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Paperback. This volume collects twelve new essays and aims to represent more comprehensively the abundance and variety of both Heaney's writing and scholarship on Heaney's writing. Editor(s): Hall, J; Crowder, A. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349281114
- ISBN
- 9781349281114
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€ 65.89
€ 65.89
Paperback. This book argues that Gothic writing of the Romantic period is queer. Using a variety of texts, it argues that contemporary queer theory can help us to read the obliqueness and invisibility of same-sex desire in a culture of vigilance. Fincher shows how the Gothic's ambivalent gender politics destabilize heteronormative narratives. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349281206
- ISBN
- 9781349281206
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€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Paperback. This collection examines the dynamic experimentation of contemporary women writers from North America, Australia, and the UK. Blurring the dichotomies of the popular and the literary, the fictional and the factual, the essays assembled here offer new approaches to reading contemporary women fiction writers' reconfigurations of history. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349281855
- ISBN
- 9781349281855
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This new study focuses on the critically neglected area of Rossetti's devotional poetry and her prose, offering a critical intervention in the feminist construction of an important Victorian woman poet. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349281879
- ISBN
- 9781349281879
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Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Paperback. This exciting book uniquely combines interviews with scholars and practitioners in theatre studies to look at what most people feel is a pivotal moment of British theatre - the 1990s. With a particular focus on 'in-yer-face theatre', this volume will be essential reading for all students and scholars of contemporary British theatre. Editor(s): Aragay, M; Klein, H; Monforte, E; Zozaya, P. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; JFC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349281893
- ISBN
- 9781349281893
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Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Paperback. This is a collection of new essays by European and British scholars on the intersections between fiction and economy. Editor(s): Bruce, S; Wagner, V. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349281954
- ISBN
- 9781349281954
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Condition: New
€ 65.77
€ 65.77
Paperback. This book explores new critical ground by addressing the intersection of two contentious concepts, postfeminism and Gothic. This collection of original and exciting essays examines a number of Gothic texts, from Anne Radcliffe's romances to modern horror films, in conjunction with diverse postfeminist theories, from backlash to postmodern feminism. Editor(s): Brabon, Benjamin A.; Genz, Stephanie. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349282128
- ISBN
- 9781349282128
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€ 65.68
€ 65.68
Paperback. This ground breaking study argues that literature and criminology share a common concern to understand modernity. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349282456
- ISBN
- 9781349282456
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Your guest at dinner kisses you. What does it mean? Where does it lead? Does kissing necessarily imply more, and if so how much? These and similar questions of amorous ethics and erotic disquisition are central to our everyday intimate public lives and they are the lost object of the law of love, the lex amatoria collated and presented here. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSBB; HBTB; JFSJ; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283118
- ISBN
- 9781349283118
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Condition: New
€ 149.29
€ 149.29
Paperback. Forgotten Lives explores the lives and work of Lenin's sisters, Anna, Ol'ga and Mariia, and the role they played in the Russian Revolution. It traces their early revolutionary careers and contributions to the underground movement, their work for the Party and the State after October 1917, and their relationship with Lenin and Stalin. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJ; HBJD; HBL; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283293
- ISBN
- 9781349283293
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities in a transnational and comparative way. The institutionalization and professionalisation of history writing is analysed in the context of history's increasing nationalization. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBAH; HBTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283644
- ISBN
- 9781349283644
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. In the beginning of the 21st century, European theatre-makers have sought to consider the disastrous events of the 20th century as the unfinished business of the contemporary. In this book, Kear argues that by thinking through the logic of the event, contemporary performance offers an affective interrogation of 'the event' of the European century. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; D; HBJD; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283699
- ISBN
- 9781349283699
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Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Paperback. This book studies the representation of the body in Beckett's work, focusing on the 'prosthetic' aspect of the organs and senses. While making use of the theoretical potential of the concept of 'prosthesis', it aims to resituate Beckett in the broad cultural context of modernism in which the impact of new media and technologies was registered. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283774
- ISBN
- 9781349283774
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Condition: New
€ 65.77
€ 65.77
Paperback. Looking at the novels of James's major phase in the context of fin-de-siecle decadence, this book illuminates central issues in the James corpus and central aspects of a rich and fraught cultural moment. Through a close examination of the textures of the novels, Kventsel defines and explores their psycho-cultural field of meaning." Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283873
- ISBN
- 9781349283873
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Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283972
- ISBN
- 9781349283972
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Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Paperback. This book explores the ways in which Blake reacted to the subcultures of his day, as well as how he has inspired popular, modernist and postmodernist figures until the present day. Blake's influence on later generations of writers and artists is more important than ever, extending into film, psychology, children's literature and graphic novels. Editor(s): Clark, S.; Whittaker, J. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349284078
- ISBN
- 9781349284078
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Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. From Hollywood classics like Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights to the 1990s wave of Jane Austen films, adaptations of the British Nineteenth-century novel have been sensationally popular. This book examines how British and American filmmakers used the domestic novels of the past to construct stable gender ideals for the present. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349284115
- ISBN
- 9781349284115
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Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Paperback. This book focuses on the work of a group of British novelists who have broken in different ways from the realist British novel of the post Second World War period without losing their broad appeal among readers. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349284139
- ISBN
- 9781349284139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. This collection explores popular culture in Ireland and Ireland in popular culture, from Fanfic to Orange Parades; from boybands to the Blessed Virgin Mary; from celebrity tourism to the Gaelic Athletic Association. The essays examine local and global Irishness, focusing on how gender, sexuality and race shape Irish 'postmodernity'. Editor(s): Balzano, Wanda; Mulhall, Anne. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HPCF; JFC; JFSJ; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349284238
- ISBN
- 9781349284238
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book stages a series of interventions and inventions of urban space between 1880 and 1930 in key literary texts of the period. Making sharp distinctions between modernity and modernism, the volume reassesses the city as a series of singular sites irreducible to stable identities, concluding with an extended reading of The Waste Land . Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349284399
- ISBN
- 9781349284399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95