis, Stathis; Zizek, Slavoj. Translator(s): Fernbach, David. Series: [SIC] Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 268 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339410
ISBN
9780822339410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 885.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631721
ISBN
9780691631721
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 258.72

Paperback. The Hogarth Press and the Networks of Modernism. Editor(s): Southworth, Helen. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438. 276 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Southworth, Helen. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSBH. Dimension: 153 x 234 x 16. Weight: 438.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748647149
ISBN
9780748647149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.02

hardcover. This study is the first comprehensive, full-length account of the works of the Anglo-Jewish author Leonard William Merrick formerly Miller, (1864 -1939). Drawing on unpublished materials, it covers Merricks twelve novels, his several volumes of short stories, eight plays, and contributions to motion pictures. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611474275
ISBN
9781611474275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.99

Paperback. This work is termed a "roman temoignage" (testimonial-novel) bridging documentary and fiction. Spanning six decades of Leonara's life, the book indirectly explores the economic, social and cultural life of Guadeloupe's peasants and working class, especially black women. Translator(s): Leskes, Andrea. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWVG; 2ADF; DNF; DSK; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813915180
ISBN
9780813915180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.98

Paperback. Contains contributions from an international conference held at the University of Aarhus. This title covers topics from historic-systematic considerations over the concept of the work's theoretic legitimacy, to readings of motives in precise works. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779343078
ISBN
9788779343078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.28

Hardback. Num Pages: 380 pages, 25 b&w illustrations and 14 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACV; DSBF; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Harrington Park Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939594075
ISBN
9781939594075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.44
€ 64.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages, 25 b&w illustrations and 14 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSK1; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Harrington Park Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939594204
ISBN
9781939594204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.94

Paperback. Elizabeth English explores the aesthetic dilemma prompted by the censorship of Radclyffe Hall's novel The Well of Loneliness in 1928. Faced with legal and financial reprisals, women writers were forced to question how they might represent lesbian identity and desire. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474424493
ISBN
9781474424493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. For Smith, "lesbian panic" is often a fear of losing one's identity and value within the heterosexual paradigm. This book traces the history of "lesbian panic" through key works: The Voyage Out and Mrs. Dalloway; The Little Girls and Eva Trout; King of a Rainy Country; The Golden Notebook; and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106214
ISBN
9780231106214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. Editor(s): Vosburg, Nancy; Collins, Jacky. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480207
ISBN
9781611480207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.51

Paperback. Here, Bjorklund shows that Swedish literary discourses on lesbianism provocatively contrast with a widely accepted view that attitudes toward homosexuality have gradually become more tolerant. The lasting power of negative discourses upends the assumption that Sweden's progressive laws reflect progressive attitudes toward homosexuality." Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349473625
ISBN
9781349473625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.69

Hardcover. Taking up such issues as mainstreaming, the male gaze, and female masculinity, this book puts forward provocative readings of little explored texts and offers new insights into the contemporary representation of lesbians. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230606746
ISBN
9780230606746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Paperback. A biography full of romanticism, exoticism, glamour and fantasy Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 x 8pp bw. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719565472
ISBN
9780719565472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

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