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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. This text uses literature from World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Iraq wars to argue that when a society labels certain human traits 'feminine', that society can more easily manipulate men to war. It also looks at the ways Western cultural attitudes toward sex fuel wars. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623033
- ISBN
- 9780230623033
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Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Hardcover. Through close readings of texts by African American and women authors, Minority Reports offers a theoretical defense of the use of identity categories in American studies by examining how early American literature not only responds to the social stratification of the nineteenth century but also challenges modern historical conceptions of this era. Series: Future of Minority Studies. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230622630
- ISBN
- 9780230622630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Hardcover. This is the first study to consider the significance of Blake's concept of 'self-annihilation' as it pertains to language and communication. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230622357
- ISBN
- 9780230622357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. This book is a comprehensive guide to Susan Howe's major work and addresses such key themes as poetic form, history, and authority. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621978
- ISBN
- 9780230621978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. Using the traditional genres of allegory, pastoral, and parable, this book develops alternative paradigms of literary realism with which to reexamine a group of crucial but marginalized 20th century writers who have been misread as conventional mimetic realists. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621862
- ISBN
- 9780230621862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardcover. This innovative study examines the work of exiles from the Soviet Union who returned to a reformed post-Soviet Russia to initiate narrative processes of self-definition oriented toward a readership and nation seeking self-identity, all at a time of social, political and cultural transition within Russia itself. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621855
- ISBN
- 9780230621855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Hardcover. The study follows the early evolution of the American frontier hero, from its roots in Mary Rowlandson's narration of her experiences as a prisoner during King Phillip's war through works by Unca Eliza Winkfield, Charles Brockden Brown, James Fenimore Cooper, the film-maker John Ford, and actor John Wayne. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621503
- ISBN
- 9780230621503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book examines the relationship between antislavery texts and emerging representations of 'free labour' in mid-nineteenth-century America. Num Pages: 158 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621480
- ISBN
- 9780230621480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Hardcover. This highly readable book represents a unique approach to the controverted matter of the relations of literature and religion, eschewing linear argument in favor of a nuanced essayistic manner that elucidates texts and issues of immediate and lasting concern. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621473
- ISBN
- 9780230621473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Through an analysis of Dante's story of Paolo and Francesco, this book combines contemporary ethical theory, literary interpretation, and historical narrative to defend the humanities as a source of moral guidance. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621442
- ISBN
- 9780230621442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. Addresses the early twentieth-century intersection of scientific and religious discourse exploring literary modernism through the lens of cultural history, focusing on the works of H.D., Mina Loy, and Jean Toomer. It covers a range of topics such as electromagnetism and sexuality, dance, and theories of spiritual evolution. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 234 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621220
- ISBN
- 9780230621220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. From this study of Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ana Castillo arises a new model for analyzing American literature that highlights commonalities - one in which colloquial and lyrical style and content speak out against oppression. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620933
- ISBN
- 9780230620933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This study examines representations of the body in the work of four important twentieth-century poets. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620889
- ISBN
- 9780230620889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book argues that the sixteenth-century preoccupation with rehabilitating English tells the larger story of an anxious nation redirecting attention away from its own marginal, minority status by racially scapegoating the 'barbarous' African. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620452
- ISBN
- 9780230620452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. This study explores the relationship between ideology and subjectivity in late medieval literature, documenting the trajectory of antimercantile ideology against major developments in economic theory and practice in the later Middle Ages. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364. Series: New Middle Ages. 240 pages. This study explores the relationship between ideology and subjectivity in late medieval literature, documenting the trajectory of antimercantile ideology against major developments in economic theory and practice in the later Middle Ages. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB. Dimension: 221 x 151 x 18. Weight: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620438
- ISBN
- 9780230620438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. This book recovers the fiction of Charles Reade, who was among the best-known authors of the sensation fiction of the 1860s, as a body of work that anticipates recent trends in literary and cultural theory. Num Pages: 215 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620377
- ISBN
- 9780230620377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. This book is an analysis of twentieth-century historical fiction from Central America, tracing the active interplay between language, space, and memory. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620360
- ISBN
- 9780230620360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
Hardcover. Rooted in close reading of texts, including the essays of E.B. White, this comprehensive assessment of the oft-slighted subform of the literary essay situates the familiar at the heart of the essay as form. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620001
- ISBN
- 9780230620001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Hardcover. Addressing the 'lack of discussion of Tolkien's style' in scholarly interrogations of that writer, this book uncovers the multifaceted appeal of Tolkien's prose style. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619920
- ISBN
- 9780230619920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardcover. This book explores how Japanese writers in Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan used narratives of romantic and familial love in order to traverse the dangerous currents of empire. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619890
- ISBN
- 9780230619890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Paperback. The Spiritual History of Ice explores the ecology of ice in fascinating detail, revealing not only a neglected context of the Romantic age but also the esoteric history and psychology of frozen phenomena. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619715
- ISBN
- 9780230619715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.99
€ 77.99
Paperback. Exploring concepts such as the Southern Gothic novel, the Southwest border, faith and suicide, and father-son relationships, respected scholar Kenneth Lincoln shows how McCarthy's canticles of praise, grief, and warning mix classic, biblical, and ballad genres and cross the lyrical with the narrative. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619678
- ISBN
- 9780230619678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.74
€ 65.74
Paperback. This is the first book devoted to showing how Jewish playwrights of the twentieth century have dramatized the Jewish encounter with America. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294. Jewish American Drama and Jewish American Experience. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. 200 pages. This is the first book devoted to showing how Jewish playwrights of the twentieth century have dramatized the Jewish encounter with America. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619661
- ISBN
- 9780230619661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 45.89
€ 52.90
€ 45.89
Hardcover. Drawing on the work of diverse poets and thinkers, Bettridge argues that the disruptive techniques of recent innovative poetry are in fact a form of literary faith. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619425
- ISBN
- 9780230619425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95