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Paperback. Cross-gender casting was an ongoing phenomenon in the French theatre during the reign of Louis XIV. This book explores the trend and related gender issues in different performance contexts and fills an important gap in the history of French theatre, providing a new insight into wider theoretical questions of gender and theatricality. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AN; AS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320810
- ISBN
- 9781137320810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.77
€ 65.77
Hardcover. In 1664, Moliere's Tartuffe was banned from public performance. This book provides a detailed, in-depth account of five-year struggle (1664-69) to have the ban lifted and, so doing, sheds important new light on 1660s France and the ancien regime more broadly. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343994
- ISBN
- 9781137343994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 46.85
€ 52.93
€ 46.85
Paperback. This fascinating book, now available in paperback, examines Robert Louis Stevenson's writings -- including key works such as including Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Treasure Island - in the context of late-Victorian evolutionist thought, arguing that an interest in 'primitive' life is at the heart of his work. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; HB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2006 ed.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230323
- ISBN
- 9780230230323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.13
€ 66.13
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; DSBF; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403936639
- ISBN
- 9781403936639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Paperback. Who is a citizen? What is a person? Who is my neighbor? Turning to the potent idea of political theology to recover the strange mix of political and religious thinking during the Renaissance, the author unveils the figure of the citizensaint, who represents at once divine messenger and civil servant, both norm and exception. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS; HRLB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143521
- ISBN
- 9780226143521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.05
€ 33.99
€ 27.05
hardcover. This book examines the ways in which the literary genre of hagiography and the hermeneutical paradigm of Biblical typology together entered into the construction of "the Renaissance" as a canon and period. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBD; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726436
- ISBN
- 9780804726436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardback. In Romantic Marks and Measures, Julia S. Carlson examines Wordsworth's poetry of "speech" and "nature" as a poetry of print, written and read in the midst of topographic and typographic experimentation and change. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 31 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812247879
- ISBN
- 9780812247879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardcover. Num Pages: 218 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Susquehanna University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911588
- ISBN
- 9781575911588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardback. Series: The New Urban Atlantic. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137589798
- ISBN
- 9781137589798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.34
€ 127.34
Paperback. As the first major study of Shakespeare's Birthplace during the nineteenth century, Shakespeare's Shrine draws on extensive archival research to describe the invention of the Birthplace in the Victorian period, when the site was purchased for the nation, extensively restored, and transformed into a major tourist attraction. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; DSGS; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812223378
- ISBN
- 9780812223378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
paperback. "The purpose of this book is to introduce students of Russian to the great treasures of Russian poetry in the original, starting with Alexander Pushkin .. in the nineteenth century and moving chronologically into the twentieth century"--Page ix. Illustrator(s): Moore, Mario; McIntosh, Wayde. Editor(s): Titus, Julia. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AGR; CJBR; DCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 281 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KJH0000117
- ISBN
- 9780300184631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.31
€ 8.31
paperback. "The purpose of this book is to introduce students of Russian to the great treasures of Russian poetry in the original, starting with Alexander Pushkin .. in the nineteenth century and moving chronologically into the twentieth century"--Page ix. Illustrator(s): Moore, Mario; McIntosh, Wayde. Editor(s): Titus, Julia. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AGR; CJBR; DCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 281 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KJH0000177
- ISBN
- 9780300184631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.31
€ 8.31
Paperback. As more and more secular funerals are taking place, there is a need for appropriate texts. This collection offers 70 poems and prose extracts suitable for reading at funerals and celebrations of a life. It includes selections that range from Shakespeare to Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Nation, and from Christina Rossetti to St Francis of Assissi. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141014968
- ISBN
- 9780141014968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.13
€ 13.99
€ 11.13
Paperback. As reports suggest, many fewer weddings are taking place in church. For those that are not having the traditional wedding service, it can be a problem finding suitable material to be read at a civil ceremony. This book offers 70 poems and readings which celebrate love and union - and offer the prospect of a lifetime's shared happiness. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; WJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141014951
- ISBN
- 9780141014951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.13
€ 13.99
€ 11.13
Paperback. Sequestered on a street in a dry Calgary suburb, our heroine, the House, finds herself embroiled in a stalled love affair with an elusive and alluring Oxfordshire riverbank. In a series of self-contained poems both prosy and lyrical, this work follows this curious and engaging affair, which mysteriously coincides with a slow and gradual flood. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Publisher
- Coach House Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552451465
- ISBN
- 9781552451465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.35
€ 10.99
€ 6.35
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New Edit/Cover
- SKU
- KSS0001566
- ISBN
- 9780330313995
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- New Edit/Cover
- SKU
- KSS0007429
- ISBN
- 9780330313995
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New Edit/Cover
- SKU
- KSS0001708
- ISBN
- 9780330313995
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. From the deceptiveness of Penelope Fitzgerald to the directness of Hemingway, from Kipling's view of France to the French view of Kipling, from the National Treasure Status of George Orwell to the despair of Michel Houellebecq, the author considers what fiction is, and what it can do. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099578581
- ISBN
- 9780099578581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.17
€ 15.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001150
- ISBN
- 9780330299305
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99