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Paperback. The author reveals that the hysterical female character of the 19th-century novel is more than just a literary "femme fatale", and contends, using readings from Balzac, Eliot and others, that these narratives are sources for understanding hysterical states of mind. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232. An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
I. B. Tauris London
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KRS0019043
ISBN
9781860641879
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Rereads the works of Colette, Gide, and Proust to show how central representations of sexuality were to the evolution of literary prose forms in twentieth-century France. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822338970
ISBN
9780822338970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.79

hardcover. "Essays .. initially presented in less formal versions as independent papers .. at the James Joyce Conference, held in Philadelphia in June 1985"--Introd. Editor(s): Scott, Bonnie K. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874133288
ISBN
9780874133288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.57

hardcover. Rev. ed. of: A commentary on the collected poems of W.B. Yeats. 1968. Num Pages: 543 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1984th Edition
Number of pages
543
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333352144
ISBN
9780333352144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.99

Hardback. A New Companion to Renaissance Drama provides an invaluable summary of past and present scholarship surrounding the most popular and influential literary form of its time. Original interpretations from leading scholars set the scene for important paths of future inquiry. Series: BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO LITERA. BIC Classification: DS. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WILEY
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118824030
ISBN
9781118824030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611490404
ISBN
9781611490404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.91

Hardcover. Contains readings of nineteenth-century Irish women's prose works by various international scholars. This book looks at writers who have been ignored in Irish Studies and they draw attention to women's contributions to literary genres commonly associated with male writers. It examines prose writing that does not fit the usual categories. Editor(s): Hansson, Heidi. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184165
ISBN
9781859184165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Simmons, D. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349461660
ISBN
9781349461660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.87

Hardcover. The last ten years have witnessed a renewed interest in H.P. Lovecraft in academic and scholarly circles. New Critical Essays on H.P. Lovecraft seeks to offer an expansive and considered account of a fascinating yet challenging writer; both popular and critically valid but also problematic in terms of his depictions of race, gender and class. Editor(s): Simmons, David. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137332240
ISBN
9781137332240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.87

Paperback. Coinciding with the increasing intersections between visual and literary studies, this timely reappraisal of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men sheds light on the book's unclassifiable status as part imaginative fiction, documentary effort, ethnographic study, and modernist prose. Editor(s): Blinder, Caroline. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349287475
ISBN
9781349287475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.72

Hardcover. Coinciding with the increasing intersections between visual and literary studies, this timely reappraisal of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men sheds light on the book's unclassifiable status as part imaginative fiction, documentary effort, ethnographic study, and modernist prose. Editor(s): Blinder, Caroline. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230102927
ISBN
9780230102927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

Paperback. Kurt Vonnegut's darkly comic work became a symbol for the counterculture of a generation. From his debut novel,Player Piano (1951) through seminal 1960's novels such as Cat's Cradle (1963). This dynamic collection aims to re-evaluate Vonnegut's position as an integral part of the American post-war cannon of literature. Editor(s): Simmons, David. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230120976
ISBN
9780230120976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Rev Ed
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814730881
ISBN
9780814730881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.98

Hardcover. Editor(s): Wolfreys, Dr Julian (Loughborough University University of Portsmouth Loughborough University University of Portsmouth University of Portsmouth Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University). BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748699667
ISBN
9780748699667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.25

Paperback. A volume that introduces new areas of critical thinking which go beyond the standard 'isms': Literary Reading in a Digital Age; Critical Making in the Digital Humanities; Thing Theory; Memory Work and Criticism; Body, Objects, Technology; Criticism and 'The Animal'; and, Multimodality and Linguistic Approaches to Literary Study. Editor(s): Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748699643
ISBN
9780748699643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. Examines the effect that the rise of the welfare state had on American modernism during the 1930s and 1940s and, conversely, what difference modernism made to the New Deal's famed invention of "Big Government." Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822325628
ISBN
9780822325628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. This book analyzes the political theater of the 1930s, establishing its aesthetics as an important alternative to the dominant European modernist paradigm of the time. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349538065
ISBN
9781349538065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.05

Paperback. The primary aim of this book is to focus on contemporary issues and to promote interdisciplinary approaches within the subject. Written by international scholars and practitioners in fields such as folklore, ethnomusicology, art history, religious studies, tourism and education, the book brings together in one volume a wide range of perspectives. Editor(s): Hale, Amy; Payton, Philip. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 2AF; DSB; HBTB; HRKP2; JFHF; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895873
ISBN
9780859895873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.43

Hardback. Editor(s): Gelder, Ken. Num Pages: 474 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 272 x 30. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137523457
ISBN
9781137523457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.68

Hardcover. This collection asks pressing questions about how and why we study performances of Renaissance drama, challenging prevailing views and suggesting new methodologies for the field. How does an emphasis on Shakespeare limit us? What can we learn from non-traditional theatre? Why should we rethink the value of studying what happens onstage? Editor(s): Werner, Sarah. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230205307
ISBN
9780230205307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. This book offers a selection of papers on Russian literature of the Soviet period. The papers range from studies of the experimental prose and drama of the 1920s and 1930s to examinations of some young writers of the Gorbachev era, and of the way that Stalin and Stalinism are now being represented. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333557327
ISBN
9780333557327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

Paperback. New Directions in the History of the Novel challenges received views of literary history and sets out new areas for research. A re-examination of the nature of prose fiction in English and its study from the Renaissance to the 21st century, it will become required reading for teachers and students of the novel and its history. Editor(s): Parrinder, Patrick; Nash, A.; Wilson, N. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439461
ISBN
9781349439461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.96

Hardcover. New Directions in the History of the Novel challenges received views of literary history and sets out new areas for research. A re-examination of the nature of prose fiction in English and its study from the Renaissance to the 21st century, it will become required reading for teachers and students of the novel and its history. Editor(s): Parrinder, Patrick; Nash, Andrew; Wilson, Nicola. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137026972
ISBN
9781137026972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Hardcover. This collection focuses attention on theoretical approaches to travel writing, with the aim to advance the discourse. Internationally renowned, as well as emerging, scholars establish a critical milieu for travel writing studies, as well as offer a set of exemplars in the application of theory to travel writing. Editor(s): Kuehn, Julia; Smethurst, Paul. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137457578
ISBN
9781137457578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.43

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