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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. A first rate collection of essays on queer Gothic, ranging from 'Frankenstein' to George Eliot, E.M.Forster to Michael Jackson. Provides a chronological investigation of the Gothic from the eighteenth century to the present day and in doing so produces a new way of reading the Gothic tradition. Editor(s): William, Hughes; Andrew, Smith. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719086434
ISBN
9780719086434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. Tales of "how the other half lives" experienced a surge in popularity. People looking to go slumming without leaving home turned to these narratives for revelations of underworld and sordid details about the deviants who populated it. This book explores how a group of authors manipulated this genre to evade the confines of sexual identification. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5S; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327914
ISBN
9780226327914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

hardcover. Editor(s): McCormack, Peggy. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874137125
ISBN
9780874137125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.14

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501314773
ISBN
9781501314773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611492002
ISBN
9781611492002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.41

Paperback. Explores the various metaphoric uses of travel and displacement in literary and feminist theory, traces the political implications of this "travelling theory," and shows how various discourses of displacement link, rather than separate, modernism and postmodernism. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318217
ISBN
9780822318217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Remy Cazals provides a critical edition of this little-known text accompanied by a biography of its author, who became inflamed by the passions of the Revolution, and who was guillotined in 1794. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 104 pages, 80pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DCF; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895354
ISBN
9780859895354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.62

Paperback. A quick fix of fiction in this age of speed and technology. Translator(s): Dahl Buchanan, Rhona. Series: Secret Weavers Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; CJB; DCF; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781893996915
ISBN
9781893996915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.30

Hardcover. Hypocrisy and prejudice compel a principled mulatto teacher to desert a steady job and a socially prominent fiance. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Edition
New ed of 1928 ed
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780837111278
ISBN
9780837111278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 26.00

Paperback. Four years old when World War II began, the author grew to maturity through decades of great social and cultural change - giving him plenty to write about. This title illuminates a period of transition in British society, and charts the evolution of a writer whose works have become classics in his own lifetime. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700539
ISBN
9781784700539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. A groundbreaking cultural history of the most influential, most frequently translated, and most imitated novel in the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780393353426
ISBN
9780393353426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.43

Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482683
ISBN
9781611482683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.70

Hardback. This entertaining collection gathers together William Shakespeare's wisest and wittiest quotations. Quotable Shakespeare proves that brevity is the soul of wit and is sure to delight all lovers of the Bard's uniquely perceptive and influential works. Series: Quotable. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; GBCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 101 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849535847
ISBN
9781849535847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.43

Paperback. This collection of warm, wise, and witty quotes will win over any teacher. Editor(s): Howe, Randy. Series: Quotable. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 175 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 21.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592289707
ISBN
9781592289707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A fascinating exploration of the science of quotology Series: Stages. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803217522
ISBN
9780803217522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. R. S. Thomas was a major figure in the landscape of contemporary poetry - attested by his Nobel Prize for Literature nomination. His poetry, coloured by personal experience of rural Wales, is stark but passionate. Series: Everyman Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
J.M. Dent
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780460878111
ISBN
9780460878111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.91

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 226 x 31. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199470754
ISBN
9780199470754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.35

Paperback. .
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
295
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472998
ISBN
9781611472998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.76
€ 17.18

This collection provides a lucid introduction for those unfamiliar with TagoreOs work, while simultaneously presenting important new scholarship and novel interpretation about the greatest modern writer of India. Editor(s): Hogan, Patrick Colm; Pandit, Lalita. Num Pages: 297 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472554
ISBN
9781611472554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 134.50

Hardback. Editor(s): Datta, Pradip Kumar. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BMB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843310990
ISBN
9781843310990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

paperback. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) - poet, philosopher, painter, novelist, playwright, composer, traveler, political commentator and Asia's first Nobel Laureate - was one of his era's cultural icons: the 'Great Sentinel', said Gandhi. This book presents the power of his person, the power of his name and the power of his work. Num Pages: 512 pages, 6x8pp b/w plates, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2BMB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 40. Weight in Grams: 794. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
I.B. Tauris London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025703
ISBN
9781845118044
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739141144
ISBN
9780739141144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.34

Paperback. Why is the colonial context absent from Michel Foucault's history of a European sexual discourse that for him defined the bourgeois self? This book challenges Foucault's tunnel vision of the West and his marginalization of empire. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFJ; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822316909
ISBN
9780822316909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

paperback. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253017871
ISBN
9780253017871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

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