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Hardcover. Detectives, police informers, spies and spymasters, anarchists and terrorists, swindlers - these are the character types explored in Conrad's Popular Fictions. This book shows how Joseph Conrad experimented creatively with genres such as crime and espionage fiction, and sheds new light on the sources and contexts of his work. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 264 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137559166
- ISBN
- 9781137559166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Hardback. Editor(s): Schaumann, Caroline; Sullivan, Heather. Series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Num Pages: 333 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; APF; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137559852
- ISBN
- 9781137559852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.02
€ 187.02
Hardback. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; APF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137559876
- ISBN
- 9781137559876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.21
€ 122.21
Hardcover. After the Lebanese Civil War, many Lebanese novelists committed themselves to building a "memory for the future." What resulted was a vital contribution to the legacy of contemporary Arabic literature. Through interviews, literary analysis, and the lens of trauma studies, Lang sheds light on what it means to remember through post-war literature. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137559883
- ISBN
- 9781137559883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Hardback. Before Joyce became a famous writer, he supported himself through his other language work: English-language teaching. The importance of James Joyce's teaching, however, has been underestimated until now. Closely reading Joyce's famed works, Switaj shows the influence of Joyce's brief career as an English teacher on the development of his canon. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137559890
- ISBN
- 9781137559890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels. Num Pages: 94 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, 7 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJP; AKLC; DSY; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137561978
- ISBN
- 9781137561978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.62
€ 69.62
Hardback. Num Pages: 129 pages, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 303.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 129
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137562128
- ISBN
- 9781137562128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.52
€ 68.52
Paperback. Shakespeare's Political Wisdom offers interpretations of five Shakespearean plays with a view to the enduring guidance those plays can provide to human, political life. The plays have been chosen for their relentless attention to the questions that were once and may sometime become, or be recognized as being, the heart and soul of politics. Series: Recovering Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSGS; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137564320
- ISBN
- 9781137564320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.48
€ 63.48
Hardback. Editor(s): Schildgen, Brenda Deen. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137565433
- ISBN
- 9781137565433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.04
€ 97.04
Hardback. In this book, the author interrogates how narcissistic disturbances lead to the fragmentation and duplication that occur in the minds of mythic heroes and the fictional protagonists of modern drama, literature, and film. This examination focuses mostly on modern drama and exploring how Greek myths inform the literature. Series: What is Theatre?. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137566065
- ISBN
- 9781137566065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture. Num Pages: 221 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 14 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: AP; D; JFCA; JFD; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137567116
- ISBN
- 9781137567116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.72
€ 143.72
Hardback. Michael Arntfield interrogates the legacy of Victorian-era crime fiction and Gothic horror on investigative forensic methods used by police today. Series: Semiotics and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 278 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137567932
- ISBN
- 9781137567932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.21
€ 133.21
Hardcover. Tackling topics such as globalization and political activism, this book traces engaged poetics in 20th century American poetry. Spahr provides a comprehensive view of activist poetry, starting with the Great Depression and the Harlem Renaissance and moving to the Beats and contemporary writers such as Amiri Baraka and Mark Nowak. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 255 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137568304
- ISBN
- 9781137568304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.38
€ 64.38
Hardback. The authors are Amanda Bailey, Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, USA, and Mario DiGangi, Professor of English at Lehman College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA, where he serves as Executive Officer of the PhD Program in English. Editor(s): Bailey, Amanda; DiGangi, Mario. Series: Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism. Num Pages: 222 pages, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137570741
- ISBN
- 9781137570741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.38
€ 154.38
Hardback. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 193 pages, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137571403
- ISBN
- 9781137571403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.63
€ 132.63
Hardback. Editor(s): Fletcher, Lisa. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 239 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH5; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137571410
- ISBN
- 9781137571410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.93
€ 132.93
Hardback. Originally published in Spanish as: Arguedas/Vargas Llosa: dilemas y ensamblajes. Madrid: Iberoamericana; Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert; Lima: Libreraia Sur, 2013. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137575227
- ISBN
- 9781137575227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.76
€ 122.76
Hardback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSY; JFSL3; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137579034
- ISBN
- 9781137579034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.67
€ 111.67
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict. Num Pages: 314 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137584854
- ISBN
- 9781137584854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.00
€ 156.00
Hardback. John Benet's Latin chronicle covers the troubled years from 1399 to 1462 ('The Wars of the Roses' period), and is here presented in an English translation to enable non-Latinists to become acquainted with this lively and unique work of medieval history. Num Pages: 80 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137589194
- ISBN
- 9781137589194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.96
€ 78.96
Hardback. Rarity is a quality by which things-flowers, leaves, light, sound-fleetingly appear and disappear, leaving in their wake a resonance of something we just thought we had glimpsed. Each of the nine chapters in this book pursues such intimations of rarity in poetic ideas, images, and silences. Num Pages: 106 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137589286
- ISBN
- 9781137589286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Hardback. Reading iconic postwar novels such as Fahrenheit 451, In Cold Blood, and Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye together with the rational decision-making of game theory, Wainwright demonstrates the contribution of mathematical models to literary interpretation. The interdisciplinary approach of this book elucidates our understanding of postwar American literature. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590541
- ISBN
- 9781137590541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Hardback. This pioneering study applies game theory to a selection of minoritarian texts from the American canon. Concentrating on rational decision making, the discussion introduces the most common social dilemmas such as the Stag Hunt and the Prisoner's Dilemma as a means of interpreting works by writers such as Douglass, Hurston, and Morrison. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590558
- ISBN
- 9781137590558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
Hardback. Written for both specialist and non-specialist, this book examines T. S. Eliot's treatments of putting-in-other-words, including the necessity of putting ancient truth in 'new verse.' By means of fresh new readings of Ash-Wednesday and Four Quartets, G. Douglas Atkins carries his exploration of Eliot's religious thinking into bold new territory. Num Pages: 100 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590572
- ISBN
- 9781137590572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31