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Hardcover. No study has been carried out examining the gnostic undercurrents in medieval England. For the first time, Natanela Elias investigates the existence of these gnostic traces, using prominent late medieval English literary works such as Piers Plowman and Confessio Amantis and ultimately shedding light on a previously overlooked religious dimension. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474766
- ISBN
- 9781137474766
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Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Hardcover. Phillis Wheatley, the African-born slave poet, is considered by many to be a pioneer of Anglo-American poetics. This study argues how in her 1773 POEMS, Wheatley uses John Milton's poetry to develop an idealistic vision of an emerging Anglo-American republic comprised of Britons, Africans, Native Americans, and women. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474773
- ISBN
- 9781137474773
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Condition: New
€ 63.78
€ 63.78
National Identities and Imperfections in Contemporary Irish Literature
Luz Mar . Ed(S): Gonzalez-Arias
Hardback. Editor(s): Gonzalez-Arias, Luz Mar. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 483.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137476296
- ISBN
- 9781137476296
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Condition: New
€ 122.56
€ 122.56
Hardcover. Exploring the relationship between fiction and nation formation in the Muslim world through 12 unique studies from Azerbaijan, Libya, Iran, Algeria, and Yemen, amongst others, this book shows how fiction reflects and relates the complex entanglements of nation, religion, and modernity in the process of political and cultural identity formation. Editor(s): Ozdalga, Elisabeth; Kuzmanovic, Daniella. Series: Islam and Nationalism. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK; HRH; JPFN; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137477576
- ISBN
- 9781137477576
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Condition: New
€ 122.44
€ 122.44
Hardcover. The central concern of the book is the impact of global terror networks and state counterterrorism on twentieth-century fiction. A unique contribution of this book is the comparative approach, as opposed to the single author focus of most of the edited collections on terrorism in literature. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137478900
- ISBN
- 9781137478900
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Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Hardcover. Shaped by the experiences of the Iranian Revolution, Iranian-American autobiographers use this chaotic past to tell their current stories in the United States. Wagenknecht analyzes a wide range of such writing and draws new conclusions about migration, exile, and life between different and often clashing cultures. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137479617
- ISBN
- 9781137479617
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Condition: New
€ 64.09
€ 64.09
Hardcover. Using place studies within a postcolonial context, this study explores the sense-aesthetic dimensions in literature such as smell, sound, etc. that often challenge the rationalizing logic of modernity. Through close readings of writers such as Conrad and Coetzee, Moslund invites scholars to shift focus from discourse analysis to aesthetic analysis. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137479679
- ISBN
- 9781137479679
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Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Hardcover.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137479686
- ISBN
- 9781137479686
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€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Paperback. Appearing in English for the first time, Geocriticism provides a theoretical foundation and critical exploration of geocriticism. Westphal draws on diverse theorists to argue that a geocritical approach enables fresh ways of seeing literary texts and of conducting literary studies. Translator(s): Tally, Robert T., Jr. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137479945
- ISBN
- 9781137479945
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Condition: New
€ 132.06
€ 132.06
Hardcover. This is a revised second edition of Edward Mullen's landmark scholarly presentation of Juan Francisco Manazo's autobiography and poetry. Taking into account the extensive scholarship that has accrued in the intervening decades, this is an accessible, essential resource for scholars and students of Caribbean literatures. Editor(s): Mullen, Edward J. Series: Afro-Latin@ Diasporas. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition, 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137481368
- ISBN
- 9781137481368
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Condition: New
€ 122.32
€ 122.32
Hardcover. Re-examining English Romanticism through Hegel's philosophy, this book outlines and expands upon Hegel's theory of recognition. Deakin critiques four canonical writers of the English Romantic tradition, Coleridge, Wordsworth, P.B. Shelley and Mary Shelley, arguing that they, as Hegel, are engaged in a struggle towards philosophical recognition. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482174
- ISBN
- 9781137482174
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Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Hardcover. Famed and outspoken Russian poet, Maximilian Voloshin's notoriety has grown steadily since his slow release from Soviet censorship. For the first time, Landa showcases his vast poetic contributions, proving his words to be an overlooked solution both to the political and cultural turmoil engulfing the Soviet Union in the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482617
- ISBN
- 9781137482617
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Condition: New
€ 133.36
€ 133.36
Hardback. Series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Num Pages: 133 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482624
- ISBN
- 9781137482624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.62
€ 111.62
Hardcover. Navigating Loss in Women's Contemporary Memoir traces the grief process through the lives of contemporary women writers to show how its complex, multi-layered nature can encourage us towards new understandings of loss. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482914
- ISBN
- 9781137482914
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Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Hardcover. This volume offers an introductory overview to the short stories of Katherine Mansfield, discussing a wide range of her most famous stories from different viewpoints. The book elaborates on Mansfield's themes and techniques, thereby guiding the reader - via close textual analysis - to an understanding of the author's modernist techniques. Num Pages: 114 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 219 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137483874
- ISBN
- 9781137483874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.22
€ 79.22
Hardcover. Through well-documented case studies this volume showcases the multifaceted relationship between memory and narrative from an interdisciplinary and international perspective in Eastern Europe. Editor(s): Mitroiu, Simona. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485519
- ISBN
- 9781137485519
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Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Hardcover. Inverting the traditional focus of ethnic studies on blackness as the object of scrutiny, this book explores dominant forms of white masculinity as seen by African American authors placed alongside certain white writers. Author analyzes texts by Herman Melville, Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Frederick Douglass, and James Baldwin. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485601
- ISBN
- 9781137485601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Hardback. This is the first full-scale analysis of T.S. Eliot's six "Ariel Poems" as Christmas poems. Through close readings, Atkins argues that these poems considered together emerge as clearly related representations of the "impossible union" that occurred in the Incarnation. Num Pages: 101 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 101
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485700
- ISBN
- 9781137485700
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Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Hardcover. From letters to visual poems to even tree carvings, this book examines Australian literature by close reading poetry from the 18th century and on. Michael Farrell's vast collage of material and analysis presents a unique and vivid perspective of colonial life, offering an unsettled space in which to rethink Australian writing. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485717
- ISBN
- 9781137485717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.61
€ 111.61
Hardcover. This book is open access under a CC-BY licence. This book takes the first in-depth look at how people thought about, diagnosed and treated cancer in the early modern period, examining imaginative literature, medical texts and personal accounts. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487520
- ISBN
- 9781137487520
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Condition: New
€ 38.64
€ 38.64
Hardcover. A guidebook to the allusions of T.S. Eliot's notorious poem, The Waste Land, Reading The Waste Land from the Bottom Up utilizes the footnotes as a starting point, opening up the poem in unexpected ways. Organized according to Eliot's line numbers and designed for both scholars and students, chapters are free-standing and can be read in any order. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488381
- ISBN
- 9781137488381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.04
€ 144.04
Hardback. Ovid's Metamorphoses played an irrefutably important role in the integration of pagan mythology in Christian texts during the Middle Ages. This book is the only study to consider this Ovidian revival as part of a cultural shift disintegrating the boundaries between not only sacred and profane literacy but also between academic and secular politics. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 179 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488398
- ISBN
- 9781137488398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.53
€ 111.53
Hardcover. When it comes to James Joyce's landmark work, Ulysses, the influence of three literary giants, Homer, Shakespeare, and Dante, cannot be overlooked. Examining Joyce in terms of Homeric narrative, Dantesque structure, and Shakespearean plot, Weir rediscovers Joyce's novel through the lens of his renowned predecessors. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488404
- ISBN
- 9781137488404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.04
€ 144.04
Hardcover. Oscar Wilde's wit is foundational to his works, from his plays and novels to his self-defense at his trials. This book is a comprehensive account of Oscar Wilde's wit that focuses on discovering reasons for his critical success and ongoing legacy. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488480
- ISBN
- 9781137488480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89